Biodiversity

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Biodiv'Sport Grant Programme 2026: Up to €5,000 From Play for Nature for Conservation NGOs Using Sporting Events to Protect an IUCN Red List Species — Applications Close 16 August 2026

Play for Nature's Biodiv'Sport fund awards grants of up to €5,000 to civil society conservation organisations running sporting events that raise community awareness and protect at least one threatened species on the IUCN Red List, with the 2026 application window running 15 July to 16 August 2026 for projects starting in 2027.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to €5,000 for a first application (Starter level) Deadline: Aug 16, 2026 Location: Worldwide

Biota Awards for Independent Investigators 2027: $300,000 Over Three Years for Early-Career Biodiversity Researchers Connected to Chicago

The Walder Foundation's 2027 Biota Awards provide $300,000 over three years to early-career independent investigators at Illinois research institutions pursuing conservation science with a meaningful connection to the Chicago region.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $300,000 over three years ($100,000 per year) Deadline: Oct 8, 2026 Location: United States

CARN/Bochco Pangolin Conservation Grant 2026: Up to $10,000 for Early-Career African Scientists Doing Field Research to Save the White-Bellied, Giant, Black-Bellied, and Ground Pangolin

The Conservation Action Research Network's Bochco Pangolin Conservation Grant awards up to US$10,000 to graduate students and early-career professionals who are citizens of eligible African countries for field-based research protecting the continent's four threatened pangolin species, with applications open through 1 August 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to US$10,000 per project Deadline: Aug 1, 2026 Location: Africa

Conservation Nation Grant Program 2026: Up to US$5,000 in Flexible Funding for Eight Early- to Mid-Career Wildlife Conservationists Worldwide

Conservation Nation's annual Grant Program awards eight early- to mid-career conservationists up to US$5,000 each in flexible funding for hands-on projects that protect threatened wildlife and the ecosystems they depend on, with a deliberate focus on people historically underrepresented in conservation.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to US$5,000 per grant (eight grants, roughly US$40,000 total) Deadline: Jul 15, 2026 Location: Worldwide

Eurofins Foundation Call for Projects 2026: Grants of Up to €25,000 — Capped at 25 Percent of Project Costs — for Health, Environment, STEM Student Support, and Community Work Anywhere in the World, Closing 1 September 2026

The Eurofins Foundation's annual call for projects is open to legally registered organisations worldwide with at least 24 months of operating history, offering one-off grants of up to €25,000 that may cover no more than 25 percent of a project's total cost, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis until 1 September 2026 at 5pm CET.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to €25,000, and no more than 25% of total project costs Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 Location: Worldwide

European Natura 2000 Award (8th Edition) 2026–2027

An EU recognition-focused competition for nonprofit, public, and community organisations improving Natura 2000 site management, with applications open until 30 September 2026 and potential winners receiving a small financial contribution plus high-visibility support.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Small financial contribution for finalists/winners Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 Location: Europe

HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions from source to sea

Horizon Europe Mission Ocean and Waters call that funds nature-positive solutions to reduce aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss across linked freshwater-to-sea systems in participating eligible countries.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Indicative total topic budget EUR 31.00 million Deadline: Sep 23, 2026 Location: Europe

HORIZON-MISS-2027-03-OCEAN-03: Green, Circular and Resilient Harbours

Mission Ocean and Waters topic for 2027 that supports port-city level pilots and upscaling solutions to improve biodiversity, reduce pollution, and strengthen climate resilience across major European maritime basins through place-based demonstrators.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: EUR 11.90 million total indicative budget Deadline: Sep 21, 2027 Location: European Horizon Europe participants and associated countries

ICMM Young Leaders Scholarship 2026: Full Funding to Attend the One Young World Summit on Sustainability Leadership

A one-time youth leadership scholarship backed by One Young World and ICMM for applicants aged 18 to 35 with demonstrable work in biodiversity conservation, decarbonisation, responsible natural resource production, social performance, or sustainability communication.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Scholarship Deadline: Jun 7, 2026 Location: South Africa and United Kingdom

Peru Andean Biodiversity Grants 2025: How to Secure PEN S/6,800,000 for Community-Based Enterprises

If you run a small cooperative, a community enterprise, or a social business in the high Andes and you care about both livelihoods and the land, this is one of the largest, most consequential public funds you can realistically apply for in 2025.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: PEN S/6,800,000 per enterprise Deadline: May 2, 2025 Location: Peru