$25,000 UP FOR GRABS FOR IDENTIFYING RARE SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD
$25,000 UP FOR GRABS FOR IDENTIFYING RARE ANIMAL SPECIES AROUND THE WORLD
Are you an environmentalist or a nature lover who's interested in the preservation of near extinct species anywhere around the world; then this is for you, as you might be inline to get $25,000. Read to the end.
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is an innovative philanthropy proving small grants to boots-on-the-ground, get-your-hands-dirty, in-the-field species conservation projects for the world’s most threatened species.
GUARANTEED PRIZE MONEY: $25,000 EACH
Through innovative micro-financing, the MBZ Fund empowers conservationists to fight the extinction crisis instead of bureaucracy and red-tape. To date the Fund has awarded over 2000 grants to a diverse range of species across the world.
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is a philanthropic endowment established to do the following:
Provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives. Recognize leaders in the field of species conservation; and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate.
In addition, the Fund will recognize leaders in the field of species conservation and scientific research to ensure their important work is given the attention it deserves and to elevate the importance of species in global conservation discourse.
For 2022 the Fund would like to announce that applications received before the end of 31 October, 2022 will be reviewed and applicants will receive a reply by late December 2022.
The Fund had an initial endowment of €25,000,000, of which a small portion is spent each year on grants. It is envisaged that the Fund’s establishment will act as a catalyst to attract additional donations from third party sources to ensure the Fund’s annual contribution to direct species conservation initiative increase over time.
The application deadline is 28th February, 2023.
The Fund has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected species.
Grants will be awarded based on their ability to meet criteria pre-determined by the Species Fund, and are for maximum of $25,000 for each project.
SUBMIT APPLICATION HERE
Once your application has been submitted you will receive an automated email acknowledging receipt of your application, which will also contain log in details.
There are three grant rounds per year, and generally applications received before the end of February will receive a reply at the end of April or early May. The next submission deadline will be the last day of June, (and applicants will receive a reply in September). The final round of grants in a given year usually has a deadline of the end of October, with applicants receiving a response in late December of the same year or early January of the following year. For exact timings and details, please visit the Timetable page. Please do not leave it until the last minute to submit your application but do so well ahead of the deadline.