Grants
Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation
The Rufford Foundation provides funding for small nature/biodiversity conservation projects and pilot programmes in developing countries.
Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
The Fund has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives.
WNF-INNO
This grant is for Dutch organisations only that have innovative ideas that contribute to international nature conservation.
Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP)
CLP provides Conservation Awards on an annual basis to support the work of early career conservationists.
Idea Wild
IDEA WILD seeks to minimize the loss of biodiversity by empowering people on the front lines of conservation by awarding small equipment grants to conservation professionals around the world. The total cost of your equipment must be below $1500.
US Fish and Wildlife Services
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issues financial assistance through grants and cooperative agreement awards to commercial organizations, foreign entities, Indian tribal governments, individuals, institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, and state and local governments.
Sea World Conservation Fund
The Fund has 4 major areas of focus: species research, habitat protection, conservation education, and animal rescue and rehabilitation. Each year the Fund has specific conservation priorities it supports. Your programs must align with these priorities.
Fondation Ensemble
Accepts funding proposals for projects in one of the Foundation's four focus sectors (Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Fishing, Biodiversity Conservation, and Sustainable Technologies) and in one of the six implementation countries (Ecuador, Peru, Mozambique, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar).
Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)
CEPF recipients range from small farming cooperatives and community associations to international organizations. They have very specific Calls for proposals, announced on the site.
Awards
Future for Nature Awards
For young, inspiring persons that combine their passion and actions to create concrete results in conservation of endangered species (animals, plants, or conservation of nature in general).Each year, three winners gain a price of €50.000 each.
Whitley Awards
Whitley Awards are for successful and dynamic, mid-career conservation professionals who are leading wildlife conservation projects that involve local communities. Whitley Awards are worth £35,000 GBP in funding to be spent over a period of one year.
Scholarships
Conservation Leadership MPhil funding
Scholarship funding for international students to follow the Miriam Rothschild Scholarship Programme in Conservation Leadership in Cambridge (UK). Successful applicants for scholarships will have outstanding conservation leadership potential, but be unable to fund their studies from other sources.
WCS
WCS has a variety of very specific scholarships, Graduate programs, Fellowships and grants.
National Research Foundation (NRF)
NRF has an overview of open calls for bursaries and scholarships for scientists pursuing an academic career.
WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarships (PBNS)
The WWF Prince Bernhard Scholarships (PBS) are awarded to individuals from developing/emerging economies (East and South) who wish to pursue formal studies or mid-career professional training in the field of nature conservation.