Funding opportunities

The Charles Hayward Foundation

Clean water and sanitation; Development of sustainable livelihoods in the context of environmental and wildlife conservation; Self sustainability through training in farming skills and income generation activities.

Fondation Mérieux’s Small Grants Programme

Projects which improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The Foundation will prioritise projects which have strong local involvement: links with local authorities, local associations and beneficiaries and those whose beneficiaries are mothers and children.

Zayed Sustainability Prize 2027

$7.2bn of prizes available across 6 categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools. Submissions should clearly demonstrate proven results and meet the Prize’s evaluation criteria of impact, innovation, and inspiration.

Tyler Prize

The Prize aims to recognise outstanding contributions to: Protect, maintain, improve or understand an ecological or environmental condition; Discover, develop or improve sustainable sources of energy; Understand or improve planetary health and global solutions.

VinFuture Grand Prize

Honouring breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations that create meaningful change in the everyday lives of millions of people. The Prize aims to recognize exceptional inventors and researchers from global academic universities, research labs, and industry. The Prize recognizes breakthroughs across all fields of science, technology and engineering that have already delivered impact or show the potential to deliver impact for real-world problems that align with at least one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity

The Prize raises public awareness of the importance of biodiversity for human well-being and global challenges such as climate change, while contributing to the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It promotes action and inspires others by recognizing and highlighting the achievements of individuals who have made significant contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Accomplishment will be assessed on its: International contribution Contribution to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity Social contribution Long-term perspective and c”

Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund

CEPF is designed to safeguard Earth’s biologically richest and most threatened regions: biodiversity hotspots. It offers grants supporting biodiversity conservation outcomes by strengthening the effectiveness and governance of protected areas in the Indo-Burma hotspot They welcome applications from current and past grantees, as well as organizations that have not previously received their funding.

World Habitat Awards

Projects that focus on affordable and adequate housing; Have taken action to address the climate emergency; Are currently in progress or were completed within the last ten years; Actively promote diversity, equality and inclusion; and Have been designed and/or delivered in close collaboration with residents and the local community.

The Mickel Fund

The advancement of education; The prevention or relief of poverty; The advancement of health and the saving of lives; The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture & science; The advancement of public participation in sports.

Their FAQ states “If your charity deals with any of the following you will be considered for donation: Age Concern, Animal Welfare, Cancer Care, Cancer research, Children & Youth Support, Education/Outreach Hospices, Housing & Homelessness, Injuries, Medical Assistance, Music/Culture, Medical Research, Veterans, World Wide Appeal Based Projects.”

Deadline: Opens 13 March. Please note that our application process automatically closes when the application capacity has been reached, therefore it is advisable to apply early in the process.