The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Inviting applications for ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund’ to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and in doing so, to contribute to sustainable development in developing countries, through projects.

Funding brief: The objective of the IWT Challenge Fund is to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and in doing so, to contribute to sustainable development in developing countries, through projects which address one, or more, of the following themes:● Developing sustainable livelihoods to benefit people directly affected by IWT● Strengthening law enforcement● Ensuring effective legal… Read More The UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Inviting applications for ‘Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund’ to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and in doing so, to contribute to sustainable development in developing countries, through projects.

European Commission: Inviting applications for the funding theme-‘Polar climate: understanding the polar processes in a global context in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions’.

Funding brief: Many of the natural physical processes occurring in the polar atmosphere and oceans are potentially of profound significance in controlling conditions across the globe and affecting lives and livelihoods across the world, in the Polar, sub-Polar, temperate, and tropical regions. Understanding the interacting nature and feedback of polar processes and addressing their consequences… Read More European Commission: Inviting applications for the funding theme-‘Polar climate: understanding the polar processes in a global context in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions’.

Funding brief: The Academy provides nine awards to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least 10 years. The TWAS Awards (previouly called ‘TWAS Prizes’) are awarded to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge in nine fields of sciences and/or… Read More The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS): Inviting applications for ‘awards’ to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country.

Funding brief: The Equator Initiative is a United Nations-led partnership that brings together governments, civil society, grassroots organizations, and businesses to foster resilient communities by recognizing and advancing local nature-based solutions for sustainable development. The Equator Initiative creates opportunities and platforms to share knowledge and good practices, develops capacities of local communities and indigenous peoples,… Read More Equator Initiative: Inviting applications for ‘Equator Prize 2020’ for the theme- ‘Nature for Life’ to be awarded to outstanding local community and indigenous peoples initiatives that advance innovative nature-based solutions for sustainable development.

Funding brief: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA) provides grants for development research activities as part of Denmark’s international development cooperation. While the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015 constitute an overall thematic framework for development cooperation and research, the overall objective of the Danish support to research… Read More The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA): Inviting applications for ‘Research Grants’ to provide grants for development research activities as part of Denmark’s international development cooperation.