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Published: 15 Sep 2023 395 views
During 2023 the Fund will be trialling a process whereby the Fund awards grants for the conservation of threatened soil species. To submit an application for a threatened soil species please select "MBZ Special Focus" under "Species Type" in section 5.1 of the application form. This is in addition to the usual grants awarded.
Thank you for your interest in the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
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. However, it is very competitive indeed with only around 12% of applicants in 2019 receiving a grant.
The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is an innovative philanthropy providing small grants to boots-on-the-ground, get-your-hands-dirty, in-the-field species conservation projects for the world’s most threatened species. 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: ... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 31 Oct 2023 |
| Country to study | |
| Type | Contest |
| Sponsor | Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund |
| Gender | Men and Women |
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.
Depending on the type of conservation project and the work involved, the Fund will consider covering salary expenses or travel costs for a specific project. This would usually be for support staff in developing countries. However this can only be as part of the overall grant as officially applied for. The Fund will not consider applications for grants which only cover salary or travel expenses.
Anyone directly involved in species conservation can apply to the Fund for a grant.
The Fund was established to support species conservation work, and so if your project is not about an endangered species it is probably not worth your while submitting an application.
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 repsonse 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.
Please note that this is a very competitive process and sadly the vast majority of applicants do not receive grants. The Fund has limited amounts of money to spend each year and receives far more applications for good projects than could possibly be supported. In 2019 only 12% of applicants received any kind of a grant, and around 1,500 were turned down.
You can complete and submit the application online by clicking here. Before starting an application, please ensure that you have read and understood the application criteria (especially relating to the species conservation status) and have had a look at the Frequently Asked Questions page on the Fund's website.
Once your application has been submitted you will receive an automated email acknowledging receipt of your application, which will also contain log in details.
For more details visit: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund website.