The application for Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is open in an online platform despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The next application deadline remains the 31st of October, 2020.

The Fund aims 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.

Application Rounds

There are three grant rounds per year, and general 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.

Fund

• The Fund maximum grant size is $25,000, applications of fund requests of more than $25,000 are not inconsiderate.
• If other sources of fundings are available, the total budget of a project can be higher.

Eligibility 

• The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund is open to conservationists based in all parts of the world.
• Budgets must be submitted in US Dollars and the application must in English.
• 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.

Important Links 

• Grants
• Grant criteria
• Grant FAQs
• Start an application

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