Ford Grant Program 2017

Ford Motor Company’s Conservation & Environmental Grants programme has become an annual event in the Middle East. Since its inception in 2000, the GCC/Levant chapter of the Ford Grants has supported at least 204 projects with $1.61 million granted to date.The programme was created to empower individuals and non-profit groups donating their time and effort to preserve the environmental well-being of their communities. By providing necessary funding and visibility, we hope to encourage the multiplication of similar grassroots efforts that will serve as catalysts for change across the globe.

Over the past 16 years, Ford’s green initiative has seen support and praise from various governmental and non-governmental environmental authorities including the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Emirates Wildlife Society, the Arab Forum for Environment & Development (AFED), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2015, the programme was extended to cover Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The Ford Grants support ongoing and non-profit projects focused on Conservation Engineering, Protection of the Natural Environment and Environmental Education. For 2017, a total of US$100,000 is available for deserving initiatives in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen.

Past projects that have benefited from the Ford Grants in the Middle East include whale and dolphin research projects in Oman, saving coral reefs in Kuwait, growing environmental clubs in schools all around the region, cleaning up beaches in Jordan, cleaning up rivers in Lebanon, protecting mangroves in Saudi Arabia, saving Arabian Leopards in the mountains of Oman and many more. Entries are accepted from ongoing and not-for-profit projects from the following countries only: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen. Projects that are still in the planning or proposal stages cannot be considered.

Benefits

• For 2017, a total of US$100,000 is available to be shared among the winning projects.
• For 2017, the maximum cap for the requested grant amount is set at $15,000. Large-scale projects that require bigger funding may not be considered.
• The Grant amount may only be taken as declared and announced by the jury panel and cannot be amended or negotiated.

Eligibility

• Applicants can be: Individuals, Civil Society Organisations/NGO’s, Schools, Colleges or Universities.
• Employees, officers, directors, dealers and agents of Ford Motor Company and affiliated and subsidiary companies, representatives, legal advisors, any other advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies (“Programme Team”) and the immediate family or members of the same households (whether related or not) of such employees are not eligible to apply or participate in the programme.
• Projects that are currently being executed in the countries (mentioned below) can apply for grants
  No purchase is necessary to enter or be selected to participate.
• This programme is administered by Ford International Business Development, Inc. (“Administrator”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company.

Official Link

Deadline:13th July 2017