Funding opportunties
At the Permaculture Network we host a list of funding opportunities. Those opportunities can be filtered, commented on and recommended to others.
The list below is based on Colab's Funding Opportunities Database (raw data). Read about Colab's Funding Opportunities and the services they offer.
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| Title | Description | Funding amount | Recommend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12th International Award on Scientific and Nature Illustration "Illustraciencia" | Illustrations are accepted in 2 categories. Scientific: Visual representations that clearly and accurately convey scientific information to enhance understanding of texts, phenomena, or concepts.… | 1.000 | |
| Earth Journalism Network’s Biodiversity Story Grants Program | EJN’s Biodiversity Media Initiative is offering 5-10 story grants to increase the quality and quantity of biodiversity coverage, and to highlight the overwhelming threats to our natural world as well… | 2.000 | |
| SARE: Northeast sustainable agriculture, research, and education | Northeast SARE offers seven grant programs to support sustainable agriculture in the Northeastern U.S. Farmer Grants help commercial farmers test new ideas, while Partnership Grants fund… | ||
| The Brighter Future Fund’s New England Regenerative Livestock Farming Grants | For current livestock farmers who sell or barter their products to adopt regenerative agriculture practices to improve soil health, water quality, and pollinator habitat. | 10.000 | |
| Tides Foundation | For social justice work. Previosuly funded work included: climate justice, racial equity, reproductive freedom, democracy, and more. Grants are offered as: donor-advised funds, collective action… | ||
| The Earth Prize | A sustainability competition for students (ages of 13 and 19) and their projects that address environmental issues | 12.500 | |
| Cisco Youth Leadership Award | The award is recognizing individuals from 18-30 who have made a significant contribution to solving a the global problem, advancing UN goals, and are looking to amplify their impact | 250.000 | |
| Youth Hacking 4 Freedom | A programming competition for young Europeans between 14 and 18 years old that offers the opportunity to design and develop their own project using Free Software. | 4.096 | |
| Pathways Communication Grant | For researchers affiliated with academic institutions to communicate scientific outcomes in the sustainability sector. Eligible work includes: printed or digital publications (policy briefs,… | 5.000 | |
| Explorers Club Impact Grant | Support researcher fieldwork and associated media costs. Fieldwork in the following disciplines qualifies: biological sciences, archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, earth sciences, ecology, and… | 10.000 | |
| Prince Claus Fund | The seed award is for emerging artists who are active in the political and social space and are shaping culture. | 5.000 | |
| Designing Futures 2050 | The prize is open to young students, recent graduates, and young professionals. The goals of the prize are to raise awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), involve young creatives in… | 2.000 | |
| Slingshot challenge | The challenge is for 13–18-year-olds to raise an environmental issue. Submissions are a 1-minute video which includes a proposed solution. | 10.000 | |
| Feminist Innovation in Monitoring and Evaluation (FIME) Small Grants Program | To strengthen monitoring and evaluation systems of developing countries' governments to gather evidence that supports the lives of their citizens. | 5.000 | |
| Youth Voices Third-Party-Funding Mechanism | The grant is designed for youth-led groups from African nations and the youth diaspora to empower their initiatives. Its goal is to enhance local and continental advocacy through research, training,… | 1.000 | |
| Generation Climate Europe. Youth Climate Changemakers Fund | The fund supports the youth climate movement through funding, training, and networking. It seeks to engage new and diverse voices, including those not traditionally involved in climate activism. The… | 1.000€ Euro | |
| Whitney Award | Whitley Awards are for mid-career conservationists who are leading wildlife conservation projects in the Global South to scale proven work that is already embedded in the community. | 40.000 | |
| Young Global Changers Recoupling Award | Three funding categories: 1) Reimagine business: for businesses and social enterprises that have implemented a business model that fosters social prosperity and meets environmental goals. 2)… | 2.500 | |
| The Next Generation Foresight Practitioner Young Voices Award | Submissions are accepted from individuals 12-17 years of age and include a 400-word essay and a 2 minutes 30 seconds video about youth projects in the community. The prize is for ideas that are… | 500 | |
| Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund | For individuals under 30 and intergenerational organizations who are working in the responsible tech space on topics AI, health, and climate change. | 75.000 | |
| Allianz Climate Risk Award | For PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers who focus on understanding and mitigating the risk of extreme weather events that are intensified by climate change. The focus is on fostering… | 3.000 | |
| Kenya Community Development Foundation | The foundation dedicates resources to build, strengthen, and sustain the core capacities of communities by developing thoughtful, long-term collaborations to advance social justice. | ||
| Stockholm Water Prize | The prize awarded for outstanding achievements of lasting significance for sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources. The employed approach much show proven impact and inspire… | ||
| Wonder at the Design Emporium | The award aims to inspire and support projects that promote civic engagement, community building, and measurable outcomes through art, design, or new technologies | 1.500 | |
| Heising Simmons Foundation | To cover the attendance of meetings, workshops, conferences, summer schools, research collaboration gatherings, and other events related to astronomy, cosmology, fundamental physics, climate change… | 50.000 | |
| Doc Society Climate Story Fund | For short & long documentaries and podcasts focusing on just climate transition. | 50.000 | |
| Open Data Day | This call is open to any practices and disciplines carried out by open data communities around the world such as hackathons, tool demos, artificial intelligence, climate emergency, digital strategies… | 300 | |
| Data Empowerment Fund | Data empowerment initiatives can include developing participatory tools for data management, making digital services more user-responsive, building or improving datasets collaboratively, establishing… | 50.000 | |
| Earth Alliance Creator Fund | For bite-sized Socials friendly video content on how to live, move, eat, and get inspired. The creative briefs can be on any of the following topics: healthy animals, vacationing closer to home, food… | 2.000 | |
| Natoora Farm Fund | Farmers under 35 years of age. For projects that reinforce soil health, respect local traditions, protect biodiversity, promote access to land previously excluded groups, and include an educational… | 10.000 | |
| Fjällräven and Explorers club Field Grant | Offered to current graduate & postgraduate students and early career scientists in the fields of natural sciences, conservation, and the environment. The funds are aimed to aid with the costs of… | 5.000 | |
| National Geographic Explorers | The program offers mentorship, network support, and funding to individuals who are working on exciting projects in the natural world. Area of work include: ocean, land, wildlife, human histories… | 20.000 | |
| Social Health Labs | Monthly grant supports the following goals: fostering friendship and connection, strengthening bonds within neighborhoods, enhancing local community cohesion, bridging divides between individuals and… | 1.000 |