Applications Invited for Darwin Initiative: Round 30

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About the Organization

The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps protect biodiversity, the natural environment and the local communities that live alongside it in developing countries.

 Most projects will include one or more of:

• building environmental knowledge
• capacity building
• research
• implementing international biodiversity agreements

Since 1992, the Darwin Initiative has awarded over £164m to more than 1,143 projects across 159 countries.

About the Grant

We are now inviting applications to all four Darwin Initiative schemes:

Extra - Darwin Initiative Extra invites projects that are on a clear scaling pathway: building on good evidence from smaller projects to demonstrating the potential to scale further by completion and delivering strong results for biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction.

Darwin Initiative Extra will provide grants between £600,000 and £5,000,000 for projects lasting between 2 to 5 years maximum.

Main - Darwin Initiative Main invites applications for environmental projects between £100,000 and £600,000 for projects lasting 1 to 3 years maximum.

Innovation - Darwin Initiative Innovation is aimed at projects intending to test a novel approach that if proven could scale to deliver results for biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction.

Darwin Initiative Innovation will provide grants between £10,000 to £200,000 for projects lasting between 1 to 2 years maximum.

Capability & Capacity - Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity invites projects that focus on developing the capability and capacity of national and local organisation to efficiently deliver effective and successful biodiversity conservation – poverty reduction projects.

Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity will provide grants between £50,000 – £200,000 between for projects lasting 1 to 2 years maximum.

How to Apply

The timetable for Round 30 is:

Extra – Single Stage, with interview

Deadline: Monday 18th September 2023

Main – Two Stage process

Deadline: Monday 3rd July 2023

Innovation and Capability & Capacity – Single Stage process

Deadline: Monday 23rd October 2023

Results for Innovation and Capability & Capacity are expected by end of January 2024 at the earliest, and for Main and Extra they are expected by end of February 2024 at the earliest.

Successful projects are expected to start from 1st April 2024. You should consider the best date to start your project to allow for start-up and recruitment, based on the expected notification of results.

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