Submissions open for Hurtigruten Foundation Grants Program

Submissions open for Hurtigruten Foundation Grants Program

Deadline: 01-May-24

The Hurtigruten Foundation is seeking submissions for the Hurtigruten Foundation Grants Program to fight climate change, strengthen local communities, and stop unsustainable mass tourism.

Focus Areas

• To ensure that the efforts have a measurable effect, they have chosen to focus on three areas:
  • Preserving endangered wildlife
  • Battling plastic waste and marine litter
  • Supporting local communities in the areas where they operate

Funding Information

• All grants are awarded in Euros (EUR). The grants tend to be in the range of 5,000 – 10,000 EUR

What they will fund?

• Grass roots projects
• Environmental projects
• Community based projects
• Science research projects
• Educational projects

Who can apply?                           

• Any organisation wishing to undertake projects or activities concerned with the aims and in the areas of the world they operate.
• Hurtigruten Group currently operates in Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic Canada and the Northwest Passage, Argentina, the British Isles, the Caribbean, Chile, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, the Falkland Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Svalbard, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
• They are unlikely to consider applications for grants from private companies, commercial organisations, individuals, hospitals, places of worship, private members clubs, or other organisations with exclusive or closed.

What they will not fund?

• Projects not associated with the areas they sail and operate
• Activities exclusively for private members

For more information, visit Hurtigruten Foundation.