WWF-India’s Small Grants Innovation Program
Deadline: 15-May-21
Applications are now open for the World Wide Fund for Nature-India’s (WWF India) Small Grants Innovation Program (SGIP) with an aim of encouraging young Indians to respond innovatively and independently to the conservation issues which affect the country.
Download Ebooks on How to Raise Funds and more!
Download Ebooks on How to Raise Funds and more!
Sample Proposals
Sample Proposals
Deadline-Free Grants
Deadline-Free Grants
Grants Map
Grants Map
Deadline Calendar
Deadline Calendar
Unlimited Donor Search Power
Unlimited Donor Search Power
Specific Grant Alerts in Your Email Inbox
Specific Grant Alerts in Your Email Inbox
The Premium Grants Database
The grants will be used to fund research and initiatives which especially demonstrate innovation that is replicable, scalable and sustainable. Around the globe, conservationists are employing the latest technological advances to make a difference for people, wildlife, oceans, forests and clean water.
The SGIP will provide grants to individuals for activities and/or research that address issues and offer solutions or insights towards:
Species and habitat related problems and concerns – with a focus on immediate threats and issues
Enabling communities and other stakeholders to address local environmental concerns
Improving local livelihoods through conservation and natural resource management or promoting livelihoods that reduce impacts on biodiversity
Aspects of trade involving wildlife species
Increasing understanding on the status of lesser known or lesser studied species of wildlife
Innovative approaches to awareness raising regarding environmental concerns
Demonstrating individual or collective action towards conservation outcomes
Funding Information
WWF-India is offering eligible individuals a one-time grant of upto INR 400,000 over a maximum period of 2 years for undertaking conservation research/ action research.
The program not support
Cash payments for direct budgetary support to an organization
Payment for ongoing projects and for expenses of recurring nature
Organization of seminars, meetings and conferences, except where it can be demonstrated that the organization of such a meeting is critical to achieving the larger objectives of this grant
Sponsorship to attend conferences, workshops, training programs in India or abroad
Large scale construction and high capital costs
Purchase of vehicles
Proposals from Government employees and departments
Selection Criteria
Applicants must demonstrate sound knowledge of environmental conservation and of the particular geographical area or issue that they wish to contribute to through their project. The duration of the project should be between 6 to 24 months and the scale of the project should be such that funding awarded covers the total or the majority of the requirements.
Proposals meeting some or all of the following criteria will receive priority consideration:
Contribute to WWF India’s mission of conservation and priority will be given to initiatives located in WWF India’s priority landscapes or geographies
Achieve a clear outcome within the project timeframe that can be scaled up or replicated
Encourage participatory or community-based conservation and natural resource management
Introduce innovative approaches that can demonstrate conservation impact
Have a clearly articulated rationale that demonstrates urgency and need for the work
For more information, visit https://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/small_grants_innovation_program/