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25 new opportunities on the Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy and Food page this cycle, all added since the July mid-month update. Three currents run through them: adaptation is being financed like an asset class, conservation money is moving to the moment of protection on land and at sea, and circular and low-carbon work is being funded as industrial policy.
Adaptation is being financed like an asset class. Kenya Climate Ventures is running two vehicles at once, the Kenya-Uganda Adaptation Accelerator’s performance-based grants for women and youth-led enterprises and the Asili Fund’s concessional, revolving investment checks, while Convergence’s Catalytic Climate Finance Facility disburses milestone-based grants paired with technical assistance and blended-finance structuring. The design tell is everywhere: money released against verified outcomes, recycled as it returns, and layered to crowd in private capital. This is the capital-instrument shift we have tracked all year, adaptation treated not as charity but as an investable pipeline in the Global South.
Conservation money is moving to the moment of protection, on land and at sea. The Sustainable Ocean Alliance’s 30×30 grants back small organizations and Indigenous leaders establishing marine protected areas, the Quick Response Fund for Nature exists to move fast when a globally significant parcel comes up for acquisition, and the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership opens shared marine research infrastructure across Europe’s seas. The common choice is to fund the act of securing nature, the purchase, the designation, the observing platform, rather than the study that follows, extending the blue-economy and locally-led conservation threads from July.
Circular and low-carbon work is being funded as industrial policy. The UPSTREAM project channels cascade funding to public authorities for zero-waste and plastic-prevention work, EIT Culture and Creativity’s Fashion Shift backs market-ready circular fashion models, and the two energy calls, Spain’s hydrogen-mobility open call and the Eurogia2030 low-carbon cluster, fund SMEs and consortia to move clean technology toward deployment. The structure is consistent: consortium and cascade instruments that treat the green transition as an industrial build-out, not a grant to a single actor. Artificial intelligence is threaded through it too, with Smart Africa, the UbuntuNet Alliance, and ASIF each funding AI aimed squarely at climate adaptation.
Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 76 open opportunities – 20 new!
Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 28 rolling opportunities – 5 new!
Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 2 long term opportunities!
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SOA Grant Funding to Advance 30×30, Sustainable Ocean Alliance. *New!*
Sustainable Ocean Alliance is inviting proposals from small organizations and local leaders working to establish and strengthen marine protected areas and other area-based conservation measures, part of the global push to protect 30 percent of the ocean by 2030. The alliance is putting modest, flexible money directly into the hands of grassroots groups, and caps eligibility by budget size to keep it with community-scale actors. It wants durable local stewardship: high-biodiversity places, traditional and Indigenous governance of small-scale fisheries, and locally managed marine areas. By opening a track for unaffiliated individuals and prioritizing youth, women, and Indigenous leadership, it signals that who does the protecting matters as much as the hectares protected. The strongest fits are community-rooted marine conservation groups and local leaders in high-biodiversity coastal and island areas.
Geographies: Not specified.
Who can apply: Small organizations and local leaders working to establish and strengthen marine protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures. Unaffiliated individual applicants are also eligible at a lower funding tier.
Funding amount: Up to USD 15,000 per organisation; up to USD 5,000 for unaffiliated applicants; total pool USD 50,000 to 80,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment. Focus: marine conservation, MPAs, OECMs.
Deadline: August 3, 2026.
Pilot Programs in Advanced Agriculture (AgTech) in the Tkuma Region, Israel Innovation Authority.
The Israel Innovation Authority, together with the Tkuma Directorate and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, opens this call to help industrial companies run real-world agricultural technology pilots in the Tkuma Region. The Authority is using non-dilutive grants to move promising AgTech products from the lab toward commercial readiness, funding demonstrations at working farms and regional research sites until a technology proves itself in genuine operating conditions. It wants to back precision agriculture, vertical farming, robotics, irrigation efficiency, and crop improvement that can rebuild and strengthen a region recovering from disruption. The requirement that most spending go toward operational demonstration signals that the Authority values validated performance over early-stage promise. The strongest fits are Israeli industrial companies with mature AgTech products ready to prove themselves in the field.
Geographies: Israel.
Who can apply: Industrial corporations legally incorporated and registered in Israel and operating under Israeli law, conducting R&D for commercial purposes, that will carry out their pilot activities in the Tkuma Region. Collaborations with regional R&D centers, farms, or other pilot sites.
Funding amount: Grant covering 20%, 30%, 40% or 50% of the approved R&D budget (additional 10% for programs primarily carried out in Development Area A); percentage set per applicant, no per-award cap disclosed..
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG2; SDG9; SDG12; Focus areas: agtech; precision agriculture; vertical farming; agricultural robotics; irrigation efficiency; crop improvement.
Deadline: August 5, 2026.
Two hard conditions define eligibility: the applicant must be an Israeli-incorporated industrial company, and the pilot must physically run in the Tkuma Region. This is cost-share, not a windfall, since the grant covers only 20 to 50 percent of R&D and the company funds the rest, so it best suits firms with AgTech close to commercial readiness that they can prove in real field conditions.
Water and Energy for Food 2.0 MENA Programme (Track 3 Innovations), Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge.
The Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge opens its 2.0 MENA Track 3 call for enterprises working at the intersection of water, energy, and food in Algeria, Palestine, and Syria. The program backs revenue-generating businesses in fragile and underserved markets, from water management and climate-resilient agriculture to clean energy and circular economy models. Its more flexible eligibility, lowered co-financing expectations, and acceptance of informal firms moving toward formality signal that the funders want to reach companies conventional donor programs overlook. Milestone-based grants pair with technical assistance and investor matchmaking, showing an intent to build durable, investable enterprises rather than fund one-off pilots. The strongest fits are established local innovators with proven revenue and community-level impact across the water-energy-food nexus.
Geographies: Algeria; Palestine; Syria (Northern Africa; Western Asia).
Who can apply: Legally incorporated or registered for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, and academic institutions, that generate revenue and maintain a self-sustaining operational budget, with a proven revenue track record selling products or services relevant to the water-energy-food nexus and climate resilience.
Funding amount: Individual awards are expected to be on average 80,000 US Dollars (cash grants on a reimbursement basis); awardees encouraged to bring a minimum of 25% matching funds..
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG2; SDG6; SDG7; SDG8; SDG13; Focus areas: wef nexus innovation; climate-resilient agribusiness; clean energy solutions; agricultural water management; circular economy; digital market platforms.
Deadline: August 7, 2026.
The real filter is a proven revenue track record selling water-energy-food nexus products or services, so pre-revenue ventures are out and only self-sustaining businesses qualify. The relaxed co-financing and openness to firms formalizing signal a deliberate reach into Algeria, Palestine, and Syria markets that conventional donors skip.
Water and Energy for Food 2.0 MENA Programme (Track 4 Innovations), Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge.
Water and Energy for Food Grand Challenge is opening its 2.0 MENA national call for early-stage enterprises working at the intersection of water, energy, and food in Syria. This Track 4 window backs firms whose solutions, from food processing and water management to clean energy and digital market platforms, can strengthen food and water security while a rebuilding economy finds its footing. WE4F has deliberately relaxed its revenue, team-size, and co-financing thresholds here, signaling that it wants relevance and community-level impact to count for more than polished balance sheets. Selected enterprises join a regional cohort, receive expert technical assistance, and gain help becoming investment-ready. The strongest fits are Syrian-registered ventures with a credible nexus product and real potential to scale locally.
Geographies: Syria (Northern Africa; Western Asia).
Who can apply: Early-stage enterprises operating at the water, energy, and food nexus, including formally registered businesses and companies in the process of transitioning into formality, that are legally registered and operating in Syria and demonstrate relevance to the nexus plus potential for community-level impact..
Funding amount: Grant funding of up to USD 30,000 (based on assessed needs and milestones), plus technical assistance and investor matchmaking.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG2; SDG6; SDG7; SDG8; Focus areas: water-energy-food nexus; food processing; water management; clean energy; digital market platforms; circular economy.
Deadline: August 7, 2026.
This is the rare call built for early and even informal firms: WE4F has relaxed revenue, team-size, and co-financing thresholds, so young Syrian ventures registered or formalizing can compete on relevance and community impact rather than polished financials. The trade-off is a small ceiling of USD 30,000, so treat it as catalytic support plus cohort access, not growth capital.
Call for Applications: SME Grant Facility – PLACE Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations opened its SME Grant Facility under the European Union-funded PLACE program, offering matching grants and business development support to small enterprises across Kenya’s pastoral counties. The facility backs firms working in livestock value chains, from dairy and red meat to fodder, honey, and agro-forestry, treating these enterprises as the connective tissue that keeps pastoral markets functioning as the climate shifts. It funds productive assets, processing and storage, and climate-smart technology, pairing every grant with mentorship and technical advice. The required cash co-contribution and the cap on company size signal that FAO wants committed, genuinely small operators rather than established players. The strongest fits are youth- and women-led enterprises in Mandera, Narok, Kajiado, Turkana, or West Pokot building resilient livestock businesses.
Geographies: Kenya (Africa; Eastern Africa).
Who can apply: Legally registered small and medium-sized enterprises operating in, or directly supporting, pastoral and agro-pastoral livestock value chains in Kenya. Applicants must be registered in Kenya; operate within, or demonstrably serve, one or more PLACE target counties; employ fewer than 20 full-time staff.
Funding amount: Matching grants ranging from USD 5,000 to USD 15,000; minimum 25% cash co-contribution toward total investment cost..
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG1; SDG2; SDG8; SDG13; Focus areas: climate-resilient livelihoods; pastoral market systems; agro-pastoral value chains; women and youth enterprises.
Deadline: August 7, 2026.
These are deliberately small grants of USD 5,000 to 15,000, and the gates are tight: Kenya registration, fewer than 20 staff, and operations within the target pastoral counties and livestock value chains. Best suited to genuine small enterprises with 25 percent cash on hand, not larger firms or those outside the PLACE geography.
2026 Circular Solutions Innovation Challenge (EU-PH Green Economy Partnership, Green LGUs), UNDP Philippines.
UNDP Philippines, with the Department of the Interior and Local Government, is running the 2026 Circular Solutions Innovation Challenge under the EU-Philippines Green Economy Partnership, seeking market-ready circular economy solutions to pilot in ten partner cities, from Bacoor to Cagayan de Oro and Cotabato. The design is one award per city over 10 to 15 months, targeting plastic circularity, food and organic waste recovery, and green tourism, and proposals must respond to a specific city’s stated priorities rather than pitch a generic solution. The market-readiness bar is explicit: solutions must have operated commercially for at least a year.
Geographies: Philippines (10 partner cities; apply to one specific city)
Who can apply: NGOs, cooperatives, social enterprises, startups, MSMEs, and individuals with 1+ year commercial operation
Funding amount: USD $35,000 to $40,000 per selected project; one award per partner city
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; Economic Development & Livelihoods. Focus areas: circular economy, plastics, waste recovery, green tourism, Philippines.
Deadline: August 7, 2026 (closing times vary by city procurement notice)
Selection is one project per city, so your competition is everyone targeting your chosen city, not everyone in the challenge. Pick the city where your solution’s fit is provable and the field thinnest, then build the budget for one LGU, not a national program.
Chamada PROASA 2026 (South Atlantic Ocean + Antarctica research), FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation).
FAPESP’s Chamada PROASA 2026 is funding scientific research on the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica across three modalities, with a total program envelope of R$ 15 million (approximately USD $2.6 million): Regular Research Grant up to R$ 600,000, Thematic Project up to R$ 7 million (approximately USD $1.2 million per grant), and Young Researcher Phase 1 up to R$ 3 million with JP scholarship. The funder logic concentrates capital at the Sao Paulo state research base by structural design: only researchers affiliated with Higher Education and Research Institutions in the state of Sao Paulo can apply, while research subject geography extends across the South Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica without restriction to Brazilian territorial waters. Priority research themes align with four of FAPESP’s 2026-2028 strategic axes: biotechnology, energy transition, biodiversity and food security, and human and animal health, all anchored on ocean, coastal, and Antarctic environments. Antarctica-focused proposals are accepted only when they do not require new field activities or when logistical support is already secured through PROANTAR. Disciplinary through transdisciplinary proposals all eligible.
Geographies: Applicants: state of Sao Paulo, Brazil only. Research subject: South Atlantic Ocean (coastal areas and marine environments) and Antarctica (continent and Southern Ocean). Not restricted to Brazilian territorial waters.
Who can apply: Researchers affiliated with Higher Education and Research Institutions in the state of Sao Paulo. One proposal per researcher per call. Concurrent FAPESP project holders must justify complementarity. International researcher involvement encouraged.
Funding amount: Total envelope R$ 15,000,000 (approximately USD $2.6 million). Three modalities: Regular Research Grant up to R$ 600,000; Thematic Project up to R$ 7,000,000 (approximately USD $1.2 million); Young Researcher Phase 1 up to R$ 3,000,000 with JP scholarship (R$ 2,500,000 without).
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; Innovation & Technology. Focus areas: ocean and marine science, Antarctic research, biotechnology, energy transition, biodiversity and food security, ocean and Antarctic health.
Deadline: August 10, 2026.
Sao Paulo state institutional affiliation is the load-bearing eligibility filter; researchers at institutions in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, or elsewhere in Brazil are ineligible regardless of expertise. Antarctica proposals requiring new field activities without PROANTAR-secured logistics are screened out; applicants without PROANTAR linkage should focus on previously collected samples or modeling.
Advancing the Sustainability and Resilience of Oilseed Rape Production (UK), EIT Food.
EIT Food is funding a single delivery partner to help oilseed rape farmers across the United Kingdom shift toward regenerative agriculture between 2026 and 2029. The program pays for farmer engagement, agronomic support, training, and the monitoring systems that turn field practice into measured environmental and economic outcomes. EIT Food wants a resilient domestic oilseed rape sector, and it seeks an organization or consortium that can hold the effort together over three years, from recruiting growers to reporting on soil and yield results. By asking for measurement and value-chain collaboration rather than one-off trials, EIT Food is signaling that it wants durable change in how the crop is grown. The strongest fits are agronomy providers, MRV specialists, training bodies, and research institutions that can deliver as one team.
Geographies: United Kingdom (Europe).
Who can apply: Organisations, consultancies, NGOs, agronomy providers, technology companies, research institutions, MRV providers, and training or sustainability organisations, applying individually or as a consortium, with expertise in regenerative agriculture, agronomy, training, and monitoring.
Funding amount: EUR €1,220,000 (total programme funding).
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG2; SDG12; SDG13; SDG15; Focus areas: regenerative agriculture; monitoring reporting verification; farmer training; value chain collaboration.
Deadline: August 11, 2026.
This is winner-take-all: EIT Food funds a single delivery partner to run UK oilseed rape work from 2026 to 2029, so the deciding factor is the capacity to hold a three-year effort together, from recruiting growers to reporting soil and yield data. The demand for measurement and value-chain collaboration favors an organization or consortium with real monitoring muscle, not a trials specialist.
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy ($2M total prizes), Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program.
The Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy is a multi-stage USD $2 million non-dilutive prize competition for scalable, commercially viable, technology-enabled companies operating on the African continent that replace linear take-make-waste systems with regenerative, resource-efficient value chains across agriculture and food systems, plastics and packaging, electronics, textiles, and construction and the built environment. The funder logic scales proven solutions rather than seeding early-stage innovation: companies must have over two years of continuous operation on the African continent, at least USD $500,000 in total funding and revenue to date, clear evidence of social impact and job creation, and demonstrated operational readiness to deploy USD $1 million in capital. Ten semifinalists receive USD $50,000 each; five finalists receive USD $50,000 each; the grand prize winner receives USD $1 million; the runner-up receives USD $250,000. Plastics applicants must present safety audits and responsible labor practices; electronics applicants must demonstrate validated legal compliance per ISO 14001 and equivalent frameworks; failure to provide either triggers automatic disqualification. Finalists pitch at a Q4 2026 event.
Geographies: Companies operating on the African continent (over 2 years continuous operation required). Registration globally open; US-embargoed countries and OFAC-listed entities excluded.
Who can apply: Established companies (over 2 years continuous Africa operation) with at least USD $500,000 total funding and revenue to date, evidence of social impact and job creation, and operational readiness to deploy USD $1 million. Must operate in at least one of five verticals (agriculture and food systems, plastics and packaging, electronics, textiles, construction and built environment).
Funding amount: Total prize pool USD $2 million. Ten semifinalists USD $50,000 each; five finalists USD $50,000 each; grand prize USD $1,000,000; runner-up USD $250,000. All prizes non-dilutive.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; Economic Development & Livelihoods; Innovation & Technology. Focus areas: circular economy, regenerative value chains, agriculture and food, plastics and packaging, electronics, textiles, construction.
Deadline: August 13, 2026 at 6 PM UTC. Grand prize announced May 2027 at Milken Institute Global Conference.
The USD $500,000 minimum total funding and revenue gate excludes pre-revenue startups regardless of technology promise; this is a prize for established African circular-economy operators with deployment infrastructure in place. Plastics and electronics verticals carry additional compliance requirements (safety audits, ISO 14001 evidence) that are screened before scoring.
Two For The Trails Grant, Athletic Brewing Company. *New!*
Athletic Brewing Company runs Two For The Trails as an extension of its founding mission, that outdoor spaces and the communities who use them deserve care and investment. The company funds nonprofits doing hands-on stewardship of shared outdoor places: trail maintenance, waterway protection, urban greenspace improvement, invasive species removal, beach cleanups, and native habitat restoration. What it wants to back is tangible, near-term work on the ground rather than research or advocacy, and it favors projects ready to break ground in the coming year. Opening the grant to conservation groups across North America and parts of Europe while keeping the scope firmly practical signals a funder investing in the upkeep of place itself. The strongest fits are established nonprofits with a shovel-ready outdoor project and a community that will use it.
Geographies: Northern America, Europe.
Who can apply: Registered nonprofit organizations. US-based applicants must be 501(c)3; equivalent documentation required for international applicants. International nonprofits may apply, with priority given to projects in regions where Athletic Brewing operates: USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and EU.
Funding amount: The funds awarded range from $500 to $50,000, with an average of $5,000 to $10,000 per grant..
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
2027 Foreign Market Development (FMD) Cooperator Program, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS).
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service runs the Foreign Market Development program, known as the Cooperator Program, to build long-term overseas demand for US agricultural commodities by cost-sharing with nonprofit US trade associations. It backs generic, non-branded promotion of whole commodities rather than company marketing, and prefers applicants that represent an entire industry or work nationwide, signaling that the agency wants industry-wide market infrastructure, not firm-level sales. The work is structural and long-horizon: easing import constraints, improving processing capability, shaping foreign codes and standards, and finding new markets and uses for US products. Reviewers look for a credible long-term export strategy and the capacity to deliver it, and the agency frames the program around return on investment and rural economic gains. Only nonprofit US agricultural trade associations qualify, activities happen abroad, and applications run through the annual Unified Export Strategy that also covers sibling programs.
Geographies: United States (applicant base); activities conducted abroad.
Who can apply: Nonprofit US agricultural trade associations, preferably representing an entire industry or nationwide in scope.
Funding amount: USD 34.5M total envelope (FY2027 to be confirmed); around 18 to 20 awards.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDG2, SDG8, SDG17. Focus: long-term export market building.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
FAS is buying industry-wide market infrastructure, not company sales, so generic commodity promotion and structural work like easing import constraints or shaping foreign standards is what resonates. Present yourself as representing a whole industry with a credible multi-year export strategy, and let return on investment and broad rural benefit, rather than any single firm’s gains, frame your case.
Kazakhstan – Development of Policies, Transparency Systems, and Investment-Ready Pipeline to Reduce Methane from the Agricultural Sector, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening this call to help Kazakhstan turn its national methane roadmap into enforceable rules, credible measurement systems, and financed agricultural projects. The Coalition already backed Kazakhstan’s earlier planning work, and this call moves the country from planning into implementation, focusing on livestock and manure management. It wants proposals that draft mitigation regulations, strengthen the agricultural methane inventory to a standard credible for international reporting, and bring one anchor project to investment readiness. By routing for-profit players toward co-funding and stakeholder roles while reserving the lead for not-for-profit implementers, the design signals that they want partners able to convene government and finance around durable systems. The strongest fits are organizations with methane measurement, agricultural policy, and climate finance experience across Central Asia.
Geographies: Kazakhstan (Central Asia).
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. For-profit entities may only participate as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users, though their involvement is encouraged where their ownership of the proposed solution is key.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $1,000,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG2; SDG5; SDG12; SDG13; Focus areas: methane; livestock; manure management; enteric fermentation; mrv; enhanced transparency framework; investment pipeline.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
One of the coordinated CCAC Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator country calls, this moves Kazakhstan from planning, which the Coalition already funded, into implementation, so continuity and credibility on methane are advantages. Eligibility reserves the lead for not-for-profit implementers who can pass UNEP due diligence, with for-profits pushed to co-funding and stakeholder roles.
South Africa – National SLCP Planning, Monitoring and Reporting System, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening this call to help South Africa move short-lived climate pollutant data from its air-quality systems into national climate reporting. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment requested the work, and the Coalition wants applicants to strengthen existing government platforms rather than build parallel ones, embedding super pollutant indicators inside the country’s licensing and inventory backbone. It seeks a coordination mechanism, an emissions platform, and integrated greenhouse gas reporting that satisfies international transparency rules. By reserving the lead role for not-for-profit implementers and routing for-profit players toward stakeholder and co-funding roles, the design signals a preference for partners who can convene ministries around durable public systems. The strongest fits are organizations with emissions inventory, MRV, and environmental governance experience in South Africa.
Geographies: South Africa.
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. For-profit entities may only participate as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users, though their involvement is encouraged where their ownership of the proposed solution is key.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $300,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG3; SDG11; SDG12; SDG13; Focus areas: slcp; methane; black carbon; mrv; enhanced transparency framework; emissions inventory; air emission licensing; saaelip.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
Part of the coordinated CCAC country slate and requested by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, this call rewards applicants who strengthen existing government platforms rather than build parallel ones. At USD 300,000 it is a focused systems-integration job for a not-for-profit lead, since for-profits are limited to stakeholder and co-funder roles.
South Africa – Waste Methane Mitigation and Circular Economy Scale-Up, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening a call to cut methane from South Africa’s waste system, responding to a request from the national Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. The coalition wants to move municipalities away from landfill dependence toward organic waste diversion, methane capture at landfill sites, and food waste valorization, tying each intervention to national climate and circular economy commitments. What they seek to back is municipal capability: feasibility studies that authorities endorse, investment ready business plans, and monitoring systems that feed national reporting, not one-off pilots. The eligibility design, open to nonprofits with for-profit partners as co-funders and end users, signals that they want implementers who can carry solutions to scale. The strongest fits are organizations with municipal waste and climate finance experience.
Geographies: South Africa.
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. Applicants must be able to provide their last three audited financial statements. For-profit entities may participate only as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users, and their inclusion is encouraged.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost USD $700,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG11; SDG12; SDG13; Focus areas: landfill methane capture; organic waste diversion; food waste valorization; waste sector mrv.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
Part of the coordinated CCAC country slate for South Africa, this call wants municipal capability, endorsed feasibility studies and investment-ready business plans, not one-off pilots. Eligibility is restricted to nonprofits with three audited financial statements, so for-profit waste firms must join as stakeholders or co-funders rather than lead.
Indonesia – Waste Methane Mitigation and Circular Economy, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening a call to cut methane from Indonesia’s waste sector, in response to a request from the country’s Ministry of Environment. The coalition wants to move municipal organic waste management away from open dumping and toward capture, segregation at source, and circular reuse, in step with Indonesia’s Zero Waste, Zero Emissions plan and its national methane commitments. What it seeks to back is government capacity: stronger measurement systems, city pilots in Jakarta and Bali, and financing models that let village communities run waste businesses. The requirement for audited accounts and UN contracting signals that it is choosing implementers who can carry public systems, not run one-off projects. The strongest fits are not-for-profit organizations with methane, waste, and MRV experience in Indonesia.
Geographies: Indonesia (South-eastern Asia).
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. For-profit entities may participate only as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users, not as lead applicants. Applicants must be able to provide the last three audited financial statements.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $700,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG11; SDG12; SDG13; Focus areas: organic waste; landfill methane; open burning; sustainable financing; city pilots.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
This is one of the coordinated CCAC country calls, answering Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment, so alignment with the national Zero Waste, Zero Emissions plan is expected. The gates are firm: not-for-profit lead only, three years of audited financial statements, and UN contracting, which points to established implementers rather than newcomers.
Indonesia – Integrated MRV and Super-Pollutant Governance, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition, a partnership hosted by the UN Environment Programme, is opening this call to help Indonesia build the data and governance systems it needs to cut short-lived climate pollutants. The funding answers a request from Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment to fold super-pollutant monitoring into the country’s greenhouse gas inventory, air quality, and carbon registry systems. What the Coalition wants to back is durable government capacity: a standing control unit inside the ministry, harmonized data platforms, and inter-ministerial coordination that outlasts the grant. The emphasis on audited accounts, replication planning, and a gender marker signals that they are choosing implementers who can institutionalize reform rather than run a one-off study. The strongest fits are nonprofits and intergovernmental bodies with MRV and climate policy experience in Indonesia.
Geographies: Indonesia (Asia; Oceania; South-eastern Asia).
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. For-profit entities may participate only as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users, not as lead applicants. Applicants must be able to provide the last three audited financial statements..
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $300,000 (USD).
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG3; SDG11; SDG13; Focus areas: methane; hydrofluorocarbons; black carbon; air quality; ghg inventory; national climate governance; ndc reporting.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
Another CCAC coordinated country call, hosted under UN Environment and requested by Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment, this backs durable government capacity, a standing control unit and harmonized data systems, over short-lived outputs. The audited-accounts requirement, replication planning, and gender marker signal a preference for seasoned not-for-profit implementers who can institutionalize the work.
Cambodia – Scaling Up Electric Cooking in Cambodia, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening a call to scale up electric cooking in Cambodia, funding a national push to move households and institutions from charcoal and firewood toward electricity. The coalition works to cut short-lived climate pollutants, and it reads clean cooking as one of the fastest ways to do that while easing household air pollution and the fuel-gathering burden that falls on women. This call answers a direct request from Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment, so it favors work anchored in national roadmaps, appliance standards, and the Smoke Free Village behavior model rather than standalone pilots. Contracting runs through the United Nations, signaling a preference for organizations that can carry audited, government-aligned delivery. The strongest fits are not-for-profits with clean cooking market and policy experience in Cambodia.
Geographies: Cambodia (South-eastern Asia).
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), or other not-for-profit entities. Applicants must provide the last three audited financial statements to be eligible for CCAC funding, and if selected will be contracted through the United Nations (UNEP).
Funding amount: $300,000 (estimated project cost).
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG3; SDG5; SDG7; SDG13; Focus areas: ecooking; clean cooking; household energy; super pollutants; black carbon; behavior change communication; smoke free village.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
One of the coordinated CCAC country calls, this responds directly to Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment, so work anchored in national roadmaps, appliance standards, and the Smoke Free Village model beats standalone pilots. Only not-for-profits with three years of audited accounts can lead, and the winner is contracted through UNEP, which favors organizations already comfortable with UN procedures.
Cambodia – Accelerating Actions to Improve Organic Waste Management, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is opening its Cambodia call under the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator, funding work to cut methane and other short-lived climate pollutants from the country’s organic waste and wastewater systems. The Coalition is backing the Ministry of Environment to turn national waste and circular-economy strategies into a concrete pipeline of investment-ready mitigation projects across Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Kampong Chhnang, and Koh Sralao Island. It wants feasibility studies, financing roadmaps, and municipal capacity that outlast the grant, signaling a preference for applicants who can move from assessment to bankable projects and who understand blended and carbon-market finance. Gender-responsive design is required. The strongest fits are not-for-profit organizations with waste-sector technical depth and experience working alongside government partners.
Geographies: Cambodia (South-eastern Asia).
Who can apply: Open to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other not-for-profit entities. Projects must run less than 24 months and applicants must provide their last three audited financial statements. For-profit entities may only participate as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $700,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG11; SDG12; SDG13; Focus areas: solid waste; wastewater; landfill gas; open burning; composting; anaerobic digestion; source separation.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
This call names the Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator directly, confirming it as part of the coordinated CCAC country slate backing Cambodia’s Ministry of Environment. With projects capped under 24 months and led only by nonprofits with three audited statements, the edge goes to implementers who can move from feasibility to bankable, investment-ready projects and understand blended finance.
Mexico – Low-Emission Agriculture and Livestock Production, Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC).
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is inviting proposals to help Mexico put its national livestock methane roadmap into practice, at the request of the country’s environment and agriculture ministries. The coalition wants to cut methane and nitrous oxide from cattle production while keeping producers more productive and resilient, pairing on-farm practice change with the policy and measurement systems that make reductions count. It seeks work that builds extension networks, trains producers at scale, develops Tier 2 emission factors, and opens financing so sustainable practices spread beyond a pilot. Reserving eligibility for nonprofits and requiring a gender marker signals that the coalition wants credible implementers who can move from demonstration to national reporting. The strongest fits are organizations with livestock, MRV, and Mexican agricultural policy experience.
Geographies: Mexico (Americas).
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), or other not-for-profit entities. For-profit entities may participate only as stakeholders, co-funders, or end users. Applicants must be able to provide the last three audited financial statements and meet UNEP due diligence.
Funding amount: Estimated project cost $1,000,000.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs: SDG2; SDG12; SDG13; SDG15; Focus areas: enteric methane; manure management; silvopastoral systems; tier 2 emission factors; results-based payments; farmer field schools.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
Part of the coordinated CCAC country slate, requested jointly by Mexico’s environment and agriculture ministries, this needs applicants who can pair on-farm practice change with policy and measurement systems at scale. Eligibility is reserved for nonprofits meeting UNEP due diligence, and the required gender marker signals that inclusion is scored, not optional.
Emerging Markets Program (EMP) FY2027, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) / Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service runs the Emerging Markets Program to grow US agricultural exports into developing economies that are moving toward market orientation and could become commercial buyers of US commodities. It funds technical assistance and market-development work, such as market assessments, two-way expert exchange, and technical training, and backs generic commodity promotion that benefits a whole industry rather than branded products. The award ceiling, the three-year prove-then-self-fund horizon, and the rule to complement rather than replace private effort all signal that the agency wants focused, implementation-ready projects, reinforced by a cost-share preference for cash over in-kind. Scoring leans hardest on market impact, then on activity appropriateness and feasibility. Only US-registered entities with a genuine export nexus qualify, and impact must be framed as commercial market growth, not poverty reduction, which the program explicitly disqualifies.
Geographies: United States (applicant base); activities target emerging-market economies abroad.
Who can apply: US private or government entities with a demonstrated role in exporting US agricultural commodities, including universities, cooperatives, and trade associations.
Funding amount: up to USD 500,000 per award; USD 8M total envelope.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDG2, SDG8, SDG17. Focus: commercial export market growth.
Deadline: August 14, 2026.
EMP explicitly disqualifies poverty-reduction framing: it wants commercial market growth and scores hardest on market impact. Cast your project as focused, implementation-ready work that helps a whole industry crack an emerging market, complementing rather than replacing private effort, and let a cash cost-share and a clear export payoff signal the serious commercial intent reviewers reward.
Wildlife Acoustics Grant Program (Standard Product Grant / Software-Only Grant / Travel Grant), Wildlife Acoustics, Inc..
Wildlife Acoustics runs a quarterly in-kind grant program that provides bioacoustics recording equipment and Kaleidoscope Pro software licenses to researchers and conservation organizations worldwide. Each quarter, up to $12,000 USD in Wildlife Acoustics products is distributed, with individual applicants eligible for up to $4,000 USD in recorders, accessories, and software. A new Travel Grant, launched in 2025, awards up to $1,000 USD in cash per quarter to early-career researchers presenting at conferences. The program explicitly excludes government agencies but is otherwise open globally to any tax-exempt or charitable organization. Three tracks, Standard Product, Software-Only, and Travel, allow applicants to tailor requests to actual project needs. Applications are reviewed quarterly (deadlines: Feb 15, May 15, Aug 15, Nov 15), and past recipients span every major region, covering bats, birds, amphibians, and other terrestrial wildlife. The program has been running since at least 2016, making it one of the most consistent equipment-grant programs in the conservation technology space.
Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Scientists, researchers, conservationists, and students affiliated with charitable, educational, NGO, or tax-exempt organizations worldwide (government agencies excluded).
Funding amount: Up to USD 4,000 in products per individual (up to USD 12,000 awarded per quarter); Travel Grant up to USD 1,000 cash.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDG13, SDG14, SDG15. Focus: bioacoustics conservation.
Deadline: August 15, 2026.
This is in-kind support for fieldwork that needs specific gear, so Wildlife Acoustics is really backing well-designed monitoring, not general operations. Prioritizing under-monitored regions and clear data-sharing plans reveals what it values. Request exactly the recorders and software your study needs, name the species and habitat, and commit to publishing or sharing results, framing your project as sound science the equipment will make possible.
Hannah Dairy Research Foundation Research Grant Competition 2026, Hannah Dairy Research Foundation.
The Hannah Dairy Research Foundation runs its Research Grant Competition to fund discrete, well defined research projects that matter to dairy farmers in Scotland. The foundation backs work across animal health and welfare, dairy nutrition and production systems, agronomy and soil science, the socioeconomics of dairy, and milk processing and marketing. It looks to strengthen the scientific base that keeps Scottish dairy productive and resilient, rather than any single technology. The design, open to postdoctoral scholars anchored at a Scottish institution while welcoming co-applicants from anywhere, signals that the foundation wants local research leadership paired with international expertise. The strongest fits are postdoctoral researchers at Scottish universities or institutes with a clearly scoped dairy study that will deliver an identifiable outcome within two years.
Geographies: United Kingdom (Europe).
Who can apply: Postdoctoral scholars (or equivalent) ordinarily based at a Scottish research institution or university, or jointly applying with such a body. The Principal Applicant must be based at a Scottish institution; co-applicants may be from anywhere in the world.
Funding amount: Up to £27,500 (minimum £500), tenable for up to 24 months.
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Agriculture & Food Systems; SDGs: SDG2; Focus areas: dairy farming; dairy production systems; applied dairy research; scotland dairy.
Deadline: August 15, 2026.
The hard gate is a Principal Applicant based at a Scottish research institution, though co-applicants can come from anywhere, so this rewards local research leadership backed by international expertise. It is a small grant of up to GBP 27,500 for discrete, well-defined projects, best fit for a postdoc with a tightly scoped question relevant to Scottish dairy.
ASIF Ignite Africa Cohort 1 2026, UNIDO Climate Tech Innovation. *New!*
UNIDO Climate Tech Innovation, working through the Adaptation Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Innovation Facility, opens the first African cohort of its Ignite accelerator to fund early-stage founders building climate adaptation solutions across food and agriculture value chains. The facility treats climate resilience as a market problem, backing ventures that already earn revenue rather than organizations living on donations, and its eight-week remote format pushes founders toward evidence of customer traction. What it wants to strengthen is the ability of vulnerable farming communities to withstand climate pressure as food is grown, stored, and sold. Requiring a working prototype and a revenue path, while welcoming founders new to AI tools, signals a preference for practical builders over polished pitches. The strongest fits are revenue-seeking African agritech founders validating climate-resilience products with users.
Geographies: Africa.
Who can apply: Early-stage micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), startups, social enterprises, or other founder-led ventures across Africa that have a functional prototype and are developing solutions strengthening climate adaptation and resilience in food and agriculture value chains.
Funding amount: Equity-free grant funding (per-startup amount not specified on source).
Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Climate & Environment; SDGs 2, 13. Focus: climate adaptation, food and agriculture value chains, agritech.
Deadline: August 17, 2026.
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