About the Group
The number one problem in nature conservation is the need for more money or access to funding. This group aims to help all WILDLABS community members with funding and financing their projects by creating a space to learn about different funding opportunities, income models and business models, improve grant applications, discover venture capital investment projects, find collaborators for funding, finance and business opportunities, and more.
What the Group Offers
The group offers a space to:
- Ask questions and discuss finding and applying for Funding and Finance
- Brainstorm about Funding and Finance wishlists for types of instruments, eligibility criteria, thematic and geographic priorities
- Publish and be alerted to opportunities
- Publish support resources like grant-writing courses, grant-finding databases, consultant-influencers blogs/Medium/LinkedIn, business development, and project planning courses
- Review and comment on opportunities
- Ask for and provide peer feedback on draft applications
- Learn about funding and finance providers’ views and practices
- Learn about business models for companies and income models for NGOs
- Find collaborators or mentors
- Learn about and attend virtual series and events with live discussions relating to funding and finance information and training
- Identify and facilitate opportunities where WILDLABS community members can collaborate on project applications to increase likelihood of success and impact
- Share fundraising collaboration opportunities, events and resources
- Consultation meetings to discuss collaboration plans, aims or ideas, income and business models
Interested in funding opportunities? Check out the WILDLABS resources page and filter for “Funding Opportunity.”
Resources
Header image credit: Jitu Mondal
Group curators
- @Frank_van_der_Most
- | He, him
RubberBootsData
Field data app developer, with an interest in funding and finance





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- @HRees
- | Him/His
WILDLABS & Fauna & Flora
WILDLABS - Programme Development Manager, keen interest in bats, hyenas and tech!





- 15 Resources
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- 6 Groups
- @Aurel
- | She/Her
Looking to reconcile biodiversity conservation and finance.


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British-Costa Rican | Interested in transdisciplinary research in Planetary Health amongst other things

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- @Rawail
- | Rawail
NbS Expert/ Environmentalist
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- @Carlos_Araujo
- | Mr.
Apenas um rapaz, latino-americano sem dinheiro no bolso.
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- 3 Groups
- @KiaraHaylock
- | She/Her
PhD in Animal Ecology and Behavioural Physiology. Interested in the movement, behavioural and physiological responses of animals to environmental variability.
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I am a herpetologist interested in bioacoustics, evolution and conservation biology. Currently, I am a postdoc fellow at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil.
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- @mahmudku
- | he/him/his
Mahmud Rahman is an MS student at Oregon State University, studying the risk-taking behavior of bottlenose dolphins. With experience in wildlife filmmaking, he aims to develop technologies to advance marine research
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- @indigenousiliot57
- | ILIOT
A commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. ILIOT values the environment and acknowledges the importance of protecting it for the well-being of present and future generation
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- @ecosystem2
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- @Faithachieng
- | Her/She
An ornithologist with a focus on birds of prey, combining field experience and scientific research. I am a bird ringer, contributing to conservation efforts through monitoring and tracking avian populations.
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Biologiste
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- @moorerp
- | he/him
Oregon State University
Avian/Conservation ecologist at Oregon State University and Wildlife Corridors (in Patagonia, Arizona, USA)

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The Forests & Communities Initiative ( FCI ) calls organizations led by indigenous peoples and local communities for expressions of interests to 'manage a regional call for projects'.
11 August 2024
The Conservation Leadership Program's Future Conservation Awards calls for proposals from teams of early-career conservationists and targeting at-risk species from the IUCN Red List.
5 August 2024
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund ( CEPF ) calls for letters of inquiry ( LOIs ) for both small and large grants. Small grants are between $5K and $50K. Large grants are greater than $50K. Applications can be in...
4 August 2024
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) calls for Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for organizations that address the conservation of biodiversity related to climate change. The budget allows for six to ten awards.
4 August 2024
The Turtle Conservation Fund is currently accepting applications for its grant program that focus on endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles
4 August 2024
Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a grant program to support the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation
4 August 2024
Funding
Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant was introduced to support the advancement of habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation.
26 July 2024
The AMI team in montreal is looking for a paid intern to do machine vision stuff!
3 July 2024
The Future for Nature award for young conservationists for projects focusing on the protection of wild species.
19 June 2024
The AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge initiative from the Bezos Earth Fund has opened a call for proposals for "exploring new ideas for multiplying the impact of climate and nature efforts using modern AI"
12 June 2024
€4,000 travel grants are available for researchers interested in insect monitoring using automated cameras and computer vision
6 June 2024
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation opened its 2024 call for project proposals. The call mentions no maximum limit nor a deadline for applications.
5 June 2024
September 2025
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Hello, and thank you for this opportunity. I would like to ask for clarification about the scope of eligible projects.The guidelines mention that the Boring Fund supports training... |
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Funding and Finance, Community Base | 5 hours 12 minutes ago | |
Thanks Frank. |
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Funding and Finance, Community Base | 2 days 10 hours ago | |
How to submit a proposal for the Boring Fund on the Platform ? |
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Community Base, Funding and Finance | 4 days 3 hours ago | |
Dear Colleagues,I hope this message finds you well. I am Manuel Sánchez Nivicela., an independent ornithology researcher based in Ecuador,... |
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Funding and Finance, Acoustics, Latin America Community | 5 days 20 hours ago | |
Hi Elsa, We have used InVEST for a pollinator project we supported (the crop pollination model - details here), and looking to using it more for marine and coastal... |
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Geospatial, Software Development, Climate Change, Funding and Finance, Marine Conservation, Open Source Solutions | 1 week ago | |
Hello Alex, i am looking for collaborators, partners, advice and also network and investment partners if any |
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Funding and Finance | 2 weeks ago | |
Thank you for your reply, ChadI meant 10 as a whole, indeed. Perhaps you see your post in one group, but since it is tagged for all groups, I assumed you meant 10 in total.In your... |
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Acoustics, AI for Conservation, Animal Movement, Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Drones, eDNA & Genomics, Emerging Tech, Funding and Finance, Geospatial, Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Software Development, Wildlife Crime | 1 month 3 weeks ago | |
Passing along a question from the Gathering for Open Science Hardware, asking about sources of funding to support in-person events... |
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Open Source Solutions, Funding and Finance, Community Base | 2 months 1 week ago | |
Hi Ryan, hmm, I had no idea there was a microphone named that. I thought about how it’s used to lure birds for netting, and I like Greek Mythology. I thought it was a perfect fit... |
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Acoustics, Emerging Tech, Funding and Finance, Protected Area Management Tools, Software Development | 4 months 1 week ago | |
I very much agree. It is a shame that companies/organisations are willing to spend so much to take from the earth and so little to give back. In the example I come from, we are a... |
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Community Base, Funding and Finance | 3 months ago | |
Hej all, I updated my question to include discussion about the tariffs as well. |
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Community Base, Funding and Finance | 3 months 2 weeks ago | |
I have posted about this in a different group, but I love boosting the impact of my communication through use of visuals. Free graphics relating to conservation technology... |
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Geospatial, Climate Change, Community Base, Connectivity, Funding and Finance, Open Source Solutions | 3 months 2 weeks ago |