Applications Invited for Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity (Grant Amount: 200000 Pound)
About the Organization
The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants scheme that helps conserve biodiversity and support the communities that live alongside it through locally led projects worldwide.
Successful Darwin Initiative projects are likely to include:
delivering outputs that will achieve both biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction
demonstrated an understanding of GESI within their context, and effectively reflected this in their approach to deliver sustained outcomes
enhancing the capability and capacity of national and local partners and stakeholders, to help ensure a project’s long-term legacy
strengthening, promotion and use of evidence to inform and scale the action
the implementation of a novel or significantly improved approach
scalable approaches that have the potential to deliver greater impact
Since 1993, the Darwin Initiative has awarded over £230m to more than 1,275 projects across 159 countries.
About the Grant
Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity welcomes applications for projects between £50,000 and £200,000. Projects should focus on developing the capability and capacity of national and local organisations to efficiently deliver effective and successful biodiversity conservation – multidimensional poverty reduction projects. Projects should last between 1 to 2 years maximum.
Funding Schemes:
Extra: Darwin Initiative Extra grants, ranging from £800,000 to £5 million, are intended for projects that are on a clear scaling pathway: building on good evidence from smaller projects and demonstrating the potential to scale further by completion, delivering strong results for biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction within its lifetime. Projects should last between 2 to 5 years maximum.
Main: Darwin Initiative Main grants, ranging from £100,000 to £800,000, are expected to deliver strong results for biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction based on good evidence, and strongly demonstrate the potential to scale further. Projects should last between 1 to 5 years maximum.
Innovation: Darwin Initiative Innovation grants, ranging from £10,000 to £200,000, are aimed at projects intending to test and evaluate novel approaches that, if proven, could scale to deliver results for biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction. Projects should last between 1 to 2 years maximum.
Capability & Capacity: Darwin Initiative Innovation grants, ranging from £10,000 to £200,000, are aimed at projects intending to test and evaluate novel approaches that, if proven, could scale to deliver results for biodiversity conservation and multidimensional poverty reduction. Projects should last between 1 to 2 years maximum.
How to Apply
All applications should be submitted via the Flexi-Grant application portal.
Applications to Round 31 of Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity are now open.
The latest application Round opened on Wednesday 22nd May 2024.
Applications to Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity are a single-stage process.
Deadline for applications: Monday 21st October 2024
Results are expected by end of January 2025 at the earliest
The expected start date for successful projects is from 1st April 2025.
For more information please check the Link below