Upcoming Deadlines

Range 30 days 3 months 6 months 12 months
Source EU Federal (DE) Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony Foundation Private US Foundation UK Nordic UN / Multilateral Corporate Impact Investor Philanthropic Network International
Relevance ≥70% ≥50% ≥30%
Topic Aquaculture Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Coastal Protection Coral Reefs Education Fisheries Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Research Seaweed & Algae Waste Management
Mechanism Accelerator Blended Finance Grant Investment Loan / Concessional Finance Prize Technical Assistance
Region Africa Arctic Baltic Sea Global India Mediterranean Nordic / Denmark North Sea Southeast Asia
Audience For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs For Researchers For Startups
Funder-type Corporate Family Office Foundation Government Impact Investor Multilateral Philanthropic Network Research Council
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5 fixed deadlines, 11 rolling/open

March 2026

25.03. 5d left
GEF Small Grants Programme - Libya (GEF OP8) · Global Environment Facility (GEF) / UNDP · Grants up to USD 75,000 per regular project; up to USD 150,000 for strategic projects. Typical grants range USD 25,000-50,000.
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Mediterranean Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
31.03. 11d left
UNDP Global Plastics Innovation Programme (GPIP) · UNDP / Government of Japan · Phase I: USD 361,350; Phase II: USD 750,000 (total project budgets, not individual sub-grants)
For NGOs Multilateral Technical Assistance Southeast Asia Blue Economy Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
31.03. 11d left
UNDP Partnership for Preventing Riverine Plastic Pollution - Indonesia · UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) · Grants up to $300,000
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management

June 2026

17.06. 89d
EU Blue Partnership for Sustainable Blue Economy · Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) / European Commission Horizon Europe · Total call budget approximately EUR 43.5 million pooled from 38 funding organisations across 28 countries; individual project budgets depend on national/regional funder rules
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Grant Baltic Sea Global North Sea Aquaculture Blue Economy Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Research
30.06. 102d
EBRD Resource Efficiency and Circularity Programme · European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) · Grant amounts vary based on company size and resource efficiency results achieved. A partial repayment over two years is required; the residual constitutes the actual grant. Total EU-funded component estimated at EUR 10 million.
For Startups Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Mediterranean Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Waste Management

Rolling / Open Deadlines

periodic
GEF Small Grants Programme: Country-Level Calls (Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya) · GEF Small Grants Programme (GEF/UNDP) · Ghana 2026: 13 March 2026 (CLOSED). Tanzania Round 1: 22 January 2026 (CLOSED). Kenya, Indonesia, Vietnam: contact national coordinators
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Waste Management
periodic
UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge · UNDP (with Sweden and Norway support) · No active call as of March 2026 — all 4 rounds closed. Round 5 expected; monitor oceaninnovationchallenge.org
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Global Blue Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste
periodic
Basel Convention Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste · No current open call; three rounds completed (2020, 2020, 2022). Future rounds may be announced.
Government Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
Rolling
Green Climate Fund (GCF) · Green Climate Fund (GCF) · No open competitive call for NGOs; rolling project concept submissions via Accredited Entities or NDAs
For NGOs For Researchers Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Loan / Concessional Finance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Blue Economy Capacity Building Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Waste Management
Rolling
UNDP Management of Plastics Waste and Circular Interventions in South and Southeast Asia · UNDP Asia-Pacific / The Coca-Cola Foundation · October 2027
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Corporate Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
periodic
Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments · Basel Convention / UNEP (administered via Basel/Stockholm Convention Regional Centres, funded by Norway/Sweden/EU) · Periodic - linked to SGP annual rounds administered by the Basel Convention Secretariat
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global India Southeast Asia Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
periodic
UNEP-IETC Japan Supplementary Budget Projects on Sustainable Plastic Waste Management · Periodic — Japan Supplementary Budget allocation cycle (JSB 2022 and 2023 projects completed; future rounds subject to government budget)
Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management
Rolling
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development · UNESCO/IOC — endorsement only, no direct funding · Rolling (Decade Contributions)
Marine Conservation Pollution
Rolling
IUCN Marine and Polar Programme · IUCN Marine and Polar Programme (Global Ocean Programme Component 1, EU-funded) · Rolling — no fixed deadline
For Researchers Multilateral Technical Assistance Global Aquaculture Biodiversity Climate Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution
periodic
Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) - African Development Bank · African Development Bank (AfDB) — Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF), co-funded by Finland and Nordic Development Fund · periodic
For NGOs For Startups Multilateral Blended Finance Grant Technical Assistance Africa Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Plastic Waste Waste Management
Rolling
UNIDO Plastic Circular Economy Initiatives · United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with co-funding from GEF, Government of Japan, and other donors · rolling
For NGOs Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Capacity Building Circular Economy Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management