Upcoming Deadlines
Source
EU
Federal (DE)
Schleswig-Holstein
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Lower Saxony
Foundation
Private
US Foundation
UK
Nordic
UN / Multilateral
Corporate
Impact Investor
Philanthropic Network
International
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
3 fixed deadlines, 6 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.
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)
31.03.
11d left
UNDP Partnership for Preventing Riverine Plastic Pollution - Indonesia
· UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
· Grants up to $300,000
Rolling / Open Deadlines
periodic
Basel Convention Small Grant Programme on Plastic Waste
· No current open call; three rounds completed (2020, 2020, 2022). Future rounds may be announced.
Rolling
UNDP Management of Plastics Waste and Circular Interventions in South and Southeast Asia
· UNDP Asia-Pacific / The Coca-Cola Foundation
· October 2027
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
Rolling
UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
· UNESCO/IOC — endorsement only, no direct funding
· Rolling (Decade Contributions)
Rolling
IUCN Marine and Polar Programme
· IUCN Marine and Polar Programme (Global Ocean Programme Component 1, EU-funded)
· Rolling — no fixed deadline
Rolling
UNIDO Plastic Circular Economy Initiatives
· United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with co-funding from GEF, Government of Japan, and other donors
· rolling