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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2 fixed deadlines, 5 rolling/open

September 2026

30.09. 134d
GIZ Circular Economy Solutions Preventing Marine Litter in Ecosystems · GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) / German Federal Ministry for the Environment · €7.8 million total financial commitment; co-financed by the European Union (€2.5 million)
For NGOs Government Multilateral Technical Assistance India Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management

December 2026

31.12. 226d
UN SDGs - Strategic Sector Cooperation on Environment (Denmark) · Danish Ministry of Environment and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency · No external grants. Resources consist of Danish authority staff time, expert consultancies, travel, and workshop/seminar costs provided in-kind to partner governments.
Government Technical Assistance Africa India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Pollution Waste Management

Rolling / Open Deadlines

periodic
Whitley Fund for Nature (Whitley Awards) · Whitley Fund for Nature · Annual, applications typically open in autumn for the following spring ceremony; 2026 round now closed (ceremony held 29 April 2026)
For NGOs Foundation Grant Prize Africa Global India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation
Rolling
Norwegian Development Programme to Reduce Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter · Norad (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) · Ongoing
For NGOs Government Grant Africa Global India Southeast Asia Capacity Building Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management
Rolling
Adaptation Fund - Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Adaptation · Adaptation Fund · Rolling basis
Multilateral Grant Africa Global India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Climate Coastal Protection Marine Conservation
periodic
OCEAN Grant Programme UK - Marine Community Grants · UK Blue Planet Fund / OCEAN Grants Programme (administered by NIRAS) · Round 2 application window is now closed. Future rounds expected; sign up to mailing list for updates. Programme runs until 2029.
For NGOs Government Grant Africa Global India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Coastal Protection Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution
periodic
Blue Action Fund Grant Programme · Blue Action Fund · Upcoming call planned Q2/2026 (Mangroves, Blue Carbon Markets and 30x30 in Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and India). No currently open call as of May 2026.
For NGOs Foundation Grant Africa India Southeast Asia Biodiversity Coastal Protection Marine Conservation Marine Protected Areas