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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4 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.
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

October 2026

31.10. 225d
GEF Small Grants Programme - Ghana (2026 Call for Proposals) · GEF Small Grants Programme (UNDP) – Ghana · Up to USD 75,000 per project per Operational Phase (ceiling decided by the SGP National Steering Committee; GEF-8 SGP 2.0 guidelines set a maximum of USD 75,000, up from USD 50,000 in prior phases). Co-financing equal to or greater than the grant amount is encouraged.
For Communities / Cooperatives For NGOs Multilateral Grant Africa Biodiversity Capacity Building Circular Economy Climate Fisheries Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management

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.
Government Multilateral Grant Technical Assistance Africa Global Southeast Asia Capacity Building Plastic Waste Pollution 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
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
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