Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
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Grant recipient
Purpose
Grant details
Center for International Forestry Research
Nature
Supporting restoration leaders
$15,000
2024 | 1 year
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Center for International Forestry Research
Nature$15,000
2024 | 1 year
To support eight young, local restoration leaders to attend the COP16 and Global Landscapes Forum events in Cali, Colombia in October 2024.
Masters in Conservation Leadership - University of Cambridge
Nature
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Masters in Conservation Leadership
$3,000,000
2022 | 10 years
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Masters in Conservation Leadership - University of Cambridge
Nature$3,000,000
2022 | 10 years
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge MPhil in Conservation Leadership.
Yale School of the Environment
Nature
Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI)
$3,000,000
2022 | 5 years
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Yale School of the Environment
Nature$3,000,000
2022 | 5 years
To provide training for people working in conservation in Asia and Central and South America.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Conservation Evidence
$138,000
2021 | 1 year
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University of Cambridge
Nature$138,000
2021 | 1 year
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Nature
Global Urban Alliance
$434,700
2020 | 3 years
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
Nature$434,700
2020 | 3 years
To establish a global alliance to develop and promote a standard set of indicators on urban ecosystem health that enable cities to identify the challenges of becoming greener environments and evaluate their efforts to do so.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Conservation Evidence
$177,672
2020 | 1 year
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University of Cambridge
Nature$177,672
2020 | 1 year
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
Conservation Leadership Programme
Nature
Core support
$5,999,917
2019 | 6 years
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Conservation Leadership Programme
Nature$5,999,917
2019 | 6 years
To support early-career local conservationists and projects in biodiverse countries that often lack resources for conservation.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Endowment of Directorship
$10,000,000
2016 | 11 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$10,000,000
2016 | 11 years
To establish an endowment fund for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative Directorship.
Yale School of the Environment
Nature
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
$4,978,000
2016 | 6 years
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Yale School of the Environment
Nature$4,978,000
2016 | 6 years
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Collaborative Conservation Research Fund
$1,500,000
2016 | 3 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$1,500,000
2016 | 3 years
To support collaborative research among the Cambridge Conservation Initiative partners.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Miriam Rothschild Travel Bursary Programme
$549,400
2016 | 6 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$549,400
2016 | 6 years
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge Student Conference on Conservation Science.
Masters in Conservation Leadership - University of Cambridge
Nature
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Masters in Conservation Leadership
$1,625,000
2015 | 5 years
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Masters in Conservation Leadership - University of Cambridge
Nature$1,625,000
2015 | 5 years
To enable students from biodiversity-rich, cash-poor countries to participate in the Cambridge MPhil in Conservation Leadership.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Conservation Evidence
$1,060,000
2015 | 5 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$1,060,000
2015 | 5 years
To publish and make widely available evidence-based conservation strategies to help conservation practitioners make effective decisions.
Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
Nature
Field book project - South America
$511,200
2015 | 3 years
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Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History
Nature$511,200
2015 | 3 years
To digitize travellers’ and naturalists’ field manuscripts on South America from 1800 to 2000 and make them freely available online.
Tropical Biology Association
Nature
Conservation training in Africa
$486,358
2014 | 3 years
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Tropical Biology Association
Nature$486,358
2014 | 3 years
To provide core support to help the Association develop its training for African biodiversity conservation professionals.
University of Cambridge
Nature
Cambridge Conservation Initiative: Executive Director's post
$2,253,272
2013 | 6 years
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University of Cambridge
Nature$2,253,272
2013 | 6 years
To support the leadership of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.
Tropical Biology Association
Nature
Conservation training in Madagascar
$120,000
2013 | 1 year
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Tropical Biology Association
Nature$120,000
2013 | 1 year
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
Tropical Biology Association
Nature
Conservation training in Madagascar
$110,241
2012 | 1 year
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Tropical Biology Association
Nature$110,241
2012 | 1 year
To train young Malagasy, African and European biologists for careers in conservation.
Ecology Trust
Nature
Environmental Funders Network
$105,378
2012 | 4 years
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Ecology Trust
Nature$105,378
2012 | 4 years
To support the creation and development of a network of environmental funders in the UK.
Yale School of the Environment
Nature
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
$5,500,000
2011 | 7 years
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Yale School of the Environment
Nature$5,500,000
2011 | 7 years
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.