FAQs

All details on eligibility, process, and timeline can be found on What We Fund and How to Apply.

All details on eligibility can be found on What We Fund.

Only successful applicants will be contacted. Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Following the selection of successful applications, Fund Updates will be updated.

The applicant organisation, which will sign the agreement with the Global EbA Fund and is therefore the principal budget holder, does not have to be located in one of the identified beneficiary countries. However, in this case, they should have working experience in the project country/countries, EbA experience/expertise, and one or more local partners.

Applications must be submitted in English. Official documents of the organisation and register entries must be translated into English.

Grants issued will be in the range of USD 50,000 to USD 250,000 (of maximum of three years in duration). In exceptional circumstances of project need, a grant up to a maximum amount of USD 500,000 may be issued.

Further details can be found on What We Fund.

The Fund will accept and review applications year-round and make biannual funding decisions. Applications received after the cut-off dates will be considered for the next round.

Further details are available on How to Apply, including upcoming cut-off dates.

No, it is not necessary to address all the specified Global EbA Fund Objectives, although it is required that projects address one.  However, the project proposal must address the key components of EbA and be of an innovative/catalytic nature. In addition, applicants must integrate at least one but no more than two of the three Action Pillars into their project’s framework.

All proposed projects requesting funding must clearly contribute to one of the Global EbA Fund Strategic Objectives as well as fall under a maximum of two of the three Action Pillars

Learn more in the Grant Procedures Manual under How to Apply.

All the applicant requirements specified are to be submitted.

All details on the process can be found on What We Fund and How to Apply.

No, the Global EbA Fund will not support a small grants program directly.

In line with current IKI policies, the Fund will not grant directly to government partners but will provide grants to organisations working directly with national, sub-national and local governments to create an enabling environment for EbA and support the implementation of strategic partnerships. Thus, government partners/entities can be beneficiaries but should not receive any of the funding.

UNEP and IUCN offices are not currently eligible to apply for funding from the Global EbA Fund.

Global EbA Fund projects should not be standalone interventions. Projects should address a gap in existing work or knowledge, contribute to policy upscaling, enhance the impact of an investment, and/or serve to develop a larger proposal to another funding mechanism. Projects should leverage existing knowledge, standards, partnerships, and experiences. Projects should not be comprised exclusively of field implementation.

All details on eligibility can be found on What We Fund and How to Apply.

Consortia are welcome to apply. However, there should be a clearly defined lead agency, the “Applicant Organisation”, as detailed in the application template. This agency, if successful, would be the responsible contract party.

The Global EbA Fund is open only to organisations with established legal status and cannot be applied toward funding for individual study. However, the institution’s legal entity, which may be eligible for funding, may apply.

All details on the process and timeline can be found on How to Apply.

Global EbA Fund projects follow the Global EbA Fund procedures. These currently include some IKI procedures and where these are included, they will be identified in the grant agreements.

It is expected that sites are very specific in the application and do not change later in the process.

No. You will need to provide audited financial statements at submission as described in the application packet, to be qualified for consideration. If they are not yet available, you may consider applying before the next application cut-off, once you have completed the financial audit.

Yes, organisations may submit more than one proposal, as long as the proposed projects meet all eligibility criteria.

All details on eligibility, process, and timeline can be found on What We Fund and How to Apply.

The Global EbA Fund is designed to allow easy access to application documents from anywhere in the world and to accommodate use from devices with low bandwidth. The Global EbA Fund is currently accepting applications via email submission. However, please plan ahead to submit in advance of the deadline so that you can resolve any internet connection issues that arise.

Yes. Applicants are encouraged, at the proposal stage, to consider how the evolving COVID-19 situation may impact project coordination or implementation. Grantees will be encouraged to continue working whenever possible via telework (or another appropriate form of remote work), in order not to interrupt proposed activities.

The Global EbA Fund Secretariat is monitoring the dynamic situation of COVID-19. Any change to an upcoming application cut-off will be communicated through this website as well as on Twitter and LinkedIn.

In order to promote geographic, organisational, and sectoral diversity among grant recipients, the Global EbA Fund encourages successful recipients to seek out additional donors and innovative financing mechanisms to fund further projects. The Fund will not consider applications from an organisation that is a current grantee (recipient of funds from the Global EbA Fund) implementing a Global EbA Fund project in the same country/territory.

Yes, a previous grant recipient can apply for a different country/territory.

Yes, any organisation that has previously been successful and received funds from the Global EbA Fund may apply again, once the previously funded project has been completed.