Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF)Grant

Up to $250,000 Indo-Burma Conservation Grants

Nov 02, 2026 23:59:00 Asia/Bangkok

Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Nov 02, 2026 23:59:00 Asia/Bangkok

About this opportunity

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and IUCN's Asia Regional Office are inviting civil society organisations to send a letter of inquiry for biodiversity conservation projects in the Indo-Burma Hotspot. This second call offers small grants of up to US$50,000 and large grants of US$50,000 to US$250,000, for work on threatened species, illegal wildlife trade and One Health, and building up local and grassroots conservation groups.

What you get:

Small grants of up to US$50,000, managed by IUCN's regional team in Bangkok
Large grants of US$50,000 to US$250,000, managed by CEPF
Shortlisted applicants join a proposal development workshop with guidance from IUCN and CEPF staff

What you'll do:

Run a project of 12 to 24 months (small grants) or 12 to 36 months (large grants), starting no sooner than April 2027 (small) or March 2027 (large)
Address one of the eligible priorities: safeguarding priority threatened species, tackling illegal wildlife trade and spillover risk within a One Health framework, or strengthening civil society groups (Investment Priorities 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4)
If shortlisted, present your project to a national advisory committee (small grants) or a technical review committee in November 2026 (large grants), then write a full proposal in four weeks

Key dates:

Call opened 28 September 2026
Letters of inquiry close 2 November 2026 at 11:59 PM Indochina Time (ICT)
Large grant shortlist presents to a Technical Review Committee in November 2026
Projects start no sooner than 1 March 2027 (large) or 1 April 2027 (small)

More information:

Small grant letters of inquiry use an offline template and are emailed to CEPF-Indoburma@iucn.org, in Burmese, Chinese, English, Khmer, Lao, Thai or Vietnamese
Large grant letters of inquiry are submitted online through CEPF's ConservationGrants portal (option IBIV-LG-2026-02), in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish
Read the Indo-Burma ecosystem profile before applying; the full call document is published in seven languages on the call page
Questions go to the IUCN regional team at CEPF-Indoburma@iucn.org

Who can apply

Applicant must be a civil society organisation (NGO, community group, Indigenous peoples' organisation, women's group, private company or other CSO); individuals must apply through an organisation
Project must take place in the Indo-Burma Hotspot: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam or the parts of southern China within it
Project must address Strategic Direction 1 or 2, or Investment Priority 9.2, 9.3 or 9.4 of the Indo-Burma ecosystem profile
Strategic Direction 1 work is limited to the priority species in Table 32 of the ecosystem profile
Strategic Direction 9 projects must integrate gender and show how they promote equity in access to capacity building
Government-owned institutions qualify only if legally independent of government, able to receive private funds and unable to claim sovereign immunity
Grants cannot fund land purchase, resettlement, alteration of cultural heritage or trust fund capitalisation

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Good to know

+Small grants of up to US$50,000 and large grants of US$50,000 to US$250,000
+Free to apply. You send a letter of inquiry first, and write a full proposal only if invited
+An established fund backed by the World Bank, GEF, the EU, Canada, Japan and Conservation International
+New grassroots and Indigenous-led groups are explicitly welcome
+Shortlisted applicants get a proposal development workshop

Worth checking yourself

!CEPF's pages give two closing times on 2 November 2026. Apply before 11:59 PM Indochina Time
!Organisations only. Individuals must apply through a civil society organisation
!Projects must take place in the Indo-Burma Hotspot: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam or southern China
!Large grant applications are accepted only in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish
!Grants cannot pay for land purchase or resettlement

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