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About this opportunity

Regional biodiversity data mobilization grants aim to strengthen collaborations between institutions within sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean or the Pacific to enhance knowledge-sharing, including capacity building and skills mobility, and to increase the availability and use of open biodiversity data addressing clearly identified regional priorities.

Purpose: Strengthen regional collaborations to mobilize biodiversity data for policy, research, and conservation. Focus areas:

Building and expanding regional data‑sharing networks
Mobilizing biodiversity data (digitization, publishing, validation)
Supporting integration of biodiversity data into research and policymaking

Funding:

Up to €90,000 per project
Eligible costs: staff time, travel, workshops, IT services/equipment (up to €9,000)
Ineligible costs: overhead, fieldwork, new data collection, laboratory research

Who can apply

Applicant must be a legal entity in Sub‑Saharan Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, or Pacific
Must include partner institutions from at least two eligible countries in the same region
Must commit at least 25% co‑funding (cash or in‑kind)
Must include activities in all three focus areas (networks, data mobilization, policy integration)
Must demonstrate prior experience in biodiversity data mobilization

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)Grant

Up to €90,000 Regional biodiversity data mobilization

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Opportunity type

Grant

Funding

Fully Funded

Location

Africa, South America, Oceania

Deadline

Archived

About this opportunity

Purpose: Strengthen regional collaborations to mobilize biodiversity data for policy, research, and conservation. Focus areas:

Building and expanding regional data‑sharing networks
Mobilizing biodiversity data (digitization, publishing, validation)
Supporting integration of biodiversity data into research and policymaking

Funding:

Up to €90,000 per project
Eligible costs: staff time, travel, workshops, IT services/equipment (up to €9,000)
Ineligible costs: overhead, fieldwork, new data collection, laboratory research

Who can apply

Applicant must be a legal entity in Sub‑Saharan Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, or Pacific
Must include partner institutions from at least two eligible countries in the same region
Must commit at least 25% co‑funding (cash or in‑kind)
Must include activities in all three focus areas (networks, data mobilization, policy integration)
Must demonstrate prior experience in biodiversity data mobilization

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