Grant Directories

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a charitable foundation based in Portugal and the UK with a special interest in supporting those who are most disadvantaged; in particular with an emphasis on encouraging cross-border exchanges of lessons and experiences.  Grants of between £10,000 and £30,000 are available to not for profit organisations to support a small number of innovative projects that fit well with the Foundations strategic priorities which for 2014 - 2019 are: Transitions in later life: Participatory/socially-engaged performing arts: Influencing the marine environment and protection of the oceans.  The Open Fund is currently suspended.

The Darwin Initiative is a UK government grants programme that aims to promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of resources in developing countries and UK overseas territories. The initiative funds projects that help countries rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to implement the international biodiversity agreements. Most projects typically try to address threats to biodiversity such as: over-exploitation, invasive species, habitat degradation and loss, climate change mitigation and adaptation and pollution. Projects will include one or more of: building environmental knowledge; capacity building; research; implementing international biodiversity agreements. 

The Daiwa Foundation offers funding in the form of grants and bursaries to a wide range of Anglo-Japanese projects, both independently and in partnership with other funding bodies. Daiwa Foundation Small Grants are available from £2,000-£9,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. They can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, the organisation of conferences, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfill this broad objective. New initiatives are especially encouraged.