Funding Opportunities

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Shark Conservation Fund: Small Grant Opportunity (Deadline March 31, 2026)

The Shark Conservation Fund (SCF) is a collaboration of philanthropists dedicated to restoring ocean health through sweeping shark and ray conservation. SCF's goal is to help maintain the vibrancy of the world’s oceans by halting the overexploitation of sharks and rays and to prevent extinctions through strategic, collaborative, and catalytic grantmaking. The Small Grant Fund supports these objectives by providing grants of up to $25,000, with a duration of 18 months. SCF allocates $250,000 annually for Small Grants, funding up to 10 projects each year. 

2025: Global Marine Bycatch Solutions. Funding Opportunity (Closed)

The Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction, in collaboration with Ocean Associates, Inc., and with funding from Broadreach, is pleased to announce the availability of grants for reducing marine bycatch.

 

Please note, the application period for this grant has now closed. 

Previous Opportunities

The First Round of Grantees for the Global Fund for Marine Mammal Bycatch Solutions

The Global Bycatch Exchange is pleased to announce the first round of grantees
for the Global Fund for Marine Mammal Bycatch Solutions

2020 Funding Announcement GLOBAL FUND FOR MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH SOLUTIONS

Ocean Associates, Inc., in collaboration with the Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
and with funding from the National Marine Fisheries Service Office of International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, is pleased to announce the availability of grants to support capacity building
for reducing marine mammal bycatch.

Previous grantee report (2020): Greenbalkans.org

Black Sea Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) bycatch mitigation in the Bulgarian waters of the Black Sea
Final report
January 2020

Previous grantee report (2020): Ghana Wildlife Society

GHANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY

Final Report to Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium

PROJECT TITLE: Baseline Assessment on Marine Mammal Bycatch along the Coast of Ghana during 2019-2020

2020 GRANTS AWARDED FUND FOR GLOBAL MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH SOLUTIONS

Attached is a list of Recipients of the 2020 grants