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Call for Entries: Darwin Initiative Extra Grants (Round 32)

Donor: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Deadline: Jul 01, 2026

Countries/ Regions: Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam, Zimbabwe

Focus Areas: Capacity Building, Biodiversity, Conservation, Poverty Alleviation

Application Language: English

Grant size: More than $1 million

Link: How to Apply

Description:

The Darwin Initiative Extra Round 32 is a UK Government funding opportunity supporting large-scale biodiversity conservation projects that also deliver poverty reduction outcomes in eligible countries through scalable, high-impact interventions.

Introduction

The Darwin Initiative is a UK Government grants scheme that supports communities to find just, scalable, and sustainable ways to conserve and restore nature while growing their economies and reducing poverty.

Successful Darwin Initiative projects are likely to:

  • Facilitate changes that improve biodiversity conservation and reduce poverty
  • Operate in ways that make change likely to last beyond external funding, including enhancing the capability and capacity of national and local partners and stakeholders
  • Strengthen, promote, and use evidence to inform and scale changes
  • Facilitate large-scale benefits for biodiversity and people, or test approaches that have the potential to deliver large-scale impact
  • Demonstrate an understanding of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion within their context, and effectively reflect this in their approach to deliver sustained outcomes

The guidance documents for each scheme can be found below. All applications should be submitted via the Flexi-Grant application portal.

Funding Schemes

Round 32 of the Darwin Initiative includes the following schemes:

Round 32 funding update webinar

On Thursday 28 May 2026, we hosted a Darwin Initiative Round 32 Funding Update Webinar. This webinar provided an update on the Darwin Initiative, outlining what has changed in Round 32, why these changes have been introduced, and what they mean in practice. There was also an opportunity for participants to ask questions.

You can access the webinar recording and presentation slides here.

Guidance

Before applying, you should first read the following documents: 

Please refer to the Round 32 Guidance for applicants for the list of countries and organisations eligible for the schemes – this is particularly important for Round 32 as there have been significant changes to the geographic eligibility this year. Key changes for this round are listed below and can be found on Page 8 of the Round 32 Guidance for applicants.

Once you have read the guidance, you will be required to complete additional material as part of your application, which can be found on the respective scheme pages found in the side menu, or downloaded from Flexi-Grant.

All applications should be submitted via the Flexi-Grant application portal.