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IWT CHALLENGE FUND

The Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) Challenge Fund is a UK government grants scheme that provides support to innovative and scalable projects to reduce pressure on wildlife from illegal trade and, in doing so, reduce poverty in developing countries.

 
 
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Applications for IWT Challenge Fund Extra are currently open.


IWT Challenge Fund Extra grants, ranging from £600,000 to £1.5m, are for projects aimed at expanding activities that have already demonstrated success and impact at a smaller scale. This can be through landscape or replication scaling, or through delivering systems change which will have sustained impact beyond the project’s original scale. Projects should last between 2 to 4 years.

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Applications for IWT Challenge Fund Main are currently open.


IWT Challenge Fund Main grants, ranging from £75,000 to £600,000, are expected to deliver strong results to tackle IWT and poverty reduction based on good evidence, and strongly demonstrate the potential to scale. Main grants will be awarded to projects which test new and innovative interventions to provide proof of concept at a smaller scale. Projects should last between 1 to 3 years.

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Applications for IWT Challenge Fund Evidence are currently open.


IWT Challenge Fund Evidence grants, ranging from £20,000 to £100,000, are intended for projects which gather evidence to design an intervention. Applications should describe how the improved evidence base will be used to design an intervention where there is a gap in approaches. Projects may include, for example, market research to design and baseline demand reduction interventions. Applicants are encouraged to develop evidence projects into full interventions as part of follow-on applications to the IWT Challenge Fund. Projects should last up to 2 years.

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Announcing BCFs COP-16 Side Event
Join us on 21 October 2024 at 18:00 COT for an engaging panel discussion showcasing the Biodiversity Challenge Funds.
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Next round of funding launched!
We are pleased to share that applications for the Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund are now open! Find out how to apply by clicking below.
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Next round of funding is on the way!
We are thrilled to share that the next funding round for the IWT Challenge Fund is launching later this month. Watch this space…
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