Today, about half of the world’s habitable land is used for agriculture, and about a third of the population’s livelihoods rely directly on agriculture.
Yet, agricultural systems around the world are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and unless farming communities have the tools to be resilient and adapt, these impacts can lead to global and local disruptions in livelihoods, ecosystem health, culture, and the supply of food.
This funding opportunity will support innovative projects that apply science and innovation in a real-world context, focused on feasible, nature-positive solutions.
project’s main goals must aim to make farms, farming communities, and natural ecosystems more resilient and demonstrate two or more of the following outcomes:
Soil Health,Climate Mitigation and Adaptation,Watershed Health, Biodiversity ,mproved Livelihoods.
Who Should Apply:
This opportunity is awarded as a Level II grant, which is best suited for individual project leaders with sufficient experience leading solutions-based regenerative projects on a farm, in a farming community, or in an impacted landscape adjacent to cultivated land
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Eligibility:
Requested project budget may not exceed $150,000
Applicant must not be a current National Geographic Society staff member
Applicant must be over the age of 18
Project must be completed within 2 years of receipt of funding
Applications must be submitted in English, although English does not have to be the PI’s primary language
The project includes one or more of the following terrestrial food crops: corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, sugar beets, oilseeds (i.e. canola, sunflower, rice bran), rice, cocoa, oil palm, raisins and soy.
The project has a predominant field or land component where solutions are applied and tested on a farm, in a farming community, or in a landscape adjacent to cultivated land.
The application includes project collaborators who have appropriate farming or farming community expertise and local connection
How to Apply
Apply via official portal HERE
Deadline : 30 Sept 2025