National Geographic Grants about Reducing Marine Plastic Pollution
Applicant criteria
- More than 18 year
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The goal of this grant is to fun projects aiming to measurably reduce plastic pollution before it reaches the ocean. National Geographic seeks scientists and innovators, including conservationists, educators, and storytellers, who develop or pilot solutions that stop pollution and/or effect behavior change in key stakeholders. Preference will be given to applicants who are residents or citizens of the country where the work will be conducted and to projects with higher potential for scaling and impact or that fill key knowledge gaps around the flow of plastic from their sources into the ocean.
Themes:
Priority will be given to projects that aim to do one or more of the following:
[1] Develop innovative solutions to help stop plastic from reaching waterways through improved recycling, waste management, or other means.
[2] Implement innovative methods that engage stakeholders to create solutions that dramatically reduce plastic use and/or input into watersheds.
[3] Focus on geographic gaps in knowledge (e.g., Africa) or on known hot spots that contribute most to the marine plastic pollution problem (e.g., coastal cities in China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; watersheds of the Yangtze, Indus, Yellow, Hai, Nile, Ganges, Pearl, Amur, Niger, and Mekong rivers).
Grant value:
- Typical proposals should request less than $30,000; however, applicants may request up to $100,000.
- Successful applicants may use awarded funds over one or two years.
- Up to 20 percent of the total can be used as a stipend for the applicant and/or team members.
Eligibility:
[1] All applications must be submitted through our online application system.
[2] All applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time they submit an application.
[3] We encourage applications from around the world.
[4] Applicants may submit a proposal as the project leader for only one project at a time. However, they may be project members or co-applicants on multiple grants simultaneously.
[5] Applicants are responsible for securing all necessary permits and agreeing to the National Geographic Society’s ethics policies.