Grant
Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation
The Rufford Foundation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Applications are taken as they come. They say: "There are no application deadlines , and submissions are accepted throughout..."
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- MSc or PhD candidates or recent graduates
- Early-career conservationists
- Where
- On site. Developing or emerging economy countries.
- Open to Africans
- The Rufford Foundation does not restrict this listing by nationality. It is based in Developing or emerging economy countries (on site). Its page says: "The Rufford Foundation supports nature conservation projects in emerging and developing economy countries."
The grant provides funding for early career conservationists to conduct field based nature conservation projects.
Applications are taken as they come. They say: “There are no application deadlines , and submissions are accepted throughout the year.” Read it on their page
The facts
- What you get
- Up to £18,000 depending on the stage of the grant.
- Where
- Developing or emerging economy countries.
- How long
- Staged funding model with sequential grants.
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- Early-career conservationists
- MSc or PhD candidates or recent graduates
Get ready to apply
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The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
The listing does not say what it needs. When you open their page, write down everything it asks for before you start.
2. Dates
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
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No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a grant
General advice from us, the same for every grant. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Say what the money is for, exactly, and how much of it goes where. A simple budget in a table is enough.
- Describe what you have done so far, with numbers you can prove: customers, people served, sales, months running.
- Check whether they need your business registered, and in which country.
- Answer their questions in their order. Reviewers score each one.
If there is an interview or a test
- Expect questions on your numbers. Know them without reading them.
- Be ready to say what happens to the project if you do not get the grant.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on The Rufford Foundation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at The Rufford Foundation's own website on 29 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. The Rufford Foundation does not restrict this listing by nationality. It is based in Developing or emerging economy countries (on site). If anything here is wrong, tell us.