Open calls for proposals in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands

The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and its Regional Implementation Team (RIT) are releasing multiple calls for Letters of Inquiry (LoIs) for projects that address the conservation of biodiversity in light of climate change in the Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot, and that meet the criteria set out in these calls.

Please read carefully the detailed instructions, criteria and restrictions in the Call for Letters of Inquiry for your country of interest, available further below. Requirements and dates vary per country.

Header photo: Sportive Lemur Lepilemur edwardsi, Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar. © Andry Petignat Arboretum d’Antsokay

Comoros

• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Comoros: English (PDF – 256 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Comoros: French (PDF – 312 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in Comoros: English (PDF – 203 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in Comoros: French (PDF – 213 KB)
• An online information session (in French) will be held on Monday, 19 August from 3.00 pm to 4.30 pm (Comoros time, UTC+3) to inform all potential candidates and allow them to ask questions. The session will be recorded. Register here to join the information session online.
• Face-to-face sessions are scheduled for 9 August in Anjouan, 14 August in Mohéli and 17 August in Moroni. For more details on the organisation of the information sessions, please refer to the RIT focal point in Comoros, Initiative Développement | ID.

Madagascar

• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Madagascar: English (PDF – 329 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Madagascar: French (PDF – 312 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in Madagascar: English (PDF – 201 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in Madagascar: French (PDF – 210 KB
• An information session (in French) will be held on Wednesday, 14 August at the Hôtel le Pavé Antaninarenina from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm (Madagascar time, UTC+3) to inform all potential candidates and allow them to ask questions. This session can also be attended online and it will be recorded. Register here to join the information session online.

Mauritius

• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Mauritius: English (PDF – 414 KB)
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in Mauritius: English (PDF – 508 KB)
• An online information session (in English) will be held on Thursday, 22 August from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (Mauritian time, UTC+4) to inform all potential candidates and give them the opportunity to ask questions. The session will be recorded. Register here to join the information session online.

Seychelles

• Call for letters of inquiry for large grants in Seychelles: English (PDF – 301 KB)*
• Call for letters of inquiry for small grants in the Seychelles: English (PDF – 184 KB)*
• An online information session (in English) will be held on Tuesday, 20 August from 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (Seychelles time, UTC+4) to inform all potential candidates and give them the opportunity to ask questions. The session will be recorded. Register here to join the information session online.

*Addendum :  KBA SYC50 Aldabra Special Reserve has been added to the lists of KBAs eligible for the call for letters of inquiry for Seychelles’ large and small grants,  it excludes the terrestrial part of Aldabra Special Reserve (SYC50) which is not eligible for this call.

How to apply?

Read the detailed instructions, criteria and restrictions in the calls for letters of inquiry.

• For Large Grants: Submit your application in English or French through the electronic portal, ConservationGrants. If you do not have a ConservationGrants account, you will need to create a new account. If you encounter any technical difficulties with ConservationGrants, please email conservationgrants@conservation.org.
• For Small Grants: The preferred option to apply is by filling in the online form directly :
  • English: Online form
  • French: Online form

In case of poor Internet connection, please download the letter of inquiry and budget templates below and submit your LOI as a Word document and your budget as an Excel document by email to cepfproposals@iucn.nl with the following subject: LOI_2/2024/SG_CEPF_”country”/”your organisation”.  For example: LOI_2/2024/SG_CEPF_MADA/IUCN NL.

• English: Letter of Inquiry template and Budget template.
• French: Letter of Inquiry template and Budget template.

Any alteration to the LOI and the budget templates will make the application ineligible. LOI submitted past the deadline or in any other language will not be eligible

Priority Key Biodiversity Areas in the Region