Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation (RSGs) are aimed at small conservation programmes and pilot projects.

On this website you can track the progress of hundreds of supported projects around the world, and download application documents for new projects.

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Innovation Awards

In addition to the Rufford Small Grants, the Foundation now offers the prestigious Innovation Award.

This Award is available to a new, substantial project which could have ground breaking effects in nature conservation in the developing world. For this we offer a 'one-off' grant of up to £50,000.

If you believe your project may qualify for this award, please submit an outline here

 

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Latest News

Rufford Small Grants 10th Anniversary

In 2009, the Rufford Small Grants will have been supporting grass-roots conservation projects for 10 years. Our awards scheme is only small in name - since we began we have supported over 1,000 projects worldwide.

Dr. Rodrigo Hucke-Gaete: Blue whales in Chile: the giants of marine conservation, Chile

ABC News is airing on 17th March in the US on this Chilean blue whales project. Watch the story on "World News" at 6:30 p.m. and on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. ET

You can also read a related article on: http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4464998&page=1

Rufford Small Grants Levels Increase

We are pleased to announce that with immediate effect applicants will be able to apply for up to £6,000 for a first or second RSG and up to £12,000 for a Booster Grant towards their nature conservation project. Those applications already submitted will remain in the £5000 / £10,000 band. All other criteria remains the same.