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Let’s work together! We invite you to submit a project proposal for nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. Learn more below.

Thematic Grants
Site-Based Grants
Public Support Grants
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT ARE OPEN UNTIL MAY 21, 2025.

Thematic grants are open to nature-based solutions (NbS) projects throughout the Philippines, particularly in regions rich in biodiversity and highly vulnerable to climate change. 

Thematic grants shall support projects that demonstrate NbS for climate adaptation through interventions such as integrated risk management, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity conservation. These activities shall promote disaster risk reduction and participatory protection, management, and enhancement of forests and coastal and/or marine ecosystems that provide multiple products and services. 

This request for proposals will prioritize NbS projects focused on conserving and protecting coastal and marine ecosystems.

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)
What kinds of projects are eligible?

Thematic grants shall support the implementation of NbS for climate adaptation, and may include activities in support of NbS, while clearly prioritizing the NbS and demonstrating complementation of activities. This may include, but are not limited to:

  • Development and diversification of gender-responsive community enterprises and sustainable livelihoods, consistent with the manner of protecting biodiversity;
  • Legitimization and registration activities of community organizations and groups and individual members;
  • Community-based enforcement in upland and coastal/marine protection activities (i.e., patrolling, equipment, and tools);
  • Localized, cross-sectoral partnerships and strengthening of organizations; and/or
  • Community and gender empowerment critical to the protection of the ecosystems.

Proponents are also encouraged to develop projects that align with existing local/community plans and frameworks, and consider past projects implemented in the area.

Who can apply?

Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:

  • Non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • Organized, registered, and/or recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field
  • Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines
How much funding is available?

Each proposal for a thematic grant shall be between PhP 1 and 4 Million, and implemented for two (2) years starting July 2025 onwards.

Application Process and Timeline

Site-based Grants will support gender-responsive and community-based nature-based solutions (NbS) projects to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts in priority program areas.

To ensure the effectiveness and responsiveness of the Program in contributing to climate, biodiversity, and gender-equality outcomes in the program areas through gender-responsive NbS, baseline assessments (Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) and Gender-Based Analysis-Plus) have been conducted in the target sites. The results of the assessments provide a basis for identifying priority issues that need to be addressed, and NbS projects to be supported.

Click the tabs below to learn more about sites that are open for grant applications. More will be opening soon for Calamianes Islands in Palawan, and Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental. Click here for more information.

Batanes

APPLICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT ARE NOW CLOSED.

Batanes is the northernmost island province in the Philippines, which lies along the typhoon belt in the Pacific. The entire province is a Protected Area, an Ancestral Domain of the Ivatans, and an identified KBA (Batanes Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape). In particular, efforts will be focused on Basco, the province’s capital, with 48 unnamed river watersheds with a total area of 3,360 hectares.

Application Process and Timeline

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)

Negros Oriental

APPLICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT ARE NOW CLOSED.

Negros Oriental is one of the PCP4NbS Program’s priority areas. It is part of the Negros-Panay faunal region in Central Philippines, a conservation priority due its high concentration of endemic species and the severity of threats it faces, including human activities degrading the environment, and climate change impacts affecting the flora, fauna, women, and communities.The Program will support NbS projects in Ocoy and Banica River Watershed, which have been identified as the program’s target sites in the province.

Application Process and Timeline

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)Download Request for Proposals (Cebuano)
Will there be other site-based grants opening soon?

Yes, the following Site-Based Grants will follow in 2025:


  1. Calamianes Islands, Palawan
  2. Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro
  3. Siruma, Camarines Sur
What kinds of projects are eligible?

Site-based grants under the Program shall directly support community-based and gender-responsive NbS to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts in the target sites. These NbS shall respond to the results of the VRA and GBA Plus, which can be found in the full Request for Proposals (RFP).

Site-based grants shall be awarded to projects that seek to implement, but are not limited to, these potential NbS. Proponents are encouraged to introduce other tested or innovative NbS, especially those supported by local experiences and expertise.

Who can apply?

Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:

  • Non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • Organized and recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field
  • Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines
How much funding is available?

Each proposal for a site-based grant shall be between Php 2 Million and PhP 6 Million, and implemented for up to two (2) years, from July 2025 onwards.

Public Support Grants will support projects that will sustain public support for NbS for climate adaptation in the priority areas. Support may be up to PhP 2 Million each, and implemented for up to 12 months.

Coming in 2026!

Thematic Grants
Site-Based Grants
Public Support Grants
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT ARE OPEN UNTIL MAY 21, 2025.

Thematic grants are open to nature-based solutions (NbS) projects throughout the Philippines, particularly in regions rich in biodiversity and highly vulnerable to climate change. 

Thematic grants shall support projects that demonstrate NbS for climate adaptation through interventions such as integrated risk management, ecosystem restoration, and biodiversity conservation. These activities shall promote disaster risk reduction and participatory protection, management, and enhancement of forests and coastal and/or marine ecosystems that provide multiple products and services. 

This request for proposals will prioritize NbS projects focused on conserving and protecting coastal and marine ecosystems.

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)
What kinds of projects are eligible?

Thematic grants shall support the implementation of NbS for climate adaptation, and may include activities in support of NbS, while clearly prioritizing the NbS and demonstrating complementation of activities. This may include, but are not limited to:

  • Development and diversification of gender-responsive community enterprises and sustainable livelihoods, consistent with the manner of protecting biodiversity;
  • Legitimization and registration activities of community organizations and groups and individual members;
  • Community-based enforcement in upland and coastal/marine protection activities (i.e., patrolling, equipment, and tools);
  • Localized, cross-sectoral partnerships and strengthening of organizations; and/or
  • Community and gender empowerment critical to the protection of the ecosystems.

Proponents are also encouraged to develop projects that align with existing local/community plans and frameworks, and consider past projects implemented in the area.

Who can apply?

Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:

  • Non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • Organized, registered, and/or recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field
  • Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines
How much funding is available?

Each proposal for a thematic grant shall be between PhP 1 and 4 Million, and implemented for two (2) years starting July 2025 onwards.

Application Process and Timeline

APPLICATIONS FOR BATANES GRANTS ARE OPEN UNTIL MAY 2, 2025.

Site-based Grants will support gender-responsive and community-based nature-based solutions (NbS) projects to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts in priority program areas.

To ensure the effectiveness and responsiveness of the Program in contributing to climate, biodiversity, and gender-equality outcomes in the program areas through gender-responsive NbS, baseline assessments (Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) and Gender-Based Analysis-Plus) have been conducted in the target sites. The results of the assessments provide a basis for identifying priority issues that need to be addressed, and NbS projects to be supported.

Batanes is the northernmost island province in the Philippines, which lies along the typhoon belt in the Pacific. The entire province is a Protected Area, an Ancestral Domain of the Ivatans, and an identified KBA (Batanes Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape). In particular, efforts will be focused on Basco, the province’s capital, with 48 unnamed river watersheds with a total area of 3,360 hectares.

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)
APPLICATIONS FOR NEGROS ORIENTAL GRANTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Negros Oriental is one of the PCP4NbS Program’s priority areas. It is part of the Negros-Panay faunal region in Central Philippines, a conservation priority due its high concentration of endemic species and the severity of threats it faces, including human activities degrading the environment, and climate change impacts affecting the flora, fauna, women, and communities.

The Program will support NbS projects in Ocoy and Banica River Watershed, which have been identified as the program’s target sites in the province.

More site-based grants will be opening soon for Calamianes Islands in Palawan, Camarines Sur, and Davao de Oro and Davao Oriental. Click here for more information.

Download Request for Proposals (English)Download Request for Proposals (Filipino)Download Request for Proposals (Cebuano)
Will there be other site-based grants opening soon?

Yes, the following Site-Based Grants will follow in 2025:


  1. Calamianes Islands, Palawan
  2. Davao Oriental and Davao de Oro
  3. Siruma, Camarines Sur
What kinds of projects are eligible?

Site-based grants under the Program shall directly support community-based and gender-responsive NbS to help reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change impacts in the target sites. These NbS shall respond to the results of the VRA and GBA Plus, which can be found in the full Request for Proposals (RFP).

Site-based grants shall be awarded to projects that seek to implement, but are not limited to, these potential NbS. Proponents are encouraged to introduce other tested or innovative NbS, especially those supported by local experiences and expertise.

Who can apply?

Entities eligible to receive funds under the Program include:

  • Non-government organizations (NGOs)
  • Organized and recognized community-based organizations, people’s organizations (POs), indigenous peoples’ organizations (IPOs), and/or women’s rights organizations (WROs) who work in the environment and/or development field
  • Other appropriate local or regional entities active in the Philippines
How much funding is available?

Each proposal for a site-based grant shall be between Php 2 Million and PhP 6 Million, and implemented for up to two (2) years, from July 2025 onwards.

Application Process and Timeline

For Batanes

Application Process and Timeline

For Negros Oriental

Public Support Grants will support projects that will sustain public support for NbS for climate adaptation in the priority areas. Support may be up to PhP 2 Million each, and implemented for up to 12 months.

Coming in 2026!

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