Future for Nature Award Grant

Future for Nature Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Future for Nature Foundation
Amount: €50,000
Last Updated: July 12, 2025

Summary

The Future for Nature Award recognizes and supports young conservationists dedicated to protecting biodiversity. Award winners receive €50,000 and international recognition to enhance their conservation efforts. This prestigious award aims to fund individuals, inspire commitment, and expand their professional networks. Through the Future For Nature Academy, winners gain access to resources and a community, empowering them to continue their impactful work in nature conservation. This initiative highlights the importance of individual contributions to global biodiversity.

Overview

Background Future For Nature supports young, talented and ambitious conservationists committed to protecting species of wild animals and plants. The commitment of these individuals is what will make the difference for our planet's biodiversity and the future of nature. Through their leadership they inspire and mobilize communities, organizations, governments, investors and the public at large. The Future for Nature Award The Future For Nature Award is a prestigious international award that celebrates tangible achievements in protecting wild species. The Future For Nature Award aims to: Reward and fund individuals for their outstanding efforts in the protection of species of wild animals and plantsStimulate Award winners to sustain their dedicated workHelp winners to raise their profile, extend their professional network, and strengthen their funding basis The winners each receive 50,000 euros and the prestigious FFN Award. The winners may spend the money at their own discretion in the service of nature conservation; after all, they know better than anyone where the money is most needed. Additionally, Future For Nature offers much more than one-off financial support. Winning the FFN Award gives the winners international recognition for their work and opens doors that were previously closed. FFN offers the winners a platform and brings their stories to the attention of conservationists, financiers, and a wide audience, allowing them to increase their impact and gain more access to funds. We also give the (former) winners an extra stage via the Future For Nature Academy. This is an independently functioning committee, which is active in several Dutch cities for and by students with the aim of inspiring students to become active in nature conservation and to offer them resources such as lectures, networking, and workshops. FFN is building a growing Family of (previous) winners, dedicated people who form a community of like-minded people. FFN offers them the opportunity to meet each other and continue to learn with each other in order to continue their fight for nature as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The following criteria must be met to be eligible to apply for the Future For Nature Awards 2026 and will be used in the selection procedure for the Award winners.The candidate:must have a minimum gap of one year between applications. Therefore, if you applied for the 2025 Future For Nature Award (application submission in summer 2024), you are not eligible to apply for the 2026 Future For Nature Award.Please note: Applicants who applied for the 2025 Future For Nature Award and for whom 2026 is the final year of eligibility due to the age criteria are allowed to apply for the 2026 Future For Nature Award. This exception only applies to the 2026 Awards cycle. Must be an individual, not an organisation, programme, or group of individuals. Must be born on or after the 31st May 1990 (Maximum age of 35 years old at the FFN Award event) and before the 28th of August 2007 (minimum age of 18 years old at the time of submitting your application). Has achieved substantial and long-term benefits to the conservation status of one or more species. Has demonstrated commitment, determination, and passion for conservation work. Has demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurship, and a clear view of conservation work. Has been creative and innovative in their work. Has demonstrated to be honourable in the conservation work performed. Must be determined to continue their conservation work, as the Award aims to stimulate the winner’s future work. It is not an “end of career” prize. Is able to explain their conservation work in proficient English (written and spoken).The award should be used for a conservation initiative of the winner’s own choice and implemented by them. The award should be used for the conservation of species. The conservation initiative can involve a component of (fundamental) research, but this should not be the main focus. The relevance of the proposed activities to wild species conservation and the practical impact should be made clear.

Ineligibility

Future For Nature will not allow administrative deductions to be made or claimed by mother organizations.Organisations cannot apply