Global EbA Fund Medium-Size Grants

If your organisation works on ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), this funding window could support the expansion of existing work rather than a standalone field project. The Global EbA Fund offers grants of up to USD 500,000 each for projects lasting no more than 24 months.

The published submission window is 12 October to 16 November 2026. No closing time or timezone is stated, so do not assume that a particular Nigerian time applies. This is organisational project funding, not a scholarship or an award that individuals can use for personal study. Before developing a Nigerian proposal, confirm the applicable country eligibility rules.

Opportunity Summary

About the Opportunity

The medium-size window focuses on strategic scaling and global influence. Your proposal should explain how ecosystem-based adaptation will reduce communities’ vulnerability to climate impacts while tackling barriers to wider uptake, investment or policy change.

Three priority topics are welcomed but are not compulsory: innovative finance for EbA; EbA for human development and security; and connections between people, nature, climate and land that turn policy alignment into investable action. Choose a topic only where it genuinely fits your existing work.

The Fund places strong emphasis on innovation and scalability. A project must build on existing work and cannot consist exclusively of field implementation. Explain what prevents an established approach from achieving greater impact and how your intervention would address that obstacle.

Funding and Benefits

• Project grants of up to USD 500,000 each, subject to eligibility and evaluation. This is a maximum, not a guaranteed award amount.
• A project implementation period of up to 24 months. The supplied information does not establish that every proposed cost will be covered; check the budget rules before costing your proposal.

Who Can Apply?

• Eligible organisation types include NGOs, INGOs, intergovernmental organisations, community-based organisations, Indigenous People’s Organisations, universities and other academic institutions, research institutes, think tanks, private-sector companies and consortia.
• Lead applicants and partner organisations must be legally recognised entities, have relevant previous experience and be well-grounded in the proposed work. The lead applicant must meet the Fund’s due-diligence requirements.
• Projects must qualify as ecosystem-based adaptation, identify the climate impacts being addressed, demonstrate innovative and catalytic potential, and contribute to one Strategic Objective and at least one but no more than two Action Pillars.
• Projects must be global, thematic or otherwise target only ODA-eligible countries. They must build on existing work, partner with local institutions and organisations, and explain how results will continue after funding ends.
• Government entities cannot receive funding directly or through sub-grants, although collaboration is encouraged. UNEP and IUCN offices are ineligible.
• Private-sector funding cannot support for-profit activities, sector-specific obligations, or compensatory or replacement measures. Public interest is a priority.
• Individuals cannot apply for personal study funding. Seed-grant programmes are not supported, and a second phase of a project already funded by the Global EbA Fund will not be financed.

What Nigerian Applicants Should Know

• Nigerian applicant eligibility is not explicitly confirmed in the supplied material. Before committing substantial preparation time, check the current ODA-eligible country list and Grants Procedure Manual for your proposed project geography and organisational circumstances.
• The applicant organisation does not have to be located in a beneficiary country. Where it is based elsewhere, it should have experience in the project country or countries, EbA experience or expertise, and one or more local partners. This provision does not by itself confirm eligibility for every Nigerian organisation.
• The published conditions concern legally established organisations, not individual citizenship. No Nigerian citizenship requirement or specific Nigerian registration document is identified in the supplied information; verify the evidence of legal status required by the forms.
• This is a project grant, not a job or remote-work offer. Personal work permission and professional recognition requirements are not specified, and no unrestricted remote-location arrangement is established.

Required Documents

• Applicant Declaration.
• Co-applicant Mandate.
• Medium-Size Grants Application Form.
• Theory of Change, Logframe and Project Activities Form, which must be uploaded directly to the application portal.
• Project Proposal Budget Template.
• Due Diligence and Financial Capacity Questionnaire.

How to Apply

1. 1. Read the call documents and Grants Procedure Manual before drafting. Check the detailed country, organisational, project and budget rules rather than relying only on the headline grant amount.
2. 2. Establish the applicant and partnership structure. For a consortium, clearly identify the lead Applicant Organisation: it would sign the agreement and become the responsible contract party. Confirm local partners and keep government partners outside funding allocations.
3. 3. Develop the project logic. Connect the identified climate risk to your activities and expected outcomes, select one Strategic Objective and one or two Action Pillars, and explain how the project builds on existing work.
4. 4. Prepare the results framework and budget. Include at least three relevant indicators from the Fund’s Core Indicator Framework in your logical framework. Keep activities, staffing, costs and the timeline coherent within the USD 500,000 and 24-month ceilings.
5. 5. Complete the required application package offline. The Fund encourages this approach, which also gives your team time to check the forms before using the online platform. Confirm any additional document instructions in the current templates.
6. 6. Submit through the online application platform between 12 October and 16 November 2026. Online submission is mandatory. Verify the deadline time and timezone on the official application page and allow a practical margin for internet problems.

Visit the official application page

Application Tips

Optional preparation advice: begin with a short internal concept note covering the climate risk, affected communities, existing work, main barrier, proposed change and local partners. This can help your team test the project’s fit before completing the formal templates; it is not an additional required document.

Hypothetical example: if your organisation already supports ecosystem restoration, describe the climate risk that work addresses and the institutional or financing barrier preventing wider adoption. A proposal focused only on additional restoration sites would not explain the required enabling or catalytic contribution.

Check consistency across the narrative, activities, indicators, staffing and budget. Each major cost should relate to an activity, and each activity should contribute to an intended result. Avoid describing routine expansion as innovation without explaining what changes and why it matters.

For your final check, confirm that every required form is complete, figures and timelines agree, partners understand their roles, and the application is in English. Official organisational documents and register entries must be translated into English. Complete the online submission early enough to address connectivity problems. Only successful applicants will be contacted; individual feedback on unsuccessful applications is not provided.

Information checked 12 November 2026.