IKI Small Grants: Seventh Call for Proposals open
Local organisations can apply for funding for local climate and biodiversity projects. Registration is now open until 15 January 2026.
IKI Small Grants launched its seventh international call for proposals on 17 November at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. The call addresses local organisations based in an ODA-eligible country with an average annual revenue between 60,000 and 500,000 euros. They are invited to apply for funding of local or regional climate and biodiversity action projects.
IKI Small Grants are a funding instrument of the German Federal Government's International Climate Initiative (IKI) and provide between EUR 60,000 and €200,000 per project.
Project proposals must focus on one or more of the following four IKI funding areas:
- Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions
- Adaptation to the impacts of climate change
- Conserving natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- Conserving biological diversity
Besides financing, organisations receive support in building their role as strong actors through capacity development measures. The selected organisations are accompanied by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, which implements the IKI Small Grants Programme on behalf of the German Federal Government.
Effective Climate and Biodiversity Projects Worldwide
Since the beginning of the program in 2019, more than 250 local project ideas and individual measures have been selected across two different funding lines. Through project work, around 48,000 people have already been supported in effectively strengthening their resilience to the negative impacts of climate change. Additionally, nearly 100,000 hectares of terrestrial, marine, and coastal ecosystems have been effectively protected or converted to sustainable management – an area approximately the size of 170,000 football fields.
Further information including the funding information and application guidelines can be found at https://iki-small-grants.de
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