Emergency Grants from Free Rivers Fund
In context
This call is open to individuals, community groups and non-profits and 1 other, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and seed stage. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country.
The Free Rivers Fund Emergency Grant provides rapid-response funding for newly formed initiatives taking urgent direct action to prevent a proposed dam, with applications accepted year-round by email. It is aimed at small new groups, individuals, or organisations, and excludes media, general education, and dam-removal projects.
About this grant
The Free Rivers Fund Emergency Grant is a rapid-response fund for urgent action projects aimed at preventing a proposed dam. Created in 2020 with support received in 2019, it complements the Fund's regular annual grant rounds by allowing initiatives that form in the middle of the year to apply at any time. Applicants only need to send an e-mail summarising their issue, and applications are accepted all year round. The grant targets small, newly formed initiatives that want to take direct action against a proposed dam. The page makes clear that this target group is much narrower than that of the regular grants. Projects must be new and must be run by a single person, a group, or a newly formed organisation. The grant does not fund media projects such as films or photo exhibitions, general science unless the study is needed for a direct action campaign, or education projects. Dam removal campaigns are directed to the regular grant round in October, and projects with purposes other than preventing a dam are not eligible. The page does not state a grant amount or any cost-share requirement.
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Eligibility
Applicants must be aiming at direct action against a proposed dam and be a new project run by a single person, a group, or a newly formed organisation. Established organisations should use the regular application period. Applicants who have previously applied for a regular FRF grant with the same project are not eligible. Projects that are not direct action, media projects, general science (except studies needed for a direct action campaign), education projects, dam removal campaigns, or projects with purposes other than preventing a dam are excluded. Applications from Africa cannot currently be processed.
Key requirements
- ✓Project must be new and run by a single person, a group, or a newly formed organisation
- ✓Must be urgent direct action aimed at preventing a proposed dam; other purposes and dam removal are ineligible
- ✓Media, general science not tied to a direct campaign, and education projects are not funded; apply by emailing a summary of the issue
Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for Emergency Grants from Free Rivers Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; individual, community-group, nonprofit, charity. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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Water funding covers supply, sanitation, wastewater treatment, water efficiency, catchment management and flood risk. A large share is public procurement for infrastructure and services, alongside grants for innovation and access in underserved areas. Bidders and applicants are typically assessed on technical capacity, operating experience and community impact.
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