Enabling Others to Remove Dams Grant
In context
This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and social enterprises and 2 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
Grants supporting organisations that build capacity and enable other actors to undertake dam removal projects, advancing river restoration and ecosystem recovery. Eligible applicants are intermediaries, facilitators, and capacity-builders in the dam-removal sector rather than direct project implementers.
About this grant
The European Open Rivers Programme is a grant-giving organisation that funds the restoration of European rivers. Its grants support projects that remove small dams and restore river flow and biodiversity. The programme was created after two years of research and stakeholder engagement, which found that around one million dams are fragmenting European rivers and that there is considerable potential and need for dam removal. The programme's current priority is to attract and support preparatory and dam removal projects. It is particularly interested in dam removal projects that enable at least 10 km of river to flow freely again. For the current call, it is not inviting applications for A1 Barrier Identification and Prioritisation grants. The programme's website lists several grant areas, including dam removal pre-demolition work, dam removal itself, and enabling others to remove dams, as well as a wider movement-building strand. Applications are submitted through an online portal. The programme also publishes resources, lessons learnt, best practices and project preparation guidance.
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Eligibility
Applications are made through the programme's online portal. The current call prioritises preparatory and dam removal projects and excludes A1 Barrier Identification and Prioritisation grants. Projects that enable at least 10 km of river to flow freely again are of particular interest. Full applicant eligibility rules for the specific 'Enabling Others to Remove Dams' grant are not stated on this page.
Key requirements
- ✓Applicant must support or facilitate dam removal by other actors, not implement removal directly
- ✓Primary focus on building capacity within the dam-removal and river-restoration sector
- ✓Demonstrated ability to enable, train, or resource other organisations to undertake dam-removal work
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the Enabling Others to Remove Dams deadline?
- Applications close 13 Nov 2026 12:00.
- Who can apply for Enabling Others to Remove Dams?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; nonprofit, charity, social-enterprise, research-institution, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
Relevant sectors
About this sector
Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.
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