Climate Adaptation grants — page 2
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Funding for resilience, flood defence, drought and climate-proofing infrastructure. Backed by the Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, the World Bank and regional banks, the EU, and national adaptation programmes. Listed below are the open climate adaptation grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Adaptation money is overwhelmingly development finance: the Green Climate Fund, the Adaptation Fund, the World Bank and the regional banks, bilateral aid programmes, and health funders including Wellcome and the Gates Foundation on the health side. Awards are usually made to or through an organisation registered in the country where the work happens, so partnership structure tends to matter more to eligibility than technical merit does.
This page lists open climate adaptation grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 74 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is climate adaptation work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
11 distinct funders are publishing the climate adaptation grants on this page. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls, which is why the listing names the funder on every opportunity it opens.
Geographic coverage on this page spans GLOBAL, GLOBAL-SOUTH. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
14 of these close within the next 30 days. Deadlines are taken from the source listing and re-checked on every refresh, but the originating funder remains the authority — always confirm against the official notice before you submit.
Kenya-UK PACT: Call for Proposals for the Nature-based Solutions sector
UK PACT (UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions)
This is a call for proposals funding nature-based solutions projects in Kenya through the UK PACT programme. Eligible applicants can submit proposals to advance climate mitigation and adaptation through natural capital and ecosystem-based interventions.
NERC urgency funding
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NERC urgency funding supports rapid-response environmental research addressing transient, unexpected natural events such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, and ephemeral ecosystem changes. Applicants must be based at UK research organisations eligible for NERC funding.
Pushing the frontiers of environmental research
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NERC funds ambitious, curiosity-driven environmental research projects at UK research organisations. Applicants must be based at eligible UK institutions and meet individual eligibility criteria.
Atmosphere Cluster (AGS-AC)
NSF
NSF's Atmosphere Cluster funds fundamental research on atmospheric processes, chemical and physical mechanisms, climate dynamics, weather, air quality, and the water cycle across multiple timescales. The program supports modeling, field observations, laboratory experiments, and measurement techniques from researchers at universities and research institutions.
Life and Environments Through Time (LET)
NSF
NSF's Life and Environments Through Time (LET) program funds research on Earth's climate, environments, life, and sedimentary record evolution across geological timescales, from the Archean Eon to the Holocene. Research is intended to advance understanding of global change patterns and processes to inform predictions and planning for future climate and ecosystem resilience.
Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ)
NSF
This NSF program funds fundamental research on Earth's near-surface processes—hydrology, geomorphology, and geochemistry—and how they respond to environmental change. Research advances knowledge of weathering, soil development, water availability, and climate regulation, with applications to natural resource sustainability and hazard mitigation.
Developing knowledge and solutions for resilient forests and a sustainable forest-based future
Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR)
This joint research and innovation call from the FOREST partnership funds projects on climate-resilient forests, adaptive multifunctional forest management, innovative wood products, and forest value chains and governance. It is aimed at research organisations, universities, and companies across participating European and partner countries, including French applicants through ANR.
How to respond to and prepare woodlands for extreme weather
Forestry Commission
This grant funds woodland owners and managers to prepare their forests for extreme weather impacts and build long-term climate resilience through adaptive management practices. It is open to landowners, woodland managers, and organizations responsible for woodland stewardship in the UK.
Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impacts
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe Civil Security for Society call funds research and innovation on multi-hazard approaches and the cumulative and cascading impacts of disasters, with up to €4M per project. It is aimed at consortia of research institutions, universities, companies and public authorities working on disaster risk and crisis management.
Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe call funds innovation actions that build capabilities for critical entities to withstand natural, NaTech, human-induced and hybrid disasters. It is aimed at consortia that include critical infrastructure operators, public authorities, first responders and research or industry partners, with up to €4.5M per project.
Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe Civil Security for Society call funds research consortia to develop new methods for building pre- and post-crisis climate-change scenarios that strengthen European civil preparedness and resilience. It is aimed at multi-partner research and public-sector consortia working on climate security and crisis management.
Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutions
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe open topic funds projects that drive uptake of high-TRL disaster risk management solutions, with awards of up to €3,000,000 per project. It is aimed at consortia of research, industry, public bodies and first responders working on civil security and disaster resilience.
Security challenges of the green transition in urban und peri urban areas
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation actions on security challenges arising from the green transition in urban and peri-urban areas, covering critical infrastructure and hazard resilience. It is aimed at consortia of research institutions, universities, public authorities, operators of critical infrastructure and industry across Europe.
Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparedness
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe Civil Security for Society call funds research and innovation projects that develop new ways to raise risk awareness and strengthen disaster preparedness, with societal engagement and digital tools as key themes. It is aimed at consortia of research institutions, universities, companies, public bodies and civil-protection stakeholders, with up to €3,000,000 per project.
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
DOI-USGS1
This USGS cooperative agreement, issued under the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, funds one affiliated partner to synthesize practitioner experience and science on invasive plant control. The goal is to keep treatments effective under warming conditions in the Northeast.
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
DOI-USGS1
This CESU cooperative agreement funds research on invasive grass-fire cycles in native grasslands of the eastern sagebrush biome and the Northern Great Plains, mapping where the cycle occurs and identifying post-fire management strategies. It is aimed at CESU-affiliated research partners working with USDA and Wyoming Department of Agriculture resource managers.
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
DOI-USGS1
This USGS Notice of Funding Opportunity (G27AS00083) makes a single cooperative agreement to a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit partner for climate adaptation science. The illustrative project uses the Prairie Reconstruction Initiative database to find which prairie management actions work best under different weather conditions after drought, wildfire, and invasive-species disturbances.
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
DOI-USGS1
This USGS NRCASC cooperative agreement funds climate adaptation science research delivered through the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, covering hydrology, geospatial science, and extreme-event research such as drought, wildfire, and flooding. It is aimed at CESU partner institutions, such as universities and research organizations, that can support resource managers and Tribal communities.
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
DOI-USGS1
This USGS notice offers a single cooperative agreement for a research award to a partner in the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, focused on actionable science for resource managers. The illustrative project studies how drought, wildfire, and land management affect invasive species such as King Ranch bluestem and eastern red cedar in Oklahoma.
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
DOI-USGS1
This USGS cooperative agreement funds research through a partner of the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, supporting actionable science on hydrology, geology, and extreme-event hazards for resource managers. The example project updates recreational fisheries harvest, consumption, and economic value estimates to inform federal and state fisheries management and adaptation.
Foundation grant in worldwide: Large-scale projects (gala beneficiary), up to $55K, closes 30 Nov 2026
Foundation
This grant funds a single large-scale community, environmental, or heritage project selected as the annual gala beneficiary, with funds disbursed after end of 2027. Eligible projects are self-contained initiatives in environment, community development, or heritage conservation.
Forecasting Tipping Points
Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
Learn more about funding in ARIA
MSc in Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security
United Nations University
This is an international joint MSc program in Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security offered by UNU and University of Bonn, with DAAD scholarship support for developing-country applicants. The program targets students with strong interest in human-nature relations and risk governance, particularly those from the Global South.
USGS Cooperative Landslide Hazard Mapping and Assessment Program Announcement for Fiscal Year 2027
DOI-USGS1
The USGS Cooperative Landslide Hazard Mapping and Assessment program funds cooperative landslide hazard mapping, assessment, and research projects that reduce risk from landslides. It is aimed at research institutions, universities, and government partners working on hazard science in the United States.
FY 2026 - 2028 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), National Ocean Service
DOC-DOCNOAAERA
This NOAA National Ocean Service Broad Agency Announcement is a multi-year open call for proposals covering FY2026 to FY2028 that supports ocean and coastal science and services. It is aimed at research institutions, universities, nonprofits and companies that can deliver NOS mission-aligned work.
Geospace Cluster (AGS-GC)
NSF
NSF Geospace Cluster funds fundamental and applied research on Earth's near-space environment, including the mesosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere, magnetosphere, and solar-terrestrial interactions. The program supports aeronomy, magnetospheric physics, space weather, and upper-atmosphere climate research through observational, theoretical, modeling, and laboratory activities, with emphasis on space weather hazards and atmospheric climate change.