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CALL SUMMARY
Grant Opportunity Exclusively for ARA Members
Call Opens: 03 November 2025
Proposal Deadline: 21 November 2025 at 23:59 Bangkok/Indochina Time
Number of Grants: Three grants executed through member-led implementing partners in three regions
Region-Grant Amount-Currency (including Non-Project Attributable Costs (NPAC)/Overheads):
Africa: GBP 130,000; Latin America and Caribbean: GBP 52,000; Asia-Pacific: GBP 52,000
Implementation Period: Maximum 6 months (upon contract signing) between January 2026 to 15 July 2026, followed by audit and final report by 15 August 2026.
Send your questions to secretariat@adaptationresearchalliance.org with the subject ‘ARA Grant Question’ by 7 November 2025. Replies will be posted to the ARA website by 14 November 2025.
The ARA is excited to announce the Knowledge Catalyst Grant for Emerging Adaptation Professionals in the Global South, which will support emerging adaptation professionals (EAPs)—including early career researchers (ECRs), practitioners, and knowledge brokers involved in adaptation and resilience work—in the regions of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and Asia to publish and contribute to the IPCC AR7 process, specifically WGII.
The focus is not on conducting new research, but on assisting EAPs in transforming existing or nearly finished research manuscripts, or even current practitioner publications, into peer-reviewed articles, thereby increasing their visibility and influence in adaptation research and policymaking.
ARA Member organizations will be selected as implementing partners for this grant to support a minimum of 16 EAP’s through the knowledge catalyst grants across Africa (at least 8), Asia (at least 4), and Latin America (at least 4).
For details please read: ARA Knowledge Catalyst Grants for Emerging Adaptation Professionals in the Global South, 2025.
Kindly make sure you have prepared the following documents before continuing:
- Completed Narrative and Budget Application Forms – please download and fill in the narrative application template and budget application template
- CVs of Lead Applicant representatives
- Lead organization registration documents
- Other supporting documents as mentioned in the Proposal Forms
Please click "Submit" and complete the information in the form to submit your application.