Small Grants for Local Conservation

Students learn about lemurs at a World Lemur Festival event in Toamasina, supported by a 2024 grant. Photo courtesy of 2024 grant recipient, Diamondra Ranaivoson.

2026 Small Grants

Through small grants, the Lemur Conservation Network maximizes our impact in community education and lemur conservation in Madagascar. The amount of funding available each year is based on membership fees from our Supporting Members: Businesses, zoos, individuals, and conservation organizations.

In 2026, these grants are by invitation only. Grant applications will be sent to eligible applicants on May 1.

GRANT SUMMARY

In 2026, these grants are available by invitation only.

Project Types: World Lemur Festival Events

Funding: $500 to $1,500 per grant.

How to Apply:

Invited applicants will receive a Word document to use for your grant application via email.
Save the Word document with your name in the title.
Complete your application and email it to lemurconservationnetwork@gmail.com with “Grant application” in the subject line.

2026 Timeline:

Grant Applications Sent to Invited Organizations: May 1
Applications due: June 15
Grant winners will be announced by July 15
Funds will be sent to winners by August 15

AVAILABLE GRANTS

World Lemur Festival Grants

$500 to $1,500 each

These grants will cover costs associated with creating and implementing events for the 2026 World Lemur Festival in October or November 2026. Events should be focused on education and/or tree planting, and held with one or more schools or communities in Madagascar. Grant recipients will be provided with LCN’s Malagasy card game and new posters to use during their events.

We are particularly interested in events in the following locations:

Conservation Organization Field Sites: Support for an applicant who is an LCN member organization to hold World Lemur Festival events near their field sites.
Schools across Madagascar: Event with one or more schools. You will select the schools and arrange with school administrators.

Diamondra Ranaivoson's 2024 World Lemur Festival grant supported an event in Toamasina. Environmental contest winners were awarded with a field trip to Parc Ivoloina to see lemurs and learn about them.

Koloina Rafenoherilala (top right) celebrates World Lemur Day in Ankarafantsika.

ELIGIBILITY

Who is eligible?

These grants are by invitation only.

Organizations: Organizations must be invited to apply, and be a conservation member of the Lemur Conservation Network.

What expenses are eligible?

- Travel and lodging costs for the field or project site
- Materials, supplies, and equipment for the project
- Food for event participants
- Communication costs for the internet
- Travel insurance *Travel insurance is strongly recommended for all travel outside Antananarivo*
- Daily payments for participants like local authorities and teachers

REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS

If you are awarded one of the Lemur Conservation Network’s small grants, you must complete the following tasks. If you do not complete these tasks, you will not be eligible for future grants from the Lemur Conservation Network. Use this Word document as a template for your final report.

World Lemur Festival Grant

October 1, 2026: Provide details of your event (date, location, plans) so we can promote it on our social media and website
2 weeks after your event: Send event details with at least 3 photos and/or videos to us at lemurconservationnetwork@gmail.com
December 1, 2026: Event must be completed.
February 1, 2027: Final report due

QUESTIONS

Find answers to common questions below. If you have other questions, please email LCN’s Madagascar Manager, Seheno Andriantsaraza, at sehenocorduant.lemurnetwork@gmail.com.

What projects does LCN prefer to fund?

The Lemur Conservation Network prioritizes community education and lemur conservation in the wild in Madagascar. With these grants, we are looking to maximize our impact in these areas. For these reasons, we prefer to fund the following types of work:

Work that is respectful of local communities and encourages community participation in conservation in Madagascar.
Individuals and organizations that have limited other sources of funding.
Projects that do more with less, and optimize impact on a limited budget.

What projects are not eligible to receive funding?

Participating in the Ministry of the Environment’s official National Lemur Day event
Attending academic conferences
Projects outside Madagascar

Can multiple people work together on a project?

You are encouraged to work together on projects. However, one person or organization will receive the grant funding. This person should be the leader for the project. They will be responsible for reporting project results to the Lemur Conservation Network.

What projects were funded by last year’s small grants?

In 2025, the Lemur Conservation Network awarded seven small grants for conservation education projects. Awards ranged from $600 to $1,500. Learn more about these projects.

Five projects were World Lemur Festival events. They were located in Tulear (southwest), Toamasina (east), Itampolo (southwest), Sofia (northwest), and the Mantadia-Zahamena forest corridor (east).
One project built upon the work of a 2024 small grant for a conservation project near Antahala (northeast). The 2025 funding supported conservation education with communities in the area.
One project created a theater performance about lemurs and the environment, which they performed for schools west of the COFAV (Ambohimahamasina municipality) and east of the COFAV (the municipalities of Antodinga and Ankarimbelo).

In 2024, the Lemur Conservation Network awarded two $1,500 grants.

World Lemur Festival Project: Diamondra Ranaivoson held a World Lemur Festival event in Toamasina which involved 500 students, 28 artists, and 5 local associations in the celebration of lemurs. The event included an environmental contest. Winners were taken on a field trip to Parc Ivoloina to see lemurs and learn more about them.
Conservation Project: Edgar Rabevao led two undergraduate students in Antahala to complete forest and community surveys in an understudied forest fragment. The research informed future conservation work in the area, and the students used the project to complete their undergraduate degrees.