- Grant Amount – $12,500
- Deadline – August 19, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The WILDLABS is seeking applications for its Boring Fund to support the essential but overlooked aspects of conservation technology.
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This year, they’re responding to the overwhelming demand by expanding the fund. With the continued support of Arm, the company building the future of computing, they’re increasing the number of projects they can support. Their goal remains the same: to fund the “boring” but vital work that makes conservation technology more accessible, sustainable, and effective for everyone. If you have an idea that strengthens the foundations of this field, whether through training, documentation, infrastructure, or beyond, they want to hear from you.
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Focus Areas
This fund will support often-overlooked projects and initiatives in their sector that will benefit the wider conservation technology community. These include:
- Community management: Activities that engage and sustain active conservation technology communities and other communities of practice.
- Cybersecurity: Implementing cybersecurity measures to protect digital infrastructure, data, and communities, especially against emerging threats like AI bots.
- Data mobilisation: Curating historical data, labelling or managing large datasets, or increasing discoverability of data.
- Documentation and guidance: Publishing documentation and comprehensive guidance that is shareable and usable by the community.
- Expert intervention: Funding the participation of experts to enhance the collective knowledge of the conservation technology community on specific topics.
- Events: Organising webinars, in-person or virtual meetups, workshops, and other gatherings that foster learning and networking with the community.
- Knowledge transfer: Sharing expertise across teams, organizations, and communities.
- Maintaining existing technology: Supporting core, existing technology infrastructure to benefit the conservation technology sector and community. Note: The Boring Fund does not support building new features and components. Please apply to the WILDLABS Awards for support for this work.
- Self-led learning initiatives: Providing access to online courses, dedicated experts, certifications, or relevant literature.
- Technical debt management: Maintaining and improving technical infrastructure, servers, or backend systems that benefit communities of users.
- Training materials: Creating essential training resources such as online courses, instructional videos.
Funding Information
- A total of $80,000 available
- The maximum amount per project is $12,500, but they encourage applications requesting smaller amounts. They acknowledge that not all essential solutions require large budget to make a big impact
- Grant period timeline:
- – Projects should begin by: October 2025
- – Funds should be spent by: May 2026
Eligibility:
To be eligible for participation, however, you must meet the following requirements:
- Individuals must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and the age of majority in their jurisdiction of primary residence at the time of submission. Proof of residency and age may be required.
- Applicants must not be involved in the reviewing process, either in the short-listing stage or final selection. Applicants may include employees of Sponsor, but must not include any individual involved in any stage of the reviewing or selection process.
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