Focusing on the issues of climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, the Resilience Grants program is our means of enabling solutions that are science-based, innovative, and, most-importantly, practicable.
We acknowledge that, in order to be truly effective, initiatives to address climate risks require the collaborative efforts of minds from various fields. We welcome the proposals of natural scientists as eagerly as those of social scientists, business professionals, public servants, and the like.
Types of Grants
Research and Innovation Grants
Our Research and Innovation grants are awarded to projects that will develop localized and impact-driven knowledge and tools for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Philippines.
We look for proposals that will spur innovative solutions—or provide a different take on existing solutions—in the areas of climate dynamics and modelling, climate prediction/weather forecasting, GIS and remote sensing, and loss and damage assessment, among others. In keeping with our thrust, these proposals must yield results that are science-based, technological, and practicable. Finally, we support projects that keep in mind the most pressing climate-related vulnerabilities of the business sector and the members of its supply chain.
We accept funding proposals throughout the year, focusing on specific research themes. Occasionally, we also issue special calls for proposals that focus on a specified topic.
Thesis and Dissertation Grants
Our thesis and dissertations grants support graduate students undertaking specific climate change research. Special calls for thesis grant applications are issued to support research projects that are aligned with our specific research agenda.
Frequently Asked Questions
We look for projects that will develop localized and impact-driven knowledge and tools for climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in the Philippines. The proposals must yield results that are science-based, technological, and practical.
We also look for proposals that will contribute to business and policy. We highly encourage projects with outputs that will have positive impact on policymaking or policy review, or those that keep in mind the most pressing climate-related vulnerabilities of the business sector ecosystem.
We discourage proposals that are solely focused on data gathering. Instead, we invite proponents to focus their projects on solutions development and make use of and build on existing data sets.
We encourage not only scientists but researchers from diverse fields to submit proposals.
The main applicant must have legal status in the Philippine through its registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and should be the implementing agency responsible for the budget and administration of the project. For partnership arrangements, one of the partners must serve as the main applicant.
We do not give project grants directly to individuals.
Learn more about our eligibility requirements here.
We do not fund fundraising events, cost of attendance/travel to conferences, endowments, and mass solicitations, among others.
We also do not provide funding support to projects that fall outside of our research areas/themes.
Counterpart funding is not required, but we do welcome counterpart contributions from proponents, as this is important in ensuring the long-term sustainability of a project.
We look for projects that can be continued even after our grant funding has ended. To further demonstrate sustainability, the proposed project must indicate how the outputs can input into public policy, governance or program planning and development, future sustainability decisions and policy outcomes, and how target users can continue to benefit from the project long after the funding is over.
We do not provide funding for multi-year projects. Grants awarded are usually for a single year at a time. Proponents are therefore encouraged to submit projects that can be completed in one year.
On average, the amount of a grant per project is PhP1,000,000.
Geographic funding areas are dependent upon the strategic priority furthered by the grant. In general, we fund projects that are implemented in the most vulnerable areas of the country.
To submit your application, inform us of your concept here.
We also provide advice and guidance during the application process and throughout the grant term.
You may get in touch with our Grants officers via telephone at +632 7552332 loc. 2571 or email at [email protected].
There is no limit to the number of proposals that can be submitted by a proponent or an organization, but multiple similar proposals from the same source may not be reviewed favorably by the grant review panel.
An internal Grants Screening Committee screens and reviews the pre-proposal concept note submissions. Proponents of shortlisted submissions are then advised to submit their full proposals.
We use technical reviewers in our grant review process to assess the scientific, technical, and/or other merits of a grant application. The two rounds of technical review per grant application are conducted by a Technical Review Panel (TRP), which is comprised of a minimum of three reviewers. The Oscar M. Lopez Center fields a panel chairperson who facilitates the process, but is a non-scoring and non-voting member of the panel.
Applications that pass the technical review phase of the review process are presented to our Program Committee and Board of Trustees for final selection, approval, and awarding.
We accept proposals throughout the year. Occasionally, we also issue special calls on a specific topic.
For a list of current and previous awards, view the research/projects we fund on the Grants Archive.