Q&A Small Grants to Implement Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) projects

The document outlines the eligibility criteria, team composition requirements, and financial guidelines for small grants aimed at implementing Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) projects in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It emphasizes a transdisciplinary approach, requiring teams to include both university stakeholders and community members. Projects must support EbA objectives, specifically helping people adapt to climate change, utilizing biodiversity, and integrating into urban territory adaptation strategies. The grants support a project duration of 18 months, with a focus on strengthening university-community partnerships and the EPIC-N model.

• To be eligible, projects must meet three specific criteria: they must help people adapt to climate change, make active use of biodiversity, and be part of an overall adaptation strategy for an urban territory.
• Project teams must be transdisciplinary, consisting of at least one community stakeholder (such as a local government representative, civil society member, or private sector actor) and at least two university stakeholders, ideally one specialist each from the social and natural sciences.
• While projects should ideally be based in urban areas, those located outside urban territories are eligible if they demonstrate how the ecosystem services provided contribute to an urban territory's climate change adaptation strategy.
• The grants have a project duration of 18 months following the acceptance of funds.
• Eligible expenses include transportation, graphic design contractors, equipment (with a limit of 3,000 per purchase), material costs, communication, software, office supplies, personnel, student fellowships, and the hosting of events, workshops, and site visits.
• Lead team members must be affiliated with an institution or organization in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that has the administrative capacity to receive international seed funds.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). Q&A Small Grants to Implement Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) projects. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/FAQ.docx.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Q&A Small Grants to Implement Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) projects. n.d. https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/FAQ.docx.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndsmall, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Q\&A Small Grants to Implement Ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) projects}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/FAQ.docx.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }