About the opportunity
What this programme is offering
The Fund has four funding streams in our Smaller Grants programme. These are set out below, with links to the Application Forms for each stream. A Letter of Offer applies to all of the funding streams and can be found
All projects must be directly relevant to our aim to enhance sustainable survey and land management skills in developing countries through professional education and capacity building for the lasting benefit of local communities.
We define Smaller Grants as being up to £3,000 GBP. We generally pay the agreed grant on receipt of an accepted Letter of Offer, and require submission of a completed Monitoring Form by an agreed date (generally three months after the completion of the work).
We define developing countries as those classified by the World Bank as being low income, lower-middle income or higher-middle income.
The Fund does not, as a rule, fund time spent by grantees, confining itself to funding cash costs incurred in work that we provide grants to fund. Any organisation/ individual can only have one open grant with the Fund at any time.
Any specific conditions on the different streams are set out in the relevant section below.
The administrative procedures associated with these grants, including in the assessment of applications, are set out after the material on each stream.
We keep our grant streams under review, so that they remain relevant to developments in survey and land management skills. We will announce any changes to our Smaller Grants on these pages.
Funding Streams
1. Capacity Development Grants
The purpose of these grants is:
• to help the development of curriculum or teaching materials (including translation to online) in a developing country, which will have lasting benefit to a number of students and society; or
• for projects that develop the capacity of relevant professional institutions in developing countries
Applications should be made by the relevant educational or professional organisation.
Funding of up to £3,000 GBP is available for successful applicants.
2. Bursaries
The purpose of these grants is to help intending students from developing countries to take advantage of a course of study which otherwise they would not be able to afford.
Preference will be given to those whom the Fund judges to be the most likely to benefit and to contribute to his/ her home community, and whose need appears to be the greatest.
Applications should be made by the individual student, and require support from an academic supervisor and the organisation responsible for monitoring the spend.
Funding of up to £3,000 GBP is available for successful applicants.
There is a maximum of one grant for each academic year for students at any educational institution.
3. Project Grants
The purpose of these grants is to help developing country students with equipment or field work costs. Grants are available to students from developing countries, and are normally awarded to those studying at the Masters level or above (a strong and specific case will need to be made for funding those studying at below Masters level).
Applications should be made by the individual student, and require support from an academic supervisor and the organisation responsible for monitoring the spend.
Any equipment funded is to become the property of the educational institution.
Funding of up to £1,000 GBP is available for successful applicants.
4. Support for Conference Attendance
The purpose of these grants is to support the attendance of students and young professionals (those who are either students of surveying and land management; or if not students are either aged 35 years or under, or within 10 years of graduation from a surveying or land management Bachelor or Masters degree) who are nationals of developing countries, at conferences or large professional events.
Applications must be made by the organisation managing a conference, not by conference attendees.
A report by the supported attendees must be included with the Monitoring Form.
Grants of up to £3,000 GBP are available, with a maximum of £1,000 GBP of support for any one individual.
How to apply