{"id":248,"date":"2026-03-24T14:50:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/biodiversity\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2026-04-11T14:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:25:43","slug":"grants-funding-schemes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/biodiversity\/grants-funding-schemes\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants &#038; Funding Schemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Closed for Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Monaghan Biodiversity Week Event Grant Scheme 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biodiversity Week from 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u2013 24<sup>th<\/sup> May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Biodiversity Week, an initiative by the Irish Environmental Network, celebrates all things nature and biodiversity. It brings together communities, schools, families, organisations, landowners, experts and enthusiasts, to build awareness about the value of biodiversity, and support its protection and restoration. All events that meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritageweek.ie\/get-involved\/project-policy\">objectives of<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritageweek.ie\/get-involved\/project-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Biodiversity Week<\/a> in a meaningful way will be promoted on the National Biodiversity Week website. To find out more and to register your event please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/biodiversityweek.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/biodiversityweek.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Funding Available:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Up to \u20ac500 for a Biodiversity event held in Monaghan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Who can apply:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This grant scheme is open to individuals\/community groups and not for profit organisations, heritage and biodiversity groups, venues and societies. <strong>All groups in receipt of funding from Monaghan County Council must be members of Monaghan PPN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>To be eligible for funding events must:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>take place in County Monaghan and celebrate an element of Monaghan\u2019s Biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>be organised by an individual\/community\/voluntary group based in Monaghan<\/li>\n<li>meet the objectives of Biodiversity Week in a meaningful way, follow this link for further information <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityweek.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biodiversityweek.ie<\/a><\/li>\n<li>be designed on a realistic financial basis and provide good value for money<\/li>\n<li>proposed <strong>event must be run during Biodiversity Week 15th \u2013 24th May 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please ensure that you are familiar with the guidelines before you complete this form. Incomplete applications will not be assessed for funding.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/monaghan.ie\/biodiversity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/03\/Biodiversity-Week-Grant-2026-Guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guidelines \u2013 Biodiversity Grant Scheme 2026<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Any queries can be directed to Biodiversity Officer via email <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:biodiversity@monaghancoco.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>biodiversity@monaghancoco.ie<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 or contact the Biodiversity office 042-9428330\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closed for Applications Monaghan Biodiversity Week Event Grant Scheme 2026 &nbsp; Biodiversity Week from 15th \u2013 24th May 2026 National Biodiversity Week, an initiative by the Irish Environmental Network, celebrates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Grants &amp; 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