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With small grants of up to £5000 : Apply for the INTBAU Grassroots Grants Programme

The INTBAU Grassroots Grants Programme offers funding for projects that explore ideas grounded in local, climate-responsive, and context-specific solutions.

Key Focus Areas

- Research on adapting traditional housing styles to changing climates or shifts in material availability.
- Lifecycle and embodied energy analysis for a traditional building.
- Studies showcasing the advantages of using natural materials structurally.
- Funding for conference travel to share completed research.
- Development of resources to effectively communicate research findings.

Eligible Projects

Examples include constructing a community center using local and renewable materials, developing a prototype for an earthquake-resistant school, experimenting with turf cladding, or building a home extension using biomaterials like straw, cob, or hempcrete.

Eligibility Criteria

They welcome proposals for both new and ongoing projects that promote, evolve, and adapt building traditions globally to improve living spaces. Whether you're a researcher, designer, entrepreneur, architect, start-up, or small business owner, they want to hear from you! If you have a solution addressing challenges in today’s built environment and need funding to advance it, apply now!

Don't miss out on the application deadline which is 19 January 2025.

Additional Information

Host Institution
INTBAU
Program Type
Fully Funded
Program Benefits
workshops that teach a building method or expertise, like Adobe construction,
The development of online guides for youth organisations that highlight the advantages of conventional, contextual, and climate-resilient design,
training sessions for collectives run by residents looking to carry out a community refit approach,
Apprenticeships that teach participants a useful construction method

INTBAU will award small grants of up to £5,000 to applicants whose projects show the highest potential to positively shape the future of the built environment.
Eligibility Criteria
For those invited to submit a full application in phase II, evaluation will be based on the following five criteria:

- **Concept**: A well-defined idea that directly tackles issues in the built environment.
- **Local Relevance**: How your idea provides a solution that integrates local context into addressing built environment challenges.
- **Capability**: Your background and why you are suited to lead this project.
- **Funding Use**: The requested funding amount and its intended allocation.
- **Long-term Impact**: The potential for your idea to have a lasting effect on today’s built environment challenges.
Eligible Countries
All Countries

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