Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025 – $1 million support

Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025 with over $1 million annual support to organizations conducting research and exploring climate-related initiatives.

The 2025 call for submissions is now open! The deadline to apply is May 22, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Hurry now and start application before the deadline date.

Scotiabank’s Climate Action Research Fund (previously known as the Net-Zero Research Fund) was launched in 2021 and grants approximately $1 million annually to support registered charities and nonprofit organizations conducting research and exploring climate-related initiatives.

Climate Action Research Fund is part of the Bank’s sustainability commitments and aims to help support our clients and communities in the global transition toward a low-carbon economy.

In 2021, Scotiabank established the Climate Action Research Fund (CARF) to grant approximately $1 million
annually, over a period of 10 years, to organizations that are conducting research and exploring climate related initiatives.

Scotiabank Climate Action Research 2025

Scotiabank established the Climate Action Research Fund in support of the transition to a lower carbon economy by:

• Stimulating research, dialogue and understanding of the shift to a lower-carbon economy.
• Identifying initiatives that require investment to accelerate adoption or scale of application.
• Strengthening relationships between academic and non-profit research institutions and the corporate
  sector through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
•  Continuing to evolve the Bank’s climate objectives and strategy to support the transition
  to a lower-carbon economy.

Applications will open on April 14, 2025, and close on May 22, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET.  interested candidate or parties are invited to submit applications for funding consideration during this period.

Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025 Themes

Through this initiative, we seek research submissions that have the potential to support the transition to
a lower-carbon economy. Successful submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, one or more of
the following themes below:

1. Detailing of potential pathways for decarbonization:
   • On a national economy (e.g., Mexico) or substantive sub-national economy (e.g., Province of
   Quebec) basis, across industrial economic sectors.
   • On an individual industrial or economic sector basis (e.g., mining, cement, steel, built environment),
   across systems, processes, materials, etc.
2. Identification and quantification of novel carbon sinks (sources of carbon sequestration) and specific
   mechanisms for carbon removal.
3. Emerging and innovative financing mechanisms to support acceleration of decarbonization efforts.
4. Public policy and/or regulatory changes required to enable or facilitate more rapid decarbonization.
5. Areas of innovation that need to be better understood or funded to accelerate decarbonization
   pathways. This includes improvements to greenhouse gas emissions-related measurements, data
   aggregation, and dissemination, especially in sectors with limited data availability and regional variability
   (such as agriculture and residential mortgages).
6. Levers for increasing consumer, municipal, or industrial demand for drastically lower / zero carbon technologies.

Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025  Evaluation Criteria’s

Before you can start up your application to the Scotiabank Climate Action Research 2025, there are lots of things to consider which is the criteria which will give you the upper hand to join this awesome research fund.

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The submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• The research being conducted is novel, filling a gap in knowledge or understanding.
• The knowledge to be developed and disseminated is demonstrably beneficial to sectoral, national,
  or global decarbonization efforts and/or a financial institution’s ability to support those efforts.
• The applicant has relevant research experience and climate change expertise as well as organizational
  staff resources to guide the development of the project.
• The project has clearly articulated deliverables, timeline, and budget.

ELIGIBILITY

The eligibility status will be listed below for easy understanding. To be eligible for funding through the Scotiabank Climate Action Research 2025;

1. partner organizations must be a registered charity
2. OR registered non-profit organization in their jurisdiction.

GRANT AMOUNTS

The Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025, will;

• Award grants from a minimum of CAD $25,000
• Award a grant up to a maximum of CAD $100,000.

Note: Any submission not granted funds through this process may be re-submitted for a future Call for Submissions, with the next Call expected in March/April, 2026.

Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025 Application

For your easy Scotiabank Climate Action Research Fund 2025application, click here to start up immediately. The application is in step by steps. Make sure to follow up on all of them correctly to start an error free application.

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