Our Projects

wave
https://www.oceans5.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/3.png
wave

Project Selection

Oceans 5 supports results-oriented conservation and ocean-based climate policy projects throughout the world. We prioritize funding projects with the following characteristics:

  • Significance for impact
  • Building policy and political leadership
  • Time-bound
  • Collaborative
  • Project feasibility
  • Strategic geographies and issues

For more detail, see our project selection criteria. Please note that Oceans 5 does not fund unsolicited proposals.

Grants Database

Strengthening Inshore Exclusion Zones in West Africa

Grant Amount: $900,000
Country: Cabo Verde
+ 2 more Gambia, Senegal

Year Funded: 2024

Protected Areas in Cote d’Ivoire

Grant Amount: $443,216
Country: Côte d’Ivoire
Year Funded: 2024

New Central Arctic Ocean Protections

Grant Amount: $4,250,000
Country: Canada
+ 4 more Denmark, Norway, Russia, United States

Year Funded: 2023

New Zealand Protected Areas (Te Puna Ora o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa)

Grant Amount: $2,135,000
Country: New Zealand
Year Funded: 2024

Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges High Seas MPA

Grant Amount: $1,200,000
Country: Chile
+ 3 more Ecuador, Panama, Peru

Year Funded: 2024
How We Work
What We Fund
Who We Are