Coral Accelerator Program (CAP) 2025

The Coral Accelerator Program (CAP) seeks to fund international collaborative teams with impactful ideas in coral conservation
and restoration. The awards are open to projects spanning across the full range of novel early-phase projects through to final proof-of-concept development and testing. Applications with innovative approaches from interdisciplinary teams are particularly encouraged. Project teams must consist of at least 3 members.

Concept notes are due on October 20, 2025, and invited full applications are due in February 2026.

Funding Organization: Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP)

Research Scope:

Coral conservation and restoration

Eligibility

Each application must consist of

• a minimum of three Applicants per proposal: one Lead Applicant and two Co-Applicants, and
• Organizations from at least 2 different countries, one of which must be a low or middle-income country.

Maximum Award: Up to 1.5 million USD for up to 3 years

Application Process: Applications must be submitted to an online application submission system, myCORDAP (https://cordap.eu-1.smartsimple.eu/s_Login.jsp)

Application Deadline: Concept notes are due on 20 October 2025, and invited full applications are due in February 2026.

Further information: https://cordap.org/awards/

Q&A webinars will be held on 18 September 2025. Registration for the webinars at https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=J8nogKTNoUCeoNjmQf7aND5aINsGyjBCvA78j28FUxpUMlg5STZWQVUyMU5CSTM0UFhCMjVJMFMzTy4u&route=shorturl

For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel.: 02 470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th