Celebrate Urban Birds offers mini-grants that YOU are invited and encouraged to apply for! These mini-grants support environmental education events focused on the conservation of birds and the natural habitat we share. We will prioritize community-led applications that highlight their local knowledge and expertise and emphasize culture and the arts. No previous experience with birds is required.
We award mini-grants to organizations championing their local communities across the world, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States. Winning a mini-grant means being granted between $250 and $2500 USD as well as free training, downloadable materials and resources to support your ideas, and gaining the loving CUBs staff as dependable collaborators and support!
Here are the requirements for your proposals:
- Inclusion of bird observations
- Incorporation of greening or habitat improvement for the birds
- Integration of arts in a meaningful, inclusive, and authentic way
- Grant recipients are organizations, not individuals
The mini-grant application is simple and easy to complete. You don’t need to know how to write a formal grant proposal to apply. All we ask is that you answer our questions about how you’d like to organize your event, where and when you’d like to hold it, and who will participate as completely and honestly as possible. If you have questions or concerns about our mini-grants or the application process, please get in touch with us. We want to see you and your events succeed! Please write to us at urbanbirds@cornell.edu.
The application cycle for the 2026 will begin on November 24, 2025.
If you’d like to see some events or activities by past mini-grant winners, explore the gallery of the events below.
Looking for other types of Celebrate Urban Birds events? Click here.
