Success Rates
The success rates for applications to our key grant schemes per year since 2013.
Our success rates are determined by the number of applicants who are awarded grants within each scheme, compared with the number of applications received, per year.
Success rates will vary over time due to the quantity of proposals received.
Please see our success rates below:
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2013 |
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| Large Research | 44 | 6 | 13.6% |
| Small Research | 74 | 29 | 39.2% |
| Outreach | 114 | 11 | 9.6% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 63 | 7 | 11.1% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2014 |
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| Large Research | 41 | 6 | 14.6% |
| Small Research | 114 | 21 | 18.4% |
| Outreach | 120 | 15 | 12.5% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 73 | 7 | 9.6% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2015 |
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| Large Research | 43 | 7 | 16.3% |
| Small Research | 104 | 22 | 21.2% |
| Outreach | 132 | 12 | 9.1% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 116 | 7 | 6.0% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2016 |
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| Large Research | 42 | 6 | 14.3% |
| Small Research | 137 | 22 | 16.1% |
| Outreach | 80 | 15 | 18.8% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 86 | 7 | 8.1% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2017 |
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| Large Research | 77 | 6 | 7.8% |
| Small Research | 190 | 20 | 10.5% |
| Outreach | 112 | 14 | 12.5% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 144 | 8 | 5.6% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2018 |
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| Large Research | 39 | 6 | 15.4% |
| Small Research | 163 | 21 | 12.9% |
| Outreach | 124 | 13 | 10.5% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 223 | 14 | 6.3% |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
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2019 |
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| Large Research | 34 | 6 | 17.6% |
| Small Research | 197 | 22 | 11.2% |
| Outreach | 110 | 14 | 12.7% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 210 | 12 | 5.7% |
2020 |
Total received |
Total No. Awarded |
Success Rate |
| Large Research | 22 | 6 | 27.3% |
| Small Research | 248 | 27 | 10.9% |
| Outreach | 121 | 14 | 11.6% |
| Ecologists in Africa | 298 | 16 | 5.4% |
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