Nia Tero Programs (Policy, Organizational Strengthening, Biocultural Monitoring)

Nia Tero describes itself as the leading funder advancing Indigenous peoples' guardianship, reporting more than USD 125 million in direct funding to 274 distinct Indigenous peoples covering over 130 million hectares of lands and waters. It works through three programmes: Policy, which builds Indigenous representation and access in policy spaces; Organizational Strengthening, which resources the self-determined institutional needs of Indigenous peoples; and Biocultural Monitoring, which is explicitly Indigenous-led data sovereignty — community-controlled monitoring and evidence about territorie

Indicative award

Amount not published (varies by call)No grant sizes are published. The only figures on the site are cumulative portfolio totals — more than USD 125 million in direct funding to 274 Indigenous peoples — which are not award amounts, so the numeric fields are left null.

Timing

By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No application cycle or deadline is published. Funding flows through regional partnerships and networks rather than open rounds; the site directs enquiries to its contact form or +1.206.339.1290.

Who can apply

Community organisation

Eligibility

Support goes to Indigenous peoples and their own organisations and networks; the gate is Indigenous guardianship of a territory, expressed through Nia Tero's regional partnerships. There is no published open call, no eligibility criteria and no application form on the site — partnerships are formed relationally through the regional teams and networks, so this is an invitation-and-relationship funder rather than an application funder. A university is not an eligible applicant. A social work researcher engages as a technical collaborator invited by an Indigenous partner organisation that holds t

SSWR clusters

Topics

indigenous guardianship · data sovereignty · biocultural monitoring · territorial policy · organisational strengthening

Apply at

https://niatero.org/programs

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Nia Tero Programs (Policy, Organizational Strengthening, Biocultural Monitoring)

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