Opportunity type
Funding
Cause areas
Animal welfare
Routes to impact
Direct high impact on an important cause
Skill-building & building career capital
Skill set
Research
Entrepreneur
Organization building, boosting & running
Academia
Deadline
2026-07-01
Description
A funding opportunity for researchers, engineers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop scalable technologies that improve fish welfare at capture and slaughter.
- Funding: Roughly $7M available in 2026, with potential for more based on proposal quality
- Scope: Support for research through advanced prototypes (up to ~TRL 7–8) focused on rapid, verifiable pre-death insensibility
- Focus areas: Practical solutions for wild-caught small fish, vessel-constrained systems, and improved or alternative stunning methods
- Applicant support: $4,000 honorarium for qualifying LOIs; selected teams invited to submit full proposals
Apply by submitting a 2,500–3,000 word Letter of Intent by July 1, 2026.
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