Gaia Fund completes two funding cycles per year. The key dates associated with each cycle are indicated below:
First Funding Cycle
| February 15 | final date for receipt of initial inquiry |
| March 1 | final date that Gaia Fund mails requests
for full proposals |
| March 30 | latest due date for receipt of full proposal |
| June 15 | Gaia Fund mails notifications of grant awards |
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Second Funding Cycle
| August 15 | final date for receipt of initial inquiry |
| September 1 | final date that Gaia Fund mails requests
for full proposals |
| September 30 | latest due date for receipt of full proposal |
| December 15 | Gaia Fund mails notifications of grant awards |
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Applicants may be asked to submit full proposals prior to the above timeline dates, depending on when the trustees review the initial inquiry.
Gaia Fund does not give extensions to our published deadlines for letters of inquiry and full proposals.