Our grant schemes
Our application pack includes information sheets on each of our eight grant schemes. These explain the types of projects that we give priority to funding. Read the information sheets carefully to see if your project is eligible for a grant from us.
Please click on the scheme title to view each document which is in 
pdf format.
- Special places (161kb) - Managing special places to protect and improve their natural, wildlife and scenic qualities.
- Supporting biodiversity (152kb) - Promoting, protecting and improving biodiversity.
- Enjoying Scotland’s outdoors (161kb) - Activities to raise awareness and understanding of the new access rights and responsibilities, and the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. If you are considering applying for a Ranger Service, we have specific guidance to help you with your application;
- Operational and Grant Application Guidance
- Equality and Diversity Statement
- Ranger Services in Scotland - Communicating the Achievements
- Paths and routes (176kb) - Developing paths and routes which help more people to get out and enjoy the natural heritage.
- Attractive places to live (167kb) - Activities to improve the quantity, quality and accessibility of green space in and around our towns and cities, and to involve communities in planning and managing them.
- Involving people (186kb) - Activities to raise awareness and understanding of the natural heritage and to encourage more people to be involved with the natural heritage.
- Rural land use - today for tomorrow (170kb) - Promoting sustainable approaches to land management in farming, forestry and moorland, and developing new techniques and approaches to tackle issues affecting their use and management.
- Waters for life (131kb)- Promoting sustainable approaches to managing freshwaters, coasts and seas, and developing new techniques and approaches to tackle issues affecting their use and management.
- PAW Scotland fund for fighting wildlife crime - This scheme is funded by the Scottish Government and administered on behalf of the Partnership for Action against Wildlife Crime by SNH. Applications must be submitted to SNH on a standard SNH grant application form.
Note: By ‘sustainable’, we mean be managed in a way that the quality and value is maintained so that future generations will be able to enjoy it just as much as people do today.