Farm Animal Welfare Fund — Humane Fish Slaughter

The Humane Fish Slaughter RFP is Coefficient Giving's Farm Animal Welfare Fund program for technologies and prototypes that improve fish welfare at capture and slaughter. It addresses a problem where current welfare standards are minimal, and the call is designed to produce practical methods that make pre-death insensibility immediate, lasting, verifiable, and scalable. Coefficient expects to spend roughly $7 million on the RFP, with room to expand if the submitted work is strong. Applicants may be individuals, universities, research institutions, companies of any size, or public-sector research organizations. The process has two stages: a letter of intent of 2,500 to 3,000 words due July 1, 2026, followed by full proposals from a shortlisted group by September 30, 2026. A $4,000 honorarium is paid to LOI applicants who meet a minimum standard or rank in the top 125. The strongest submissions combine biological insight with engineering or process design and show how a concept could survive real slaughter conditions. Coefficient is looking across exploratory research through advanced prototype development, up to TRL 7 or 8, so the most competitive projects are usually the ones that can show both technical plausibility and a path to deployment.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.