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Biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge: Braiding Pathways for Regenerative Health Futures Project is sponsored by Vision Maker Media (in partnership with The Biomimicry Institute). This initiative disperses funding to Native filmmakers whose projects focus on traditional Native land-based healing, ecological stewardship, and regenerative health practices. This aligns well with themes of native community and identity through film.
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The Biomimicry Institute Partners with Vision Maker Media on New Film Initiative - The Biomimicry Institute Funding Available for Films About Indigenous Health and Environmental Knowledge LINCOLN, NE – August 12, 2026 – – Vision Maker Media (VMM), the premier source of media by and about Native Americans since 1976, announces The Biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge: Braiding Pathways for Regenerative Health Futures Project , a new filmmaking initiative in partnership with The Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a Nature Positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired by nature’s genius.
Together, the two organizations will disperse funding to Native filmmakers whose projects focus on traditional Native land-based healing, ecological stewardship, and regenerative health practices. The Biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge: Braiding Pathways for Regenerative Health Futures Project is supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Filmmakers are invited to apply for funding at https://visionmakermedia.
org/fund-your-film/ by September 30, 2026. Four proposals will be selected for funding, with up to $25,000 available for each project. Panelists reviewing the entries will include Vision Maker Media president and CEO Francene Blythe-Lewis, Vision Maker Media consultant Georgiana Lee, Camilo Garzón of the Biomimicry Institute, Annelise Wunderlich of the Redford Center, filmmaker Katsitsionni Fox, and others.
“For millennia, Native peoples have survived – and thrived – in coexistence with their environment. Native understanding of the natural world and its healing powers and solutions is massive, and this vast knowledge should be both preserved and applied to the issues we all face today,” says Blythe-Lewis.
“At Vision Maker Media, we celebrate the important work of The Biomimicry Institute and we’re honored to partner with them on this project. ” “Indigenous communities have worked in balance with nature for thousands of years and hold profound wisdom about living systems and what we can learn from them. We’re excited to work with Vision Maker Media and their Indigenous film community to bring this wisdom to the Ask Nature audience.
We look forward to supporting the visionary Native filmmakers that are part of this incredible project,” says Amanda Sturgeon, CEO of The Biomimicry Institute. Vision Maker Media (VMM) is the premier source of media by and about Native Americans since 1976.
Vision Maker Media’s mission is empowering and engaging Native people to share stories, envisioning a world changed and healed by understanding Native stories and the public conversations they generate. VMM works with its funded producers to develop, produce and distribute programs for all media. VMM supports training to increase the number of Native Americans and Alaska Natives producing programs across a variety of platforms.
The Biomimicry Institute is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded by Janine Benyus in 2005, on a mission to create a nature positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired and guided by nature’s genius. The Biomimicry Institute is embarking towards a ten-year vision to dramatically scale the impact that biomimicry is having on some of the biggest challenges facing the world today.
Since its founding in 2005, the Institute has worked to spread the practice of looking to the solutions developed by living organisms over billions of years to provide insight and inspiration for effective, efficient, and sustainable innovations and approaches to addressing our own challenges.
As the Institute embarks into their third decade, they are fully committed to work across sectors and disciplines to spread the wisdom of nature-inspired, actionable solutions across our world. Related Press Release posts Jul 28, 2026 / Nature of Fashion New Case Studies from The Biomimicry Institute Show What Fashion’s Circularity Conversation is Missing.
New Case Studies from The Biomimicry Institute Show What Fashion’s circularity conversation is missing. Jul 15, 2026 / Press Release The Biomimicry Institute Announces the 2026 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort The Biomimicry Institute is proud to announce the 2026 Cohort of the Ray of Hope Accelerator.
Jul 14, 2026 / Press Release The Biomimicry Institute and Upaya Social Ventures Partner to Tackle Textile Waste in India The Biomimicry Institute’s Nature of Fashion initiative and Upaya Social Venture’s Dignified Jobs Accelerator have announced a partnership to develop a regional pilot for textile waste decomposition in India.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Filmmakers (Indigenous-led nonprofit organizations, Native community groups with a fiscal sponsor, Tribes and First Nations are eligible. Indigenous Individuals may be considered on a per case basis). Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $25,000 per project. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for Biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge: Braiding Pathways for Regenerative Health Futures Project are due September 30, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
Biomimicry and Indigenous Knowledge: Braiding Pathways for Regenerative Health Futures Project is funded by Vision Maker Media (in partnership with The Biomimicry Institute). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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