In March, 2015, a consortium of which FERAL is a member, was selected as a challenge finalist in the Global Resilience Challenge Partnership Award. This was a collaborative effort was led by Dr.Mike Beck of The Nature Conservancy and Jane Carter Ingram from Wildlife Conservation Society of the USA. The initial grant was given to facilitate different teams to prepare a larger proposal for the award.

FERAL's contribution towards this was to develop a better understanding of the successes and failures of mangrove restoration efforts across India.