New in:
1. Call for Applications, Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (Argentina)
2. Call for Proposals, Equity-focused Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (USA)
3. Call for Proposals, Arctic Council, Government of Canada (Canada)
4. Scientific Product Grant Program, Wildlife Acoustics
5. Memorial Grants Program, Neotropical Grassland Conservancy (LAC)
6. Call for Applications for Small Research Grants on Education, Spencer Foundation
7. Call for Proposals, Lantau Conservation Fund - Conservation and Related Projects, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
8. Call for Research Proposals, CAF Development Bank of Latin America
9. YSEALI Marine Accelerator Program (Southeast Asia)
10. Small Grant Program, Clif Bar Family Foundation (USA)
All currently open calls:
Grant-making opportunities
1. Call for Proposals, Indigenous Peoples and Community Projects, UNDP-GEF Small Grants Program (Malaysia)
Will support IPLCs to strengthen their short-term coping mechanisms as well as their long-term socio-ecological resilience. Grassroots actions and initiatives will build on indigenous self-determination principles, including indigenous food sovereignty, to nurture healthy, reciprocal relationships with the land, plants and animals, as well as with other producer organizations and networks.
Funding information: max. of USD 50,000. Applicants are required to submit a detailed budgetary estimate.
Deadline: Jan 10, 2021.
The main aim is to provide support for the production and dissemination of information and content linked to EU Cohesion policy, including inter alia the Just Transition Fund and the recovery plan for Europe, while respecting complete editorial independence of the actors involved.
Funding information: total available for co-financing of projects is EUR 5,000,000
Deadline: Jan 12, 2021.
3. Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence, William T. Grant Foundation (USA)
Studies on improving the use of research evidence should identify, build, and test strategies to ensure that research evidence is used in ways that benefit youth.
Funding information: major research grants range between USD100,000 and 1,000,000 and cover 2-4 years of support. Officers’ research grants are a separate funding mechanism for smaller projects with budgets typically ranging from USD 25,000 to 50,000
Deadline: Jan 13, 2021.
4. Research Grants on Reducing Inequality, William T. Grant Foundation (USA)
Proposals for studies are evaluated based on their fit with our interests in reducing inequality; the strength and feasibility of their designs, methods, and analyses; their potential to inform change; and their contribution to theory and empirical evidence.
Funding information: major research grants typically range between USD 100,000 and 600,000 and cover two to three years of support. Officers’ research grants on reducing inequality are a separate funding mechanism for smaller projects with budgets ranging from USD5,000 to 50,000
Deadline: Jan 13, 2021.
5. Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USA)
To solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. To fund projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. Priority concerns include biological, physical, and social sciences, including economics.
Funding information: estimated total program funding USD 25 million; award ceiling USD 2 million; award floor USD 50,000
Deadline: Jan 14, 2021.
To accelerate the rate and scale of water quality improvements specifically through the coordinated and collaborative efforts of sustainable, regional-scale partnerships in implementing proven water quality improvement practices more cost-effectively.
Funding information: awards will range from USD 500,000 to 1 million each, for an estimated 8-12 individual grants awards.
Deadline: Jan 15, 2021.
7. Call for Letters of Inquiry for Large Grants, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
CEPF and IUCN Oceania, as the regional implementation team for the East Melanesian Islands Hotspot, are accepting letters of inquiry from nongovernment organizations, community groups, indigenous people’s organizations, women’s groups, private companies and other civil society organizations.
Funding information: grant size USD 20,000 to 200,000
Deadline: Jan 15, 2021.
8. Call for Proposals, Smart Built Environment, Formas (Sweden)
Digital Built Environment in Practice to contribute to the sustainable development of the built environment, through projects that center around digitalization and industrial processes. Applications can address processes, forms of collaboration, business models, technology or a combination of these.
Funding information: for innovation ideas SEK 500,000; research, development or innovation projects can apply for between SEK 500,000 to 4 million
Deadline: Jan 15, 2021.
9. 2021 Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity (USA and South Africa)
Accepts 20 high-impact change-makers into the fellowship, which consists of an 18 months-long, non-residential experience that builds knowledge and capacity to effectively address the causes of racial inequality and to imagine more equitable futures.
Deadline: Jan 20, 2021.
Aimed at accelerating the development of innovative and interdisciplinary methods, metrics and tools to advance the scientific understanding of the linkages between agriculture and food systems and health and nutrition outcomes, in order to better inform policy and programmatic actions to improve nutrition outcomes in low and middle-income countries.
Funding information: each grant will be a max. of GBP 250,000 and up to 8 grants (4 development and 4 validation) are expected to be awarded
Deadline: Jan 21, 2021.
Seeks to develop community capacity to sustain local natural resources for future generations by providing modest financial assistance to diverse local partnerships focused on improving water quality, watersheds and the species and habitats they support.
Funding information: Approx. USD 1,500,000 is available for projects meeting program priorities. One round of full proposals annually. Awards range from USD 20,000 to 50,000 with an average size of USD 35,000 and 40-50 grants awarded per year.
Deadline: Jan 28, 2021.
12. The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives, Government of Canada (Brazil)
Designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement. Thematic priorities: gender equality, human rights/dignity, inclusive governance, environment and climate action, peace and security, and disaster response.
Funding information: average CFLI contribution is CAD 30,000 (approx. BRL 106,000).
Deadline: Jan 29, 2021.
13. Societal Transformations for Climate Action Research Program, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Sweden)
Inviting research groups, jointly with civil society organizations, the public sector and other stakeholders, to submit proposals to facilitate societal transformation for climate action through research and innovation. In line with Mistra’s statutes, the research program shall be of strategic environmental importance.
Funding information: expected program budget total SEK 40 million over four years; Foundation’s financial contribution maximum of SEK 40 million.
Deadline: Jan 29, 2021.
14. New Call for Applications, Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (Argentina)
Designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects that align with Global Affairs Canada’s areas for engagement. Thematic priorities: gender equality/empowerment of women and girls; inclusive governance, including diversity, democracy, human rights, the fight against corruption and rule of law; environment and climate action (adaptation/mitigation).
Funding information: average contribution for each project is CAD 25,000
Deadline: Jan 31, 2021.
15. 2020 Youth Solidarity Fund (see link for eligible countries)
Supports youth-led organizations that foster peaceful and inclusive societies. Seed funding is given to projects, for and by young people, that demonstrate innovative and effective approaches to intercultural or interfaith dialogue. Additionally offers capacity-building support to help youth-led organizations strengthen the implementation of their projects.
Funding information: awards grants up to USD 25,000
Deadline: Jan 31, 2021.
16. New Small Grant Program, Clif Bar Family Foundation (USA)
Priority is given to applicants that address the funding priorities from a holistic perspective: protection of the Earth’s beauty and bounty; create a robust, healthy food system; increase opportunities for outdoor activity; reduce environmental health hazards; and build stronger communities.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
17. Call for Applications, Nordic Council of Ministers (see link for eligible countries)
“Enhancing educational cooperation and preparing pupils, students and adults for a greener future”. Integrated with this theme is also the Nordic competitiveness based on knowledge, innovation, mobility and digital integration.
Funding information: total available EUR 9.5 million
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
18. Request for Proposals, Coral Reef Conservation Fund 2021, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (USA)
Grants will be awarded to reduce land-based sources of pollution, advance coral reef fisheries management, increase capacity for reef-scale restoration and to support management in efforts to increase the natural recovery and resiliency of coral reef systems.
Funding information: average grant awards will range from USD 60,000 to 250,000; however, there is no maximum or minimum requirement.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
19. Nordic Arctic Cooperation Program 2018-2021
To create sustainable and constructive development in the Arctic and for its people based on the four P’s: planet, peoples, prosperity and partnerships.
Funding information: max. of DKK 500,000/year can be applied for. Expected that projects will run within the year requested.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
20. Professional Development Grants, WWF (see link for eligible countries)
To provide support for mid-career conservationists to pursue short-term, non-degree training to upgrade their knowledge and skills. This training can include short courses, certificate training, or conferences among other training opportunities.
Funding information: applicants may request up to USD 2,000
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
21. New Call for Proposals, Lantau Conservation Fund - Conservation and Related Projects, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
Providing financial support to eligible non-governmental organizations, charities, post-secondary education institutions, etc., to collaborate with local communities and landowners and carry out three streams of conservation and related projects, namely conservation management agreement, research, and education and engagement.
Funding information: lower threshold limit is HK 250,000. See link for more details.
Deadline: Feb 9, 2021.
22. Call to Promote the Mobilization and Use of Biodiversity Data in Asia, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (see link for eligible countries)
Invites the submission of concept notes for projects that enhance knowledge of Asian biodiversity through access to data from biological collections and monitoring programmes in the region.
Funding information: applicants may request a max. of EUR 20,000 for projects implemented over a maximum period of 18 months.
Deadline: Feb 9, 2021.
With the IKI Small Grants scheme BMU extends its IKI strategy and outreach to small national, regional and local organizations to encourage active citizen involvement and local approaches to threats caused by climate change and biodiversity loss.
Funding information: funding more than 100 projects by 2025 with up to EUR 100,000 each (up to EUR 200,000 for mitigation and, in special cases, adaptation measures). After the first selection round, IKI Small Grants is providing three million euros for 38 selected small projects in 27 countries.
Deadline: Feb 9, 2021.
24. Partnerships Grants Program, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada)
These grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities.
Funding information: applications successful at Stage 1 are valued at up to CAD 20,000
Deadline: Feb 10, 2021.
25. New Call for Proposals, Arctic Council, Government of Canada (Canada)
To select an organization or institution or group that will establish a Canada-based permanent Secretariat for the Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) of the Arctic Council. The Secretariat is a key deliverable in the international chapter of Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy (ANPF) Framework.
Funding information: up to CAD 5.5 million over five years. Fund is expected to increase each year to reach a minimum of 40% of Global Affairs Canada’s contribution.
Deadline: Feb 12, 2021.
26. Cyber Security Cooperation Program, Public Safety Canada (Canada)
Supports projects that contribute to security and prosperity in the digital age while positioning Canada as a global leader in cyber security.
Funding information: max. amount shall not exceed USD 300,000 annually per contribution. For non-profit orgs, max. amount shall not exceed USD 100,000 per contribution. The max. amount shall not exceed USD 150,000 annually per grant.
Deadline: Feb 12, 2021.
27. New Scientific Product Grant Program, Wildlife Acoustics
To support the advancement of animal biology research, habitat monitoring and environmental conservation. Provides scientists with resources to help further their research into the study of bats, birds, frogs and other vocal wildlife.
Funding information: up to USD 5,000 worth of products to grant recipients worldwide.
Deadline: Feb 15, 2021.
28. 2021-22 Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems Small Grants Program, UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (USA - California)
Priority will be given to projects that benefit socially disadvantaged communities and/or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
Funding information: total funding approx. USD 80,000. Individual grants limited to max. USD 7,000
Deadline: Feb 15, 2021.
29. 2020 Mexico-U.S. Innovation Fund Competition, 100K Strong in the Americas (USA and Mexico)
Provides unique opportunities to U.S. universities and colleges to partner with higher education institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean to create partnerships, build capacity, provide students with access to training programs, and strengthen regional education cooperation throughout the Americas.
Funding information: to award up to eleven grants of up to USD 25,000 each.
Deadline: Feb 15, 2021.
30. New Call for Proposals, Equity-focused Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (USA)
Seeks to fund a body of research that illuminates strategies and policies that enhance families’ equitable access to key resources for supporting their children’s healthy development.
Funding information: up to 20 awards that will range from USD 50,000 to 200,000 each.
Deadline: Feb 16, 2021.
31. New Call for Research Proposals, CAF Development Bank of Latin America
Aims to support research efforts that contribute to the understanding of the intergenerational social mobility patterns in Latin American countries and the mechanisms and policies that can break the persistence of inequalities across generations.
Funding information: each winning proposal will receive a grant of up to USD 15,000.
Deadline: Feb 21, 2021.
32. Smart Farming Innovations for Small-Scale Producers, Global Grand Challenges, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
Seeks Smart Farming solutions that leverage digital technology innovations that have the potential to drive positive impact for small-scale producer (SSP) entrepreneurs delivered through bundled farmer services and enabled by scalable digital and data platforms.
Funding information: Seed Grants – Up to USD 250,000 to be implemented up to 12 months. Scale-Up Grants – Up to USD 1,500,000 to be implemented up to 24 months.
Deadline: Feb 25, 2021.
33. Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
To provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field of species conservation; and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Will potentially support projects focused on any and all kinds of plant, animal and fungus species, subject to approval of an independent evaluation committee.
Funding information: maximum of USD 25,000
Deadline: Feb 28, 2021.
34. New Memorial Grants Program, Neotropical Grassland Conservancy (LAC)
These grants directly promote conservation research. Grants are one-year, unrestricted funds that can be used for direct or indirect costs, including salary. Specific grants may be restricted to certain taxa or new research initiatives. Please note, you must carefully describe how this grant may impact grassland conservation efforts in your application.
Deadline: Mar 1, 2021.
35. New Call for Applications for Small Research Grants on Education, Spencer Foundation
The goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education. They seek to support scholarship that develops new foundational knowledge that may have a lasting impact on educational discourse.
Funding information: Budgets up to USD 50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years.
Deadline: Mar 1, 2021.
36. Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities (USA)
To support national or regional (multistate) training programs for scholars, humanities professionals, and advanced graduate students to broaden and extend their knowledge of digital humanities. NEH seeks to increase the number of humanities scholars and practitioners using digital technology in their research and to broadly disseminate knowledge about advanced technology tools and methodologies relevant to the humanities.
Funding information: estimated total program funding USD 850,000; award ceiling USD 250,000
Deadline: Mar 2, 2021.
37. Call for Youth Projects VII, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France
To support the commitment of French local authorities (CTF) and their foreign counterparts in favor of young people, their openness to the world and the development of opportunities to their intention, in terms of education, training and participation in the sustainable development of territories.
Deadline: Mar 10, 2021.
38. LIFE 2020 Call for Proposals from NGOs on the European Green Deal (see link for eligible countries)
To reinforce the capacity of NGOs acting at Member States’ level to mobilize and strengthen civil society participation and contribution to implement the European Green Deal.
Funding information: total indicative EU budget available is EUR 12 million.
Deadline: Mar 31, 2021.
39. Call for Proposals, Innovation for sustainable and resilient agri-food and territorial development in Latin America and the Caribbean, FONTAGRO (see link for eligible countries)
Seeks to increase the number of technologies and innovations with high potential for adoption and impact on the sustainability of farming systems, agro ecosystems and the territory. Initiatives must be based on prior and validated scientific knowledge, and must either promote new innovations or validate promising or successful existing ones.
Funding information: total amount is USD 800,000. FONTAGRO will co-finance up to four proposals for a max. amount of USD 200,000 each
Deadline: Apr 9, 2021.
40. Call for Proposals, Social Science Research Council
As part of the Just Tech program, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the risks, opportunities, and challenges posed by public health surveillance stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Funding information: awards will range from USD 5,000 to 10,000, with larger amounts directed to projects committed to research partnerships
Deadline: ongoing
41. Collaborate Pacific, New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade (see eligible Pacific countries)
Aims to support effective governance, leadership, regional cooperation, and sustainable development in the Pacific through support to one-off, small scale activities that tackle issues that matter to the region. Recognizes that partnership, capacity building, people-to-people links, and knowledge-sharing are critical to ownership of development processes.
Deadline: ongoing
42. Global Water Futures – Affiliate Projects
To deliver risk management solutions, informed by leading-edge water science and supported by innovative decision-making tools to manage water futures in Canada and other regions where global warming is changing landscapes, ecosystems, and water environments.
Deadline: There is no associated closing date with applications.
43. Call for Applications, Urgent Action Fund (Africa)
Urgent Action Fund-Africa is expanding its COVID-19 response towards supporting women, transgender and gender non-conforming defenders with disabilities to: develop and widely disseminate messages and information about the disease in disability friendly formats, simplify and/or translate complex COVID 19 information, and provide practical resources.
Funding information: up to USD 8,000
Deadline: applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
44. COVID-19 Young Leaders Fund
Program is designed to support young leaders who are tackling the Covid-19 pandemic on the frontlines. Applicants should be focused on SDGs 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. One Young World will prioritize initiatives which can use the funds to impact the maximum number of people to the greatest extent.
Funding information: One Young World recommends requesting between GBP 2,500 - GBP 10,000.
Deadline: Program is open on an ongoing basis.
45. Global Innovation Fund (GIF)
This program seeks to invest in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world. Open to funding innovations in any sector as long as they can demonstrate their innovation improves the lives of those living on less than USD 5 PPP per day.
Range: USD 50,000 – 15,000,000
Deadline: Program is open on an ongoing basis.
Fellowships and other opportunities
1. Ontario Agri-food Research Initiative (Canada)
To help eligible organizations fund agri-food research projects. The goals are to: fund demand-driven research that can support agri-food policy, programs or the marketplace; improve knowledge or technology to help Ontario's agri-food sector businesses address challenge; help agri-food businesses expand market opportunities locally and globally.
Deadline: Jan 8, 2021.
The analyses of the climate change can use both individual and macroeconomic datasets. Researchers can merge environmental, climate data, macroeconomic and sectoral data with individual data (firm and household surveys) if needed. Selected authors will present their papers during a workshop by June 2021.
Deadline: Jan 9, 2021.
3. 2021-2022 Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship (USA)
An 11-month program in which participants develop leadership skills as they gain hands-on experience working to end hunger and poverty in the United States through efforts led by local, state, regional, and national host organizations.
Deadline: Jan 11, 2021.
4. Dorothy Marchus Senesh Fellowship 2021, International Peace Research Association Foundation (see link for eligible countries in Global South)
Available to women from countries in the Global South who have completed a Bachelor's degree, who have been accepted into a graduate program, and whose graduate work is to be focused on issues related to the goals of the IPRA Foundation.
Award information: every other year two women receive school expenses in the amount of USD 5,000 per year for two years.
Deadline: Jan 15, 2021.
5. Call for Projects Ideas: Transboundary Climate Action in Europe, German Federal Environment Ministry (see link for eligible countries)
Projects provide forward-looking ideas for European climate action. They are categorized into eight core areas: climate policy, energy, buildings and municipalities, mobility, agriculture, soils and forestry, awareness, climate-aligned finance and sustainable economy.
Deadline: Jan 19, 2021.
6. Call for Applications, Racial Equity 2030
Global challenge in honor of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s 90th anniversary. It is a call for bold solutions to drive an equitable future for children, their families and communities. This $90 million challenge seeks ideas from anywhere in the world and will scale them over the next decade to transform the systems and institutions that uphold inequity. Solutions may tackle the social, economic, political or institutional inequities.
Deadline: Jan 28, 2021.
7. New YSEALI Marine Accelerator Program (Southeast Asia)
To advance the capacity of emerging conservation leaders and influencers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, or Vietnam to scale up or expand initiatives that improve regional cooperation and address maritime and inland waterway issues, such as illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; river or marine ecosystem degradation; or marine debris.
Deadline: Jan 31, 2021.
8. COVID-19 Vaccine: Safety and Immunization Monitoring Challenge, Asian Development Bank (see link for eligible countries)
Aims to find several digital solutions that will help ADB’s developing member countries tackle a broad range of challenges as vaccines become available—from vaccine delivery and distribution, to public communication and education, to mobilization and monitoring of healthcare workers and volunteers, as well as safe and efficient administration of vaccines.
Award information: selected solution for this challenge will have potential funding of USD 50,000 or more for selected pilots in ADB's developing member countries.
Deadline: Jan 31, 2021.
9. African Peacebuilding Network, Individual Research Fellowships, Social Science Research Council (Africa)
Inviting applications from African researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners working on conflict and peacebuilding issues at universities and research institutions; or regional, governmental, and nongovernmental agencies or organizations in Africa.
Award information: support 6 months of field-based research from June to Dec. 2021. Up to 17 fellowships of a max. of USD 15,000 each will be awarded. Women encouraged to apply.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
10. 2021 Victor J. Goldberg Prize, Institute of International Education
To recognize outstanding work being conducted jointly by two individuals, one Arab and one Israeli, working together to advance the cause of peace in the Middle East.
Deadline: Feb 1, 2021.
11. Call for Applications, 2021 One Planet Fellowship (see link for eligible countries)
It brings together an intergenerational network of scientists from across Africa and Europe; strengthens the leadership skills of emerging climate scientists from both continents; and contributes towards building a robust pipeline of climate science leaders.
Deadline: Feb 15, 2021.
12. International Climate Protection Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
Enables fellows to conduct a one-year research-based project in Germany focusing on combating climate change, on adaptation strategies, on preserving ecosystems and biodiversity, or on the sustainable use of the oceans and seas. Sustainability topics relating to natural resources, resource-efficient consumption or urban development also welcome. Awards up to 15 Fellowships to prospective leaders and up to five to postdoctoral researchers each year.
Deadline: Mar 1, 2021.
Each Chair will be provided up to USD 970,000 over a four-year period and tasked with executing a world-class research program able to contribute significantly towards building both the human capital and the scientific knowledgebase required to solve important climate change-related problems in Africa and beyond.
The application process will remain open until suitable candidates are identified.
14. Scholarship for Displaced Students, Columbia University
Supports displaced students from anywhere in the world who are unable to complete their higher education. These students will receive full tuition, housing, and living assistance while pursuing undergraduate or graduate degrees across all 18 Columbia schools and affiliates. Scholarship aims to shift the global dialogue surrounding displaced persons, from one that views them as a burden to one that recognizes them as vital contributors to global innovation and prosperity.
15. Partnering for Change: Link Research to Societal Challenges, University of Basel
Course: How can we address societal challenges with research? Investigate the principles, processes, and uses of transdisciplinarity. Topics include: transdisciplinary projects on sustainable development, migration, and health.