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Call for Applications: Wild Animal Initiative’s Challenge Grants Program
Call for Proposals: Promote Research on the Antarctic Ecosystem (see link for eligible countries)
Applications open for USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Program
Applications open for the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Media Fellowship 2024
Open call for the Trinity Challenge on Antimicrobial Resistance
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Grant-making opportunities
1. 2024 ClimateScience Olympiad Student
Are you ready to step into the shoes of world leaders? Apply now for the 2024 ClimateScience Olympiad, a student competition to find solutions to climate change. ClimateScience Olympiad 2024 winners will receive a cash prize or a sponsored trip to Australia during the UN Climate Summit, COP29.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 24, 2023
2. Call for Applications: Climate x Health Small Grant Program
The Climate x Health initiative, co-convened by Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Climate and Health Alliance, and Amref Health Africa, is delighted to offer interested organizations the opportunity to apply for a small grant to strengthen joint advocacy, action, and accountability for climate and health in early 2024.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 27, 2023
3. New Call for Applications: Wild Animal Initiative’s Challenge Grants Program
Applications are now open for the Wild Animal Initiative’s Challenge Grants Program to support researchers exploring critical research questions that will unlock new avenues of wild animal welfare research and are not prioritized by other funders.The grants empower wild animal welfare researchers to explore topics neglected by other funders. They support research that advances understanding of the fundamental concepts, novel methods, and preliminary interventions that will most rapidly accelerate progress in the field.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
4. Request for Applications to address Solid Waste Management
The Environmental Research & Education Foundation has announced a request for applications to address all areas of integrated solid waste management, with a strong focus towards research that increases sustainable solid waste management practices.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
5. Call for Applications, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant 2023
To provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project in the major fields of the social sciences.
Funding information: each grant is worth a total of USD 10,000; USD 7,500 is awarded initially and USD 2,500 upon completion of the project.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
6. Call for Applications: Tutator Forward Grant Program
Applications are now open for the Tutator Forward, an in-kind grant program for organizations that are working to make a positive impact on society or the environment. They work with the grantee organizations to understand their needs and requirements, and they develop a custom software solution that can help them to achieve their goals.
Deadline: Dec 4, 2023
7. Call for Proposals: SWITCH Asia - Promoting Sustainable Consumption and Production (see link for eligible countries)
The EU has launched the “SWITCH-Asia Programme” aiming at supporting the transition of energy-intense and high polluting industries in the Asia-Pacific region such as plastics and waste, textiles and leather, agri-food and beverage (most of which are women-oriented sectors). The global objective of this call for proposals is: to support the transition of the region to a low-carbon, resource efficient and circular economy, whilst promoting more sustainable value chains and products between the region and Europe, contributing to the recovery of local economies.
Funding information: More than USD 1 million
Deadline: Dec 12, 2023
8. Call for Proposals: Social Science Research on Solar Radiation Modification (see link for eligible countries)
The Degrees Initiative is offering grants to researchers in the Global South to study the social and political dimensions of solar radiation modification (SRM) geo engineering. SRM is a controversial proposal for reducing some of the impacts of climate change by reflecting a small fraction of sunlight away from the Earth. It is the first fund aimed entirely at researchers in developing countries and emerging economies to study SRM’s social and political dimensions. It supports work across social science disciplines, including anthropology, economics, ethics, geography, law, political science, psychology, risk science, and sociology.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Dec 13, 2023
9. Call for Proposals: Human Security Awareness and Usage Program, United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (see link for eligible countries)
Promotes integrated and targeted responses that cut across sectors, are grounded in local realities, address the root causes of vulnerabilities, build resilience, and adopt multi-stakeholder partnerships to fully realize the transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda.
Funding information: for programs that aim to extend awareness and usage of the human security approach (Window II), the seed funding from the UNTFHS should not exceed USD 300,000
Deadline: Dec 15, 2023
10. Applications open for ITTF Foundation’s Dream Building Fund
The ITTF Foundation is inviting applications for the Dream Building Fund (DBF) to support initiatives that solve societal issues within their communities by providing financial and knowledge support for change-makers who bring local solutions to humanity's most pressing problems aligning with UN SDGs through table tennis.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline Date: Dec 17, 2023
11. Call for Applications: Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
To protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Funding information: There is no minimum or maximum grant size. It is anticipated that most grants will fall in the USD 25,000-50,000 per year range.
Deadline: Jan 1, 2024
12. Applications open for Climate Democracy Accelerator Program (see link for eligible countries)
The Climate Democracy Accelerator (CDA) is a six-month, practice-oriented training and support program that prepares members to plan and implement an inclusive and participatory process for a just climate transition. Participants will develop a project to implement a climate-focused participatory program that addresses the needs and voices of local communities.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Jan 5, 2024
13. Call for Applications: Free Rivers Fund’s Grant
Partnering with the paddle sports industry, Free Rivers Fund is providing grants for activist and conservation groups that commit to the fight to protect rivers from dams and development. The Free Rivers Fund (FRF) supports initiatives and actions in defense of free flowing rivers. Free Rivers Fund aims to support those initiatives that most urgently need funding.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Jan 10, 2024
14. Applications open for the Holohil Grant Program
For more than 35 years Holohil has supported endangered species research and educational work for a variety of agencies and researchers. Holohil is currently accepting applications for its grant program to support research projects that are of high value for their species, have a sound research design, and have a positive conservation intention.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Jan 15, 2024
15. Call for Applications: MFMC Grants to support Advocates of Climate Change Mitigation
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges has announced two grant opportunities that support communication projects which advance the transition to a low carbon economy. MFMC supports projects that support urgent, large-scale transformation, with a focus on changing policies and practices in public or private institutions.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Jan 18, 2024
16. Call for Submissions: Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Program
The United States Government, as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub, invites applications for the Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in Higher Education program. USAID and its partners have been working to tackle the world’s toughest development challenges for more than 50 years. Their mission is to partner to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.
Deadline: March 4, 2024
17. New Call for Proposals: Promote Research on the Antarctic Ecosystem (see link for eligible countries)
The Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR) facilitates and promotes research on the Antarctic ecosystem. It was created to ensure a resilient Antarctica, in which the management of all natural resources must rely on precaution and thorough and up-to-date knowledge.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: April 5, 2024
18. Call for Applications, Human Health Grants, Ekhaga Foundation
To promote human health by working for the development of improved food, natural medicines and healing methods, as well as supporting research for a healthier way of life, which can have a disease-preventing effect.
Funding information: no maximum ceiling for the amount of funds that can be applied for. The foundation's annual distribution framework in recent years has been in the range of SEK 10-20 million. Usually there are about 10 projects that receive funds.
Deadline: May 20, 2024
19. New Applications open for USAID Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Program
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is inviting applications for the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program. Through a year-round grant competition, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) sources proposals for innovations that address international development challenges and improve the lives of people living in poverty in developing countries around the world. DIV provides tiered funding to pilot, test, and transition to scale (i.e., grow to reach the highest number of beneficiaries possible) those innovations that demonstrate evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and the potential to scale.
Funding information: More than USD 1 million
Deadline: Oct 31, 2024
20. Call for Applications: Time Land Purchase Grant Program
Are you a conservation NGO looking to protect biodiversity in your area? This is My Earth (TiME) is excited to offer grants to help local organizations purchase and protect land for the benefit of all species, now and in the future. TiME’s Grant Program offers funding for the purchase of land that will be permanently protected, owned, and managed by local partner organizations. To be eligible for the program, the land should be of significant importance for biodiversity conservation and under the threat of destruction or degradation. This unique opportunity is open to conservation organizations worldwide that wish to purchase biodiverse lands for their long-term protection.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
21. 2023 OpenAI Cybersecurity Grant Program
The goal is to work with defenders across the globe to change the power dynamics of cybersecurity through the application of AI and the coordination of like-minded individuals working for collective safety.
Funding information: will grant in increments of USD 10,000 from a fund of USD $1M, in the form of API credits, direct funding and/or equivalents.
Deadline: Ongoing
22. Call for Proposals: Innovating for Climate Resilience Fund
The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) has launched its Innovating for Climate Resilience fund in partnership with the Adaptation Research Alliance and the Global Resilience Partnership, with seed funding from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The Innovating for Climate Resilience fund invests, through grant, equity, and debt instruments, in innovations with the potential to scale and support the world’s poorest to build resilience and adaptation.
Funding information: More than USD 1 million
Deadline: Ongoing
23. Rapid Ocean Conservation Grants Program
The Waitt Foundation is seeking applications for its Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program. ROC Grants provide small grants with a quick turnaround time for solutions to emerging conservation issues and ocean protection. This complements the Waitt Foundation’s existing major grants program and is responsive to conservation opportunities, supports higher-risk ideas at a low financial cost, and engages with small, local NGOs on a global scale.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
24. Call for Grant Proposals, ICNL (see link for eligible countries)
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to invite proposals for grants as part of its ongoing project to safeguard civic freedoms and address democratic backsliding that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
25. Call for Proposals, Best Practice Pandemic Governance and Civic Society Collaboration (see link for eligible countries)
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) seeks individuals or organizations to conduct research assessing for examples of pandemic governance best practices with respect to civic freedoms and civil society collaboration.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000 Deadline: Ongoing
26. Global Impact Cash Grant Program for NGOs and NPOs (see link for eligible countries)
Cisco welcomes applications for Global Impact Cash Grants from community partners around the world who share their vision and offer an innovative approach to a critical social challenge.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
27. Catalyst Fund, Roddenberry Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
The Roddenberry Foundation is accepting applications for its Catalyst Fund from anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
28. Climate Innovation Fund, Microsoft (see link for eligible countries)
Funding information: Microsoft is pleased to announce an open call for the Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate technology development and deployment of new climate innovations through equity and debt capital.
Deadline: Ongoing
29. Call for Proposals, Social Science Research Council (see link for eligible countries)
A call for proposals for The Mercury Project, a $10M+ research consortium investigating the impacts of health misinformation and evaluating interventions to prevent its spread in the United States, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Deadline: Ongoing
30. Call for Applications, Daily Grant Program, The Pollination Project
Micro grants 365 days a year to grassroots global change agents who seek to spread compassion in their communities and in the world for the benefit of all. To contribute to the creation of a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world for all.
Funding information: total cost for the immediate project for which you are requesting funding from TPP must be less than USD 40,000
Deadline: Ongoing
31. Expedition Grants, Explorers Club and Discovery, Inc.
To foster scientific understanding for the betterment of humanity and all life on Earth and beyond, including our commitment to mitigate climate change, prevent the extinction of species and cultures, and ensure the health of our lands, oceans and all that inhabit them.
Funding information: grants generally range from USD 25,000 to USD 40,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
32. Call for Applications, Fund for International Development, OPEC (see link for eligible countries)
To provide financial assistance to developing countries, particularly low-income countries, in support of their economic and social development efforts.
Funding information: amounts of up to USD 100,000, OPEC Fund's contribution to a stand-alone project should not exceed 50% of the total cost of the said project
Deadline: Ongoing
33. Internet Freedom Fund, Open Technology Fund (see link for eligible countries)
To support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies.
Funding information: Minimum of USD 10,000 and maximum of 900,000 for a year-long contract. Note, however, that OTF’s target support ceiling is USD 300,000; most supported efforts receive between USD 50,000 and 200,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
34. Rapid Response Fund, Open Technology Fund
Aims to facilitate the digital emergency response community to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.
Funding information: total value of support cannot exceed USD 50,000. Average support amounts are between USD 5,000 and USD 25,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
35. Grant Program, Fund for Innovation in Development
A new initiative to support innovation that contributes to reducing global poverty and inequality. Through flexible grant funding, FID enables innovators and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what works, and scale the highest-impact and most cost- effective solutions.
Deadline: Ongoing
36. 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.
Funding information: USD 50,000 to USD 15,000,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Fellowships and other opportunities
1. Open call for the Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge
The Centrepolis Accelerator is excited to announce the launch of the Industrial Decarbonization Innovation Challenge. The challenge will connect industrial decarbonization technologies with some of the leading industrial companies and investors in the world. The goal is to globally crowdsource those who are the best in industrial decarbonization technologies and connect them with their industrial corporate sponsors to accelerate their emission reduction goals and industrial decarbonization programs.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline Date: Nov 30, 2023
2. Open Call for Indigenous Youth Changemakers Fellowship (see link for eligible countries)
The Cultural Survival is inviting applications for the Indigenous Youth Fellowship Project to support young Indigenous leaders aged 17-28 in creating and disseminating knowledge through creative forms and critical thinking. It is an opportunity to develop capacities in Indigenous rights, Indigenous languages, cultures, and traditional knowledge in regards to climate mitigation and natural resource exploitation. Fellows work to represent the voices of their communities and bring awareness of local issues to global conversations through their proposed projects while strengthening their cultural identities and leadership.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 30, 2023
3. Open call for proposals: Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Media Fellowship 2024
GIZ invites you to become part of the BETD.24 and to report on the discussions and proposed innovative energy solutions. Reporting on and raising awareness about the international energy transition, renewable energies and energy efficiency are crucial in order to meet the targets set by the Paris Climate Agreement. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) Media Fellowship offers the unique opportunity to join them in Berlin and look behind the scenes of the Global Energiewende.
Deadline: Dec 4, 2023
4. Siemens Innovation Ecosystem’s Tech for Sustainability Campaign 2024
The Tech for Sustainability Campaign is a global initiative for students, researchers, startups and innovative individuals to leverage technology to solve real-world sustainability challenges.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Dec 5, 2023
5. Open Call for World Wildlife Fund’s Food Systems Fellowship Program 2024 (see link for eligible countries)
The World Wildlife Fund is accepting applications for the Food Systems Fellowship to support outstanding masters or doctoral students to develop evidence-based, innovative, and interdisciplinary research on food systems at the national level to catalyze the process of generating an improved understanding of the country-specific nature of food systems and transformation. Fellows will also have an opportunity to join the expansive global community of EFN alumni to enable knowledge exchange and collective success.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Dec 18, 2023
6. Submissions Open: University Faculty Fellowship Program (see link for eligible countries)
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched the Current and Aspiring University Faculty Fellowship to improve the capacity of local and regional faculty to activate the training of current and future conservation leaders, leading to more equitable and accessible conservation science capacity, education, and leadership for the benefit of people and nature.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: December 18, 2023
7. Call for Ideas: Tackling Climate and Sustainable Development Challenges (see link for eligible countries)
The Lab is looking for innovative finance solutions that can unlock investment to tackle some of the most difficult climate and sustainable development challenges and investment opportunities for a net zero economy. Proposed sustainable finance vehicles should offer returns for private investors, create jobs and other local economic benefits, sustain biodiversity, improve climate resilience and/or decrease emissions. In 2024, the Lab will develop a record ten climate finance ideas from five regional programs and four thematic streams.
Deadline: Dec 27, 2023
8. Applications open for Kinship Conservation Fellowship
Grab the opportunity to advance your career and equip you with new skills, insights, and analytical tools to accelerate the projects you lead at home! Apply for the Kinship Conservation Fellowship. The Kinship Conservation Fellowship supports conservation practitioners across the globe, focusing on market-based solutions in conservation and cultivating leadership skills in the sector. Through interactive discussions, systems-thinking exercises, and peer-learning sessions, Fellows engage with stories and innovative solutions to overcome complex challenges that they can apply to their own work.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Jan 14, 2024
9. Call for Applications: International Climate Protection Fellowship (see link for eligible countries)
Are you working academically or practically in climate protection or climate-relevant resource conservation in your home country – a non-European developing or transition country? If yes, then Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invites you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship. The Foundation will award up to 15 International Climate Protection Fellowships to prospective leaders and up to five to postdoctoral researchers, which are funded through the International Climate Initiative.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000 Deadline: Feb 1, 2024
10. New Open call for the Trinity Challenge on Antimicrobial Resistance
Applications are open for the Trinity Challenge on Antimicrobial Resistance to promote innovation in finding new data sources and integration of data, steering clear of incomplete and siloed information. Antimicrobial resistance, which for the purposes of this Challenge relates specifically to antibiotic resistance in bacteria, is a global security threat, impacting human, animal, and environmental health (often referred to as One Health). The Trinity Challenge encourages novel analytics and technology to derive evidence-based knowledge, and drive more effective policy and action.
Funding information: USD 500,000 to USD 1 million
Deadline: Feb 29, 2024