Catch up on open funding opportunities - April, 2026

See inside for 200 grant and investment opportunities that still have open deadlines.

There are some great social impact programs in Africa and emerging markets all over the world with calls for applications rapidly approaching their deadlines!

Catch up below.

Summary:

• 68 “rolling” opportunities

• 6 due April 1st

• 5 due later this week

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• 72 due later in April

• 32 due in May

• 17 due later this year

With 131 opportunities over $50k!

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200 Impact Funding Opportunities with Open Deadlines

Animal Welfare Grants. The Pollination Project.
• Support individuals and groups who are working to protect animals.
• 1) Reducing the consumption of land and sea animals raised using industrial agriculture practices, 2) Advocating for farmed animal welfare and 3) Helping animals that are not usually the focus of animal welfare efforts.
• Open to individuals in all countries with a special focus on Brazil, India and Mexico
• A $1k seed grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Awesome Foundation Micro Grants. Awesome Foundation.
• Awesome project on wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more.
• Individuals, groups, and organizations working anywhere in the world.
• $1k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Wildlife Emergency Fund. Brevard Zoo.
• Rapid financial support to conservation-based organizations that are responding to sudden, episodic and unpredictable threats impacting wildlife.
• Applicants from 501(c)3 non-profits (or equivalent), governmental and NGOs that focus on direct in-situ conservation action.
• Global.
• Up to $2,500.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis

Conservation Fund. International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA).
• Conservation-oriented issues that serve marine mammal science through training, public display, research, husbandry, conservation, and education.
• Non-profit organizations.
• Global.
• Up to $5k.
• Applications accepted on rolling basis.

The Explorers Club Impact Grants. The Explorers Club.
• Fieldwork in biological sciences, archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, earth sciences, ecology, and astronomy.
• Exploratory projects that reveal new knowledge about the planet and its inhabitants, including regions undergoing environmental or cultural change.
• Researchers and explorers.
• Global.
• Up to $25k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

The Egmont Trust EOI. Egmont.
• Innovative ways of combating the impact of HIV & AIDS on children and families and provide financial support and project management advice to local, grassroots organisations.
• NGOs/CSOs.
• Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
• Up to $20k grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Apply for a Rufford Small Grant. Rufford Foundation.
• Funds nature conservation projects.
• Species you are working on must be considered threatened.
• Early stages of conservation career. Focus on supporting current MSc or PhD students or recent graduates.
• Emerging or developing economy countries.
• Up to £18k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Startups for Sustainable Development program. Google.
• Supports a global ecosystem of impact-focused startups.
• Connects them to the funding ecosystem, including venture capital and other investment partners.
• Supports them with advisors and technology.
• All countries.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Conservation Fund. Neotropical Birding and Conservation (NBC).
• Conservation action or research that has an intended measurable benefit.
• Globally threatened species — those on the IUCN’s global red list.
• Middle and South America and the Caribbean.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Grants to Foster Community Philanthropy. Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF).
• Aimed at strengthening individual organizations as trusted and effective grassroots grantmakers that can harness both local and external resources.
• Women’s fund, environmental fund, national public foundation, grassroots grantmaker or any other kind of organization that identifies with the concept and practice of community philanthropy.
• Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, or Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Up to $20k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Small conservation grants. Jana Robeyst Trust Fund (JRTF).
• Early career biologists/conservationists to carry out vital field conservation and research work of endangered mammals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• All countries.
• Up to €1,500 grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (30th April, 31th August and 31th December each year).

Call for Proposals: Right Sharing of World Resources Partner in Kenya. Right Sharing of World Resources.
• Offers training, support, and financial grants to small, grassroots women’s groups. The goal is to grow strong and sustainable women-led income-generating projects.
• Offers two different programs: 1) Preparing the soil and 2) Planting the seeds.
• Small, grassroots women’s groups that do not have access to other adequate support and funding. Leaders and all members of the Women’s Groups must be women.
• Kenya.
• Up to $6,500 grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (July 1 to December 31 of each year).

Call for Proposals: Right Sharing of World Resources Partner in Sierra Leone. Right Sharing of World Resources.
• Offers training, support, and financial grants to small, grassroots women’s groups. The goal is to grow strong and sustainable women-led income-generating projects.
• Small, grassroots women’s groups that do not have access to other adequate support and funding. Leaders and all members of the Women’s Groups must be women.
• Offers two different programs: 1) Preparing the soil and 2) Planting the seeds.
• Sierra Leone.
• Up to $6,500 grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (July 1 to September 30 of each year).

Empowering Student Innovation Across Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Education.
• Students and teams building high-impact solutions across Nigeria’s key development sectors: 1) Science, 2) Technology, 3) Engineering, 4) Mathematics and 5) Medical Science.
• Student-led businesses.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$34,528 (₦50 million) grant funding.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Rapid-Response, Advocacy & Protection Grants. Urgent Action Fund Africa.
• Strategic interventions that take advantage of opportunities to advance woman’s human rights.
• Both informal and formal women’s right organizations. Applications from non-registered collectives or groups are encouraged.
• Africa.
• Up to $20k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Blue Food Futures Research Grant Program. Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions.
• Early-career scholars with a strong interest in climate change and biodiversity implications, sustainable, equitable, and resilient blue food transitions, and blue food trade.
• Early-career researchers, professionals, and practitioners from academia, government, NGOs, and the private sector.
• All countries.
• $10k in research funding and travel support for fieldwork and policy engagement.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

The Harry Frank Guggenheim African Fellow Awards. The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.
• Recognize emerging African scholars studying aspects of violence on or directly related to the African continent.
• Individual scholars, must be aged 45 or younger.
• All countries - must be currently enrolled in an accredited Ph.D. program at an African higher-education institution, and living on the continent.
• $10k research grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (March 1 of every year).

Bridges for Enterprise Incubation Programme. Bridges for Enterprise.
• Passionate entrepreneurs seeking to solve some of the world’s most urgent challenges. Lasts between 6-8 months.
• Pre-seed and seed stage social impact startups.
• Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
• Consulting, Finance Advisory, Legal Advisory and Technical Advisory.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (April and 1 October).

Submissions open for Holohil Grant Program. Holohil.
• Supports research and educational work focused on endangered species.
• Projects that demonstrate strong conservation value and sound scientific design.
• Open to scientists and non-scientists.
• All countries.
• ~$1,800 (CAD 2,500 toward the purchase of Holohil transmitters for selected projects).
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (January 15, April 15, July 15, October 15).

TCF Grant Program. Turtle Conservation Fund.
• Projects that focus on tortoises or freshwater turtles that are highly threatened according to the IUCN Red List or the TFTSG Provisional Red List, as either Critically Endangered or Endangered, or which may be highly threatened but not yet officially classified as such on the Red List. We do not support work on marine turtles.
• Organizations or individuals.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (June 1 and December 1).

The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery. United Nations.
• Providing rehabilitation and assistance to thousands of individuals whose human rights have been severely violated as a result of contemporary forms of slavery, including: children in armed conflict, debt bondage, forced and early marriage, forced labour, traditional slavery, trafficking of persons, sale of children, sale of wives, serfdom, sexual slavery, widow inheritance and worst forms of child labour.
• Civil society organizations (e.g. NGOs, rehabilitation centers, foundations, associations of victims, hospitals, legal clinics). Been in operation for at least two years.
• All countries.
• Up to $35k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (every year from 15 January to 1 March).

Stephen R. Tully Research Grant. Raptor Research Foundation.
• To support research, and conservation of raptors.
• Students and amateurs with limited access to alternative funding.
• All countries.
• Up to $4,500 grant, plus waived page charges to publish the research in the Journal of Raptor Research.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (30 June each year).

Kevin Kritz Research Grant. Raptor Research Foundation.
• Seeks to provide support and advance research on eagles and eagle conservation anywhere in the world.
• Conservationists.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grant plus waived page charges to publish their research in the Journal of Raptor Research.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (30 June each year).

IMATA Research Grant. International Marine Animal Trainers' Association.
• To advance the humane care and handling of marine animals by fostering communication between professionals that serve marine animal science through training, public display, research, husbandry, conservation, and education.
• Principal Investigator (PI) who is a current Professional IMATA member who has maintained this membership level for a minimum of two years prior to the applications submission.
• All countries.
• Up to $3k grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Empowering Africa’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs. Bridge Seed Global.
• 3-month intensive program designed specifically for young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who are building ventures that address real challenges in African markets.
• Entrepreneurs.
• Africa.
• $5k pre-seed grant, alongside Mentorship & Training.
• Deadline TBD.

Humanitarian Innovation Programme in Emergency Response (Hiper). World Food Programme (UN WFP).
• Life-saving solution in waste management, WASH, or personal resilience, designed for the critical first 60 days of a humanitarian emergency.
• Humanitarian actors, solution providers and private sector partners.
• All countries.
• Potential inclusion in the ecosystem, for consideration for ongoing opportunities and future challenges.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

The Thrive Seed Grant. Thrive Philanthrophy.
• Proposals that aim to create just, plant-based food systems by reducing the global consumption of animals, reducing industrial animal agriculture, or for vegan advocacy.
• Not a for-profit company, should not be an international chapter of a US-based organization. Geared toward new or small-scale organizations.
• All countries except the US.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (1 March, 1 June, 1 September, 1 December).

Thrive Grants. Thrive Philanthrophy.
• Proposals that aim to create just, plant-based food systems by reducing the consumption of animals, reducing industrial animal agriculture, or for vegan advocacy.
• Not a for-profit company, should not be an international chapter of a US-based organization. Geared toward mid-size or larger organizations.
• All countries except the US.
• Up to $30k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (1 March, 1 June, 1 September, 1 December).

Start Up Foundry. SIA Foundation.
• Technology-enabled business in; healthcare, education , agriculture, light manufacturing, renewable energy, and recycling.
• Businesses, must be operational for 1-2 years. Founder’s age must be between 20- 35 years.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $3k prize alongside mentorship.
• Deadline TBD.

Startup Innovation Awards. World Food Forum (WFF).
• Youth-led startups using technology to transform agrifood systems across four award categories: 1) Digital Innovation in Food Processing, 2) Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security, 3) Enhancing Climate Resilience and Water Security and 4) Empowering Women in Agrifood Systems.
• Startups.
• All countries.
• Up to $17,500 cash prize.
• April 1, 2026.

TransformRAK Research Grants. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation.
• Applied, interdisciplinary projects that address key public policy priorities in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and the wider United Arab Emirates.
• The lead applicant (individual or institution) must be a top 200 globally ranked university (based on QS or THE rankings) or demonstrate equivalent professional expertise.
• All countries, but all projects must include at least one research site within the UAE and demonstrate a clear benefit to the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
• Up to ~$34,036 (AED 125k) grants.
• April 1, 2026.

Conservation Grants. American Orchid Society.
• Projects that study, protect or restore orchids and their natural habitats.
• Non-commercial conservation projects.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• April 1, 2026.

Excellence in Science Communications. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
• For individuals who are working on the frontlines of science communication, science journalism, or practicing research, and who can demonstrate the potential or ability to develop high-quality, engaging science communications or reporting.
• Science communicators, journalists and research scientists.
• All countries.
• Up to $40k prizes.
• April 3, 2026.

Prize for Nature Conservation. The Iris Project.
• An idea or an established project protecting or restoring nature in your local community.
• Your project or organisation is led by young people aged 14 to 24, either fiscally sponsored or associated with larger organisations, charities, or NGOs.
• All countries, with a special focus on the Global South.
• Up to $15k prizes.
• April 8, 2026.

The AI Impact Scaling Program. Tech To The Rescue.
• Social impact organizations that want to strengthen or scale their interventions through technology and AI. You don’t need AI built yet.
• Social impact organizations at different stages.
• All countries.
• Access to pro-bono matchmaking with tech partners, scaling strategy guidance, training on cybersecurity, data governance & responsible AI, infrastructure credits, and impact measurement support.
• April 8, 2026.

Summerfest Tech Pitch Competition. Summerfest Tech.
• Startups focused on the following tracks: 1) Manufacturing, Food/Bev, and AgTech, 2) FinTech, 3) Healthcare/Biotech and 4) Disruptive Tech.
• Startups.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k cash prize.
• April 10, 2026.

Research Grants. Pau Casals UNESCO Chair.
• Research projects are not restricted to the figure of Pablo Casals but are open to any topics related to his musical career and the values that the musician defended throughout his life, such as human rights, the culture of peace, international justice or the role of music and culture in conflict prevention and social cohesion.
• Research proposals must not yet be developed.
• All countries.
• €2k grants.
• April 12, 2026.

Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: 2026 Global Case Writing Competition. WDI Publishing.
• New business case studies that will increase students’ understanding of the unique challenges of creating, implementing and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture in emerging markets.
• Individual students or student teams (graduate or undergraduate) and other professionals, must enter in collaboration with a faculty member or instructor from an accredited university/college.
• All countries.
• $5k prize.
• April 13, 2026.

Women Entrepreneurs Award 2026. Bayer Foundation.
• A 6-month accelerator for women founders building proven solutions in health and food security.
• Demonstrated traction, with annual revenue of up to $1m.
• Woman founder, co-founder, or senior leader with decision-making power, building a venture beyond the idea stage.
• Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
• €25k in non-dilutive funding and access to six months of tailored support.
• April 13, 2026.

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Grant. World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
• Proposals focused on collaborative capacity building related to (i) environmental and social impacts and risks of development projects on ecosystems and their services and (ii) enhancing inclusive conservation and sustainable development.
• Priority is given to local organizations enhancing sustainable development and conservation.
• Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar.
• Up to $15k grants
• April 15, 2026.

Africa - Impact Seed Fund 2026. Pulitzer Center.
• Education activities that can enrich the perspectives and knowledge on the socio-ecological challenges, solutions, and innovation about issues of rainforest, oceans, climate and labor crisis impact to the university/school community, specifically students and educators.
• Lecturers or researchers, k12 teachers or Student groups.
• Africa.
• Up to $3,500 grants.
• April 15, 2026.

Conservation Initiatives Grants 2026. Zoological Association of America (ZAA).
• Conservation projects for wild animal species, populations, habitats, and promotion of biodiversity that: 1) Are globally threatened (IUCN red list) and 2) Are little known or not the major focus of any other conservation programs or conservation organizations.
• Principal investigator associated with a recognized institution (accredited zoo, academic institution, conservation, or non-profit organization).
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• April 15, 2026.

Elevating Global Innovative Organizations. Intercultural Innovation Hub.
• Innovative projects advancing intercultural dialogue, integration and social inclusion e.g. promoting gender equality, preventing xenophobia, violent extremism, and hate speech, promoting the use of sport, art and culture as tools to drive social change and foster social inclusion, supporting the LGBTQI+ community and championing gender diversity, advocating for disability inclusion, and using AI and new technologies at the service of humanity.
• Not-for-profit organizations.
• Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania.
• Up to $20k grant.
• April 15, 2026.

Impact Seed Funding (ISF) 2026. Pulitzer Center.
• Aims to support a range of education activities that can enrich the perspectives and knowledge on the socio-ecological challenges, solutions, and innovation about issues of rainforest, oceans, climate and labor crisis impact to the university/school community, specifically students and educators.
• University lecturers or researchers.
• DRC, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea and Mozambique.
• Up to $4k grants.
• April 16, 2026.

Climate Curve Prize: Methane. Climate Curve.
• Global solutions for methane mitigation in food and waste systems.
• Whether you are an entrepreneur/startup, a university research group, a government disrupting policy-as-usual, a non-profit or community leader, or an intrapreneur at a large company or organization.
• All countries, except those subject to U.S sanctions.
• 8 laureates awarded $25k each.
• April 17, 2026.

The 2026 EMA Small Grant Program. Elephant Managers Association.
• On field-based elephant conservation projects. Higher priority will be given to proposals that: provide education and community outreach, provide capacity-building in local communities, and/or improve captive elephant management and welfare.
• Open to anyone including keepers, conservationists, and researchers.
• Africa and Asia.
• Two grants for $3k each.
• April 18, 2026.

The Geneva Challenge 2026. Geneva Graduate Institute.
• Innovative and pragmatic solutions to address the challenges to the future of work.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration between three to five enrolled master students.
• Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania.
• Up to ~$12,951 (CHF 10k) monetary prizes.
• April 24, 2026.

Ray of Hope Accelerator. Biomimicry Institute.
• Nature-inspired solutions that draw inspiration from the natural world, often adapting biological principles and properties, ecological relationships or other aspects of nature’s strategies to address humanity’s greatest environmental challenges.
• Nature-inspired startups, early-stage at the Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages.
• All countries.
• $15k of non-dilutive capital.
• April 24, 2026.

Gender & AI Innovation Collective. A+ Alliance.
• Women’s rights organizations exploring how AI technology might help solve real problems in communities and move toward greater gender equality.
• Women-led or primarily working on women’s rights civil society organization, interdisciplinary team, or activist organization.
• Africa.
• Up to ~$10,969 (CAD 15k) seed grants.
• April 25, 2026.

International Herpetological Symposium (IHS) Grants. International Herpetological Symposium.
• Individuals or organizations conducting herpetological research, conservation, and education.
• Individuals from the herpetological community, PIs, students.
• All countries.
• Up to $1,500 grants.
• April 30, 2026.

ICGEB Biosecurity Grants. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
• Supports the implementation of activities that strengthen biosecurity, biosafety, pathogen detection, and outbreak preparedness in healthcare and research laboratories.
• Principal Investigators holding a permanent or long-term position at healthcare diagnostic laboratories, public health institutes, and research or training institutions with applied biomedical and laboratory functions.
• Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte D’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
• Up to €15k grants.
• April 30, 2026.

ICGEB BiotechNet Grants 2026 CRP – Collaborative Research Programme. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
• Outstanding scientific research projects. International collaboration is key.
• Local investigators holding positions at Universities or Research Institutes.
• Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda.
• Up to €24k grants.
• April 30, 2026.

ICGEB Research Grants 2026 CRP – Collaborative Research Programme. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
• Supports research projects in basic science, human healthcare, industrial and agricultural biotechnology and bioenergy.
• i) Projects addressing issues of interest for specific geographic regions; ii) projects presented by groups collaborating across more than one country; iii) projects entailing new rather than existing collaboration; and iv) projects involving ICGEB PIs in the three components.
• Principal Investigator, should hold positions at Universities or Research Institutes.
• ICGEB Member States. See full list here.
• Up to €25k grants.
• April 30, 2026.

SENSE Foundation Brussels Call for Applications. SENSE Foundation Brussels.
• Scientific research, the environment, sustainable development and/or projects focused on improving and protecting health (with a specific focus on genetics and nutrition).
• Non-profits and students.
• All countries.
• Up to €25k grants.
• April 30, 2026.

Call for Solutions 2026. Youth4Climate.
• Climate action focused projects: 1) Sustainable Energy; 2) Food & Agriculture; 3) Climate, Peace and Security; 4) Oceans and Blue Economy; 5) Sustainable Fashion and Textiles; 6) Architecture for Adaptation.
• Youth-led civil society organization, NGOs, community-based organization, or company with the majority of the organization’s leadership being young people aged 18 to 29 years.
• Countries listed in the Annex of the Call for Solutions Guidelines document. See full list here.
• Up to $30k in seed funding.
• April 30, 2026.

Food Systems Innovation Challenge. GBHub Africa.
• Innovators building solutions that improve food security, expand nutrition access, and create meaningful economic opportunities across the continent.
• Early-stage innovators, startups, researchers, youth-led and women-led teams.
• Algeria, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Senegal.
• Pre-seed funding of €20k (Equity, Debt, SAFE, Convertible note) alongside Technical and business development support.
• April 30, 2026.

Conservation-based projects. The FairWays Foundation.
• Conservation-based projects within the Golf and professional turf & ornamental industry. Key focus areas: 1) Water Conservation & Stewardship, 2) Habitat Conservation & Stewardship and 3) Water Education.
• Individuals, for-profits, non-profits, governmental entities.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grant funding.
• April 30, 2026.

Changemakers Africa. Swiss Re Foundation.
• Innovative solutions in healthcare or the environment.
• Socially innovative business in health or climate in its early stages (eg. launched within the last 2 years, or Minimum Viable Product).
• Africa.
• Up to $15k in prizes.
• May 1, 2026.

Africa AI Safety Prize Competition. Centre for AI Security and Access (CASA).
• Empowers researchers, practitioners, and innovators to build foundational, context-appropriate AI safety tools for African communities.
• Individual, or on behalf of a for-profit or not-for-profit.
• You do not need to be based in Africa, but your solution must be deployable, adaptable, and beneficial to African contexts.
• Up to $5k cash prize.
• May 3, 2026.

Calls for Sustainable Chemistry Innovations. International Sustainable
Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3).
• Sustainable Chemistry and Electronics.
• Start-ups.
• All countries.
• A total of €25k in prize money.
• May 4, 2026.

ACU Gender Grants. The Association of Commonwealth Universities.
• Initiatives that will boost gender equity and equality on campus.
• Staff members of ACU member universities.
• ACU countries. See full list here.
• Five grants of up to £2k.
• May 8, 2026.

2026 Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers. Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS).
• Young researchers contributing to research and development in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and related industries in developing regions.
• Researchers, belong to a non-Japanese research institute or a non-Japanese university.
• Nationality of a developing country.
• $5k cash prize.
• May 15, 2026.

PRIMA Young Innovators Award 2026. PRIMA.
• Promote youth leadership, initiative and problem-solving capacity in addressing Mediterranean sustainability challenges: environmental sustainability, livelihoods, or social inclusion, with particular attention to women innovators.
• An individual young innovator, or as a group of young innovators through a joint application. Be natural persons aged between 18 and 35 years.
• PRIMA Participating States bordering the Mediterranean Sea (Southern Mediterranean Countries), namely Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, or Türkiye.
• Two awards of €10k each.
• May 28, 2026.

Turn Your Agribusiness Idea Into Impact. Agri-Business Facility for Africa.
• A viable, climate-smart business concept, related to cocoa, maize, cashew, or livestock (cattle, sheep, goats).
• Young and emerging agripreneurs, aged 18 and above.
• Member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS). See full list here.
• Stand a chance to win €2k or mentoring or tablet/laptop.
• May 31, 2026.

The Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application. World Food Prize Foundation.
• Exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who is working closely and directly “in the field” or at the production or processing level with farmers, animal herders, fishers or others in rural communities, in any discipline or enterprise across the entire food production, processing, and distribution chain.
• Intended to be awarded to one person.
• All countries.
• $10k prize.
• June 1, 2026.

Grants for Conservation Projects. Hertfordshire Zoo.
• Clear conservation value to the focal species, landscape or ecosystem
• conservation projects.
• All countries.
• Five short term grants of £1k per project.
• June 30, 2026.

Submit Art | 2027 Exhibition. Embracing Our Differences.
• Encouraging artists to explore and express the diverse facets of identity, background, and perspective. Create a society where inclusion is embraced and individuality is celebrated.
• Artists, professionals, amateurs, students – everyone can participate.
• All countries.
• Up to $2k cash awards.
• July 1, 2026.

A Global Call to Visionaries. The Sigourney Award.
• Work that strengthens and reimagines psychoanalysis, whether your contribution is clinical, theoretical, creative, interdisciplinary, or social in nature.
• Clinicians, Theorists, Teachers and researchers, Artists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians, Social advocates, Interdisciplinary professionals and Organizations and teams.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k monetary prize.
• July 31, 2026.

QS ImpACT Awards 2026. QS ImpACT.
• Outstanding sustainability and social impact initiatives driving measurable change aligned with the UN SDGs through innovation, leadership, and action.
• Young people aged 18–35 (individual categories) and Universities and organisations (organisation / university categories).
• All countries.
• Seed funding and mentorship to support and scale your initiative.
• September 1, 2026.

There are 131 Funding Opportunities above $50k below!

- Why subscribe to countless funder updates and wade through newsletter after newsletter of long reports, project updates, PR content, and donation requests… crossing your fingers hoping the next email has a relevant RFP?

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When you can just catch new relevant opportunities in your inbox on a weekly basis? And then access a curated database - filterable by geography, eligibility, funding amount, sector, and type of funding.