Catch up on open funding opportunities - May, 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 quickly approaching their deadlines!

Catch up below.

Summary:

• 72 “rolling” opportunities

• 23 due this week (by May 10)

• 59 due later in May

• 37 due in June

• 24 due later this year

With 132 opportunities over $50k!

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Alight. Now let’s recap open funding

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.

Funding for Women-Led Initiatives in Africa. Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD).
• Women’s leadership and empowerment: initiatives led by women leaders that create positive community impact.
• Nonprofits, Grassroots organizations, Community-based organizations, Individual leaders, Social enterprises.
• Africa.
• Up to $5k grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Grassroots Climate Action Fund (GCAF). Centre for Environment and Migration Assistance(CEMA).
• Inclusive, locally led solutions to climate and environmental challenges.
• Community-based organizations (CBOs), women-led groups, youth-led initiatives, grassroots civil society organizations, local environmental justice movements.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

CRE Call for Proposals – Africa. Coalition for Human Rights in Development.
• Joint initiatives that strengthen community efforts to defend their human rights in the context of international investments and development projects. A thematic call for collaboration requests focused on critical minerals (such as Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel, Copper, Graphite, Manganese, Vanadium and Rare Earth Elements) or those strategic to local and national economies.
• Communities impacted by projects, or organizations working closely with communities.
• Africa.
• Up to $5k grants.
• May 7, 2026.

MAB Young Scientist Awards. UNESCO.
• Research on ecosystems, natural resources and biodiversity.
• Priority is given to interdisciplinary projects carried out in biosphere reserves designated under the Man and the Biosphere Programme or potential biosphere reserves and which contribute to the implementation of the Hangzhou Strategic Action Plan and the SDGs.
• Young researchers/scientists (not older than 35 years of age).
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grant awards.
• May 7, 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.

UNESCO ICT in Education Prize. UNESCO.
• Projects supporting learners to expand creativity, imagination and critical thinking skills with AI.
• For the application to be considered, it should be nominated by either the National Commission of the UNESCO Member State or an NGO in official partnership with UNESCO.
• Individuals, institutions, non-governmental organizations or other entities.
• All countries.
• $25k prize.
• May 8, 2026.

Economic Empowerment Initiatives. P&G Alumni Foundation.
• Programing that contributes toward real employment including: 1) Job development & vocational training, 2) Business-related education & training and 3) Entrepreneurial or business ventures viable in local communities.
• Non-profits, charitable organisations.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants.
• May 9, 2026.

Dissemination grant to Local Government Associations. International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD).
• Training local governments using ICLD democratic governance tools.
• Organisations whose purpose is to train, support or represent local governments.
• South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.
• Up to ~15,829 (SEK 150k) grant amount.
• May 10, 2026.

Open Ocean Research Grant Program. Global Fishing Watch.
• Aims to enhance ocean governance by publicly sharing data on human activity at sea through the expansion of our community of practice.
• Researchers.
• All countries.
• Up to $20k grant funding.
• May 10, 2026.

The Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP). Orange.
• Entrepreneurial projects that use tech to address social and environmental challenges. Especially encouraging projects that use AI, data, or cybersecurity.
• Strongly encourage women founders and co-founders to apply. They’re eligible for the International Women’s Prize.
• Young entrepreneurs, founders, or co-founders of startups that have been operating for less than five years.
• Africa and the Middle East.
• Up to €25k prizes.
• May 10, 2026.

The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Sierra Leone (2026). Government of Canada.
• Small-scale, high-impact projects which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement.
• NGOs, community and not-for-profits, academic institutions and government institutions. They should all be working on local projects.
• Sierra Leone.
• Up to ~$32,864 (CAD 45k) grant funding.
• May 10, 2026.

Imagination Practice Fund: Year 4. Collective Imagination Practice Community (CIPC).
• To support work with people and communities that use the power of imagination to change the world by disrupting extractive or divisive narratives and/or nurturing equitable and regenerative imaginaries.
• Projects that meet one or more of these priorities: 1) Push the boundaries of Collective Imagination practice, 2) Realise material benefit from Collective Imagination practice, 3) Create change inside the system and 4) Create change outside of the system.
• Individuals, communities.
• All countries.
• Up to £3k grant.
• May 10, 2026.

Keystone Grants. Save Our Seas Foundation.
• Supporting research, conservation and education projects focusing primarily on threatened marine wildlife and their habitats. Only projects concerned with marine chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes and chimaeras) will be considered.
• Early career scientists.
• All countries.
• $25k grants.
• May 13, 2026.

ESD Okayama Award 2026. Okayama City.
• Aims to honor excellent examples of ESD around the world.
• ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) projects that have been implemented for more than 3 years.
• All countries.
• $3k prize per project.
• May 14, 2026.

Negroni Week Innovation Award. Slow Food.
• Community-based partnerships that want to develop innovative projects responding to the actual challenges of the hospitality and beverage sector and that center good, clean and fair values in the industry.
• Non-profit, operating in the hospitality and beverage sector.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k grants.
• May 15, 2026.

Sub-Saharan Africa - 2026 Call for Application. L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science.
• Seeking the next generation of women scientists. Researchers dedicated to excellence in the following fields: Formal & Life Sciences, Environmental & Physical Sciences, Engineering & Technological Sciences.
• Doctoral students and post-doctoral students.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Up to €15k grants.
• May 15, 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.

GBD Emerging Researcher Award. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME).
• Scholars who are advancing disease estimation, improving data systems, and translating evidence into strategies that inform public health decision-making.
• Individuals, early‐career professional (this may include students pursuing a terminal degree and must be no more than five years post terminal degree). Female nominees are encouraged.
• All countries.
• Two awards of $5k will be awarded annually.
• May 15, 2026.

Seeds of Sustainability Grants. Ceiba Foundation for Tropical Conservation.
• Projects that address biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental inequality. Preference will be given to projects affecting threatened habitat types and species.
• Non-profits, community organizations, small businesses and individuals.
• Developing countries in the tropics. See full list here.
• Up to $10k grants.
• May 15, 2026.

Benoît Maria Prize for peasant agroecology. AVSF.
• One or more of the following themes: 1) Agroecological or organic techniques and practices, 2) Organizational structures and services upstream and downstream of production, promoting agroecology and 3) Actions to defend the economic, social and cultural rights of farming families.
• Peasant organizations (cooperatives, producer associations or producer groups).
• Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Madagascar, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Haiti.
• Up to €6k prizes.
• May 15, 2026.

Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize 2026. One Young World.
• For young leaders committed to the advancement of democracy.
• Be aged between 18 - 30.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k prize and one-year’s mentorship with a recognised democracy expert.
• May 17, 2026.

Renewable Energy Startups and Entrepreneurs. RES4Africa Foundation.
• To support and scale up renewable energy-focused businesses within the African startup ecosystem.
• Entrepreneurs, must be between 18 and 35 years old. Women applicants are highly encouraged to participate.
• Africa.
• Up to €10k prize.
• May 17, 2026.

New organizations distributing proven poverty solutions. D-Prize.
• Proven poverty solutions in: 1) Agriculture, 2) Education, 3) Energy, 4) Health, 5) Livelihoods, 6) Public services, 7) Water.
• Does not support organizations that have more than 18 months of full-time operations, or raised more than $30k in outside funding.
• First-time entrepreneurs who have not yet launched or raised outside funding.
• All countries.
• Up to $20k grant funding to support a three-month pilot.
• May 17, 2026.

International Prize. #WeAreTogether.
• 1) Human Assistance: Projects aimed at improving the well-being of vulnerable categories of citizens and 2) Sustainable Future: Projects in the field of environmental protection, environmental education, ecological consumption, «green» economy and technology.
• Non-profits, individuals, public and business organizations.
• All countries.
• $10k prize.
• May 24, 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.

PTES Conservation Insight Grants. People’s Trust for Endangered Species.
• Conservation and research work on species classified as endangered, critically endangered and extinct in the wild by the IUCN. Priority is given to native project leaders working in their own country.
• Please note that we do not accept any grant applications on bird species.
• Scientific researchers and conservationists.
• Working and established in either the UK, UK overseas territories or any country NOT classified by the World Bank as high-income.
• Up to €20k grants.
• May 28, 2026.

Sub-Grants to Strengthen Scaling of Teacher Professional Development on Gender-Responsive Pedagogy. VVOB – education for development.
• Transforming gender norms, biases and practices that shape classroom interaction, participation and learning outcomes for both boys and girls. Addressing gender norms as a root driver of inequality in education.
• NGO, civil society organisation, public sector operator, academic/training institutions (at least 3 years in operation). Consortia or partnerships are allowed.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Up to €40k grant funding.
• May 29, 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.

Startup Innovation Challenge 2026. Startup Abuja.
• An online innovation challenge and business growth experience. Your solution should be tech-enabled, have at least a working prototype/MVP for your solution (with a functional website).
• Startups, SMEs, tech innovators, and entrepreneurs.
• Africa/non-Africans building for the African market.
• Up to ~$3,614 (₦5M) cash prizes alongside AWS credits and business support.
• May 31, 2026.

OSGF Residency and Fellowship Programs. Oak Spring Garden Foundation.
• Residents are selected based on their ability to demonstrate a current interest in plants, landscapes, and gardens, or more broadly, the natural world and humankind’s place in it.
• Artists, writers, ecologists, and researchers who are working on creative projects.
• All countries.
• $10k grant.
• May 31, 2026.

Build Your AgriCanvas. Build Your Future. ComCashew.
• Inviting young and emerging entrepreneurs within the cashew sector to transform their ideas into investment-ready, climate-smart ventures.
• Submission should build on the knowledge and tools from the free cashew courses on e-MOVE.
• Member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).
• €2k direct funding to boost your business alongside a laptop, tablet, or software to keep you on top of operations.
• May 31, 2026.

2026 Youth Innovation Challenge. Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP).
• An innovative solution to tackle marine issues, provide healthy habitats for marine life, protect human health, and support people of all ages to be engaged stewards to support marine environments.
• Young leaders and innovators aged 15–30.
• All countries.
• $1k prize.
• May 31, 2026.

#GreenCatalyst. Funguo Programme.
• Aims to promote innovation and sustainability within the forest-based value chains, increase rural employment, and unlock investment in green MSMEs.
• Operate within the forestry value chain (e.g. wood processing, eco-products, charcoal alternatives, joinery or and furniture, beekeeping and bee products, bamboo products innovations, essential oils, digital forestry services etc.).
• MSMEs that are led or largely benefit youth, women, and persons with disabilities.
• Tanzania.
• Up to ~$38,497 (TZS 100m) catalytic grant funding.
• 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.

Applications now OPEN for AEOC 2026. Africa Earth Observation Challenge (AEOC).
• Aims to drive entrepreneurial activity in the African space industry and promote awareness of the value of Earth Observation to a broad community.
• To develop Africa’s geospatial readiness so that African businesses can service African demand for geospatial intelligence.
• Innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses.
• Africa.
• Up to $10k grant (to be distributed across top three winners) alongside Amazon Web Services and mentorship.
• June 5, 2026.

Environmental youth program for the creative arts. Bow Seat: Creative Action for Conservation.
• The 2026 Ocean Awareness Contest – Your Story, Our Ocean. Share how the ocean has shaped your story through art, writing, performance, film, or multimedia.
• Students ages 11-18 who are enrolled in middle school or high school (or the homeschool equivalent).
• All countries.
• Up to $1k cash awards.
• June 8, 2026.

Aspire Grant Program. Conservation Action Research Network (CARN).
• Working in the areas of biodiversity, conservation and environmental sustainability in the Congo Basin region.
• Graduate student or early career professional
• Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, DRC, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Uganda and São Tomé and Príncipe.
• Up to $5k research grants
• June 10, 2026.

SASUF-NRF Seed Grants for Collaborative Research. South Africa - Sweden University Forum.
• Support collaborative research partnerships between South Africa and Sweden, focusing on academia–industry–society collaboration.
• Aims to strengthen interdisciplinary research, promote international collaboration, and address societal challenges aligned with the UN SDGs.
• Universities, Principal Investigator, industry, NGO, or societal partner.
• South Africa and Sweden.
• Up to ~$10,785 (SEK 100k) (SASUF portion) plus ~$9,745 (ZAR 160k) (NRF portion) grant funding per consortium project.
• June 10, 2026.

Kyoto World Water Grand Prize 2027. Japan Water Forum.
• Aims to recognize and promote outstanding, practical, and community -driven initiatives that address water -related challenges and contribute to sustainable water management, particularly in developing regions.
• Non -profit, non -governmental, and locally led organizations.
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Low Income Countries (LICs), Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs), and Upper Middle Income Countries (UMICs) from among the OECD ’s DAC list.
• ~$13k (JPY 2m) prize.
• June 12, 2026.

Nelson Mandela Essay Prize Competition 2026. icanstudent.
• Bold, original essays that offer specific, actionable proposals to address some of Africa’s most pressing challenges.
• Priority areas: 1) Climate change resilience, 2) Economic empowerment, 3) Healthcare systems, 4) Education, 5) Digital transformation, 6) Gender equality and 7) Peace and security.
• Individuals.
• Africa.
• $5k, shared among up to 3 winners.
• June 14, 2026.

Cascador ScaleUp Program. Cascador.
• High-performing businesses across sectors — including both real economy and tech-enabled ventures. Growth-stage founders with proven traction, a strong team, and a business ready for its next phase of scale.
• Founders, 2+ years in operation. $70k+ USD (₦100M+) in annual revenue.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• $5k founder stipend. Travel, Lodging & Meals Covered.
• June 15, 2026.

Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. Science & SciLifeLab Prize.
• Topic of the entrant’s thesis research must be in one of the following categories: Cell and Molecular Biology; Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology approaches; Ecology and​ Environment; Molecular Medicine.
• Young scientists, must have received their Ph.D. between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2024. Work described in the entry must have been performed while the entrant was a graduate student.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k prizes.
• June 15, 2026.

Partial Grant Financing for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency tech. Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services.
• Supports demand – side SMEs to improve their access to finance for investment in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency technologies through technical assistance, bankable proposal development, and linkage to RE/EE financing.
• SMEs, social considerations such as gender issues are critical as women-owned, or women led SMEs (at least 20% females in key leadership) as well as SMEs with integration / ownership by People with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.
• Uganda.
• Capital investment for the desired RE/ EE asset financed up to 50% through the partial grant while the rest of the investment is to be raised by the SMEs through credit applications to financial institutions or own financing. The grant has a maximum cap contribution of ~$13,525 (UGX 50 million).
• June 20, 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.

Apply now for Intelak Accelerator. Intelak.
• Designed for international startups at the advanced stage, focusing on accelerating their growth and scalability. Specific to the aviation, travel and tourism industries.
• Startups.
• All countries, must be looking to expand into Dubai and implement your product or service in the city.
• ~$13,614 (50k AED) grant. Up to 5 startups per cohort.
• June 30, 2026.

2026 Interledger on Campus, Education Mini Grant. Interledger Foundation.
• Student-led innovation, learning, and community engagement focused on open payments and digital financial inclusion. Projects that explore interoperable payment systems and expand awareness of equitable financial technologies.
• Student organizations at accredited universities
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• June 31, 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.

Startup Challenge 2026. The Gap in Between.
• Impact-driven startups across climate, mobility, health, food and social innovation, with validated products or market traction.
• Teams ready to scale their solution internationally.
• Both early and growth-stage startups.
• All countries.
• €10k prize.
• July 14, 2026.

HelpMum HealthCare Hackathon. HelpMum.
• Innovative projects that address critical challenges faced by Nigerian mothers and infants, spanning maternal care, newborn health, nutrition, and beyond.
• Applicant must be 18 years and not older than 35 years.
• Open to anyone including researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, new graduates and everyone in the tech community with proficiency in software development and AI.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$3,614 (₦5m) prizes.
• July 20, 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.

Elephant Conservation & Research Funding Support. International Elephant Foundation.
• Sustainable conservation projects that will make a positive impact for elephants, habitats and the communities that share their land. Human-Elephant Conflict prevention and mitigation.
• Community-based programs.
• All countries.
• $15k grants, funds up to 25 projects annually.
• August 7, 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.

Imminent Research Grants. Imminent.
• To help innovators who share the goal of making it easier for everyone living in our multilingual world to understand and be understood by everyone else.
• 5 grants from these topics: Language economics – Language data – Machine learning algorithms for translation – Human-computer interaction – Neuroscience of language.
• Startuppers, researchers, innovators, authors, university labs, organizations, and companies.
• All countries.
• Up to $20k.
• October 15, 2026.

Fourth Call to Proposals. The Pandemic Fund.
• Targeting countries with the greatest capacity gaps, highest pandemic risks, and significant socioeconomic challenges that have not been previously awarded single-country grants.
• Implementing Entities.
• Afghanistan, Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea, Haiti, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda.
• The Grant Amount equals the total cost of pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) activities plus the Implementing Entity Administrative Fee.
• Rolling Applications until March 31, 2027.

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