There are some great social impact programs in Africa and emerging markets all over the world with calls for applications quickly approaching their deadlines!
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Summary:
110 “rolling” opportunities
15 due by the end of today, September 1, 2026 (Hurry!)
16 due before the end of the week, September 6, 2026 (Hurry!)
85 due later in September
29 due in October
16 due before EOY
3 with deadlines in 2027
With 158 opportunities offering funding larger than $50,000!
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274 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.
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.
• All groups who receive grants have first completed the Group Strength & Financial Training Program.
• Kenya, India, Sierra Leone, Guatemala.
• Up to $6,500 grant to launch a revolving loan fund.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Standard Product Grant. Wildlife Acoustics.
• Advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. To advance the study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other terrestrial wildlife.
• Scientists.
• All countries.
• Up to $4k of product-in-kind grants (recorders, accessories, and software licenses).
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs. Indie EmpowerHer.
• A specialised women’s financing and business initiative designed to support potential women-owned businesses across Lagos, Nigeria.
• Women entrepreneurs, been in operation for at least 12 months.
• Nigeria.
• Business loans of up to ~$3,667 (N5 million) alongside Capacity Building & Mentorship.
• Deadline TBC.
eCooking Demonstrators. CLASP.
• Proposals for the Domestic, Commercial and Institutional eCooking Demonstrator Project, a strategic initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of eCooking for institutional (such as schools, health facilities, correctional facilities) and commercial (e.g. MSMEs), eateries, food vendors, agro-processing) settings, as well as households.
• NGOs, governments, the private sector, academia, research institutes, policy representatives, and communities.
• Ghana, Kenya (Kajiado, Kilifi, Makueni, and Nairobi counties), Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda.
• Up to $20k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Join the timbuktoo Pan-African Incubation Programme for AgriTech Startups. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• Tech-driven solutions with the potential to strengthen agricultural productivity, improve food systems, increase farmer incomes and build climate-resilient agriculture.
• Have a prototype or Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
• Particularly encourages applications from startups led by women, youth entrepreneurs, and founders working in underserved or rural communities.
• Africa.
• Structured incubation programmes alongside access to experienced mentors, entrepreneurs and sector experts.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Wildlife Emergency Fund (WEF). East Coast Zoological Foundation (ECZF).
• Conservation-based organizations that are responding to sudden, episodic, and unpredictable threats impacting wildlife. Ongoing, recurring, or long-term threats are not considered to be an immediate emergency.
• 501(c)3 non-profits (or equivalent), governmental and NGOs that focus on direct in-situ conservation action.
• All countries, except in countries or regions subject to U.S. government sanctions or restrictions.
• Up to $2,500 grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Original WIDU Grant. WIDU.
• To support entrepreneurs to develop their business ideas by providing professional business coaching and funding to them. Two partners, consisting of a diaspora donor in Europe and an Africa-based entrepreneur – need to team up.
• All sectors (e.g. small farms, garages, shops, hairdressers). Max. 20 employees. Investment of the diaspora donor and entrepreneur (50%).
• Entrepreneurs, micro or small business.
• Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Togo, The Gambia or Tunisia.
• Up to €5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Emergency Funding for Conservation. Rapid Response Facility.
• Funding to address unforeseen emergencies in UNESCO natural World Heritage Sites (or occasionally sites with other international recognition for biodiversity).
• Types of organisations include (but are not limited to): Government bodies responsible for site management, Registered local, national or international NGOs, Private sector organisations.
• ODA eligible countries.
• Up to $40k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Amplify Kenya. Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).
• Assists Kenya-based independent media through capacity building, leadership-focused development and network building within the broader East Africa media landscape.
• Access to a range of capacity-building activities, one-on-one coaching, opportunities to learn from experts, workshops and bespoke training.
• Early-stage new actors and digital-first outlets as well as more mature media companies pivoting to a new revenue model or adding a new revenue line.
• Kenya.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Next Wave Fund. Kickstarter.
• Early-stage tech startups and small businesses building bold new ideas across hardware, software, gaming, and connected technology.
• Entrepreneur or small business with fewer than 20 full-time employees.
• At least one member of your team is a citizen, resident, or O-1 visa holder in the United States.
• A $10k pledge when project goes live on Kickstarter alongside training and Opportunities for marketing exposure and promotion.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The RCDIJ Africa Fund. Ripples Centre for Data and Investigate Journalism (RCDIJ).
• Small to mid-scale data and/or investigative journalism projects spanning a wide range of areas consistent with our objectives, including education, health, security, environment, democracy, corruption, economy, migration, technology, culture and development.
• Individual journalists: Employed/Freelance, Online, Print, Broadcast, Photo, Cartoon, Multimedia.
• Africa.
• Up to $10k grant funding.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Small Grants Program. Friends of Liberia (FOL).
• Community development projects across a diverse range of focus areas.
• From education and healthcare to economic development and environmental sustainability. The focus is on empowering local communities to take charge of their development, leveraging their unique insights and strengths to create lasting, positive change.
• Nonprofits and NGOs.
• Liberia.
• Up to $3k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Anzisha Fellowship. Anzisha.
• Identifies and supports young African entrepreneurs aged 15–22 who are already building and growing real businesses.
• Your business, invention, or social project can be in any field or industry.
• Young African entrepreneurs aged 15–22.
• Africa.
• $10k prize.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Program recurs yearly - 2026 Applications open on September 29, 2026.
IWRS Teaching Innovation Award. Insect Welfare Research Society.
• Instructors developing new approaches to teaching invertebrate biology that incorporate the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement). It also supports the development and implementation of any novel curricula addressing invertebrate welfare and sentience across invertebrate biology, animal welfare science, and/or veterinary medicine fields.
• An instructor at an educational institution, scientific society or museum, field-training course, or similar educational context.
• All countries that are not subject to sanctions from the UN and the USA.
• Up to $2k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (2 annual application deadlines — July 15 and November 15).
Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF). Pulitzer Center.
• Supports journalists, staff and freelancers, to report on issues in tropical forests, especially in three main rainforest regions—Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
• Applications with in-depth reporting that follow illegal wildlife trades across borders; shed light on harmful forest extraction industries; and investigate the systems, organizations, and people that enable corruption.
• Journalists, freelancers, a staff reporter or an editor with an idea can also apply.
• All countries, quality, independent journalism in three key regions: the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.
• Up to $15k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
IWRS Travel Grants. Insect Welfare Research Society.
• Supporting early-career researchers presenting invertebrate welfare research at major academic conferences, with funding for registration, travel, accommodation, and per diem costs.
• Early-career researchers who are undergraduate or graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, or within five years of completing their terminal degree.
• All countries except those subject to sanctions by the UN or the USA.
• Up to $1k grant funding.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
IWRS Small Meeting Grants. Insect Welfare Research Society.
• Supporting events on insects and other terrestrial or aquatic invertebrates, with funding for researcher travel, event logistics, registration waivers, childcare, and related costs.
• Open to event organizing committee members from any discipline, excluding professional fundraisers and conference agencies.
• All countries except those subject to sanctions by the UN or the USA.
• Up to $2k grant funding.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Halton Foundation Grant Program. Halton Foundation.
• Organizations that research improvements in human wellbeing in indoor environments, or that develop solutions for enhanced indoor environmental quality.
• Non-profit organizations: Universities, research institutes, and registered charities.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
ISAC Project Grants. International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
• Research projects tackling infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and global health challenges in low-resource settings.
• Principal investigator.
• LMICs.
• Up to £15k grants.
• September 1, 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.
Call for proposals (phase 1). Norec.
• New partnerships that want to develop a work exchange project together and prepare a future Phase 2 application.
• 1) Build mutual trust and strong global partnership to enable institutional development and strengthen work for sustainable solutions and 2) Provide opportunities for young people to attain international experience and skills in sustainable development.
• Partnerships consisting of two or more organisations from different countries, between the following types of organisations can jointly apply: Civil society organisations, Public institutions, Private sector companies, Multilateral and global organisations.
• ODA eligible countries.
• Up to ~$15,661 (150,000 NOK) grant funding.
• September 1, 2026.
Bob Skiera Memorial Fund Building Bridges Initiative and John P. White Grant Program. TREE Fund.
• Intended to help arborists and urban foresters communicate the value of trees and urban forests through engagement via collaborative research and other projects with public works officials, risk assessment professionals, civil engineers, wildlife researchers, soil scientists and others.
• Research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines. Will not accept applications from individuals; Projects that are primarily municipal tree surveys or assessments; Tree planting programs.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
Jack Kimmel International Grant Program. TREE Fund.
• Arboriculture and urban forestry researchers.
• Researchers whose work is primarily outside of the United States.
• Up to $10k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
Safe Arborist Techniques Fund Grant Program. TREE Fund.
• To support research and development into the techniques and equipment that arborists use in climbing, rigging, and working on trees, and the means of identifying potential hazards, to provide a safer working environment.
• Research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature.
• All countries.
• Up to $15k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
Building Bridges Initiative. TREE Fund.
• The Initiative is intended to help arborists and urban foresters communicate the value of trees and urban forests through engagement via collaborative research and other projects with public works officials, risk assessment professionals, civil engineers, wildlife researchers, soil scientists and others.
• Research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
Research and Travel grants. Henry Moore Foundation.
• Available to sculpture historians, academics and conservators who are researching and publishing on sculpture conservation, production, history and/or interpretation.
• Cannot accept applications which are to inform or develop an artist’s own work, and/or professional practice.
• Individuals.
• All countries.
• Up to £2,500 grant funding.
• September 1, 2026.
Henry Moore Grants Program. Henry Moore Foundation.
• Exhibitions, exhibition catalogues, commissions, conferences, research, non-commercial publications and the development of collections through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing and display.
• Categories: 1) New Projects and Commissions, 2) Acquisitions and Collections, 3) Conferences, Lectures and Publications and 4) Long-Term Research grants.
• Non-profit organisations.
• All countries.
• Up to £20k grants.
• September 1, 2026.
Eurofins Foundation Grant Program 2026. Eurofins.
• Projects that create meaningful social and environmental impact.
• Organisation implementing the project should be legally registered and have an activities track record of at least 24 months.
• All countries.
• Grants can vary in amount up to a maximum of 25% of a project / initiative cost and no more than €25k.
• September 1, 2026.
Commonwealth Startup Fellowship. Imperial Enterprise Lab.
• A six-month programme, for market-validated startups preparing to scale, particularly technology-enabled ventures driving climate, energy, health, advanced technology, or science- and engineering-based solutions.
• Startups across all industries, with particular value for technology-enabled ventures.
• Low- or middle-income Commonwealth countries.
• Up to £2k equity-free grant.
• September 1, 2026.
Neurotorium Clinical Education Grants within Psychiatry and Neurology. Neurotorium.
• Neurotorium is an educational platform providing free and unbiased material for clinicians, educators, researchers, and all who are interested in learning about the brain.
• Aimed at strengthening clinical competencies within the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders through educational activities aimed at healthcare professionals.
• Non-profit educational projects.
• All countries.
• Up to ~$15,549 (100k DKK) grants.
• September 2, 2026.
Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund. Cambridge-Africa.
• Supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge (or an affiliated institution such as the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations.
• Cambridge-Africa.
• Up to £25k grants.
• September 3, 2026.
CANEX Create-Thon 2026. Creative Africa Nexus - CANEX.
• A Pan-African creative technology competition that challenges creators to build innovative projects across Gaming, Video and Music using AI and emerging technologies.
• Participants may apply as individuals in one of three competition categories: Gaming, Video or Music. The competition welcomes game developers, musicians and producers, filmmakers, video creators, designers, digital artists, developers, creative technologists, AI builders, startups and multidisciplinary teams.
• Africa.
• Up to $7k cash prizes alongside Mentorship from Industry Experts.
• September 3, 2026.
MTN Corporate Social Investment (CSI). MTN.
• Supporting innovative, inclusive projects that remove barriers and expand opportunities for women and girls in technology.
• NGOs, Non-profit organisations, Foundations, Educational or training institutions; and Social enterprises with a clear social mandate.
• Rwanda.
• Up to ~$33,896 (RWF 50 million) grant funding.
• September 4, 2026.
Global South Civil Society Microgrants. Pulitzer Center.
• Supporting Global South projects that use journalism to raise awareness of interconnected rainforest, ocean, and climate challenges while amplifying local community perspectives.
• Civil society —including grassroot collectives, community-led movements, artists, and civic coalitions.
• Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia.
• Up to $4k grants.
• September 6, 2026.
The GirlCode Hackathon. GirlCode.
• An annual, all-women 30 hours coding marathon designed to address the gender gap in the tech industry by providing female developers with a high-intensity, real-world platform to showcase their technical talent, develop innovative solutions, and build crucial industry networks.
• Women and non-binary individuals who are creatives, developers, designers, product managers, entrepreneurs, and students. All skill levels are welcome.
• South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana.
• Up to ~$5,974 (R100,000) cash prize alongside a 6-month accelerator programme.
• Hackathon Dates in S.A & Botswana: 15-16 August 2026. In Kenya, Uganda & Tz: 5-6 September 2026. In Ghana: 11-12 September 2026. Apply as early as possible before the hackathon dates.
Virtual Media Workshop on Mining, Environment and Human Rights Reporting in Africa. Earth Journalism Network.
• A three-day virtual media workshop scheduled for November 3-5, 2026, aimed at strengthening the capacities of journalists and content creators in Ghana, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa to report on mining, environmental and human rights issues.
• Freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations – community-based, local, national and international. Especially encourage women, rural, Indigenous and early-career journalists to apply.
• Open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, radio) as well as social media content creators with experience covering mining, environmental and/or human rights issues.
• Ghana, Uganda, DRC or South Africa.
• $2k grants (a total of 10 grants to be awarded).
• September 6, 2026
Young Leaders in Research (YLR) 2026 Cohort. African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET).
• A 12-month grant. It supports early-career African researchers in economics and related fields to lead policy-relevant, context-driven research that advances Africa’s transformation agenda.
• Topics of research: 1) Gender Equality, 2) Regional Integration, 3) Innovation & Digital Policy and 4) Green Industrial Transformation.
• Early-career researchers 35 years old and under with a background in economics or a related field, who are African Nationals or hold permanent residency in African countries.
• Africa.
• Up to $15k research grants alongside mentorship.
• September 7, 2026.
2027 ffwd Accelerator. Fast Forward.
• Supporting technology-driven nonprofits using innovative tools, including AI, to tackle major social challenges and create scalable impact.
• Tech nonprofits.
• All countries.
• $25k unrestricted grant alongside expert mentorship from leaders in tech and social impact.
• September 7, 2026.
NourishNext West Africa : Youth Agri-Food Innovation Challenge. Nutrition Connect.
• Supports, and accelerates youth-led innovations that strengthen nutritious fruit and vegetable value chains across West Africa.
• The Challenge seeks innovative solutions that improve how fruits and vegetables are processed, preserved, packaged, transported, marketed, distributed, purchased, prepared, and consumed, contributing to more resilient, inclusive, and nutrition-sensitive food systems.
• Youth-led enterprises and innovators aged 18 to 35 years. This age limit is flexible for women-led enterprises/ set-ups, for women up to the age of 40 years.
• Benin, Nigeria, Senegal, or Côte d’Ivoire.
• $5k in seed funding alongside capacity building and expert mentorship.
• September 8, 2026.
Tikkun Olam Grants. Jewish Helping Hands.
• Supporting sustainable, scalable projects that empower marginalized communities and improve access to essential needs such as education, food, shelter, water, healthcare, connectivity, and gender equity.
• Grassroots organizations. Will NOT make grants to capital, political campaigns, scholarships, fellowships, or programs administered by for-profit entities.
• East Africa, Central America, North America, Any Impoverished Jewish Communities and Israel.
• Up to $10k grant award.
• September 9, 2026.
Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants 2026. Fundación Ama Amoedo.
• Supporting artists, organizations, and publications with meaningful ties to Latin America to strengthen the region’s visual arts ecosystem and institutions.
• Artists, collectives, art professionals, non-profit organizations, institutions, and foundations.
• All countries, a significant connection with Latin America, either by nationality, cultural heritage and/or the site where the project will be carried out.
• Ten grants of $10k.
• September 9, 2026.
10th Call for Proposals for STEG PhD Research Grants. Growth Research Platform.
• Supporting rigorous research on structural transformation and economic growth in low- and middle-income countries, with priority for data, AI and automation, gender, informality, taxation, and climate-related research.
• Currently enrolled PhD students who provide a letter of support from their PhD supervisor within two weeks of the application deadline.
• All countries, research relevant to policy in low-income countries (LICs), particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
• Up to £15k grants.
• September 9, 2026.
Women in Tech Accelerator Program - Egypt. Standard Chartered.
• Supporting innovative, scalable, early-stage startups with at least one female co-founder and technology-driven solutions delivering sustainable environmental, social, or economic impact.
• Women-led, tech-enabled startups.
• Egypt.
• Up to $35k grant funding.
• September 10, 2026.
Africa Energy Innovation Competition. Nigeria Energy Forum.
• Young, early-stage energy entrepreneurs across Africa to develop, prototype and scale innovative devices, equipment and digital solutions for social enterprise, agribusiness, fintech and energy management using locally available resources.
• Four innovation tracks for early-stage energy entrepreneurs from Africa, including: 1) Powering Youth Employment & Green Jobs, 2) Energizing Agribusiness & Waste-2-Energy, 3) Greening Local Manufacturing & Value Addition and 4) Transforming AI & Connectivity.
• Individuals or teams, young professionals between the ages of 18 and 35 years.
• Africa.
• Receive share of cash prize grants of up to $10k alongside industry mentorship.
• September 10, 2026.
Estimating the size of the ‘pre-cook’ sector. MECS (Modern Energy Cooking Services).
• Research to map and estimate the size, characteristics, and growth potential of the pre-cooked food sector in Kenya, Ghana, or Nigeria, with a focus on its potential for electric cooking and productive energy use.
• Seeking a consultant/s or organisation to conduct the study.
• Kenya, Ghana or Nigeria.
• Up to £8k grant funding.
• September 13, 2026.
Conservation Grants. Paul Mellon Centre.
• To help protect and preserve significant works of British art by providing organisations with funding to undertake original and needed conservation research.
• Available to any organisations, institutions, nonprofits, or other entities which hold a dedicated business account. Collaborative applications between two or more organisations are welcomed.
• All countries.
• Up to £25k grants.
• September 14, 2026.
Rolex Explorers Club Grant. The Explorers Club.
• Open to explorers conducting fieldwork that addresses a novel scientific, environmental, or historical question in any discipline.
• In addition to demonstrating a spirit of exploration, candidates must submit a project or research proposal with a clear scientific rationale, original work, and the potential for significant impact or new understanding.
• All countries.
• $10k grants.
• September 14, 2026.
Technology Entrepreneurship Seed (TES). Makerere Innovation & Incubation Center.
• Supporting Uganda-based innovators to transform early-stage technology ideas and prototypes across digital, robotics, IoT, advanced manufacturing, energy, health, AR/VR, and blockchain into validated, market-ready ventures.
• Technology-enabled solutions.
• Uganda.
• Up to $2k grant funding alongside business coaching and expert mentorship.
• September 14, 2026.
The Sahara CodeSwitch Africa Challenge. Intron.
• Developing real-world voice AI applications that understand African code-switching, accents, and noisy environments to perform useful tasks across sectors such as health, finance, agriculture, education, and public services.
• Developers & engineers, AI/ML researchers, Startups & product teams, Student teams, Open-source builders, NGOs & civic-tech teams, Companies with voice or customer-facing workflows.
• Africa.
• Up to $1,200 prizes alongside Sahara API Credits.
• September 15, 2026.
Sowing the Seeds of Change Programme — Roots Track (Kenya). Kenya Community Development Foundation (KCDF).
• Supporting young environmental champions in universities and communities to lead locally driven biodiversity conservation, sustainable resource management, environmental advocacy, and community action.
• Youth-led organisations and young environmental champions, priority given to higher learning institutions and community-based groups. An applicant is considered youth-led where the organisation’s leadership (board, management committee, or steering committee) is composed of at least 70% individuals aged 29 years and below.
• Kenya.
• Up to ~$1,413 (KES 183k) grant funding (with possibility of increasing based on funding availability), awarded on a 50:50 grant-matching model.
• September 15, 2026.
ITEC2026 Global Entrepreneurship Competition. ITEC 2026.
• A real path into Chaoyang, China’s most connected business district. Projects across AI, digital health, intelligent robotics and other frontier fields.
• Startups.
• Global founders can apply from outside China. Applicants outside Chaoyang should demonstrate a genuine intention and plan to develop their project in the district.
• Up to ~$31,396 (¥5 million) grand prize.
• September 15, 2026.
2026-2027 Joint WHO African Region/TDR Impact Grants. eTDR.
• Strengthening research capacity and developing locally relevant, One Health solutions to improve health systems and combat infectious diseases of poverty.
• The Principal Investigator (PI) and (most of) the research team must be based in an institution in an African Region country or territory, including national tropical/communicable disease control programmes, ministries of health, academic institutions, research institutes and nongovernmental organizations.
• Applications are particularly encouraged from qualified applicants who are in the earlier career stage and are women.
• Africa.
• Up to $15k per grant.
• September 15, 2026.
Henri Boulard Award Call for projects. Biocodex Microbiota Foundation.
• Local initiatives dedicated to protecting microbiota and preserving human global health. From water purification projects to health education programs, the project must address a local unmet need in the country; aims at improving populations’ global health by protecting microbiota.
• The applicant must be a health professional, application must be made on behalf of an association, a research organization, hospital or institution.
• See full list of eligible countries here under eligibility.
• Every year, 5 projects will each be awarded €10k grant funding.
• September 15, 2026.
The Terre de Femmes France Prize. Yves Rocher Foundation.
• Project be closely linked to environmental preservation, and more specifically to biodiversity. Some examples: 1) Raising awareness about environmental preservation, 2) Promoting a sustainable lifestyle, 3) Protection of plant and animal biodiversity and 4) Food waste reduction.
• Any adult woman or group of women committed to the preservation of nature. Through a non-profit structure (association, NGO, foundation, etc.) that has been in existence for at least one year.
• All countries.
• Up to €10k grant per project (3 winners).
• September 15, 2026.
Global Voices for Peace Small Seed Grants. American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
• Innovative locally driven initiatives that safeguard democracy while advancing peace, justice, and nonviolence.
• Local and community-based and faith-based organizations. Feminist, grassroots groups, and youth movements are encouraged to apply.
• Global South partners. However, collaboration with a Global North partner could be included in the financing.
• Up to $15k grants (10 awards total).
• September 15, 2026.
Mountains ADAPT small grants. UNEP.
• Inclusive ecosystem-based approaches that respond to climate change impacts in mountains and help communities protect their natural environment and improve their livelihoods.
• Civil society organizations, preferably grassroots, community-based, youth or women organizations delivering community-based actions to adapt to climate change impacts in mountain communities of the East African Community.
• East Africa.
• Up to $30k grants.
• September 15, 2026.
AI for SDGs: Global Youth AI Future Innovation Competition 2026. UNU Macau.
• Seeking mature, near-commercial AI solutions (TRL 6+) that transform education, advance social inclusion, or expand affordable AI-enabled learning in underserved and less-developed communities.
• Open to any company, group, or individual worldwide, regardless of nationality or background.
• All countries.
• Finalists receive complimentary hotel accommodation in Macao, plus the opportunity to apply for travel allowances of up to $1k per team.
• September 15, 2026.
Human healthcare award. Zendal.
• Contribute to improving the human welfare within the field of healthcare and disease prevention.
• A public or private institution (University, Government body, N.G.O., Foundation, Research Institute, startup…).
• All countries.
• Up to €40k prize.
• September 16, 2026.
Tara’s Circle. Tara for Women.
• Women-led projects generating social, environmental, and economic impact through innovative solutions.
• Projects where a woman is founder or co-founder and plays an active role in leading the project. Initiatives at the seed stage, with a defined MVP or a functional MVP.
• All countries.
• Up to €10k cash award.
• September 17, 2026.
The Circular Packaging Challenge. Circular Packaging Challenge.
• Promoting networking, business generation and the development of pilot projects between startups and companies in the packaging sector. New solutions for the circularity of packaging.
• Challenges: 1) Food & Beverage, 2) Beverages and Dairy Products, 3) Non-food and 4) Traceability.
• Startups already established, less than 10 years old and with a high degree of innovation.
• All countries.
• €4k prize alongside opportunities for co-development.
• September 18, 2026.
Call for founders: Jobtech Alliance in Mombasa. Jobtech Alliance.
• Supporting live startups that help people in Mombasa find work, develop employable skills, grow businesses, or increase their income.
• Startups.
• Africa, only if you are open to expanding to Mombasa, Kenya.
• Up to $10k grant alongside technical support.
• September 18, 2026.
Animal healthcare award. Zendal.
• Contribute to improve the animal welfare within the field of healthcare and disease prevention.
• A public or private institution (University, Government body, N.G.O., Foundation, Research Institute, startup…).
• All countries.
• Up to €25k prize.
• September 20, 2026.
Grants for Iguana Conservation. International Iguana Foundation.
• Priority is given to projects that protect threatened iguanas and their habitats, improve knowledge of Data Deficient species, or support IUCN-endorsed iguana conservation action plans.
• Scientists, educators, and organizations committed to preserving Earth’s biodiversity.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k grants.
• September 20, 2026.
Field Research Grants. Primate Conservation, Incorporated (PCI).
• Field research that supports conservation programs for wild populations of primates.
• Priority will be given to projects that study rare and endangered primates and their conservation in their natural habitat.
• Graduate students, qualified conservationists and primatologists.
• Asia and West Africa.
• Up to $5k grants.
• September 20, 2026.
Gender Equality Partnerships 2026. British Council.
• To strengthen gender equality in higher education.
• Themes: 1) Addressing underrepresentation of women in higher education leadership, 2) Strengthening pathways into employment, 3) Creating safe higher education spaces and 4) Enabling participation of women in STEM.
• The UK lead institution must be a higher education provider with degree-awarding powers.
• The UK and: Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Ukraine.
• £25k grants.
• September 21, 2026.
Disability Inclusion Partnerships 2026. British Council.
• 1) Strengthen disability-inclusive policies, systems and practices within higher education institutions, 2) improve opportunities, participation and outcomes for persons with disabilities in higher education and 3) support sustainable institutional change through partnership, evidence generation and knowledge exchange.
• The UK lead institution must be a higher education provider with degree-awarding powers.
• The UK and: Bangladesh, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
• £25k grants.
• September 21, 2026.
2026 GCSP Prize for Innovation. Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).
• Groundbreaking contributions that address the world’s most pressing security challenges.
• Open to all disciplines and sectors, the prize highlights the most inspiring and original achievements of the year - whether through new initiatives, technological innovations, research publications, or institutional accomplishments.
• Projects by any individual, group of individuals, or organisation (from private or public sectors).
• All countries.
• ~$12,378 (CHF 10k) cash prize.
• September 23, 2026.
The Entrepreneurship Grants. AU-EU Youth Lab.
• Supporting youth-led initiatives that expand skills and entrepreneurship opportunities, grow responsible youth enterprises, and improve the policy environment for young entrepreneurs.
• Organisation must be youth-led: non-profit, operating as a Trust, Community Based Organisation, or as a NGO/Civil Society Organisation or Cooperative with a clear social/environmental mission.
• Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Up to €31,500 grants.
• September 23, 2026.
The Innovation Grants. AU-EU Youth Lab.
• Supporting youth organizations developing innovative, locally relevant solutions to global challenges that create lasting community impact and contribute to wider systems, policy, and practice change.
• Organisation must be youth-led: non-profit, operating as a Trust, Community Based Organisation or as a NGO/Civil Society Organisation with a clear social mission.
• Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Up to €42k grants.
• September 23, 2026.
Voices for Climate Justice campaign. Africa No Filter.
• Supporting African individual storytellers and content creators with established audiences to produce original, ethical stories on how climate change, gender, debt, and fossil fuels affect communities across Africa.
• Must be a storyteller ( journalists, content creators, podcasters, vloggers, muralists, data visualizers) aged 18 and above.
• Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, Angola, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Sudan, Malawi, and Zambia.
• Up to $4k per grant alongside training and mentorship.
• September 25, 2026.
Kensington Conservation Grant. The Explorers Club.
• Supporting high-impact, inclusive exploration projects that advance responsible and sustainable tourism. Supports a wide range of field science disciplines.
• Graduate students, Post-graduate researchers, Early-career scientists and Independent explorers.
• All countries.
• $10k grants.
• September 28, 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.
• September 30, 2026.
Young Inventors Prize. European Patent Office.
• Seeking purpose-driven innovations by young inventors (30 and under) that address global challenges and contribute to the UN SDGs.
• Submit any idea, project or product in any field of tech that creates sustainable, inclusive, and environmentally responsible solutions.
• Open to any individual or a group of individuals.
• All countries.
• Up to €25k prize money.
• September 30, 2026.
School Leadership Research Grants - Cohort II. African Centre for School Leadership (ACSL).
• Rigorous, action-oriented research that addresses Africa’s school leadership challenges and contributes to national and continental education priorities. Researchers will work closely with policymakers, practitioners, school leaders, and implementing institutions to ensure that evidence informs policy, strengthens practice, and improves education systems.
• Cross-country collaborations and proposals addressing gender equality, disability inclusion, rural and underserved communities, and other marginalised groups are strongly encouraged.
• The Principal Investigator must hold a Doctorate in Education, Educational Leadership, Educational Management, or a closely related field, earned within the past five (5) years.
• Research teams are strongly encouraged to promote team diversity by including female researchers, young researchers (under 35 years) and researchers with different education levels (bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degrees/candidates).
• Africa.
• Up to $35k grants.
• September 30, 2026.
Clean Cooking Solutions. Solar Impulse Foundation.
• Clean cooking solutions that are both environmentally sustainable and economically viable, with a focus on communities in the Global South.
• Clean cooking innovators, with particular interest for: locally-led initiatives, women-led enterprises, solutions deployed in refugee and displacement settings, PAYGO and innovative financing models.
• LMICs.
• Up to ~$12,222 (CHF 10k) in catalytic funding.
• September 30, 2026.
The Connect & Create program. Institut français.
• Supporting Africa–Europe cultural collaboration through artistic exchange, professional mobility, networking, and mutual learning. Open to Africa-based artistic teams, cultural support and distribution organisations, and professional arts and cultural events.
• Associations and non-profit organisations, private companies, cultural institutions, foundations and other professional cultural organisations.
• West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa and European Union Member States.
• Up to €39,500 grant funding.
• September 30, 2026.
The Afreximbank–Edordu Research Competition. African Economic Research Consortium.
• Policy-relevant research advancing Africa’s trade and development through African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) implementation, industrialisation, trade finance, digital commerce, creative industries, diaspora investment, logistics, and regional integration.
• Postgraduate students, must be currently enrolled in a postgraduate programme (Master’s or PhD) at an accredited tertiary institution located in Africa or in an eligible CARICOM state.
• Africa or eligible CARICOM state: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
• Up to $20k prizes.
• September 30, 2026.
The Stephenson Exploration Advancement Program. The Explorers Club.
• To support conservationists and field scientists who are doing the hands-on work of researching, protecting, and caring for our oceans.
• College undergraduates, graduate students, or independent explorers.
• All countries.
• $10k grants.
• October 2, 2026.
Wege Prize 2027. Wege Prize.
• Challenges teams to use circular design to develop products and services that create unique value, solve real-world problems, and benefit people, businesses, and the environment.
• 1) Eliminate waste and pollution, 2) Circulate products and materials and 3) Regenerate nature.
• Teams must comprise exactly 5 currently enrolled students from at least 3 academic disciplines and represent at least 2 higher-education institutions or distinct schools within one university.
• Non-business teams split the cash prize equally among members, while business applicants receive the award as a lump sum, subject to U.S. tax ID and documentation requirements.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k prize.
• October 4, 2026.
Nominations open for Earth Partner Prize 2026. Earth Partner.
• Invites artists to submit work that comments on the ecological crisis.
• Explore themes such as: climate justice, corporate greenwashing, Indigenous rights, material innovation, wildlife and ecosystem conservation, grassroots activism, intersectional environmentalism, regeneration, the physical and mental impacts of the climate crisis, and nature-based wisdom.
• Artists, aged 14 to 30.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k cash prizes.
• October 7, 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.
Financial Aid. Pave HER Way.
• Need-based support for women facing financial barriers to taking the next step.
• For women with a vision for impact, who presently need financial assistance to fund their education or to overcome personal hardship.
• Must be a US citizen or resident. Work can seemingly be done in any country.
• Up to $30k grant funding.
• Closing October 16, 2026.
Ignacio H. de Larramendi Research Grants. Fundación Mapfre.
• Study related to health promotion or insurance and social protection.
• Principal Investigator.
• All countries.
• Up to €30k grants.
• October 22, 2026.
Community Impact Grant Program. TEEEM (The Empathy Equality Entrepreneurship Mission).
• Supporting community-driven organizations that create measurable, sustainable impact through education, youth development, empowerment, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
• Nonprofit and charitable organizations.
• All countries.
• Up to $30k grants.
• November 1, 2026.
Local Impact Mini-Grants. Interledger Foundation.
• Initiatives that work to expand digital financial access from the inside out.
• 1) Open payments and digital financial access, 2) Open source and open innovation, 3) Financial inclusion and fintech ecosystems and 4) Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI/DPG) and related themes.
• Community organisations, nonprofits, cooperatives, civil society and advocacy groups, local fintech startups, social enterprises, and individual practitioners.
• All countries, projects serving communities in the Global South, rural areas, or peri-urban regions are a priority.
• Up to $3k grants.
• November 11, 2026.
Call for nominations for the OPEC Award for Research. Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
• Researchers, academics and experts from around the world are invited to nominate outstanding individual candidates whose work has made a significant contribution to advancing knowledge and understanding of the petroleum industry and oil-related issues.
• Individuals, institutions and organizations can submit nominations.
• Outstanding individual candidates, be well-known in the energy industry and/or academia.
• OPEC Member Countries and the developing world: Algeria, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
• Monetary prize of €10k.
• November 30, 2026.
Open Payments SDK grant program. Interledger Foundation.
• To improve how developers integrate Open Payments into real-world applications.
• Improving Software development kit (SDK) generation tools so they can automatically create secure, up-to-date Open Payments SDKs for many programming languages.
• Individual or organization.
• All countries, except those subject to U.S. sanctions.
• Grants ranging from $5k - $25k.
• December 2, 2026.
The AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
• Recognizing professional journalists whose impactful cancer reporting advances public understanding of cancer, research, advocacy, and policy.
• Open to print, broadcast, and online professional journalists whose stories appear in newspapers, magazines, websites, and broadcast platforms that target lay public audiences.
• All countries.
• $5k unrestricted cash award and a commemorative award.
• December 7, 2026.
Capacity Development Grants. Aubrey Barker Fund.
• 1) To help the development of curriculum or teaching materials (including translation to online) in a developing country, which will have lasting benefit to a number of students and society; or 2) for projects that develop the capacity of relevant professional institutions in developing countries.
• Educational or professional organisation.
• LMICs.
• Up to £3k grants.
• December 31, 2026.
Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award. Royal Geographical Society.
• Supports humanitarian, scientific or educational projects which follow in the Transglobe Expedition’s tradition of challenge and perseverance.
• Designed to support the next generation of emerging travelers and expeditioners.
• All countries.
• Up to £5k grants.
• January 8, 2027.
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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