Funding Opportunities - April 3, 2026
Inside: 38 grant & investment programs including $380k for AI-enabled healthcare, $300k in AI for climate resilience, $200k for driving digital inclusion, $100k in climate innovation for kids, & more!
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
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.
African Scholarship Programme 2027. The Nordic Africa Institute.
• To provide opportunities for early career researchers based in Africa to work and develop their ongoing research at the Nordic Africa Institute.
• Aims to contribute to building capacity in the production of knowledge about Africa, and to promote and establish relations with and between African and Nordic research communities.
• PhD student or a postdoctoral researcher within 4 years of completing your PhD, with an employment at an African university or research centre.
• Africa.
• The scholarship includes a return air fare (economy class), accommodation, a subsistence allowance and an installation grant.
• April 6, 2026.
Women in Tech Startup Prize. Women in AV & Tech.
• Companies operating in AV or closely related sectors such as media technology, collaboration solutions, live events, immersive technologies, workplace innovation, or adjacent tech fields.
• Woman-led or woman-founded projects in the idea stage, pre seed, or very early stage ventures. Companies must be no more than 2 years old.
• All countries.
• $15k cash prize.
• April 6, 2026.
Call for research projects France-Ghana. Embassy of France in Ghana.
• To develop scientific and technological exchanges between research labs of excellence in France and Ghana.
• All research fields are eligible, with particular emphasis on projects addressing the societal impacts on AI.
• Research labs that are affiliated to higher education institutions or research organizations.
• Each project must be led by two scientists, one in France, the other in Ghana.
• Up to €10k grant amount.
• April 17, 2026.
Visual Art Grant for Artistic Collaboration and Dissemination. Goethe-Institut.
• Supports visual arts teams undertaking collaborative projects that result in publicly presented work.
• Gives particular consideration to emerging practitioners, women, non-binary persons and persons with disabilities.
• Visual artists and cultural professionals working in teams across borders.
• Sub-Saharan Africa or the EU.
• Up to €20k grant funding.
• April 17, 2026.
Equity-free grants for women founders. Grey.
• Women-led businesses in male-dominated industries and tech-enabled sectors such as AI, IT, transportation and logistics, agriculture and forestry, education, healthcare, construction, renewable and non-renewable energy, and manufacturing.
• The female entrepreneur must be between 23 and 40 years old.
• Businesses, must be founded by a woman or have a female co-founder with at least 50% ownership. The business must have been in operation for a minimum of 3 years.
• Select countries within Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, plus the UK and the US. See full list here.
• Up to $5k in equity-free grants.
• April 20, 2026.
Founders Lab. iDICE Startup Bridge.
• A 12 week program (mostly virtual) that supports founders at the idea, prototype, or early-MVP stage to take the first real step in building a business.
• Early-stage, tech-enabled businesses, entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 years.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$7,209 (₦10m) Performance-based grants alongside additional grant support for outstanding founders.
• April 20, 2026.
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.
• April 27, 2026.
ACE Microgrants: Call for Proposals for African Local Movements. Pulitzer Center
• Innovative projects that engage young professionals and communities on governments’ management of natural resources, harmful industrial and corporate practices, potential conflicts of interest and corruption, and the impact on biodiversity, Indigenous communities, human rights, and the climate.
• Grassroot organizations, civil society groups, youth movements and other groups.
• Africa.
• Up to $3k grants.
• April 30, 2026.
Small Grants 2026. Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Nairobi.
• Local development initiatives: education, health, good governance, food safety, gender equality, environment and climate change.
• Within the sectors defined by the Medium-Term Strategy for Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2025 – 2030.
• Non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities, NGOs, local and regional self-government units.
• Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and Somalia.
• Up to €10k grant per project.
• April 30, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
• March 31, 2027.
👇 20 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
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Funding Opportunities above $50k
What’s below?
● 12 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 7 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 1 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
- $100k for frontier climate tech empowering children’s futures
- $200k for driving digital inclusion through connectivity
- $300k for strengthening climate resilience with AI
- $380k for AI-powered workforce for better patient outcomes
