Funding Opportunities - August 1, 2025

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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.

Global Innovation Challenge for Zero Hunger. WFP.
• Strengthen climate change adaptation in food systems and enable greater community resilience.
• Startups, NGOs, academic institutions or government agencies.
• Must at least be at the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage. Proof-of-concept and initial traction is preferred.
• $100k in equity-free funding, with further funding dependent upon progress and measurable achievement of key targets.
• Presence or willingness to build a presence in one of 123 countries and territories that WFP operates in.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

SanUp: Scaling Next-Generation Sanitation Enterprises. UN’s Sanitation and Hygiene Fund.
• To foster growth and sustainability of sanitation SMEs in urban Kenya and Uganda.
• A sound business model and track record, as well as real sales under your belt, and actively working in Kenya and/or Uganda.
• TA and up to $30k per enterprise in Phase 1, with the potential of financing above $50k per enterprise in Phase 2.
• August 1, 2025.

In-Country YouthADAPT Challenge 2025 (Africa). Global Center on Adaptation.
• Driving climate adaptation and resilience, in five countries with a focus on digital tools, green technologies, and community-driven models.
• Youth-led MSMEs and innovators.
• Business must have generated revenues over a minimum two-year period.
• Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and Tanzania.
• Up to $30k in funding alongside a 12 month support program.
• August 4, 2025.

WISER Africa co-production fellowship. Met Office.
• Individuals with expertise or passion for co-production, aiming to develop them into leaders of collaborative climate services.
• Fellows will provide technical support, assist Regional Climate Centres and Meteorological Services, and engage stakeholders to co-design development priorities.
• East, West, and Southern Africa.
• Up to £150k over 2.5 years.
• August 8, 2025.

Call for Proposals: KLIC Catalyst Grant Program. GaneshAID.
• Creative and equity-centered interventions to strengthen primary healthcare by improving community engagement and leadership capacity within health services.
• Local civil society organizations, NGOs, youth groups, community organizations, startups, academic institutions, and individual innovators.
• Low- and middle-income countries.
• Up to $5k.
• August 10, 2025.

Access Sharjah Challenge (ASC) 2025. Sharjah Entrepreneurship Cente.
• Education startups from around the world to co-build the future of education in Sharjah, UAE.
• Challenges in 1) Future-Ready Skills and 2) Arabic in Early Childhood.
• Startups ready for scaling, ideally at Series A or B funding stages with an adequate team size. Committed to establishing a significant presence in Sharjah and expanding across the UAE.
• ~$68k. (AED 250k) pilot project contract with Sharjah education regulators (SPEA and SEA).
• August 17, 2025.

Call for Proposals for the Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) 2025. Satoyama Initiative.
• To facilitate the implementation of activities under the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI). “Satoyama” is a Japanese term representing “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes” or SEPLS, which are dynamic mosaics of habitats and land/sea uses providing the goods and services needed for human life while being managed to maintain biodiversity.
• Only open to IPSI member organizations.
• Up to $20k.
• August 24, 2025.

JWH Initiative. Both ENDS.
• Opportunities for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries to unfold their full potential.
• Strengthen environmental Civil Society Organisations capacity and efficiency by providing small grants for education and training of individuals who are nominated by their organisation as potential future leaders.
• Individuals from these countries cannot participate: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States.
• Up to €7k.
• August 28, 2025.

Allianz Climate Risk Award. Allianz.
• Studies on how climate change and extreme weather impact global trade.
• Open globally to current PhD students, postdocs, and recent PhD graduates (within two years).
• Winners will receive €7k while other finalists will each get €3k.
• August 31, 2025.

Endangered Species Fund. Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
• Support projects dedicated to species conservation, wildlife health, and field research across the globe.
• Proposals that are focused around simple, fundamentally sound projects with measurable outcomes that can be reached are given higher priority.
• Up to $7k.
• August 31, 2025.

Purpose Earth Grant Award. Purpose Earth.
• Creative solutions within the areas of environmental protection, community activation and cultural collaboration.
• Both organizations and individuals.
• Not accepting applications from: Balkans, Burma, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Yemen, South Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, West Bank, Ethiopia, Sudan, DR Congo (Republic of Congo is acceptable), Libya, Mali, and Venezuela.
• Up to $10k per recipient.
• August 31, 2025.

Call for Applications: Amphibian Ark Grant Program. Amphibian Ark.
• Conservation projects focused on amphibian species that are no longer safe in the wild.
• Aimed at newly launched ex situ rescue projects.
• $7k in the first year, $5k in the second if the project meets goals and required reports are submitted on time. Up to $3k in the third year.
• All countries.
• August 31, 2025.

Pfizer Research Grant Request for Proposals. Pfizer.
• To bridge the data gap/lack of comprehensive data on burden of pneumococcal disease as well as serotype epidemiology.
• Institution and Principal Investigator (PI) must be based in Mozambique, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal or Cote d’ Ivoire.
• Up to $80k.
• September 1, 2025.

iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE 2025. iF Design.
• Projects must align with one or more of the 15 UN SDGs and must be related to design.
• Student concepts are not accepted.
• Companies, design studios, NGOs, foundations, public and other organizations, social enterprises and entrepreneurs.
• All countries.
• €100k.
• September 1, 2025.

Call for Applications: AI4D Innovation Scaling Challenge. AI4D Africa.
• Support deployed and in-use AI innovations that promise significant social impact and demonstrate readiness to scale.
• Must demonstrate readiness to scale beyond the current user base. Earlier-stage ideation-only concepts will not be considered.
• Individual researchers and innovators; AI startups and MSMEs/SMEs; Research institutions and Universities; Consortia comprising multiple stakeholders working collaboratively on AI solutions.
• Seed funding of up to $100k.
• Africa.
• September 4, 2025.

Call for Applications: Fast Forward Tech Accelerator Program. Fast Forward (ffwd).
• Address the unique needs of early stage tech nonprofits from anywhere.
• 3 month program with funding, mentorship, and connections to people who can help you scale.
• Prioritizing organizations that have a full-time CTO or plan to hire a technology lead in the near future.
• $25k.
• September 8, 2025.

International Iguana Foundation Grant Program. International Iguana Foundation.
• Protect, restore, and conserve iguana species and their habitats and to provide critical support to iguana recovery programs.
• Global.
• Up to $25k.
• September 20, 2025.

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Royal Academy of Engineering.
• African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges.
• Applicants can apply as an individual or on behalf of a team.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• One winner will receive £50k, three runners-up will be awarded £10k each.
• September 23, 2025.

Connecting Indigenous Research Leadership in Canada and the Global South. IDRC.
• Indigenous organizations interested in connecting with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities in Canada through knowledge-sharing activities.
• West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East and North Africa.
• Open to public research institutes, think tanks, universities and not-for-profit organizations with a research mandate.
• ~$72k. (Up to CAD100k each).
• September 23, 2025.

Chemistry for Climate Action Challenge. Elsevier Foundation.
• Individuals and organizations whose projects use green and sustainable chemistry solutions to tackle some of the developing world’s greatest sustainability challenges.
• Chemistry Solutions: 1) Waste Utilization, 2) Alternative Energy Sources, 3) Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health, 4) Climate Change Mitigation, 5) Community Empowerment, 6) Sustainable Agriculture, 7) Water Resource Management and 8) Health and Well-being.
• Applicants can be from anywhere but the project must be applicable in and suitable for low- and middle- income countries.
• 2 prizes of $25k each.
• October 1, 2025.

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.
• All countries.
• ~$1,800 (CAD 2,500 toward the purchase of Holohil transmitters for selected projects).
• October 15, 2025.

Scientific call for proposals: ASA Grant 2026. Angelman Syndrome Alliance (ASA).
• Research that can help support a better understanding of Angelman Syndrome and eventually lead to new treatments tackling the genetic & molecular processes underlying the condition.
• Applicants will be responsible for ensuring all legal requirements in their countries can be met.
• All countries.
• Up to €120k.
• November 1, 2025.

Call for Applications: TCF Grant Program. Turtle Conservation Fund.
• Support pilot conservation projects focused on tortoise and freshwater turtle species listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
• Will also consider proposals for species that are not currently listed but could become priority species with more information on their population status or threats.
• $5k for conservation efforts targeting high-priority species. Smaller grants of $3k or less are also available.
• Organizations or individuals from all countries.
• December 1, 2025.

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