Funding Opportunities - June 19, 2026
Inside: 25 grant & investment programs including $50k for forest & landscape restoration, $150k in sector-agnostic tech, $1m for alternative protein R&D, and up to $10m grants for WASH in Kenya.
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
wAtt-boost Youth Powered Startup Program. Enel Foundation.
• Innovative solutions in the realm of renewable energy and electrification that can drive sustainable development and address critical energy needs across the continent.
• Include but are not limited to: 1) AI, 2) grids and infrastructure, 3) climate adaptation and mitigation, 4) clean cooking, 5) electric mobility, 6) agrivoltaics, e.t.c.
• Entrepreneurs (between 18 and 35 years old), startups - must be registered for at least 1 year.
• Africa.
• Two awards of €10k each.
• June 21, 2026.
Uganda SAFEStart+ Small Grants for Community Led organisations. World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA).
• Aim to strengthen Community-led responses to EVT by: Strengthening Community Structures, Capacity Development, Demand Generation for Elimination of Vertical Transmission (EVT) of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Syphilis in Uganda, Advocacy and Accountability.
• Community led organizations operating at national or sub-national level, already focusing on EVT, CLM, Maternal and Child health, HIV, Hepatitis B or Syphilis programming.
• Priority will also be given to organizations led by women, young people, and affected communities.
• Uganda.
• Up to $10k grants.
• June 30, 2026.
Call for Proposals – Small Grants 2026. Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Dar es Salaam.
• Small-scale development projects implemented within the sectors defined by the Medium-term Strategy for Development Cooperation of the Slovak Republic for 2025 – 2030: 1) quality education, 2) good health, 3) good governance and civil society building, 4) food safety and agriculture, 5) infrastructure and sustainable use of natural resources and 6) support for the creation of a market environment.
• Cross-cutting themes: 1) environment and climate change and 2) equality of women and men.
• Non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities, NGOs, and local and regional self-government units.
• Tanzania.
• Up to €10k grants.
• June 30, 2026.
Fueling Advocates Initiative. Tiny Beam Fund.
• Organizations tackling issues related to drivers and negative impacts of industrial animal agriculture in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
• NGOs and civil society organizations (CSOs).
• All countries.
• Up to $24k grants.
• June 30, 2026.
Seed Funding Grant African Researchers. KidneyGenAfrica.
• Innovative research in the genetics of kidney disease.
• Researchers, including postdoctoral researchers, clinicians, and early- to mid-career investigators. Be affiliated with a higher education institution, research institute, healthcare organisation, NGO, or not-for-profit organisation.
• Africa.
• Up to £10k grant funding.
• July 10, 2026.
Empowering Namibian Entrepreneurs. SME Fund.
• To strengthen the sustainability, competitiveness, and growth potential of MSMEs in Namibia.
• Focus Sectors: 1) Agriculture & Agro-processing, 2) Artisanal Mining, 3) Blue Economy, 4) Circular Economy, 5) Culture & Creative Industries, 6) Financial Services, 7) Health, Wellness & Grooming, 8) ICT, 9) Manufacturing, 10) Renewable Energy & Green Technologies, 11) Tourism & Hospitality and 12) Other high-growth sectors contributing to Namibia’s economic development.
• MSMEs (at least 1 year in operation) with an annual turnover of up to N$10 million.
• Namibia.
• Up to ~$6k (N$100,000) grant funding.
• July 24, 2026.
Go Healthy with Taiwan. The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA).
• Innovative solutions to enhance global health and well-being. No matter your field, ideas should integrate Taiwanese products, solutions, or business models.
• Proposals will be supported in establishing cooperation with Taiwanese enterprises, to create value through bilateral cooperation.
• A member of a company, government agency, legal entity, or non-legal entity group. Legal entities or non-legal entity groups may include research institutions, NGOs, public associations, and universities, etc.
• All countries.
• Up to 3 winning proposals will be awarded $30k prize money each.
• August 5, 2026.
Karibu’s African grantmaking program. Karibu Foundation.
• Imaginative initiatives that strengthen and add new dimensions to the collective struggle for systemic justice. This is specifically related to the economic, socio-cultural, political, and ecological crises.
• Have a non-violent approach. Not funding For-profit and/or income-generating efforts, Government programs, Humanitarian aid and Individual scholarships.
• Groups of change agents — social movements and/or networks, organizations, cooperatives, collectives, and associations in social movement eco-systems
• Africa.
• Up to $15k grants.
• August 6, 2026.
Researcher–Sciencepreneur Collaboration Grant (RSCG) 2026. Research+.
• An opportunity for researchers and science-based entrepreneurs (sciencepreneurs) to develop an innovation collaboration that helps build a credible path to impact for the venture involved.
• At least one Swiss partner (researcher or sciencepreneur affiliated with a Swiss institution of higher education, or a sciencepreneur with a company founded within the last 3 years) and at least one African partner (researcher or science-based entrepreneur).
• Switzerland and all African countries except the Maghreb region and Egypt.
• Up to ~$25,236 (CHF 20k) grants.
• August 31, 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.
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.
👇 14 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
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Funding Opportunities above $50k
What’s below?
● 5 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 5 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 3 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
$50k grants in locally led forest and landscape restoration
$150k grants in sector-agnostic tech solutions
£150k grants for women’s rights organizations in Zimbabwe
$200k grants to enable youth and women-led food system enterprises in Zambia
$1m grants for alternative protein R&D
$1m investment in AI and financial services
up to $10m grants for WASH in Kenya
