Funding Opportunities - March 27, 2026
Inside: 27 grant & investment programs including $1m for enhancing food safety, $500k for sector-agnostic startups, $150k for biodiversity and conservation, $500k for clean-tech, & more!
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Grants and investment opportunities from $50k to $10m+ -> premium.
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
The AI Impact Scaling Program. Tech To The Rescue.
• Social impact organizations that want to strengthen or scale their interventions through technology and AI. You don’t need AI built yet.
• Social impact organizations at different stages.
• All countries.
• Access to pro-bono matchmaking with tech partners, scaling strategy guidance, training on cybersecurity, data governance & responsible AI, infrastructure credits, and impact measurement support.
• April 8, 2026.
Food Systems Innovation Challenge. GBHub Africa.
• Innovators building solutions that improve food security, expand nutrition access, and create meaningful economic opportunities across the continent.
• Early-stage innovators, startups, researchers, youth-led and women-led teams.
• Algeria, Ghana, Guinea Conakry, Nigeria, Senegal.
• Pre-seed funding of €20k (Equity, Debt, SAFE, Convertible note) alongside Technical and business development support.
• April 30, 2026.
Conservation-based projects. The FairWays Foundation.
• Conservation-based projects within the Golf and professional turf & ornamental industry. Key focus areas: 1) Water Conservation & Stewardship, 2) Habitat Conservation & Stewardship and 3) Water Education.
• Individuals, for-profits, non-profits, governmental entities.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grant funding.
• April 30, 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.
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.
👇 23 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
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Funding Opportunities above $50k
What’s below?
● 12 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 8 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 3 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
- $150k for biodiversity and conservation
- $500k for sector-agnostic startups
- $500k for energy access, PUE solutions, e-mobility, and circular economy systems
- $500k for advancing women’s economic inclusion in Benin and Burkina Faso
- $1m for enhancing food safety
- €4m for ecological and economic development in Eastern Uganda
- €10m for driving job creation while strengthening local training systems
