Funding Opportunities - March 6, 2026
Inside: 29 grant programs including $300k for African founders, $1m for food & agtech startups, $125k in biodiversity, €50k for women entrepreneurs, millions of $ for mental health, & much more!
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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Start Up Foundry. SIA Foundation.
• Technology-enabled business in; healthcare, education , agriculture, light manufacturing, renewable energy, and recycling.
• Businesses, must be operational for 1-2 years. Founder’s age must be between 20- 35 years.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $3k prize alongside mentorship.
• Deadline TBD.
The 2026 EY AI & Data Challenge: Optimizing Clean Water Supply. EY.
• Use AI and data to tackle one of humanity's most pressing needs: access to clean, safe water.
• University students, early career professionals.
• All countries.
• Win thousands of dollars in cash prizes and attend a global awards celebration.
• March 13, 2026.
AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria. AYuTe Africa Challenge.
• Youth (be aged 18-35) with innovative solutions impacting smallholder farmers at scale.
• Priority will be given to start-ups with a minimum viable product (MVP) but with no previous experience in an enterprise support program (incubation or acceleration programs etc.).
• CEOs or Co-founders of agritech businesses/companies in Nigeria, only one individual can represent a business/company.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $20k cash prize award.
• March 14, 2026.
IBRO Collaborative Research Grants. International Brain Research Organization.
• Neuroscience research projects that promote collaboration between laboratories in high- and low-/middle-income countries, strengthen research capacity, and generate impactful scientific.
• Project-leader must have been a principal investigator for a maximum 7 years.
• Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Pan-Europe regions, Latin America region and US/Canada region. See full list here.
• Up to $6k grants.
• March 15, 2026.
Championing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs. Next Startupper Award.
• Inter-school and university competition for the new generation of entrepreneurs building ventures with positive impact.
• Be a current student enrolled in a school or university.
• All countries.
• €5k prize.
• March 16, 2026.
The 2026 Cohort 1 LaunchNest Incubator. Ashpot.
• Turn your big idea into a market-ready startup.
• Early-stage startups, Aspiring entrepreneurs and Innovators ready to solve real problems.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$1,457 (₦2m) in grant funding alongside Elite mentorship from industry experts.
• March 20, 2026.
Culture Moves Salone Mobility Fund 1. KEA.
• Enable cultural and creative actors in Sierra Leone to access professional opportunities, networks, and markets. All activities in the frame of career/project/organisational development spanning exploration, development, learning and connection purposes, i.e.
• Individual artists, Cultural organisations, Public cultural institutions, Creative businesses.
• Sierra Leone.
• Up to ~$2,034 (50,000 SLE) per grant. Co-funding: minimum: 10% (cash or in-kind).
• March 23, 2026.
Young Champions of the Earth. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• Young people implementing ground-breaking solutions that address climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste.
• Young entrepreneurs, scientists, economists, artists, and communicators.
• All countries.
• $10k seed funding, and a chance to compete in a pitch competition for a $100k grant from Planet A.
• March 31, 2026.
NYFF Development and Individual Grant. Nigeria Youth Futures Fund.
• Individuals and organizations working to strengthen, support and promote youth ecosystem building in Nigeria.
• Young activists and Grassroots and Community-based Organizations that are Youth-led and Youth-focused.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $10k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Startup Innovation Awards. World Food Forum (WFF).
• Youth-led startups using technology to transform agrifood systems across four award categories: 1) Digital Innovation in Food Processing, 2) Fighting Malnutrition and Enhancing Food Security, 3) Enhancing Climate Resilience and Water Security and 4) Empowering Women in Agrifood Systems.
• Startups.
• All countries.
• Up to $17,500 cash prize.
• April 1, 2026.
Prize for Nature Conservation. The Iris Project.
• An idea or an established project protecting or restoring nature in your local community.
• Your project or organisation is led by young people aged 14 to 24, either fiscally sponsored or associated with larger organisations, charities, or NGOs.
• All countries, with a special focus on the Global South.
• Up to $15k prizes.
• April 8, 2026.
Women Entrepreneurs Award 2026. Bayer Foundation.
• A 6-month accelerator for women founders building proven solutions in health and food security.
• Demonstrated traction, with annual revenue of up to $1m.
• Woman founder, co-founder, or senior leader with decision-making power, building a venture beyond the idea stage.
• Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
• €25k in non-dilutive funding and access to six months of tailored support.
• April 13, 2026.
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Grant. World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
• Proposals focused on collaborative capacity building related to (i) environmental and social impacts and risks of development projects on ecosystems and their services and (ii) enhancing inclusive conservation and sustainable development.
• Priority is given to local organizations enhancing sustainable development and conservation.
• Kenya, Tanzania, and Madagascar.
• Up to $15k grants
• April 15, 2026.
Impact Seed Funding (ISF) 2026. Pulitzer Center.
• Aims to support a range of education activities that can enrich the perspectives and knowledge on the socio-ecological challenges, solutions, and innovation about issues of rainforest, oceans, climate and labor crisis impact to the university/school community, specifically students and educators.
• University lecturers or researchers.
• DRC, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Angola, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Central African Republic, Guinea and Mozambique.
• Up to $4k grants.
• April 16, 2026.
Climate Curve Prize: Methane. Climate Curve.
• Global solutions for methane mitigation in food and waste systems.
• Whether you are an entrepreneur/startup, a university research group, a government disrupting policy-as-usual, a non-profit or community leader, or an intrapreneur at a large company or organization.
• All countries, except those subject to U.S sanctions.
• 8 laureates awarded $25k each.
• April 17, 2026.
Ray of Hope Accelerator. Biomimicry Institute.
• Nature-inspired solutions that draw inspiration from the natural world, often adapting biological principles and properties, ecological relationships or other aspects of nature’s strategies to address humanity’s greatest environmental challenges.
• Nature-inspired startups, early-stage at the Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages.
• All countries.
• $15k of non-dilutive capital.
• April 24, 2026.
Changemakers Africa. Swiss Re Foundation.
• Innovative solutions in healthcare or the environment.
• Socially innovative business in health or climate in its early stages (eg. launched within the last 2 years, or Minimum Viable Product).
• Africa.
• Up to $15k in prizes.
• May 1, 2026.
👇 12 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
2 opportunities for more than $1,000,000
Including:
- €50k for women entrepreneurs in Ghana
- $100k for humanitarian innovations
- $125k for nature, biodiversity and forest ventures
- $300k for African founders (sector agnostic)
- Millions of $ for food and agtech startups
- Millions of $ in grants for youth mental health
