Funding Opportunities - November 24, 2025

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Small conservation grants. Jana Robeyst Trust Fund (JRTF).
• Early career biologists/conservationists to carry out vital field conservation and research work of endangered mammals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• All countries.
• Up to €1,500 grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis (30th April, 31th August and 31th December each year).

Z4ABC Financial Matching Grants. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
• Innovative, value-adding activities. Aim to: 1) Promote innovation in technical and business practices, 2) Introduce environmentally sustainable technologies to improve productivity, 3) Enhance access to markets and 4) Create jobs and generate income, particularly for women and youth.
• Private sector entities, including SMEs, cooperatives, NGOs, and other relevant non-public sector entities.
• Zambia.
• Up to €60k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Projects. Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF).
• Promoting access to the property sector and addressing local community challenges in Gauteng.
• Proposals from organisations focused on education, youth empowerment, people living with diasbilities and women empowerment. Those in dicretionary areas such as disaster relief, humanitarian aid, welfare, charity and organised faith groups will also be considered.
• Non-profits, NGOs, Public Benefit Organisation (PBO), Section 21 company or Trust. Will not consider for-profits, individuals, labour unions, political parties or any organisations affliated with political parties.
• South Africa.
• Up to $5,799 (ZAR 100k) debt funding.
• November 28, 2025.

AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya. Kenya Climate Innovation Center.
• Innovative climate smart solution in the following value chains: red meat (beef goats and sheep), dairy, poultry and horticulture. Innovative solution responding to the above value chains at either of the following levels: production, aggregation, post-harvest losses management, value addition, access to market, financing.
• Innovative solution responding to the above value chains at either of the following levels: production, aggregation, post-harvest losses management, value addition, access to market, financing.
• Early-stage start-up or scale up phase. Youth are highly encouraged to apply.
• Kenya.
• Up to ~$72,727 (KES 9.4m) seed capital for the top 8 winners.
• November 28, 2025.

2025 AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants for Junior Researchers. African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES).
• 1) General AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants for Junior Researchers (Generally for Male and Female candidates) 2) Special AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants for Junior Researchers (For Female candidates ONLY).
• Encourages applications from all research fields (Sciences, Humanities, Law and Social Sciences).
• Doctoral candidates officially registered for a doctoral degree at a university/tertiary institute in sub-Sahara Africa.
• Sub-Sahara Africa: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Angola, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho, Botswana, Mozambique, Maurutius, Mauritania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Cape Verde, Sao Tome and Principe.
• Up to €3k grant.
• November 30, 2025.

Open Call for Proposals for Local Transformation Projects 2026. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Abuja.
• To promote human rights and democracy.
• Local NGOs and non-profits.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$23,932 (500,000,- CZK) grant funding.
• November 30, 2025.

Youth Power Hub Programme, Lesotho. UN Partner Portal.
• Aimed at creating an inclusive and participatory environment that empowers young people in Lesotho to actively engage in decision-making processes, ensuring their voices are heard and their engagement is sustained over time. Special reference to Youth with Disability and Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW).
• Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).
• Lesotho.
• Up to $49k grant funding.
• November 30, 2025.

The 2026 Ashden Awards. Ashden.
• Pioneers protecting and restoring nature or widening access to clean energy.
• Businesses, public sector bodies, social enterprises or community groups.
• The UK and LMICs.
• Up to £40k grant funding.
• December 8, 2025.

GEF Small Grants Programme – Operational Phase 8 Rwanda. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• To support community-driven initiatives in Rweru Sector that address environmental challenges while promoting sustainable development and social inclusion.
• Priority Themes: 1) Community-Based Conservation of Threatened Ecosystems and Species, 2) Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security, 3) Low-Carbon Energy Access and Co-Benefits, 4) Enhancing Social Inclusion and Gender Equality, 5) Knowledge Management and 6) Results Management, Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E).
• Civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), cooperatives, and grassroots groups.
• Rwanda.
• Up to $75k grant.
• December 9, 2025.

The Africa Reproductive Justice Litigation Fund. Ahaki.
• Seeks to expand legal access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), challenge punitive frameworks, and sustain movements amid global funding shifts.
• Indigenous African organisations advancing reproductive justice.
• Benin, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
• Up to $50k grants.
• December 12, 2025.

Satellites for Biodiversity Award -Round 4. Connected Conservation Foundation.
• Helping conservationists apply cutting-edge geospatial tools, including very high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery, artificial intelligence (AI) and in-situ data to reveal critical details of our changing planet, crucial for environmental decision-making, as well as informing global targets, policies and actions.
• Integrate participation from local communities and meet one of these criteria: 1) State of Species, 2) Invasive Species, 3) Ecosystem Management, 4) Ecosystem Connectivity and 5) Ecosystem Conversion and Restoration.
• Individuals and not-for-profit organisations.
• All countries.
• $6k in grant funding.
• December 19, 2025.

Tax Reform Challenge for Students. Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms.
• A nationwide competition for young Nigerians to showcase their knowledge, ideas and creativity on the new tax reform laws.
• Undergraduate students in all Nigerian tertiary institutions (Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education), and graduates who are currently undergoing the NYSC program or awaiting mobilisation.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$3,469 (₦5m) prize.
• December 31, 2025.

Cooperation Partners for Small-Scale Agreements of Cooperation - Practical Training on Electric Mobility in Tanzania. UN Habitat.
• Aims to enhance trade efficiency and sustainability, while supporting Tanzania’s low-carbon transport system, for both goods and people, and ensuring a more competitive and interconnected regional economy.
• 3 key pillars: 1) Port Performance, 2) Trade Facilitation and 3) E-Mobility.
• Academic or research institutions; Not-for-Profit Organizations; Governmental and Inter-Governmental organizations.
• Tanzania.
• Up to $17k grant funding.
• December 31, 2025.

Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) Grow. CDI Capital.
• Supports young entrepreneurs to scale their businesses, create jobs and address local social challenges.
• Business owners.
• South Africa.
• Up to ~$58,541 (R1,000,000) Hybrid Grant + Loan funding.
• December 31, 2025.

AU-EU Youth Action Lab Entrepreneurship Grant Program 2026. AU-EU Youth Lab.
• To provide support to youth actors that work on strengthening the economic opportunities for young people. Social/environmental impact: you can demonstrate measurable impact (jobs for youth, improved livelihoods, affordable services, environmental gains). You have at least basic systems for tracking and reporting results.
• Non-profits, operating as a Trust, Community Based Organisation, NGO, Civil Society Organisation (CSO) or Cooperative with a clear social/environmental mission.
• Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• €30k grants.
• January 7, 2026.

Open call for waste management startups. Ecoembes.
• Startups with disruptive solutions for urban waste management. 1) New solutions to optimise waste management in cities and 2) New solutions to improve operational
efficiency in waste sorting plants.
• Legally established companies (commercial or social economy) with less than 10 years of existence.
• All countries.
• €2k prize.
• January 31, 2026.

Startupbootcamp Georgia MVP Program. Startupbootcamp.
• Structured support for startups seeking to build, brand and test their Minimum Viable Product.
• Founders with early traction or MVPs looking for the next step.
• All countries.
• $50k grant alongside workshops & masterclasses.
• January 31, 2026.

Children’s Rights Education or Research Projects 2026. Children’s Rights Research (CRR).
• Funding for schooling and analysis tasks targeted on advancing youngsters’s rights. Assisting impactful initiatives within the Netherlands and internationally, with a powerful emphasis on significant participation of kids and high-quality tutorial or instructional outcomes.
• All applications must include at least one Maastricht University (UM) affiliated person on the project team.
• Students, researchers.
• Netherlands, all countries.
• Up to €5k grants.
• March 1, 2026.

Species Conservation grants. Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
• All plant, animal, and fungi conservation efforts, endangered species.
• Individual species conservation initiatives.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants.
• March 31, 2026.

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