Funding Opportunities - October 24, 2025

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Fine and Country Foundation Grant Program. The Fine and Country Foundation.
• Supporting charities that combat homelessness and poverty.
• Applications are welcome from all sections of the community.
• All countries.
• Up to £3k grants.
• October 31, 2025.

Enhancing Environmental Sustainability and Community Resilience in Rwanda. BK Foundation.
• To enhance environmental sustainability and resilience in Rwandan communities through structured tree planting and monitoring initiatives.
• 1) Increasing tree cover, 2) Restoring degraded land, 3) Enhancing community-based adaptation and livelihoods, 4) Emission reduction and 5) Fostering awareness and behavioral change for sustainable resource use.
• Minimum 3 years experience in afforestation or reforestation, with qualified technical and M&E staff.
• Registered NGOs and social enterprises.
• Rwanda.
• Up to ~$17,247 grant. (RWF 25m).
• October 31, 2025.

Zenith Bank Hackathon. Zenith Bank.
• Provides a platform for innovation, empowering creative minds to develop groundbreaking banking and fintech solutions.
• Open to all Individuals within 20 – 35 years of age. Developers, designers, and innovators.
• Students, professionals, & startups. Teams of 2 – 4 people.
• Africa.
• Up to ~$20,390 (₦30m) alongside a 6-week Startup Incubation Program.
• October 31, 2025.

Productive Use of Renewable (PURE) Technologies in Agricultural Value Chains. CLASP.
• Designed to accelerate the adoption of PURE technologies among SMEs, farmer producer organizations, cooperatives, self-help and women’s groups.
• Technologies included in this PURE Demonstrator Project include: Solar dryers and dehydration units, Agricultural processing equipment, Solar water pumps, Agricultural cooling solutions and Solar powered egg incubators listed on the VeraSol website.
• For profits.
• Kenya.
• Up to $25k grant.
• October 31, 2025.

AI by HER: Global Impact Challenge. India AI Impact Summit.
• A global innovation challenge inviting women technologists to demonstrate AI solutions tackling large scale or novel real-world public challenges.
• Thematic areas: 1) Energy and Climate, 2) Wildcard/Open innovations, 3) Cybersecurity, Safety and Digital wellbeing, 4) Agriculture, 5) Education and 6) Health.
• Entries must show a working AI prototype or a mature solution.
• Women-led teams: at least one woman as technical lead, product lead, or business lead. They may also be students, associated with Universities, Research Institutions, and Autonomous Bodies focused on research.
• Women-led entities: Working Women Professionals- representing Start-ups, Commercial Enterprises, Public Sector Organizations or Non-Profit Entities in a key decision making role and leadership position(CEO, CTO,COO).
• All countries.
• Up to ~$28,427 awards. (INR 2.5m).
• October 31, 2025.

AI for All Global Impact Challenge. India AI Impact Summit.
• Solutions that are widely deployable, demonstrate high potential value at large scale, and use AI to enable large-scale impact.
• Thematic areas: 1) Climate and Sustainability, 2) Education, 3) Financial inclusion, 4) Healthcare, 5) Manufacturing, 6) Urban infrastructure and Mobility, 7) Wildcard/Open innovation and 8) Agriculture.
• The solution must be in pilot or scaling stage.
• Students: enrolled in universities or research programs, researchers, start-ups, non-profit entities and public sector entities.
• All countries.
• Up to ~$28,427 awards. (INR 2.5m).
• October 31, 2025.

Enhancing TVET for Inclusive Education and Decent Work. BK Foundation.
• To strengthen Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a driver of inclusive education, lifelong learning, and decent work in Rwanda.
• Minimum 3 years of proven experience in TVET delivery, youth empowerment, or scholarship management.
• Legally registered Rwandan NGOs, social enterprises, or accredited TVET schools.
• Rwanda.
• Up to ~$34,495 grant. (RWF 50m).
• October 31, 2025.

Build Your AgriCanvas. Build Your Future. ComCashew.
• Inviting young and emerging entrepreneurs within the cashew sector to transform their ideas into investment-ready, climate-smart ventures.
• Submission should build on the knowledge and tools from the free cashew courses on e-MOVE.
• Member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS).
• €2k direct funding to boost your business alongside a laptop, tablet, or software to keep you on top of operations.
• November 7, 2025.

Emerging Researcher Award: Predoctoral Grant. CMT Research Foundation.
• Projects that address key barriers in CMT drug development.
• Research projects that exhibit strong scientific rigor and a demonstration of a clear pathway to meaningful application and further research development.
• Doctoral students currently enrolled in a doctoral training program and under mentorship at the time of the application deadline and proposed project timeline.
• Research must be conducted within the PI’s lab or in collaboration with external partners who provide a letter of support.
• All countries.
• $25k grant.
• LOI deadline: November 15, 2025.

Sub-Grants for Collaborative Research and Innovation Projects. CHINNOVA.
• Aims to promote research and innovative solutions to address the challenges relating to the climate change-health nexus within West and Central Africa region.
• 1) Health Systems Preparedness and Response, 2) Interoperable Climate-Health Data Systems, 3) Climate-sensitive Diseases and Health Outcomes, 4) Gender, Equality, and Vulnerable Populations, 5) Climate Information Services and Early Warning and Response Systems and 6) Policy and Institutional Innovations.
• Research Institutions and universities, NGOs, civil socities and private sector partners. Will not fund individuals.
• Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
• Up to $70k grant.
• November 15, 2025.

Emerging Researcher Award: Pilot Grant. CMT Research Foundation.
• Projects that address key barriers in CMT drug development.
• Research projects rooted in good science with high potential to generate meaningful preliminary data. This funding aims to encourage early-stage ideas that could lead to significant advancements.
• Researchers who have completed their terminal degree (MD, PhD, etc.) no more than 10 years before the application deadline.
• Must have the resources and ability to conduct independent research under the mentorship of a PI. The proposed research must be independent of the PI’s ongoing research or concepts that have not been previously funded.
• All countries.
• $75k grant.
• LOI deadline: November 15, 2025.

D-Prize Challenges. D-Prize.
• New organizations distributing proven poverty solutions, all aiming to scale.
• Will not support organizations with more than 18 months of full time operations or that have raised more than $30k in outside funding.
• For-profit ventures, NGOs, and charities.
• Low-and-middle income countries.
• Up to $20k grants.
• November 23, 2025.

IFRA-Nigeria Research Grant 2026. IFRA-Nigeria.
• An opportunity for scholars to conduct research in the humanities and social sciences across West Africa.
• The projects must be in line with at least one of the four research axes of the Institute: 1) Axis 1: Beliefs, bodies and health, 2) Axis 2: Citizenship, gender and mobilization, 3) Axis 3: Heritage dynamics and environment and 4) Transversal axis: Digital Humanities.
• Second year Master’s students, doctoral students, postdoctoral and researchers.
• Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Gambia, Niger, Chad and Burkina Faso.
• Up to €1k grants.
• November 30, 2025.

Diamond Challenge Competition. Diamond Challenge.
• Original business and social venture concepts.
• Teams must consist of 2-4 high school students aged 14-18. Each team is required to have one adult advisor aged 21 or older.
• Participants can choose to pitch live or virtual/pre-recorded. Concepts that have advanced to the final round (Summit) in prior years cannot be resubmitted.
• All countries.
• Up to $12k prize.
• January 15, 2026.

Grants for Marine Conservation 2026. PADI Foundation.
• Projects that 1) enrich mankind’s understanding of aquatic environments and encourage sensitivity to and protection of ecosystems, 2) Increase understanding of sport diving physics and physiology and 3) Improve understanding of, and response to, hazards to humans and ecosystems related to climate change in coastal and ocean environments.
• Research and education.
• All countries.
• Up to $12k grants.
• January 15, 2026.

Elisabeth & Amélie Fund - access to water - 2026. King Baudouin Foundation (KBF).
• Access to and integrated management of water in family farming (availability of and access to good quality water, protection of the resource, efficient use, reduction of losses, limitation of contamination, effective governance, coordination, etc.), based on the principles of agroecology and resilience to global change.
• Particular attention will be given to projects presenting structural preventive solutions.
• Initiatives of Belgian organizations active in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
• Up to €50k funding.
• March 19, 2026.

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