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See below for the newest social impact funding opportunities in Africa and around the world.
Tech-enabled businesses in Nigeria. Gosima Innovation Fund.
• Building scalable, tech-enabled solutions across sectors including fintech, healthtech, edtech, agritech, and e-commerce.
• Founders aged 18–35.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$3,776 (₦5 million) grand prize alongside a 4-week accelerator.
• Deadline will be announced soon.
SHIFT – Scaling Homegrown Innovations & Frontier Technologies. Ilorin Innovation Hub.
• Supports deep-tech startups in North Central and South Western Nigeria developing scalable solutions across CleanTech, HealthTech, EdTech, CreativeTech, and more.
• Entrepreneurs and startups.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$3,776 (₦5 million) in equity free funding alongside training and mentorship.
• October 2, 2026.
Entrepreneurs Investment Program (EIP). Global Entrepreneurship Festival (GEF).
• Startups building innovative solutions. Whether you’re launching, scaling, or transforming your business.
• Individuals with innovative ideas, startups at any stage, founders seeking international growth, and businesses seeking funding to scale.
• All countries.
• $35k seed investment alongside business coaching.
• October 6, 2026.
Shifting Power through Action and Reciprocal Knowledge Exchange (SPARK). World Health Organization (WHO).
• Organisations applying WHO guidance innovatively to advance sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health and rights.
• Youth-, women-, Indigenous-, or community-led organisations operating for 2+ years with prior experience using at least one WHO guideline, tool, or product.
• African Region, Region of the Americas, South-East Asia Region, European Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, Western Pacific Region.
• Up to $20k per grant.
• October 9, 2026.
Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership. Ashoka Changemakers.
• Youth aged 5–20 to apply with community-impact projects, youth-led initiatives, or ideas for positive change.
• Applicants must be between the ages of 5 and 20 by the end of the entry period (January 31, 2027).
• Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa & United States.
• Up to $10k grand prize.
• October 10, 2026.
2026 AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants for Junior Researchers. AGNES.
• Supports sub-Saharan African doctoral researchers with 1–2 month research stays at institutions in other African countries to advance their doctoral studies and scientific networks.
• Sub-Saharan African doctoral students with at least one Scopus/Web of Science-indexed publication, an international research host, and a project relevant to African development that cannot be conducted at home.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Up to €3k grants.
• October 16, 2026.
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance. The Lab.
• Incubates early-stage climate finance vehicles designed to mobilize private capital for climate mitigation and adaptation in emerging markets.
• Financial vehicles.
• ODA-eligible countries.
• Technical assistance, investor engagement, and fundraising support.
• October 18, 2026.
Andrea Leenen Memorial All From One Research Grant. PAST.
• Supports innovative African-based palaeontology research on human origins, past climate and ecosystems, and prehistoric extinctions.
• African-based postdoctoral and senior researchers, or African researchers overseas with established African institutional affiliations, leading research based in Africa with strong local capacity-building and student-training components.
• Africa.
• Up to $25k grants.
• October 23, 2026.
4YFN Awards 2027. 4YFN.
• Recognises innovative digital startups advancing climate tech, health tech, fintech, digital transformation, and connectivity.
• Startups.
• All countries.
• €20k cash prize for the winner.
• October 26, 2026.
IFRA-Nigeria research grants 2027. IFRA-Nigeria.
• Supports research addressing health, citizenship and gender, heritage and environment, or digital humanities, with a clear knowledge-sharing component.
• Second year master's students, doctoral and postdoctoral students, as well as researchers working in humanities and social sciences.
• Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Chad and Togo.
• Up to €1k grants.
• October 30, 2026.
Creatives For Our Future. Swarovski Foundation.
• Aims to accelerate the next generation of creatives in sustainable development and is open to creatives aged 21-30, across various creative disciplines including jewelry, fashion, art, design, architecture, videography, photography, and engineering.
• Creative individuals, aged 21 to 30.
• All countries.
• Six selected participants will each receive a €20k grant, alongside an immersive week in London featuring workshops, collaborative experiences and exclusive activations.
• November 9, 2026.
Conservation Action Now Grants. Oklahoma City Zoo.
• Supports invertebrate conservation through education, scientific research, and species preservation initiatives benefiting threatened species and their habitats.
• Early career professionals, defined as those currently enrolled in a graduate program (e.g., MSc, PhD, DVM) or those who were awarded a graduate degree no earlier than 2021.
• All countries.
• Up to $2,500 grants.
• November 13, 2026.
Exploration Co-Lab 2027. Unearthodox.
• Supports early-stage initiatives reimagining nature–society systems through innovative, regenerative approaches to environmental and social challenges.
• Individuals, informal teams, community collectives, and nonprofit or for-profit organisations led by applicants pursuing social and ecological impact.
• All countries.
• CHF 10k grant funding alongside tailored mentorship.
• November 16, 2026.
AI and the Workforce Faculty Research Grant Program. Institute for Humane Studies.
• Supports academic research examining AI’s long-term effects on employment, productivity, occupational change, economic opportunity, and innovation.
• Academic scholars, should be affiliated with an accredited college or university.
• All countries.
• Up to $20k grant funding.
• December 15, 2026.
Global Raptor Research and Conservation Grant. HawkWatch International.
• Supports local researchers conducting ecological research and conservation projects focused on high-priority raptor species (>0.5 RCPI-Edge*), including habitat, population, threat mitigation, and community-based conservation.
• Local researchers associated with a registered NGO and/or university in the country where the project will take place.
• All countries except USA, Canada, or Europe.
• Up to $3,500 grant funding.
• December 31, 2026.
Global Entrepreneurship Competition. Diamond Challenge.
• Empowers young people to develop and pitch business or social venture concepts addressing customer or societal challenges.
• Teams must consist of 2-4 high school students aged 14-18 at the submission deadline. Each team is required to have one adult advisor aged 21 or older.
• All countries.
• Up to $12k prizes.
• January 14, 2027.
Student Research Grants. Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
• Supports postgraduate research that helps fisheries improve environmental performance and progress toward or maintain MSC certification.
• Current Master’s students or PhD candidates in fisheries science. Undergraduates with a secured postgraduate position by the start of the project.
• All countries.
• £10k grant.
• February 28, 2027.
👇21 Funding Opportunities above $50k 👇
What’s below for our paid subscribers?
● 13 opportunities from $50k to $200k
● 4 opportunities from $200k to $1m
● 4 opportunity for more than $1,000,000
Including:
Up to $500k grants from The Water Research Foundation
$500k investments for startups in any field
$1.2m for food systems policy & rural transformation
$2m for inclusive Agri-Food innovation in the Central Sahel