Funding Opportunities - September 5, 2025

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Conservation Fund. Neotropical Birding and Conservation (NBC).
• Conservation action or research that has an intended measurable benefit.
• Globally threatened species — those on the IUCN’s global red list.
• Middle and South America and the Caribbean.
• Up to $5k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Grants to Foster Community Philanthropy. Global Fund for Community Foundations (GFCF).
• Aimed at strengthening individual organizations as trusted and effective grassroots grantmakers that can harness both local and external resources.
• Women’s fund, environmental fund, national public foundation, grassroots grantmaker or any other kind of organization that identifies with the concept and practice of community philanthropy.
• Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, or Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Up to $20k grants.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

The Youth Challenge Fund (4th Edition). Equality Accelerator.
• Supporting the innovation, creativity, and energy of young activist groups (18-30 years) working in their communities.
• Unregistered and registered groups, collectives and/or organizations led by girls or young feminists working towards gender equality in their communities.
• Independent of government institutions, political and religious organisations, and corporations.
• Togo, Liberia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, CAR, Cameroon, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Chad or Burkina Faso.
• Up to €7k.
• September 8, 2025.

Call for Proposals for Small-Scale Projects 2026. Embassy of the Czech Republic in Pretoria.
• Aims to contribute to the local community through small-scale development activities in accordance with the country's national development priorities.
• NGO and non-political organization.
• Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.
• Up to ~$23,770. (200k – 500k CZK).
• September 15, 2025.

The Tech FoundHER Africa Challenge 2025. Naspers.
• Opportunity to scale your technology or tech-enabled business.
• Woman tech (co)founder.
• Africa.
• Up to $100k in equity-free grants alongside mentorship.
• September 30, 2025.

Open Call: SHIFT Grant Program for Inclusive Fintech Support. Seedstars.
• A migration-focused support program for growth-stage fintechs.
• For-profit and revenue-generating, with strong potential to scale.
• Already serves women affected by migration or Willing to pivot/scale products and services tailored to the financial needs of women affected by migration (WAM).
• Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa (MENA), or Asia.
• $10k Results-Based Grant alongside tailored mentorship.
• October 1, 2025.

Interledger-NextGen Higher Education, 2025 Call for LoI. Interledger Foundation.
• Welcoming Letters of Intent (LOIs) from educational institutions with a vested interest in nurturing a talent pipeline of builders, innovators and advocates for inclusive digital financial systems.
• Aims to adequately prepare tomorrow’s open-source, open-payment, and digital financial inclusion workforce.
• Public and private two to four-year institutions, institutional systems or consortia of institutions, and university-affiliated research centers or laboratories.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k grant funding.
• October 3, 2025.

Rising Explorer Grant program. The Explorers Club.
• Support projects in field sciences across all disciplines. Must be true science—designed to generate new knowledge—not just an adventure, travel experience, or school field trip.
• High school students and college undergraduates.
• All countries.
• Up to $3k grants.
• October 8, 2025.

The Pathfinder Grant. The Explorers Club.
• Transformative field research, from remote wilderness to ocean depths to the edges of cultural discovery, the grant helps explorers turn vision into action.
• Graduate/post-graduate students and early-career scientists, from any discipline, conducting field-based research.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• October 8, 2025.

Ghana’s Indigenous Intel Challenge. Zindi.
• Build a classification model that predicts the type of rainfall—heavy, moderate, or small—expected in the next 12 to 24 hours, based solely on indigenous ecological indicators submitted by trained farmers across Ghana’s Pra River Basin.
• Only open to Zindians (registrants) who have not previously won a gold medal in a Zindi challenge.
• Open to citizens of African countries.
• Up to ~$1,250. (13k GHS).
• October 13, 2025.

Glacier Guardians and Rangeland Champions. ICIMOD.
• 1) Glacier Guardians: honouring individuals or organisations that protect, study, and advocate for the world’s glaciers and the communities whose lives depend on them, and 2) Rangeland Champions: recognising those who revitalise degraded rangelands, strengthen pastoral livelihoods, and promote sustainable grazing practices.
• Open to outstanding individuals or organisations working with ICIMOD partners or within ICIMOD’s Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
• Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, or Afghanistan.
• Two prizes each worth $2,500.
• October 15, 2025.

International Terre de Femmes Award 2026. Yves Rocher Foundation.
• Any adult woman or group of women committed to protecting nature and working with trees.
• Non-profit structure (association, NGO, foundation, etc.) with at least one year of existence.
• All countries.
• €10k grant per project.
• October 31, 2025.

Zoological Medicine & Wildlife Health Research Grant. American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (AAZV).
• Researchers working to enhance zoo and wild animal health, welfare, and conservation worldwide.
• At least one Principal Investigator must be an AAZV member in good standing.
• A 2025 Rob Hilsenroth Global Reach Award was specifically designated for an investigator working outside the US and with international collaborators.
• All countries.
• Up to $20k grant.
• December 15, 2025.

Fellowships 2025. IBSA Foundation.
• Promote equity in access to research, recognising emerging scientific excellence in resource-limited contexts and strengthening international dialogue within the scientific community.
• Must have a degree in medicine, biology, pharmacy, biotechnology or bioengineering. Open to PhD students, PhD, Post-Doc and residents.
• Must be under 40 years old.
• Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia excluding Israel, Japan and the Republic of Korea, and Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand.
• €5k award.
• January 31, 2026.

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