Recap of Funding Opportunities Still Open For Submission

Grants we’ve sent in recent newsletters that still have open deadlines

We’ve published a lot of new impact funding opportunities recently, so we thought to send a quick recap from previous newsletters.

Summary:

• 42 with rolling applications

• 2 due Today/Tomorrow October 20/21

• 40 with applications due later in October

• 44 with applications due in November

• 22 with applications due in December

• 12 with applications due in 2026

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Let’s catch you up on the list.

150+ Impact Funding Opportunities with Open Deadlines

Animal Welfare Grants. The Pollination Project.
• Support individuals and groups who are working to protect animals.
• 1) Reducing the consumption of land and sea animals raised using industrial agriculture practices, 2) Advocating for farmed animal welfare and 3) Helping animals that are not usually the focus of animal welfare efforts.
• Open to individuals in all countries with a special focus on Brazil, India and Mexico
• A $1k seed grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Startups for Sustainable Development program. Google.
• Supports a global ecosystem of impact-focused startups.
• Connects them to the funding ecosystem, including venture capital and other investment partners.
• Supports them with advisors and technology.
• All countries.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Awesome Foundation Micro Grants. Awesome Foundation.
• Awesome project on wide range of areas including arts, technology, community development, and more.
• Individuals, groups, and organizations working anywhere in the world.
• $1k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Wildlife Emergency Fund. Brevard Zoo.
• Rapid financial support to conservation-based organizations that are responding to sudden, episodic and unpredictable threats impacting wildlife.
• Applicants from 501(c)3 non-profits (or equivalent), governmental and NGOs that focus on direct in-situ conservation action.
• Global.
• Up to $2,500.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis

Conservation Fund. International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA).
• Conservation-oriented issues that serve marine mammal science through training, public display, research, husbandry, conservation, and education.
• Non-profit organizations.
• Global.
• Up to $5k.
• Applications accepted on rolling basis.

The Explorers Club Impact Grants. The Explorers Club.
• Fieldwork in biological sciences, archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, earth sciences, ecology, and astronomy.
• Exploratory projects that reveal new knowledge about the planet and its inhabitants, including regions undergoing environmental or cultural change.
• Researchers and explorers.
• Global.
• Up to $25k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

The Egmont Trust EOI. Egmont.
• Innovative ways of combating the impact of HIV & AIDS on children and families and provide financial support and project management advice to local, grassroots organisations.
• NGOs/CSOs.
• Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
• Up to $20k grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Apply for a Rufford Small Grant. Rufford Foundation.
• Funds nature conservation projects.
• Species you are working on must be considered threatened.
• Early stages of conservation career. Focus on supporting current MSc or PhD students or recent graduates.
• Emerging or developing economy countries.
• Up to £18k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Startups for Sustainable Development program. Google.
• Supports a global ecosystem of impact-focused startups.
• Connects them to the funding ecosystem, including venture capital and other investment partners.
• Supports them with advisors and technology.
• All countries.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Priority Markets Expression of Interest. Dovetail Impact Foundation.
• Fueling extraordinary organizations serving individuals experiencing extreme poverty. Solutions that put people on a meaningful pathway out of poverty.
• Sector focus: 1) Health, 2) Education, 3) Livelihoods and 4) Justice.
• Madagascar, Mozambique, DRC, Burundi, Zambia, Niger, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.
• “Please note that this is not a funding application, simply a way for our team to learn about your organization and follow up if there is strategic fit.”
• Inquiries accepted on a rolling basis.

The Egmont Trust EOI. Egmont.
• Innovative ways of combating the impact of HIV & AIDS on children and families and provide financial support and project management advice to local, grassroots organisations.
• NGOs/CSOs.
• Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
• Up to $20k grant.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Apply for a Rufford Small Grant. Rufford Foundation.
• Funds nature conservation projects.
• Species you are working on must be considered threatened.
• Early stages of conservation career. Focus on supporting current MSc or PhD students or recent graduates.
• Emerging or developing economy countries.
• Up to £18k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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.

Global Impact Cash Grants. Cisco.
• Innovative early-stage solutions that address a significant social problem.
• Focus on at least one of these social investment sectors: crisis response, education, economic empowerment, and/or climate impact and regeneration.
• Programs to be funded must serve an audience greater than 65 percent economically underserved, relative to the average standards of the target geography.
• Nonprofits and NGOs.
• All countries.
• Up to $75k.
• Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

Ignacio H. de Larramendi Research Grants. Fundación MAPFRE.
• Projects carried out by individual researchers or research teams, within the academic and professional spheres and whose object of study is related to health promotion or insurance and social protection.
• All countries.
• Up to €30k grants.
• October 20, 2025.

Accelerating Youth-led Green Entrepreneurship. BeGreen Programme.
• To equip young entrepreneurs with practical skills to build, run, and grow businesses in the Green Economy.
• Between the ages of 18 and 34.
• Entrepreneurs at different stages of their business journey are welcome to apply.
• South Africa or Nigeria.
• Up to $5k seed funding for up to 85 finalists.
• October 21, 2025.

4YFN Awards 2026. 4YFN.
• Most innovative digital startups.
• Solutions that have already achieved market launch and are commercially available.
• Early-stage ventures, founded September 2018 and onwards. (No more than seven (7) years of existence).
• Based in eligible countries, according to the US, UK, Swiss and EU trade sanctions list.
• €20k cash prize.
• October 22, 2025.

Open Grants Call. Commonwealth Foundation.
• Facilitate constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers.
• Funding priorities: 1) Health Justice, 2) Freedom of Expression, 3) Climate Justice.
• A minimum of three years’ demonstrable experience working on participatory governance and advocacy within the area/theme(s) of the proposed project.
• Not-for-profit civil society organisation (CSO). Organisations that have been registered and operating for less than three years are not eligible.
• Commonwealth Foundation Member States.
• Up to £60k grants.
• October 23, 2025.

Improving commercial forage seed/forage production for sustainable livestock sector improvement in Afar Region. RTI International.
• Improving mechanized commercial forage production and forage seed for sustainable livestock sector improvement and productivity.
• Be working in or sourcing from Dubti, Chifra and Amibara woredas within Afar region.
• Ethiopia.
• Up to $55k grant.
• October 24, 2025.

SWIT Accelerator For Research-Driven Innovators. SWIT.
• A 7-month structured commercialization pathway for research-driven and science-based, grounded in engineering, life sciences, agritech, energy/climate, materials, or frontier tech.
• Pilot-ready - can design and run customer pilots within 6–12 months or already doing so.
• Southwest Nigeria.
• Up to $50k equity investment, with structured support and network for follow-on funding.
• October 26, 2025.

New Round of Democracy at Work Fund. Democracy at Work Fund.
• Grants to frontline organizations aimed at building resilience and strengthening the capacity of workers’ organizations.
• Prioritizes efforts led directly by informal workers, those led by women and underrepresented groups, as well as efforts at the intersection of workers’ rights, gender justice, racial justice, and climate justice.
• Locally based organizations, trade unions, cooperatives, and non-profits; not government agencies, businesses, religious institutions, or groups partnering with international organizations.
• Bangladesh, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Argentina and Brazil.
• Up to $80k.
• October 27, 2025.

Call for Proposal: AFR100 Land Accelerator Africa Project. African Union Development Agency (AUDA).
• Entrepreneurs who effectively tackle land degradation while promoting sustainable and profitable agricultural practices.
• Emphasis on women and youth empowerment.
• Africa.
• $5k Innovation Grants.
• October 30, 2025.

MORE HEALTH for Africa Program (MH4A) - Cohort 2. Villgro Africa.
• Empowers high-impact social enterprises to scale their solutions and deliver sustainable healthcare to underserved communities.
• Companies should have strong revenue traction (annual revenues of $300k), demonstrated impact (a reach of 100k people), a dedicated team, and a clear growth strategy to raise USD 1M+ in the next year.
• Africa.
• Up to $80k grants alongside Masterclasses, diagnostic panels, and research support.
• October 31, 2025.

IAU Enterprise and Innovation Challenge. British Council.
• Seeking an experienced partner in enterprise and innovation development to design and deliver a capacity-strengthening program.
• Each proposal must have both: one Lead institution from the UK, one Lead institution from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa; and The proposal must be prepared jointly by leaders from both institutions but submitted by the Lead from the UK Institution.
• Not-for-profit.
• UK universities working in collaboration with research and higher education institutions from South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, or Kenya.
• Up to £60k grant.
• October 31, 2025.

Emerging Innovation Grants (EIG). International Orthodontics Foundation (IOF).
• Novel ideas and pioneering research at various stages of development, with the goal of fostering groundbreaking advancements in orthodontics.
• Encourages participation from a wide range of innovators, including researchers, engineers, and medical professionals from fields outside traditional orthodontics.
• Non-dental applicants must partner with a dentist or orthodontist to ensure clinical relevance
• All countries.
• Up to $30k seed funding grant.
• October 31, 2025.

Wales-Africa projects. WCVA.
• Enables community groups and organisations in Wales to access funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN SDGs and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa.
• 1) Health, 2) Lifelong Learning, 3) Climate Change and Environment and 4) Sustainable livelihoods.
• Wales and Sub-Saharan Africa. The lead applicant must be based within Wales.
• Up to £25k funding.
• October 31, 2025.

Cross Border Jobs Startup Competition. Jobtech Alliance.
• Startups shaping the future of labour mobility for Africans. A platform or service that helps African talent move, connect, and thrive across borders
• Offer cross-border labour mobility solutions for Africans, between Africa and globally and across African borders.
• Though the business can be at any stage (including idea/MVP stage), some evidence of traction is preferred.
• Africa.
• $10k grants.
• October 31, 2025.

216 Capital Venture Accelerator. 216 Capital.
• Designed to help pre-seed tech companies achieve their number one goal: investment readiness.
• Companies that have secured first clients or early traction.
• Pre-seed stage tech company. Product developed at a functional prototype/MVP stage or beyond.
• Tunisia.
• €50k in initial funding, with the possibility of larger follow-on investments for the most promising projects.
• October 31, 2025.

Grants for Foundational Learning and Education Policy Researchers. Education Sub Saharan Africa (ESSA).
• Researchers with local solutions that can transform classrooms and shape national education systems.
• Lead applicant must have a PhD. Collaborators must have at least a Master’s degree to be eligible.
• Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia.
• Up to $15k grants.
• October 31, 2025.

Maruti Suzuki Mobility Challenge 4.0. T-Hub.
• Develop an agentic AI solution that autonomously optimizes digital marketing costs for Maruti Suzuki’s digital assets.
• Demonstrate proven experience in agentic AI, Insights & Analysis, Generative Engine Optimization, Adtech Automation, Media Planning & Cost Optimization, and Data Enrichment.
• Established startups that have reached a mature stage and are ready to deploy their solution(s).
• All countries.
• Up to ~$5,636 reward (₹500k) alongside an opportunity to co-create and Industry Mentorship.
• October 31, 2025.

Seed Fund for Research and Training (SFRT). SEAMEO.
• Researchers and scientists with a project that will contribute to: 1) Increased farmers’ income, 2) Improved food security and nutrition, 3) Greater climate resilience of agricultural systems and 4) Empowered farmers, farmer groups, and agricultural stakeholders and their institutions.
• Southeast Asia.
• Up to $15k grants.
• October 31, 2025.

Whitley Awards. Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN).
• Dynamic, mid-career conservationists who are leading wildlife conservation projects in the Global South.
• Locally incorporated NGOs.
• Not accepting pilot projects.
• Up to £50k.
• October 31, 2025.

Young Creatives to Disseminate Research Findings. Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI).
• Design and produce creative outputs that disseminate research findings exploring the contribution of the nonprofit sector to dignified and fulfilling work for African youth.
• Use creative and tech-savvy formats that resonate with youth audiences e.g Digital Media, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Interactive Media, Writing, e.t.c.
• Dynamic teams and organisations owned and managed by young people between the ages of 18 and 35.
• North Africa, West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa.
• $32k per team awarded to four winning proposals (Southern Africa, East Africa, North Africa, and West Africa).
• October 31, 2025.

EcoTech Emerge 2025. Aveva.
• Software ideas that will help industries overcome the challenges they face in achieving Net Zero. Whether it’s through innovative energy management, smarter resource usage, or any other game-changing approach.
• Team members must be studying in the same Region for the duration of the challenge.
• Be a Bachelor’s (at least 2nd year) or Master’s student studying Engineering, Business, Physics, Computer Science, Mathematics and other Sciences  
• All countries.
• £8k prize.
• November 2, 2025.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility 2025 Call for Proposals. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Address critical gaps in biodiversity data by mobilizing data, promoting its application in research and policymaking, and building sustainable networks and communities of practice committed to sharing open data on biodiversity.
• Two types of grants: 1) Institutional-level biodiversity data mobilization grants of up to €30k and 2) Multi-institutional biodiversity data mobilization grants of up to €60k.
• Not for profit, research institutions, universities, museums, non-governmental organizations or government agencies.
• Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Up to €60k funding.
• November 3, 2025.

Shell GameChanger Sustainability Call For Solutions 2025. Shell.
• Foster collaboration between start-ups with early stage (energy-related) technologies and solutions, and experts within Shell, working on unproven early-stage ideas.
• Cutting-edge digital solutions that may address specific challenges in the following two globally relevant topics: 1) Ecological cycle and 2) Circularity.
• Open to registered start-ups with at least two team members and solutions with Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2-5.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k per winner.
• November 4, 2025.

Collaborate Lagos 2025. Eko Innovation Centre.
• Open to startups in: AgriTech, Sustainable mobility, HealthTech, EduTech and CleanTech.
• Nigeria.
• Up to ~$17k prize pool. (₦25m).
• November 7, 2025.

Build Your AgriCanvas, Build Your Future. Agri-Business Facility for Africa.
• Young and emerging agripreneurs to transform their ideas into investment-ready, climate-smart ventures.
• Working in one or more of the following value chains: cocoa, maize, cashew, or livestock (cattle, sheep, goats).
• Member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS).
• €2k funding alongside a laptop, tablet, or software and incubation support.
• November 7, 2025.

TANGO2 Research Foundation Research Grants Program. TANGO2 Research Foundation.
• 1) Single-Institution: supports a research initiative within a single institution that may or may not involve multiple research investigators and/or a multi-departmental research team, and 2) Multi-Institution: supports a collaborative research initiative conducted in conjunction with an institution(s) or with personnel not affiliated with the awarded PI/PD’s academic/research institution.
• A clinical, basic, or community researcher with a terminal degree working in an academic medical institution or nonprofit/research institution.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k award.
• November 7, 2025.

AGNES-BAYER Research Grant. African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES).
• Enables doctoral students to undertake outstanding research activities in Biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture.
• Must be officially registered for a Doctoral degree at a university/tertiary institute.
• PhD students.
• Sub-Sahara Africa.
• Up to €7k grant.
• November 9, 2025.

Transforming child welfare, crisis response, and the environment. Box Impact Fund.
• Advancing digital transformation projects in: child welfare, crisis response, and environment.
• Project requests to solely fund the purchase of hardware or software will not be considered for this grant.
• Nonprofits.
• All countries.
• Six organisations to receive $25k award each.
• November 10, 2025.

Aurora Open Call 2026. Aurora Tech Award.
• Women founders of tech startups created and supported by inDrive.
• Be founded or co-founded and led by a woman. Be less than 5 years old.
• Have a functional prototype of a product. Fit in the investment limit of $6m in funding, including the seed round.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k prize.
• November 12, 2025.

Seed Grants program. Wild Animal Initiative.
• Early career researchers (postdocs and PhD students) pursuing a long-term research career in wild animal welfare, or established researchers who seek to expand their research portfolio to include wild animal welfare.
• Must be led by a principal investigator who is affiliated with a university or other research institution.
• All countries, except those subject to sanctions by the US.
• Up to $10k grant for up to 2 years.
• EOI deadline: November 14, 2025.

Discovery Grants Program. Wild Animal Initiative.
• Early career researchers (postdocs and PhD students) pursuing a long-term research career in wild animal welfare, or established researchers who seek to expand their research portfolio to include wild animal welfare.
• Must be led by a principal investigator who is affiliated with a university or other research institution.
• All countries, except those subject to sanctions by the US.
• Up to $50k grant for up to 3 years.
• EOI deadline: November 14, 2025.

Neuroscience Training Grants Program. International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).
• Dedicated funding to support early career neuroscientists from under-resourced regions in covering the costs of attending neuroscience training courses.
• Career Development grant.
• Open to PhD students and early-career postdoctoral fellows who are within 5 years of starting their first postdoctoral fellowship.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grant.
• November 15, 2025.

Live Your Dream Awards. Soroptimist.
• Help women who are the sole financial providers for their families cover tuition costs, purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare.
• To a woman who is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training or an undergraduate degree program.
• Should not have a graduate degree and is not pursuing one currently and is not a Soroptimist member.
• Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America and Venezuela.
• Up to $10k.
• November 15, 2025.

Submissions open for Beyond Future Art Prize. Beyond Future Art Prize.
• Submissions that: 1) Reflect on AI’s role in our relationship with nature, 2) Question the ethics of automation, 3) Envision inclusive, sustainable futures and 4) Reimagine creativity in a digitized world.
• Aged 15 or above, working primarily in traditional media (painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, mixed media) who are beginning to integrate AI into their creative process.
• All countries.
• ~$1,280 prize. (HK$10,000).
• November 15, 2025.

Nature Intelligence for Business Grand Challenge. Conservation X Labs.
• Solutions that enable SMEs to access nature intelligence and better understand their nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks, and opportunities.
• Proof-of-concept at submission and a prototype ready for user testing by January. Pre-seed stage solutions are eligible as long as they can reach prototype level in time.
• Individuals, startups, SMEs, universities, nonprofits, and associations. Governments at any level are not eligible.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants.
• November 24, 2025.

Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award 2025-2026. Royal Geographical Society.
• Support of humanitarian, scientific or educational projects which follow in the Transglobe Expedition’s tradition of challenge and perseverance
• Support the next generation of emerging travelers and expeditioners.
• Global.
• Up to £5k.
• November 30, 2025.

Chapman Research Grants. American Museum of Natural History.
• Projects primarily focused on the evolutionary biology of birds, particularly those that conduct specimen-based research and participate in expeditionary work.
• Ornithological research.
• Graduate students.
• All countries.
• Up to $3,500 awards.
• November 30, 2025.

Micro-projects: Call for Applications 2026. Federal Foreign Office German Missions.
• Providing quick and efficient support where no funds from government institutions, other co-operating partners or civil society organizations are available.
• 1) Measures supporting the Just Energy Transition, 2) Local economic development, 3) Women’s rights and 4) Anti-discrimination of any kind.
• Civic organization, community based, non-governmental, non-profit or faith based organizations.
• South Africa, Eswatini or Lesotho. Priority target regions of Mpumalanga and Limpopo will be given enhanced consideration.
• Up to €25k funding.
• November 30, 2025.

Neville Shulman Challenge Award 2025. Royal Geographical Society.
• To further the understanding and exploration of the planet – its cultures, peoples and environments – while promoting personal development through the intellectual or physical challenges involved in undertaking a research project or expedition.
• Will not fund projects that take place in locations to which the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) advise against all travel prior to departure.
• Applications are invited from both individuals and groups.
• Project proposals directly relating to PhD or MSc research will not be accepted.
• Up to €10k.
• November 30, 2025

Climate Democracy Accelerator. People Powered.
• Participatory programs that shape climate policy, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and just transitions.
• Demonstrate at least one full year of operations and successful fundraising.
• Non-profit civil society organization/NGO working in partnership with a government institution.
• Five priority countries: Brazil, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa, with additional spots available for participants from other countries around the world.
• Up to $25k grant.
• November 30, 2025.

Science and Research Fund: Harvest Strategies/Harvest Control Rules. Marine Stewardship Council.
• Proposals that deliver research in harvest strategies and/or harvest control rules which is essential for maintaining MSC certification. (Particularly interested in those that apply existing tools such as MERA).
• Academic institutions, governmental and NGOs, independent researchers and MSC certified fisheries.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k over a period of up to 2 years.
• December 1, 2025.

Transition Assistance Fund. Marine Stewardship Council.
• Fisheries verified as improving towards MSC certification in the MSC Improvement Program.
• Must support the implementation of one or more actions in the fishery Improvement Action Plan(s).
• All countries.
• Up to £50k funding over a period of up to 2 years.
• December 1, 2025.

Call for Applications: TCF Grant Program. Turtle Conservation Fund.
• Support pilot conservation projects focused on tortoise and freshwater turtle species listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
• Will also consider proposals for species that are not currently listed but could become priority species with more information on their population status or threats.
• $5k for conservation efforts targeting high-priority species. Smaller grants of $3k or less are also available.
• Organizations or individuals from all countries.
• December 1, 2025.

The Environmental Fellows Program. Harvard University.
• To enable recent doctorate recipients to use and expand Harvard’s extraordinary resources to tackle complex environmental issues.
• Candidates with a doctorate or equivalent in any field are eligible, and they may propose research projects in any discipline.
• Post-doctoral fellowship for recent recipients of a PhD.
• All countries.
• Up to $95k. (Salary of $90,000 per year, employee health insurance eligibility, up to $2,500 reimbursement for relocation expenses, and a $2,500 annual allowance for travel and other professional expenses).
• December 1, 2025.

Research Grants for Innovation in Financial Risks and ERM. International Actuarial Association.
• A new research grant to support original research that advances developments and innovations in financial risks, investments, and enterprise risk management.
• Funded research must result in a scientific paper.
• Academics, practitioners, or mixed teams with relevant expertise.
• All countries.
• Up to ~$21,760. (CAD $20k to $30k).
• December 1, 2025.

Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program. AABB Foundation.
• Early-career investigator who has completed a terminal research degree or medical residency within the past 10 years of the grant application deadline and has not yet been awarded a substantial research grant.
• 1) Immunology, 2) Hematology, 3) Immunohematology, 4) Infectious Diseases, 5) Biotherapies and 6) Patient Blood Management.
• Must be a doctor (MD or PhD), medical technologist, transfusion medicine or biotherapies professional.
• All Countries.
• Up to $100k.
• December 1, 2025.

Startupbootcamp Accelerator Program. Startupbootcamp.
• Intense 3-month accelerator program designed to drive the transition to regenerative agriculture and resilience of the food sector by fostering disruptive innovations on a global scale.
• Early-stage, pre-Series A venture. Proven technology with signs of market validation.
• All countries.
• €25k cash investment to cover program expenses plus an exclusive startup deal kit valued at over €100k, packed with premium partner offers.
• December 7, 2025.

Season 1 Peach round: Growth Pool. Prezenti.
• Mid-stage projects (Stage 2, Celo Season 1 intent) that are already delivering measurable impact on Celo (blockchain ecosystem) and are positioned to scale.
• Must be able to demonstrate around 10k-100k daily transactions.
• Should be deployed, open to the public, and open source or published.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants.
• December 10, 2025.

Season 1 Peach round: Scale Pool. Prezenti.
• High-impact, seed-stage or scaled projects (Stage 3) with proven traction on Celo (blockchain ecosystem) and the capacity to significantly expand their reach & impact.
• Must be able to demonstrate around 100k-500k daily transactions.
• Must be deployed, open to the public, and open source or published.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k grants.
• December 10, 2025.

Conservation Grant. Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation.
• Projects with the potential to make significant contributions to the preservation and conservation of South American viceregal art.
• Proposed project must include a preservation/conservation professional who would either work individually or lead an interdisciplinary team.
• Conservators, curators, or other stakeholders working in museums or academic institutions.
• All countries. (Latin America strongly encouraged to apply).
• Up to $50k grant.
• December 15, 2025.

World Sustainability Award 2026. MDPI Sustainability Foundation.
• Individuals who have made groundbreaking contributions to sustainability research. Three core categories: Biosphere, Society, and Economy.
• Senior researchers with a strong international track record in sustainability-related research.
• Submissions should come from third parties aware of the nominee’s work and impression.
• Global.
• $50k.
• December 15, 2025.

Small Research Grants on Education Program. The Spencer Foundation.
• Supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education.
• Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs applying for a Small Research Grant on Education must have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field.
• Non-profit or public colleges, universities, school districts, and research facilities.
• All countries.
• Up to $50k grants.
• December 15, 2025.

Local Project Support. Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.
• Funds applied research, pilot projects, new initiatives, training, and technical assistance. That have the potential to advance the field, build local capacity, promote replication, influence public opinion and policy, affect systems change, and benefit people beyond the immediate project and its local context.
• Conservation, Food and Health.
• NGOs, nonprofit organizations; civil society organizations; community-based organizations; and colleges, universities, and other academic institutions.
• Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
• Up to $50k.
• December 22, 2025.

Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation Grant Program. Bobby Anspach Studios Foundation.
• Artists whose practices engage with: 1) Environmental Consciousness & Climate Awareness, 2) Human Connection & Empathy and 3) Transformative & Consciousness-Raising Practices.
• Visual artists working in any medium or approach (painting, sculpture, installation, digital and new media, performance, community/social practice, craft, interdisciplinary practices, and more).
• All countries.
• Up to $50k grant.
• December 30, 2025.

Grant Competition for Development Cooperation Projects 2025. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia.
• Support to financing of pre-assessment visits for development cooperation projects in recipient countries designated by the Republic of Latvia.
• It envisages the organising of business trips for feasibility studies in partner countries in order to establish contacts with new partners and draw up an application for a development cooperation project.
• Any institutions of direct and indirect public administration, local governments, derived public persons, other government agencies of the Republic of Latvia as well as associations, foundations, businesses, trade unions and other subjects registered in Latvia.
• EU’s Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia), in Central Asian countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and in African countries.
• Up to €25k.
• December 31, 2025.

Danforth Conservation Grants. Roger Williams Park Zoo.
• Conservation programs that protect threatened wildlife and habitats.
• Projects that demonstrate a multi-disciplinary approach to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation.
• Awarded to organizations (e.g., NGO, university), not individuals.
• All countries.
• $1k grants.
• January 1, 2026.

Melvin Yahr Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Research Award. Parkinson’s Foundation.
• To prepare young neurologists specializing in Parkinson’s disease for a career in clinical research.
• Should hold an MD degree; be specialized in one of these fields: neurology, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, or related fields; be either less than 35 years old or 5 years out of the residency program (which one best applies).
• Early-stage investigators based at universities, research hospitals, or non-profit research institutions.
• All countries. (Under-represented countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America are particularly encouraged to apply) .
• Up to $50k for 1-year.
• January 12, 2026.

Global Raptor Research and Conservation Grant. HawkWatch International.
• Projects addressing global raptor priorities ranked according to the updated RCPI score using the most recent (2025) IUCN RedList categories.
• Priority species are all raptors with an RCPI-Edge > 0.5 (n = 158 species, 28% of raptor species).
• Researchers with a demonstrated commitment to raptor research.
• All countries except USA, Canada, or Europe.
• Up to $3,500.
• January 15, 2026.

NEF Commemorative Grant Fund for Capacity Building of Young Scientists (CGF). Nagao Foundation.
• Helping young scientists grow up as world-class scientists in the fields of conservation of wildlife and ecosystem.
• Under 40 years old, a researcher working in a university or research institution with a PhD or Doctor’s degree.
• Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federal of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
• Up to ~$16,905. (2.5m Japanese yen maximum grant size).
• January 30, 2026.

The Slingshot Challenge. National Geographic Society.
• We invite 13-18-year-olds to submit a 1-minute video describing their idea for solving environmental issues.
• Great ideas that drive impact in your community.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k award.
• February 6, 2026.

Sustainable Investing Challenge. Kellogg-Morgan Stanley.
• Develop and pitch creative financial approaches to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges.
• Teams of graduate students.
• All countries.
• $10k prize for First Place Team.
• February 22, 2026.

Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund Grant. Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund (CIEIF).
• Supports: 1) EIA (environmental impact assessments), 2) predictive impact modeling, and 3) engagement efforts with potentially impacted stakeholders; for innovative climate intervention technologies that are on the verge of field testing.
• All countries.
• $75k grant.
• March 15, 2026.

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