Recap of Funding Opportunities Still Open For Submission (November 20)

Grant and investment opportunities in emerging markets that 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:

• 34 with rolling applications

• 35 with applications due in November

• 53 with applications due in December

• 49 with applications due in 2026

With 82 opportunities over $100k!

Make sure you can see the full list!

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Let’s catch you up on the list.

170+ 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.

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.

2025 African Business Challenge. Africa Business Club.
• Opportunity to pitch, achieve visibility, and compete for monetary help to speed up enterprise development.
• Viable business model with a minimum of 1 year in operation but less than 5 years at the time of application submission.
• Early-stage startups.
• Africa.
• Up to $2,500 cash prize.
• November 20, 2025.

Transforming menstrual health markets. M Ventures.
• Helping menstrual health enterprises to expand their product choice and market access to reusable- and more sustainable single-use menstrual products, such as those made with biodegradable, compostable, or reduced-plastic materials.
• Established business – at minimum you have a minimum viable product (MVP) launched and first sales generated.
• East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia.
• Up to $30k catalytic grant funding alongside tailored technical assistance.
• November 21, 2025.

Innovate4Children:Out of School Children Challenge. UNICEF StartUp Lab.
• An innovative and affordable solution that accurately tracks enrolment, retention, and learning of out-of-school children in Ghana.
• Innovators.
• Ghana.
• $5k prototype funding grant.
• November 21, 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.

Direct Aid Program. Australian High Commission Mauritius.
• Activities that achieve sustainable and inclusive development.
• 1) Climate, oceans, environmental protection and/or promoting biodiversity 2) Governance, education and/or economic empowerment, 3) Gender equality, social inclusion and the protection of minority and/or human rights and 4) Disaster and/or livelihoods resilience (including food, water and health security).
• Proposals that have a disability focus are encouraged.
• Not-for-profits, community groups, NGOs.
• Mauritius, Comoros and Madagascar.
• Up to ~$39,294 (AUD60k) grant.
• November 23, 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.

COLLABORATE Grant Program: Supporting Ageing Adults Living with Rare Diseases. Pfizer.
• 1) Accelerating time to diagnosis by increasing understanding of the symptoms (including the distinctions between ageing and illness) through enhanced clinical awareness and integration of genetic testing to identify underlying conditions earlier, 2) Supporting development of National Action Plans on Rare Disease (RD) to including solutions for the specific challenges faced by older adults and communities ageing with RD and 3) Gathering existing evidence to support advocacy for closing healthcare gaps and drive policy change.
• Health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions; professional organizations; patient advocacy groups; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare improvement. Collaborations are encouraged.
• Only organizations are eligible, not individuals or medical practice groups.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grant.
• November 24, 2025.

Exploration Co-Lab 2026 Cohort: Edges of Possibility. Unearthodox.
• Designed for people working on today’s nature-society challenges while exploring transformative ideas that cross conventional boundaries.
• Especially welcome underrepresented voices from the global majority and historically excluded communities.
• Both individuals and organisations. Innovators with an early-stage idea already in motion. Not designed for projects that prioritise speed, growth, or profit above purpose.
• All countries.
• ~$12,416 (CHF 10k) grant funding alongside CHF 60k in non-financial but tailored support.
• November 25, 2025.

Phoenix Open Call: Sustaining HIV Services in Resource-Constrained Settings. Inspire.
• Anyone with an idea or insight on sustaining HIV services in resource-constrained settings is eligible to submit. By sustainability, we mean the long-term maintenance and continued use of effective HIV prevention and control infrastructure.
• Individuals, community organizations, NGOs, universities, health institutions, policymakers, or researchers.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k cash prizes.
• November 30, 2025.

AI Ventures Accelerator Program. Technovation.
• Fast-tracks teams of young women (interested in technology and AI) from idea to investor-ready AI venture.
• No prior coding or AI experience required.
• A team of young women aged 19-24 (teams of 2-4 preferred, solo founders also welcome).
• Recent graduates, students, budding entrepreneurs, and anyone with a strong interest in AI and technology problem-solving.
• India, Nigeria, Mexico or the US.
• $10k in equity-free seed funding.
• November 30, 2025.

Climate Democracy Accelerator. People Powered.
• Seeking government and civil society leaders to join a new cohort of innovators who want to launch participatory programs that shape climate policy, with a focus on regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and just transitions.
• A six-month, practice-oriented training and support program.
• Governmental institutions, civil society organizations or NGOs.
• All countries. Priority: Brazil, Indonesia, India, Mexico, South Africa.
• Up to $25k grant.
• November 30, 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.

Africa Small Grants Programme for Palliative Care Development. The True Colours Trust.
• Support projects that deliver palliative care, in alignment with the WHO’s definition of palliative care.
• Priority areas: 1) Palliative care medicines, 2) Equipment for palliative care, 3) Transport for the delivery of palliative care services, 4) Mobile technology for the remote delivery of palliative care services and 5) Bereavement support.
• Registered hospices and palliative care providers. Small palliative care units which operate within hospitals or larger institutions, but which do not have separate financial accounts. Organizations with an average income of $500k and above over the last 3 years are not eligible to apply.
• Africa.
• Up to £5k grants.
• November 30, 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.

AI for Financial Resilience. Mercy Corps Ventures.
• Scales solutions such as AI-driven insurance, parametric credit, savings via bond tokenization, and anticipatory cash transfers and remittances, aiming to improve financial access, economic resilience, and trust in digital finance.
• Unbanked and underbanked populations, with a strong emphasis on low-income individuals, women, immigrants, and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
• Startups.
• Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Up to $50k equity free funding.
• December 1, 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: December 1, 2025.

STEG PhD Research Grants. Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG).
• Focused around three cross-cutting issues that are simultaneously relevant to many areas of structural transformation: 1) Gender, 2) Climate change and the environment and 3) Inequality and inclusion.
• PhD students. Research relevant to policy in low-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
• All countries. Encourage applications that propose collaboration between researchers from LMICs.
• Up to £15k grants.
• December 1, 2025.

GenAI for Good Challenge. IEEE.
• Connecting innovators and changemakers to tackle real-world problems in health, agriculture, and climate resilience.
• Centers on 3 real-world use cases, each tied to a UN SDG and shaped by the needs of local priorities, choose one focus area: 1) Agriculture Extension Chatbot; Lesotho, 2) Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Prevention Chatbot; The Gambia and 3) Extreme Weather Advisor; Bangladesh.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k funding.
• December 1, 2025.

Czech Challenge Fund. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
• Aims to respond to the development challenges by transferring innovative solutions for SDGs.
• Circular economy, Climate Resilience and Environmental Sustainability, Livelihoods, Inclusive Economic Transformation, Green Economy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Good Governance.
• Private sector, NGOs, universities, state institutions or research centres.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Georgia, Kingdom of Cambodia, Republic of Moldova, Republic of Zambia.
• Up to $40k prize.
• December 1, 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.

Human Trafficking Research Initiative Seed Grants Round 4. Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
• Interventions to reduce human trafficking or respond to the needs of human trafficking victims.
• Must focus on one or both forms of trafficking in persons as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (as amended): 1) Sex Trafficking and 2) Forced Labor.
• Researchers and organizations developing research on anti-trafficking interventions.
• All countries.
• Up to $75k grants.
• December 4, 2025.

Circular Business Awards by the EU CERC. Sitra.
• Celebrates best practices in the circular economy.
• Each year, 2 circular business prizes awarded: 1) for a circular business in a specific sector and 2) for a young woman entrepreneur on any sector (in 2026, Electronics & ICT sector).
• Micro-, small or medium size company, active for at least 3 years.
• ODA eligible countries.
• Up to €10k prize.
• December 7, 2025.

Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme. Orange Corners Nigeria.
• Transform your innovative idea into a thriving business with a 6-month incubation programme.
• Young entrepreneurs aged 18-35.
• Nigeria.
• Up to €30k funding alongside business incubation & advisory.
• December 7, 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.

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.
• December 15, 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.

Nominations open for Simon Wiesenthal Prize 2025. Simon Wiesenthal Prize.
• Outstanding civic engagement to combat antisemitism and/or promote Holocaust education.
• Self nomination or be nominated by a third party.
• Individuals and groups from civil society civil society organisations, non-profits, NGOs, students and student groups, cultural organisations, educational and training institutions; youth organisations.
• All countries.
• Up to €15k prize.
• December 19, 2025.

Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) Incubator - Round 4. Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA).
• A novel, finance-based approach to a conservation challenge that delivers measurable conservation outcomes or sustained financing.
• For profits, non-profits, independent entrepreneurs, public or civil society.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants alongside an intensive training and mentorship program.
• December 20, 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.

Art Prize 2026. G & A Mamidakis Foundation.
• Proposals for a large-scale sculptural installation designed for permanent display in an outdoor setting in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, serving as a distinctive landmark within the space. The winning proposal will stand out for its originality, site-specificity, and creative vision.
• Visual artists working in the fields of sculpture, installation, sound installation, mixed media, constructions using natural materials, land art, environmental art, ecological art, and practices that interweave art and nature to create innovative experiences in open-air environments.
• All countries.
• Up to €15k prize.
• December 29, 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.

WASCAL’s Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE). WASCAL.
• To support the implementation of innovative projects and development & research ideas regarding renewable energy (RE) and green hydrogen (GH2) in West Africa.
• Any individual or group of young people (Students, academics, practitioners, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, associations…).
• West African Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
• Up to €20k grant.
• December 31, 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.

2026 Startup Innovation Challenge. Energie AG Oberösterreich.
• Innovative ideas, newest technology and creative approaches to help push the energy industry to the next level.
• Topics: 1) Digital Customer Service World, 2) Renewables SiteFinder; Boosting Wind and PV transition with AI Solutions and 3) AI Enabled Energy Audit and Consulting for SMEs.
• Well-established startups or companies with a minimum team size of three employees that have moved beyond the initial ideation phase.
• All countries.
• Up to €50k funding.
• January 4, 2026.

Wild Bird Health Grant Opportunity. Association of Avian Veterinarians (AAV).
• Pre-proposals for research projects addressing wild bird health.
• Projects of interest include but are not limited to epidemiology of disease in wild populations, ecotoxicology, diagnostic testing and treatment of wild birds, and conservation medicine.
• Principal investigators.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• January 9, 2026.

2026 Future Conservationist Awards. Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP).
• Projects must be focused on protecting species categorised by the IUCN Red List as globally threatened. Projects may address themes such as climate impact and adaptation, habitat restoration and/or management, social development and wellbeing, Indigenous community participation, and/or environmental policy.
• Early-career conservationists. Project teams must include at least 3 people.
• LMICs as well as High-income Caribbean and Pacific Island economies are eligible.
• Up to $15k grant.
• January 9, 2026.

2026 Aguka Ideation Programme. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF).
• Youth-led ventures in technology, agriculture, health, education, and renewable energy.
• Young entrepreneurs.
• Rwanda.
• $3k in non-refundable seed funding.
• January 11, 2026.

WIN WIN Youth Award. WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award.
• Celebrates the efforts of young changemakers between the ages of 13 and 29 who have developed inspiring sustainability solutions.
• Youth.
• All countries.
• ~$5,291 (50,000 SEK) award.
• January 11, 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.

Innovative Student Research Grant Program. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• Students in psychology or behavior analysis doctoral programs and students in psychology or behavior analysis master’s programs that can support applied or basic research in the experimental analysis of behavior.
• Applicants may not apply for an Innovative Student Research Grant and a Bijou Grant in the same year.
• Doctoral and Master’s students in a department of psychology, education, behavioral science, or an allied discipline.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• January 14, 2026.

Public Awareness Grant Program. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• Projects designed to deliver messaging focused on behavior science and behavior analytic solutions to important problems. Messaging should be grounded in scientific evidence and target an audience that has not yet been reached by existing initiatives.
• Individuals.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• January 14, 2026.

International Development Grant. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• To increase opportunities for individuals and organizations for the development and/or dissemination of behavior analysis internationally.
• Individuals or organizations, must be formally affiliated with a university or institution.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• January 14, 2026.

Innovative Student Research Grant in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• To support graduate-level study of issues relevant to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in behavior analysis.
• Enrolled or have been accepted in a graduate program in a department of psychology, education, behavioral science, or an allied discipline.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• January 14, 2026.

Microcredentials Grant. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• To strengthen the quality of both the science and practice of behavior analysis by developing microcredentials that target foundational training in the behavior-analytic science.
• Potential microcredentials could include (a) assessment of skills that individuals already possess or (b) a combination of a programmatic learning experience followed by demonstration of the specific skill.
• Individuals within programs that are within the Tiered Model of Education (ABAI Accredited or ABAI Recognized).
• All countries.
• Up to $10k grant.
• January 14, 2026.

Sidney W. and Janet R. Bijou Grant Program. Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA).
• Emergence of and progressive changes in and across behavioral repertoires and the function of the relevant contextual, organismic, and historical variables. The research should directly relate to or inform child development, including basic animal processes for neurotypical development.
• Applicants may not apply for a Bijou Grant and an Innovative Student Research Grant in the same year.
• Doctoral students in departments of psychology, education, behavior analysis, or other disciplines that support research in behavioral development.
• All countries.
• $12k grants.
• January 14, 2026.

Keeling Curve Prize. Climate Curve.
• Recognizes and supports innovative climate solutions that aim to bend the Keeling Curve downward, ultimately reducing the concentration of atmospheric CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
• 1) Carbon Sinks, 2) Energy, 3) Finance, 4) Social & Cultural Pathways and 5) Transport & Mobility.
• Entrepreneur/startup, a university research group, a non-profit or community leader, or an intrapreneur at a large company or organization.
• All countries (not able to support those that the U.S has sanctions).
• $50k prize.
• January 15, 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.

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.

The IYBA-WE4A Entrepreneurship Programme. The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF).
• Aims to empower women entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing their access to finance and business knowledge. It focuses on green businesses and seeks to drive economic inclusion, job creation, and sustainable development.
• Women entrepreneurs operating green businesses (0–5 years old).
• Senegal, Togo, Malawi, Uganda, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania.
• Up to $5k seed capital alongside training and mentoring.
• January 25, 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.

Merck Innovation Cup 2026. Merck.
• Offers postgraduate students an exclusive opportunity to engage in a one-week summer camp near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, fostering innovation in science, technology, and business.
• Oncology, Neuroscience & Immunology, Drug Discovery, Fertility, Synthetic Biology, Smart Facturing and Advanced Electronic Materials.
• Postgraduate, postdoctoral or MBA students. Not open to U.S. healthcare professionals.
• All countries.
• Up to €20k prize.
• January 31, 2026.

2026 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Johns Hopkins University.
• A competition to celebrate good design in healthcare.
• Project must be focused on a healthcare application in either of the 3 tracks: 1) Designs of Solutions for Advanced Health Systems, 2) Global Health/ Humanitarian Design and 3) Healthcare Apps/ Digital Health.
• Project must have been started after January 1st, 2024.
• Eligible full-time students include those working towards undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and professional degrees (MBA, MD, etc.). Project teams should comprise of more than one full-time student.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k prize.
• February 1, 2026.

Waterbird Society Research Award. Waterbird Society.
• To encourage significant advances in the biology, ecology, status assessment or conservation biology of waterbirds.
• Proposals that focus on: 1) Basic research on species not covered by other Waterbird Society grants, 2) waterbird population status, distribution, abundance or trends, especially for species that are data deficient or 3) Work that makes a substantial contribution to waterbird conservation.
• Open to student, professional, or amateur.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• February 1, 2026.

Nisbet Research Award. Waterbird Society.
• Those interested in research and conservation on terns and gulls.
• Open to student, professional, or amateur.
• All countries.
• Up to $5k grants.
• February 1, 2026.

Kushlan Research Award. Waterbird Society.
• To encourage significant scientific advances in the biology, ecology, or conservation biology of wading birds (i.e. herons, storks, ibises, and their taxonomic allies).
• Proposals that focus on: 1) Species relationships within the group and 2) The status, range, and population sizes of little-known species of Ciconiiformes.
• Open to student, professional, or amateur.
• All countries.
• Up to $7k grants.
• February 1, 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.

Membership Research Grant Scheme (MeRSA). Regional Studies Association (RSA).
• To provide opportunities for scholars who have already published in the field of regional studies and/or regional science and who are currently Individual members of the RSA.
• Welcomes research from any discipline contributing to advancing our understandings of regions and regional development.
• Individual researchers.
• All countries.
• Up to £5k grant.
• March 3, 2026.

Early Career Research Grant Scheme. Regional Studies Association (RSA).
• To support a discrete piece of regional studies and/or regional science research.
• Welcomes research from any discipline contributing to advancing our understandings of regions and regional development.
• Individual applicants in their early career (five years maximum between the date showing on their PhD certificate and the application deadline). Must be based within an eligible higher education institution and must be a current, early career member of the RSA and throughout the duration of the grant.
• All countries.
• Up to £10k grant.
• March 3, 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.

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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