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Special Edition: 38 Grants Due before EOD March 31st!
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Call for Research Grant Proposals. Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).
• Address agroecology principles and align with African agricultural priorities: 1) Agroecological Principles, 2) Policy Advocacy, 3) The role of agroecology in food and nutrition security and 4) Gender-sensitive outreach and social inclusion in agroecological practices.
• Students, early-career researchers, academic staff, farmer organizations, NGOs, or research institutes.
• Africa.
• Up to €5k grants. A maximum of 10 proposals will be funded under this call.
• March 30, 2026.
The Bloom Grant. The Bloom Africa.
• Women who are building real businesses beyond the idea stage, demonstrating leadership, resilience, and commitment to improving their communities.
• Women entrepreneurs. Early-stage businesses not more than 5 years in operation.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $1k in grant funding.
• March 30, 2026.
Species Conservation grants. Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund.
• All plant, animal, and fungi conservation efforts, endangered species.
• Individual species conservation initiatives.
• All countries.
• Up to $25k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Support for Vets and Vet Students. Zebra Foundation.
• Research projects that will further skills and knowledge of zoo and wildlife health.
• Individual vets and vet students.
• All countries.
• Up to $1k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Biology Letters Early Career Research Competition. The Royal Society.
• Outstanding research papers authored by Early career researchers.
• Early career researchers (ECRs) as defined as someone who has completed a postgraduate degree within the last six years.
• All countries.
• Up to £1k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
YLACES Grants. Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists.
• To facilitate youth environmental research and data collection with the endorsement from the GLOBE Program in their country.
• International environmental educators or organizations.
• All countries.
• Up to $1,500 grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Morgan Stanley Inclusive & Sustainable Ventures. Morgan Stanley.
• Supporting early-stage startups and nonprofits that are building solutions for a more inclusive and sustainable future.
• Impact caregories: 1) Environment, 2) Health and Wellbeing, 3) Economic empowerment and 4) Education and Human Capital.
• Startups and nonprofits.
• The Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
• An equity investment (or a grant for nonprofits), a five-month curated program, mentorship and networking opportunities.
• March 31, 2026.
The DROP Brand Accelerator Awards 2026. DROPUG.
• Any field where you see a need and have the drive to create change, whether you’re working in Education, Climate, Agriculture, Economic Empowerment, etc.
• Under 5 years old ventures.
• Early-stage for-profit, social enterprise, or non-profit (even at the idea stage).
• Africa, Asia, or South America.
• $3k in equity-free seed funding combined with $10,000+ Brand Acceleration Package (AI-ready website, full branding, social media strategy, and 6 months of expert consultation).
• March 31, 2026.
Research & Policy Grant for Early Career Researchers. International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).
• Aims to promote capacity building, policy-relevant research, and international collaboration in the field of education.
• PhD candidates as well as researchers who received their first doctoral degree within five years of the application deadline.
• All countries.
• €20k grant.
• March 31, 2026.
Young Champions of the Earth. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• Young people implementing ground-breaking solutions that address climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste.
• Young entrepreneurs, scientists, economists, artists, and communicators.
• All countries.
• $10k seed funding, and a chance to compete in a pitch competition for a $100k grant from Planet A.
• March 31, 2026.
NYFF Development and Individual Grant. Nigeria Youth Futures Fund.
• Individuals and organizations working to strengthen, support and promote youth ecosystem building in Nigeria.
• Young activists and Grassroots and Community-based Organizations that are Youth-led and Youth-focused.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $10k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Youth Empowerment Fund (YEF). Global Youth Mobilization (GYM).
• Youth-led initiatives focusing on the implementation of the SDGs at the local level.
• Young individuals (aged 14 to 30), informal groups or registered youth-led organizations.
• See full list of eligible countries here.
• Up to €5k grant fumding.
• March 31, 2026.
Marine Conservation Finance in the Western Indian Ocean. Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA).
• Applied, field-based research proposals that contribute to strengthening marine conservation finance.
• Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOPs), or currently enrolled in an ongoing Master’s or PhD programme at a recognized institution within a WIO country.
• WIO countries: Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and France.
• Up to $6k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Become an All Good Venture. All Good Venture.
• Exclusively fund social enterprises that are people-centric, not planet-focused, enterprises that primarily serves an environmental cause are not eligible.
• Put eventual profits towards bringing freedom to people who lack equal access to one or more of life’s basic requirements: food and/or water, clothing, shelter, healthcare, education, safety, employment, or other.
• Social enterprises in the pre-seed, seed or early stages of development.
• All countries.
• Up to ~$11,756 ($20,000 NZD) grants alongside a year of business mentoring.
• March 31, 2026.
Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI). UNESCO-The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
• Promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics and/or Germany’s High-Tech Agenda carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.
• Early career researchers (be 40 years old or younger) who have obtained their PhD abroad and have recently returned or will shortly return to an academic position in their home country.
• Select countries in Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa. See full list here under eligibility criteria.
• Up to $20k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Research Grants. Waltham Petcare Science Institute.
• To promote innovation and the use of humane scientific studies that make a better world for pets and for their owners.
• All scientific researchers, including those at the early stages of their careers.
• All countries.
• Up to £25k grant awards.
• March 31, 2026.
Conservation Project Funding Call 2026. European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA).
• Projects must conserve, protect, enhance, restore, and/or reconnect habitats within a given landscape that are particularly important for the biodiversity there.
• Non-profit institutions.
• All countries except the United States and Canada.
• Up to €30k grants per project.
• March 31, 2026.
Young Leadership Programme. Generation Connect.
• Young visionaries who propose creative, far-reaching, innovative, and feasible community-driven projects aimed at creating a more inclusive and empowered digital future.
• Young individuals aged 18 to 28, either currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from tertiary education programmes in STEM or closely related fields.
• All countries.
• Up to $10k in grant funding.
• March 31, 2026.
The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – South Sudan (2026). Government of Canada.
• Innovative projects that deliver measurable results.
• NGOs, community and not-for-profits, academic institutions and government institutions. They should all be working on local projects.
• South Sudan.
• ~$14,623 (CAD $20k) grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Chizi Wigwe Prize for African Futurism. 1952 Africa Foundation.
• Exceptional artists whose work embodies the spirit of African Futurism and aligns with the theme “Africa in 2100.”
• Open to artists and creatives aged 18-45. All artistic disciplines and mediums are welcome.
• Africa.
• $15k prize.
• March 31, 2026.
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Open Innovation Challenge. Moonshots for Development (M4D).
• Practical solutions that strengthen resilience, support smallholder farmers, and improve livelihoods across vulnerable rural landscapes.
• Solutions that build resilient food systems across four challenge tracks: (1) Insurance, (2) Agroecology, (3) Digital Extension, and (4) Fragility, with particular interest in solutions that use AI and geospatial analysis to create positive impact for smallholder farmers and/or rural communities.
• Growth-stage enterprises.
• All countries.
• Up to $360k grant funding.
• March 30, 2026.
Jumpshot 2026. UM6P Startgate.
• A pan-African challenge for market-ready startups delivering measurable social or environmental impact. Selected startups will participate in a 3-month virtual accelerator, culminating in a final evaluation and awards process.
• Growth-stage startups that demonstrate high potential for scalability.
• Morocco, Ethiopia, South Africa, Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Senegal, Côte d’ivoire and DRC.
• $160k in equity-free cash prizes awarded to 6 winners (grand prize $50k).
• March 30, 2026.
Window 1: Investments in SMEs and FIs. Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF).
• Reduce systemic gender inequalities that hinder women’s effective economic participation in high environmental impact markets and in the private sector.
• SMEs, local private companies owned and managed by women, Financial Institutions and Financial Service Intermediaries (FIs) that work with women or intend to work with women.
• Benin and Burkina Faso.
• Up to ~$539,546 (CAD 750k) for non-repayable grants and the same amount for SME soft loans.
• March 31, 2026.
3rd Open Call for Concept Notes Focusing on Green Economy Initiatives in Southern Africa. TFCA Financing Facility (TFCA FF).
• Aims to fast-track and scale solutions that address pressing conservation and development challenges in SADC Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs).
• SMEs, cooperatives, social enterprises, NGOs, and public or private sector entities.
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member States.
• Up to €950k grants.
• March 31, 2026.
International Children’s Peace Prize 2026 (nominations open). KidsRights Foundation.
• A young changemaker (above 12 years and under 18 years of age) who is fighting courageously for children’s rights.
• Individuals and groups of children, of not more than five. Organizations cannot be nominated.
• Global.
• €50k prize, plus €25k invested in projects of young changemakers related to the theme of the winner.
• March 31, 2026.
Wellcome Discovery Awards. Wellcome.
• Creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
• Established researcher or a team of researchers led by an established researcher.
• UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- or middle-income countries (apart from India and mainland China).
• Up to £3.5m grant funding.
• March 31, 2026.
Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP). Embassy of Japan in Zambia.
• To support various development and human security projects (Primary education, health care; Poverty relief; Support for those less privileged, namely orphans, people with disabilities and women) at the grassroots level e.g 1) Construction of facilities, 2) Provision of equipment and materials and 3) Technical or educational trainings/workshops to complement the above activities.
• Local/international NGO, local government body, local/international Non-Profit Organisation, educational institution or medical institution. Individuals and profit-making institutions are not eligible to apply.
• Zambia.
• Up to ~$66k (JPY 10m) grant.
• March 31, 2026.
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity. AEON Environmental Foundation.
• Outstanding contributions to biodiversity conservation, its sustainable use, and the creation of a sustainable society.
• Citizens, governments, international organizations, NGOs, researchers, and the private sector.
• All countries.
• Awarded to 2 individuals, each receives a monetary prize of $100k.
• March 31, 2026.
WIPO Global Awards 2026. WIPO.
• Exceptional startups and SMEs from all sectors who use Intellectual Property (IP) to drive business growth and societal impact. If your company leverages patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, or other IP assets, you may be eligible for this United Nations–based distinction.
• Have a maximum annual revenue of USD 15 million.
• Startups and SMEs.
• WIPO Member States. See full list here.
• Awards Ceremony & Prizes in Geneva, alongside Workshops and mentoring onboarding.
• March 31, 2026.
UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences. UNESCO.
• Aims to reward the projects and activities of individuals, group of individuals, institutions, and non-governmental organizations for their outstanding contribution to the improvement of human life.
• NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO.
• UNESCO Member States through their National Commissions. See full list here.
• $300k monetary prize, divided equally among up to three laureates.
• March 31, 2026.
Global Leadership Prize. Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.
• Leaders working for positive global change in any field, any country, are eligible to be nominated. You can’t nominate yourself.
• Nominees can be leaders across all fields, from business and politics to science, human rights, entrepreneurship, technology, arts, and media.
• Only individuals can be nominated (not organizations).
• All countries.
• $50k grant.
• March 31, 2026.
Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI). The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
• Promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics and/or Germany’s High-Tech Agenda carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology.
• Early career researchers who have obtained their PhD abroad and have recently returned or will shortly return to an academic position in their home country.
• Africa.
• Up to $67,700 grants.
• March 31, 2026.
Startup Worldcup Nigeria Challenge. Regtech Africa Conference.
• Aim to foster local innovation by bringing together a distinguished startup ecosystem, providing Nigerian startups with exposure and access to some of the top VCs and tech entrepreneurs globally.
• Startups.
• Nigeria.
• $1m investment Pegasus Tech Ventures by winning the world finals.
• March 31, 2026.
Project funding for companies. develoPPP.
• Already established companies that want to invest sustainably in a developing or emerging country and expand their business activities locally. Generate sustainable benefits for the local people.
• Companies with an annual turnover of at least €800k.
• develoPPP Classic country list. See full list here.
• Up to €2m grant funding.
• March 31, 2026.
NYFF Catalyst Grant. Nigeria Youth Futures Fund.
• Organizations that can serve as regional hubs, working to strengthen, support and promote youth ecosystem building in Nigeria.
• Youth-driven civic and transformation organization.
• Nigeria.
• Up to $50k grant.
• March 31, 2026.
Request for Proposals: Being. Grand Challenges Canada.
• Bold ideas to address the prevention and promotion of youth mental health.
• Social enterprises, NGOs, non-profit, for-profit, limited liability companies, research/academic institutions. Will give preference to, youth-led organizations.
• Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Vietnam.
• Up to ~$1,097,815 ($1.5m CAD) in grants. May choose to deploy debt and equity investments aligned to organization type, company stage, and sustainability plan.
• March 31, 2026.
Oasis Investing Accelerator. Blue Pioneers Accelerator Program.
• A two-week, on-site immersive accelerator in Zanzibar designed to bridge the gap between ecological science, business operations, and investment management.
• Focus on building oases, investable models that restore nature while securing community livelihoods and setting both on a path to long-term, healthy development.
• Looking for 20 mid-career professionals from diverse backgrounds: marine biologists, NGO leaders, social entrepreneurs, and, crucially, investment managers.
• All countries.
• $50k grant.
• March 31, 2026.
2026 Startup Competition. Arch Grants.
• Technology-enabled solutions, companies with an innovative and scalable business model.
• Early-stage startups, founders with idea-stage to pre-Series A companies.
• All countries.
• $75k non-dilutive grants (plus an additional $25k for companies relocating to St. Louis).
• March 31, 2026.
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