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Call for Applications: Advancement of Quality Education, Research and Innovation in Agriculture
Call for Applications: Holohil Grant Program (see link for eligible countries)
Request for Proposals: Climate‐Resilient Water Infrastructure and Supporting Strategies
Call for Proposals: Evaluation & Demonstration of Biotechnological Tools & Methods
Call for Validation of an Integrated Framework of Wastewater & Stormwater Treatment Options of CECs
All currently open calls:
Grant-making opportunities
1. Call for Applications, Jack Kimmel International Grant Program
To provide much needed funding to arboriculture and urban forestry researchers all over the world. welcomes research proposals and applications from a wide range of academic and technical disciplines, of both a qualitative and a quantitative nature.
Funding information: grant award amounts are limited to a maximum of USD 10,000 and will vary depending upon the adjudged value of the project relative to the needs of the arboriculture community.
Deadline: Sept 15, 2023
2. Call for Applications: JWH Initiative Small Grants for Young CSOs Leaders (see link for eligible countries)
The Joke Waller-Hunter Initiative is inviting applications for young civil society leaders in developing countries. JWHI supports the next generation of environmental leaders by driving change in the environmental sector through tailored small grants.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Sept 15, 2023
3. Call for Applications, Global EbA Fund (see link for eligible countries)
To support catalytic projects that help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change.
Funding information: grants range USD 50,000 to 250,000, with an encouraged duration up to 24 months.
Deadline: Sep 15, 2023
4. Small Scale Projects, Innovation Fund (see link for eligible countries)
The European Commission is accepting proposals for the Innovation Fund Small Scale Projects.
Funding information: More than USD 1,000,000
Deadline: Sep 19, 2023
5. Call for Proposals, Promoting Scientific Knowledge to Support the Science-Basis for Fisheries Conservation (see link for eligible countries)
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals to promote the development and/or the strengthening of the scientific knowledge needed to support the science-basis for fisheries conservation and management measures.
Funding information: More than USD 1,000,000
Deadline: Sep 19, 2023
6. Call for Proposals, Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (see link for eligible countries)
To contribute towards enhancing the quality of higher education in Norway and selected partner countries, through academic cooperation and mutual student mobility. Desired impact: Qualified candidates with knowledge and skills, who can contribute to solving local and global challenges.
Funding information: up to NOK 6 million per project for a period of up to five years. Additionally, projects can apply for a limited number of full degree master's scholarships, with a fixed amount of NOK 400 000, over a period of 2 years per student.
Deadline: Sep 20, 2023
7. Request for Proposals, Research Grant Program, Good Food Institute
For research projects in the field of alternative protein development.
Funding information: total budgets (including indirect costs) should be less than or equal to USD 250,000.
Deadline: Sep 21, 2023
Proposals in forestry focused on developing or integrating solutions for adapting to or mitigating climate change, promoting biodiversity, providing resilient ecosystems services while supplying sustainable forest products. Also seeking proposals that incentivize action and behavioral change, transforming the theoretical and abstract values of forest products and services.
Funding information: projects may last from 1 to 4 years, and funding of up to CHF 100,000 per year is available, with at least 10% to be used for knowledge transfer. Projects with several partners are possible.
Deadline: Sep 23, 2023
9. Request for Proposals: 2024 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grant
Submissions are now open for the 2024 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative grant to help identify measures that can increase crop yields and improve livestock welfare and productivity to alleviate poverty and hunger in the developing world. This program spurs critically needed research that will increase the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agriculturally important crop and livestock species. Grant recipients receive donations of Illumina products to support their projects.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2023
10. Call for Applications: Apply for Azimuth World Foundation Grant Program
The Azimuth World Foundation is currently accepting applications for its grant program to raise awareness about the problems affecting the communities served. Azimuth World Foundation is dedicated to funding projects by grassroots Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities-led organizations aiming to improve safe access to health and water and preserve territorial sovereignty and traditional ways of living in harmony with Nature for their own communities.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline Date: Sept 30, 2023
11. Synergies: Support for Research-based Programs
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is looking to support research-based and process-oriented programs that foster exchange between art, science and technology involving organizations in Switzerland and across the world.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Oct 2, 2023
12. The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges: Small & Large Grants Program
The MFMC is inviting applications for its Small and Large Grants Program, which supports communication projects which advance the transition to a low carbon economy. Projects should be related to urgent, large-scale transformation, with a focus on changing policies and practices in public or private institutions.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000 Deadline: Oct 5, 2023
13. Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window
The Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window, made possible with support from the Government of Canada, will award early-stage grant funding for the design and launch of innovative blended finance vehicles focused on the intersection of climate change and gender equality in emerging markets globally.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Oct 5, 2023
14. Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants 2023, Max Weber Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
To improve career opportunities for humanities and social scientists in the qualification phase. The scientists carry out a research project of their choice in at least two and up to three host countries of the institutes and branch offices of the MWS or the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History
Deadline: Oct 6, 2023
15. New Call for Applications: Advancement of Quality Education, Research and Innovation in Agriculture
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation through its grant application platform, Benevity, is seeking proposals from non-profit organizations and public universities/educational institutions around the world. The focus is on the “Pillar two: Agricultural Education and Innovation.” This call for applications will consider proposals that increase the capacity of farmers, farming communities, young people and/or women, and facilitate access to the tools, training, activities, and support they need to continuously improve their practices, build resiliency and improve their profitability and contribute to a food-secure world.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000 Deadline: Oct 13, 2023
16. New Call for Applications: Holohil Grant Program(see link for eligible countries)
Holohil is inviting applications for its Grant Program which aims to offer Holohil transmitters at a reduced (or no) cost to projects deserving of support. For more than 35 years Holohil has supported endangered species research and educational work for a variety of agencies and researchers. Holohil is extending the support to research projects that are of high value for their dedicated species, have a sound research design, and have a positive conservation intention.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2023
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
17. Call for Applications: Ocean Conservation Trust Grants
The projects must further the goals and program of the Ocean Conservation Trust. Projects can be research-based, educational or community events but, the unifying theme is that the project must contribute towards a healthy Ocean.
Deadline: Oct 15, 2023
18. Getty Library Research Grants
Getty Library Research Grants are now open for applications to support a wide range of research pursuits. They provide partial, short-term support for researchers requiring the use of specific collections housed in the Getty Research Institute (GRI).
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Oct 16, 2023
19. Call for Applications, Ignacio H. de Larramendi Research Grants, Fundación MAPFRE
Aimed at researchers or research teams led by a researcher (in both cases, the Principal Investigator, must be the only one per project for the purposes of the application) from the academic and professional fields, who wish to develop research programs in health promotion / insurance and social security.
Funding information: max. gross amount for health promotion grants is EUR 30,000; for insurance and social protection grants EUR 15,000.
Deadline: Oct 17, 2023
20. Call for Solutions: Green Transitions for Industrial Cities
The International Climate Development Institute (ICDI) invites global cities and the public sector to join them in fostering knowledge sharing, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration as cities around the world work together to transition to a green, sustainable and smart future. The call aims to stimulate the adoption of smart, adaptable and practical solutions, ensuring that no one is left behind on the journey to a greener future.
Deadline: Oct 23, 2023
21. Call for Proposals, Pathways Communication Grants 2023, Future Earth
To promote wider uptake and understanding of pathways for sustainability, the grant supports the dissemination of scientific findings of place-based research projects via innovative formats and practices.
Funding information: amount for each project EUR 2,500 to 10,000. Estimated number of awards per call: 3-10. Total funding available for 2023 is EUR 60,000.
Deadline: Oct 31, 2023
22. Call for Proposals: Prevention Envelope of the Transition Support Facility (see link for eligible countries)
The Prevention Envelope represents an important shift in the TSF funding strategy, aligning with the AfDB’s 2022-2026 Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience in Africa. It adopts a results-driven approach that focuses on preventive interventions to address fragility and conflict, aiming for scaled up results and greater impact for lasting resilience.
Funding information: More than USD 1 million
Deadline: Oct 31, 2023
23. Hurtigruten Foundation Grant Program (see link for eligible countries)
The Hurtigruten Foundation is seeking applications for its grant program to fight climate change, strengthen local communities, and stop unsustainable mass tourism. To ensure that the efforts have a measurable effect, they have chosen to focus on three areas: Preserving endangered wildlife; Battling plastic waste and marine litter; and, Supporting local communities in the areas where they operate.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
24. Special Olympics Youth Innovative Grant Program (see link for eligible countries)
Are you ready to Promote Inclusion in Your Community? Special Olympics awards Project-Based Grants to young people without intellectual disabilities. These grants fund youth-led programs that promote inclusion in schools and communities across the globe.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 1, 2023
25. New Request for Proposals: Climate‐Resilient Water Infrastructure and Supporting Strategies
Applicants are now being invited to submit project proposals for Making the Case for Climate‐Resilient Water Infrastructure and Supporting Strategies. This project is co-funded by the Water Research Foundation (WRF) and Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA) as part of WRF’s Emerging Opportunities Program. Climate adaptation/resilience is one challenge within a complicated web of regulatory compliance, environmental stewardship, affordability, and asset management challenges facing water utilities today.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Nov 14, 2023
26. Grants to support Wildlife Research, Habitat Monitoring & Environmental Conservation
Wildlife Acoustics is offering a grant program to support the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation. The quarterly grant program provides scientists with bioacoustics research tools to further their study of bats, birds, amphibians, and other vocal wildlife.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Nov 15, 2023
27. New Call for Proposals: Evaluation & Demonstration of Biotechnological Tools & Methods
Submissions are now open for the Evaluation and Demonstration of Biotechnological Tools and Methods for Improving Biofiltration Operation and Optimization Project, funded by the Water Research Foundation (WRF) as part of WRF's Research Priority Program. The specific objectives are related to evaluating effects of microbial community structure, function, and population dynamics on biofilter operation and optimization using biotechnological tools and methods, and to recommend the most suitable tools and methods for biofiltration optimization for water utilities, among other objectives.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Nov 21, 2023
28. New Call for Validation of an Integrated Framework of Wastewater & Stormwater Treatment Options of CECs
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) is pleased to announce an open call for the Validation of an Integrated Framework of Wastewater & Stormwater Treatment Options of CECs Project. Research is needed to demonstrate/validate an integrated framework of wastewater treatment, as well as stormwater (and other non-point sources) treatment of CECs. Utilities, regulators, and policymakers need quantitative information to help develop policies that support the best and most cost-effective solutions for CECs. A fully developed stakeholder driven, multi-decision criteria analysis, ensuring triple bottom line guidance to utilities, will improve water sector knowledge on cost-effective approaches to managing multiple CECs in all water types.
Funding information: USD 100,000 to USD 500,000
Deadline: Nov 21, 2023
29. 2024 ClimateScience Olympiad Student
Are you ready to step into the shoes of world leaders? Apply now for the 2024 ClimateScience Olympiad, a student competition to find solutions to climate change. ClimateScience Olympiad 2024 winners will receive a cash prize or a sponsored trip to Australia during the UN Climate Summit, COP29.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000
Deadline: Nov 24, 2023
30. Call for Applications, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant 2023
To provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project in the major fields of the social sciences.
Funding information: each grant is worth a total of USD 10,000; USD 7,500 is awarded initially and USD 2,500 upon completion of the project.
Deadline: Dec 1, 2023
31. Call for Proposals: Human Security Awareness and Usage Program, United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (see link for eligible countries)
Promotes integrated and targeted responses that cut across sectors, are grounded in local realities, address the root causes of vulnerabilities, build resilience, and adopt multi-stakeholder partnerships to fully realize the transformative promise of the 2030 Agenda.
Funding information: for programs that aim to extend awareness and usage of the human security approach (Window II), the seed funding from the UNTFHS should not exceed USD 300,000
Deadline: Dec 15, 2023
32. Call for Applications: Conservation, Food and Health Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
To protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Funding information: There is no minimum or maximum grant size. It is anticipated that most grants will fall in the USD 25,000-50,000 per year range.
Deadline: Jan 1, 2024
33. Call for Applications, Human Health Grants, Ekhaga Foundation
To promote human health by working for the development of improved food, natural medicines and healing methods, as well as supporting research for a healthier way of life, which can have a disease-preventing effect.
Funding information: no maximum ceiling for the amount of funds that can be applied for. The foundation's annual distribution framework in recent years has been in the range of SEK 10-20 million. Usually there are about 10 projects that receive funds.
Deadline: May 20, 2024
34. 2023 OpenAI Cybersecurity Grant Program
The goal is to work with defenders across the globe to change the power dynamics of cybersecurity through the application of AI and the coordination of like-minded individuals working for collective safety.
Funding information: will grant in increments of USD 10,000 from a fund of USD $1M, in the form of API credits, direct funding and/or equivalents.
Deadline: Ongoing
35. Call for Proposals: Innovating for Climate Resilience Fund
The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) has launched its Innovating for Climate Resilience fund in partnership with the Adaptation Research Alliance and the Global Resilience Partnership, with seed funding from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The Innovating for Climate Resilience fund invests, through grant, equity, and debt instruments, in innovations with the potential to scale and support the world’s poorest to build resilience and adaptation.
Funding information: More than USD 1 million
Deadline: Ongoing
36. Rapid Ocean Conservation Grants Program
The Waitt Foundation is seeking applications for its Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program. ROC Grants provide small grants with a quick turnaround time for solutions to emerging conservation issues and ocean protection. This complements the Waitt Foundation’s existing major grants program and is responsive to conservation opportunities, supports higher-risk ideas at a low financial cost, and engages with small, local NGOs on a global scale.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
37. Call for Grant Proposals, ICNL (see link for eligible countries)
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) is pleased to invite proposals for grants as part of its ongoing project to safeguard civic freedoms and address democratic backsliding that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
38. Call for Proposals, Best Practice Pandemic Governance and Civic Society Collaboration (see link for eligible countries)
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) seeks individuals or organizations to conduct research assessing for examples of pandemic governance best practices with respect to civic freedoms and civil society collaboration.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000 Deadline: Ongoing
39. Global Impact Cash Grant Program for NGOs and NPOs (see link for eligible countries)
Cisco welcomes applications for Global Impact Cash Grants from community partners around the world who share their vision and offer an innovative approach to a critical social challenge.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
40. Catalyst Fund, Roddenberry Foundation (see link for eligible countries)
The Roddenberry Foundation is accepting applications for its Catalyst Fund from anyone, anywhere in the world who has an early-stage idea.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Ongoing
41. Climate Innovation Fund, Microsoft (see link for eligible countries)
Funding information: Microsoft is pleased to announce an open call for the Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate technology development and deployment of new climate innovations through equity and debt capital.
Deadline: Ongoing
42. Call for Proposals, Social Science Research Council (see link for eligible countries)
A call for proposals for The Mercury Project, a $10M+ research consortium investigating the impacts of health misinformation and evaluating interventions to prevent its spread in the United States, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Deadline: Ongoing
43. Call for Applications, Daily Grant Program, The Pollination Project
Micro grants 365 days a year to grassroots global change agents who seek to spread compassion in their communities and in the world for the benefit of all. To contribute to the creation of a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world for all.
Funding information: total cost for the immediate project for which you are requesting funding from TPP must be less than USD 40,000
Deadline: Ongoing
44. Expedition Grants, Explorers Club and Discovery, Inc.
To foster scientific understanding for the betterment of humanity and all life on Earth and beyond, including our commitment to mitigate climate change, prevent the extinction of species and cultures, and ensure the health of our lands, oceans and all that inhabit them.
Funding information: grants generally range from USD 25,000 to USD 40,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
45. Call for Applications, Fund for International Development, OPEC (see link for eligible countries)
To provide financial assistance to developing countries, particularly low-income countries, in support of their economic and social development efforts.
Funding information: amounts of up to USD 100,000, OPEC Fund's contribution to a stand-alone project should not exceed 50% of the total cost of the said project
Deadline: Ongoing
46. Internet Freedom Fund, Open Technology Fund (see link for eligible countries)
To support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies.
Funding information: Minimum of USD 10,000 and maximum of 900,000 for a year-long contract. Note, however, that OTF’s target support ceiling is USD 300,000; most supported efforts receive between USD 50,000 and 200,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
47. Rapid Response Fund, Open Technology Fund
Aims to facilitate the digital emergency response community to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.
Funding information: total value of support cannot exceed USD 50,000. Average support amounts are between USD 5,000 and USD 25,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
48. Grant Program, Fund for Innovation in Development
A new initiative to support innovation that contributes to reducing global poverty and inequality. Through flexible grant funding, FID enables innovators and researchers to test new ideas, build rigorous evidence of what works, and scale the highest-impact and most cost- effective solutions.
Deadline: Ongoing
49. Global Innovation Fund (GIF)
This program seeks to invest in social innovations that aim to improve the lives and opportunities of millions of people in the developing world. Open to funding innovations in any sector as long as they can demonstrate their innovation improves the lives of those living on less than USD 5 PPP per day.
Range: USD 50,000 to USD 15,000,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Fellowships and other opportunities
1. TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (see link for eligible countries)
The TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is for young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.
Deadline: Sept 15, 2023
2. Call for Applications, Fellowship Program for International Mobility, INQUA (see link for eligible countries)
To support early-career scientists, as well as scientists from low and middle-income countries/developing countries, to gain international Quaternary research experience at a foreign institution for the duration of 3–6 months. Aim: to contribute to the development of collaborative research.
Benefits: covers (part of) the costs associated with travel (economy class) and expenses (subsistence, accommodation etc.) of the fellow while living abroad up to a maximum of EUR 15,000.
Deadline: Sep 15, 2023
3. GDF Conservation and Communities Fellowship (see link for eligible countries)
Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) is offering an online and in-person Fellowship for leaders of Global South grassroots organizations working at the intersection of biodiversity and livelihoods. The Fellowship is a 10 month learning and development program that seeks to bring greater equity in conservation funding flows from the Global North by supporting grassroots Global South civil society organizations.
Deadline: Sept 17, 2023
4. Leadership for Climate-Resilient Fisheries Fellowship Program 2023
Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are proud to offer the Leadership for Climate-Resilient Fisheries (LCRF) fellowship to support early career change-makers and fishing community members who are working to advance fisheries and their communities’ ecological and socioeconomic resilience to climate change. Through the fellowship, SOA and EDF aim to build an ecosystem of fisheries-focused leaders who understand the principles of climate resilience and how to advance locally-appropriate solutions to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Funding information: USD 10,000 to USD 100,000
Deadline: Sept 24, 2023
5. Arturo Falaschi Postdoctoral Fellowships, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (see link for eligible countries)
Fellowships in Life Sciences to highly motivated scientists wishing to pursue postdoctoral research in a world-class scientific environment.
Benefits: monthly stipend in Trieste (Italy) EUR 2,000; New Delhi (India) USD 1,590; Cape Town (South Africa) ZAR 23,000.
Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
Solicits innovation and creative works from young people around the world to raise awareness of and advocate for the important role of Science, Engineering and STEM in achieving the SDGs.
Deadline: Sep 30, 2023
7. OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2024
Applications are now open for the OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2024 to provide Indigenous Peoples with the opportunity to learn about the work of UN institutions and mechanisms that deal with human rights in general and Indigenous Peoples' issues in particular.
Deadline: Sept 30, 2023
8. Call for Applications, Nuffield International Scholarships (see link for eligible countries)
Scholarships focus on sustainable solutions for the future of agriculture in areas such as soil health, technology innovations, risk mitigation, natural capital, public policy in agriculture, diversity and inclusion, regenerative agriculture or carbon sequestration.
Benefits: each scholarship bursary is valued at USD 25,000
Deadline: Oct 7, 2023
9. Fellowships Program, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study
STIAS provides and maintains an independent ‘creative space for the mind’ to advance the cause of science and scholarship across all disciplines. It is global in its reach and local in its African roots, and values original thinking and innovation in this context. No restriction is placed on the country of origin, discipline, or academic affiliation when STIAS considers a fellowship invitation.
Deadline: Oct 31, 2023
10. Bayer Digital Campus Challenge 2023
Are you a student with a passion for digital innovation and a drive to make a difference in health care or agriculture? Submit your ideas leveraging the power of disruptive technologies to address some of the major challenges facing humanity: A growing and aging world population and the increasing strain on nature’s ecosystems.
Deadline: Nov 5, 2023
11. Call for Applications: International Climate Protection Fellowship (see link for eligible countries)
Are you working academically or practically in climate protection or climate-relevant resource conservation in your home country – a non-European developing or transition country? If yes, then Alexander von Humboldt Foundation invites you to apply for an International Climate Protection Fellowship. The Foundation will award up to 15 International Climate Protection Fellowships to prospective leaders and up to five to postdoctoral researchers, which are funded through the International Climate Initiative.
Funding information: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000 Deadline: Feb 1, 2024