Monthly Archives: May 2017
Ellen Stewart International Award: Inviting Applications for award to be presented to an individual artist or group of artists who work together or a theatre organization that demonstrates success in promoting social change and youth engagement through their theatre practice.
Donor Name: Ellen Stewart International Award Award name: Ellen Stewart International Award Award brief: The Ellen Stewart International Award will be presented to an individual artist or group of artists who work together or a theatre organization that demonstrates success in promoting social change and youth engagement through their theatre practice. Criteria: Criteria for Ellen […]
Conservation International: Inviting Applications to submit full proposals for the implementation of conservation agreements related to sustainable sourcing and conservation.
Donor Name: Conservation International Funding name: Conservation International Fund Funding brief: The Conservation Agreements Private Partnership Platform (CAPPP) invites applicants to submit full proposals for the implementation of conservation agreements related to sustainable sourcing and conservation. The CAPPP is an initiative financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), with the Untied Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) […]
Bentham-Moxon Trust: Inviting Applications to provide financial support for plant and fungal collection, research and education that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Donor Name: Bentham-Moxon Trust Funding name: Bentham-Moxon Trust Fund Funding brief: The mission of Bentham-Moxon Trust is to provide financial support for plant and fungal collection, research and education that further the work of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Grants are made in four main areas: 1.Plant collection and field research expeditions: The Trust is […]
deutschland.de: Inviting Applications for a world-wide competition called #youforG20 to reward one project that in an especially convincing way addresses a social, environmental-policy or economic topic and helps to improve living conditions for people.
Donor Name: deutschland.de Funding name: #youforG20 – your project for an interconnected world. Funding brief: deutschland.de is organizing a world-wide competition called #youforG20 – your project for an interconnected world. #youforG20 rewards one project that in an especially convincing way addresses a social, environmental-policy or economic topic and helps to improve living conditions for people. […]
Agfund: Inviting Applications for the funding theme- ‘ensure inclusive and quality education and promote lifelong learning for all.’
Donor Name: Agfund Funding name: Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) Funding brief: AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects was established in 1999 by the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) with the aim of inciting and encouraging innovation and creativity in the areas of human development. Deadline: September, 30th, 2017 Funding details […]
Youmanity: Inviting Applications for award to celebrate the lives of ordinary women who perform extraordinary jobs.
Donor Name: Youmanity Award name: The Everyday Heroine photography award 2017 Award brief: This Award aims to celebrate the lives of ordinary women who perform extraordinary jobs. The Award is open to photographers both professional and amatuer, of all nationalities worldwide. The selected artwork will be showcased at a central London location. The Everyday Heroine exhibition will […]
The International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP): Inviting Applications for the 7th edition of the ICIP Peace in Progress Award to reward and publicly recognize individuals, organizations or institutions that have made a significant contribution toward promoting and fostering peace.
Donor Name: The International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) Award name: 7th edition of the ICIP Peace in Progress Award Award brief: The International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) calls for nominations for the ICIP Peace in Progress Award 2017. This Award aims to reward and publicly recognize individuals, organizations or institutions that have made […]
Lisle International: Inviting Applications for Global Seed Grant Program to support innovative projects which further the mission and goals of Lisle — improving intercultural understanding by bringing people of diverse backgrounds together to share, work together, and learn from one another.
Donor Name: Lisle International Funding name: Global Seed Grant Program Funding brief: Lisle International offers a Global Seed Grant Program to support innovative projects which further the mission and goals of Lisle — improving intercultural understanding by bringing people of diverse backgrounds together to share, work together, and learn from one another. Lisle only funds […]
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy: Inviting Applications for the first Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS) to nurture innovative energy projects that are environmentally, economically and socially sound and fosters knowledge exchanges between practitioners.
Donor Name: Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy Funding name: The first Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS) Call of 2017 Funding brief: Through the supporting scheme SEPS – Sustainable Energy Project Support – WISIONS nurtures innovative energy projects that are environmentally, economically and socially sound and fosters knowledge exchanges between practitioners. Sustainable Energy Project […]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Climate Co-Lab: Inviting Applications to make harness the collective intelligence of thousands of people from all around the world to address global climate change.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Climate Co-Lab Funding name: The Climate CoLab Funding brief: The Climate CoLab is a site where you can work with people from all over the world to develop and select high-impact ideas for what we should do about climate change. Become a member and you can submit a proposal in […]
Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd.: Inviting Applications for award to honor an inspirational global citizen who has worked towards significantly improving and supporting the global community, and whose action or thinking has in some way contributed to a more just, peaceful, and tolerant world.
Donor Name: Henley & Partners Holdings Ltd. Funding name: Henley & Partners Global Citizen Award Funding brief: Henley & Partners honors an inspirational global citizen who has worked towards significantly improving and supporting the global community, and whose action or thinking has in some way contributed to a more just, peaceful, and tolerant world, once […]
The World Academy of Science (TWAS): Inviting Applications for Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Prize to be awarded to a female scientist based on scientific achievements in conservation and management of natural resources rather than environmental advocacy.
Donor Name: The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Funding name: Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Prize Funding brief: This new annual prize, named after the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, will recognize scientists from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The 2017 prize will be awarded to a female scientist based on scientific achievements in conservation and management […]
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Inviting Applications for $1 million Circular Design Challenge to inspire creatives to design solutions for plastics packaging to stay in the economy, and out of the environment and $1 million Circular Materials Challenge to find new materials with the potential to be used in packaging films for consumer products, and be collected, sorted and recycled or composted in commonly used recycling infrastructures.
Donor Name: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Funding name: The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize Funding brief: The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and was launched in collaboration with HRH The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit. The Prize is funded by Wendy Schmidt, Lead Philanthropic Partner of the […]
Unilever: Inviting Applications for award to recognize up to eight winners in 2017.
Donor Name: Unilever Award name: Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards, 2017 Award brief: The Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Awards will recognize up to eight winners in 2017. Two finalists in each of the four categories will be selected from a video interview process and invited to an Accelerator Programme in Cambridge, where they will work with experts […]
YVES Rocher Foundation: Inviting Applications for award to present to a professional photographer who wishes to engage in journalistic work on environmental issues, relations between humanity and the planet, or key issues in sustainable development.
Donor Name: YVES Rocher Foundation Award name: Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award Award brief: In partnership with the International Festival of Journalism “Visa pour l’Image-Perpignan”, the Yves Rocher Foundation decided to create the Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award. The Yves Rocher Foundation Photography Award is presented to a professional photographer who wishes to engage in […]
Telstra International Limited: Inviting Applications for award to recognize and reward the courage, leadership and creativity of Australia and Asia’s most inspirational business women.
Donor Name: Telstra International Limited Award name: Telstra Business Woman in Asia Award Award brief: The Telstra Business Women’s Awards were launched 23 years ago to recognise and reward the courage, leadership and creativity of Australia’s most inspirational business women. Last year saw this esteemed awards program extend into Asia. Deadline: 15 June 2017 Award […]
Elrha: Inviting Applications for User-centred sanitation design through rapid community engagement.
Donor Name: Elrha Funding name: The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) Funding brief: This call is part of a broader challenge around improving user-centred sanitation design through rapid community engagement. They are looking for proposals for innovative projects that use rapid community engagement to understand the sanitation needs and practices of communities affected by emergencies and […]
The Franklin Institute: Inviting Applications for award for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant contributions to our understanding or the development of genome editing and/or its applications.
Donor Name: The Franklin Institute Award name: The 2018 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science Theme: Genome Editing Award brief: The Franklin Institute seeks nominations for the 2018 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant contributions to our understanding or the development of genome editing and/or […]
The Leakey Foundation: Inviting Applications to exclusively funds research related specifically to human origins.
Donor Name: The Leakey Foundation Funding name: Research Grants Funding brief: The Leakey Foundation exclusively funds research related specifically to human origins. Priority of funding is commonly given to exploratory phases of promising new research projects that meet the stated purpose of the Foundation. Deadline: The deadlines for research grant applications are January 10th and […]
UNESCO: Inviting Applications for International Literacy Prizes 2017 to support effective literacy practices and encourages the promotion of dynamic literate societies.
Donor Name: UNESCO the Rapid Response Facility and Fauna & Flora International Funding name: UNESCO International Literacy Prizes 2017 Funding brief: UNESCO is calling for applications and nominations for its two prestigious International Literacy Prizes for the 2017 edition. This year’s theme is ‘literacy in a digital world’, which will also set the focus for […]
Children’s Prize Foundation: Inviting Applications from Master’s and Doctorate students who are driven to save children’s lives.
Donor Name: Children’s Prize Foundation Funding name: The 2017 Children’s Prize competition Funding brief: The Children’s Prize Foundation opens its 2017 global call for Round 1 entry forms On May 16th. During this round, they welcome all Master’s and Doctorate students who are driven to save children’s lives to submit a brief proposal online. They seek […]
Women in Photography: Inviting Applications for award to provide one female photographer/photo-based artist with a $5000 grant to produce work in addition to being paired with four mentors over the course of a year.
Donor Name: Women in Photography Funding name: The Women in Photography (WIPNYC) Grant & Mentor Funding brief: The Women in Photography (WIPNYC) Grant & Mentor Program will provide one female photographer/photo-based artist with a $5000 grant to produce work in addition to being paired with four mentors over the course of a year. Deadline: May […]
Global Development Network: Inviting Applications for award to recognize excellence in policy-oriented research, supports research capacity development of researchers in developing countries and funds innovative social development projects benefiting marginalized groups in the developing world.
Donor Name: Global Development Network Funding name: The Global Development Awards Competition Funding brief: The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by GDN with the generous support from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. The Awards Competition recognizes excellence in policy-oriented research, supports research capacity development of researchers in developing […]
The Franchise Education and Research Foundation and IFA: Inviting Applications for the NextGen Global Competition to engage young entrepreneurs who are seeking careers and business opportunities in the franchising industry.
Donor Name: The Franchise Education and Research Foundation and IFA Funding name: The NextGen Global Competition, 2018 Funding brief: The NextGen Global Competition engages young entrepreneurs who are seeking careers and business opportunities in the franchising industry. We are looking for 20 outstanding young entrepreneurs who are poised to take off if given the mentoring […]
Cartier international: Inviting Applications for Cartier Women’s Initiative Award to early-phase women entrepreneurs to grow significantly in the years to come.
Donor Name: Cartier international Award name: Cartier Women’s Initiative Award Award brief: The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards is looking for committed female entrepreneurs heading initiatives with the potential to grow significantly in the years to come. It is a unique opportunity for early-phase women entrepreneurs to take their companies to the next level. Deadline: From […]
US Department of State-Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement: Inviting Applications for the funding theme-Building the Capacity of Rangers and Wildlife Experts to Protect Wildlife.
Donor Name: US Department of State-Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement Funding name: Building the Capacity of Rangers and Wildlife Experts to Protect Wildlife Funding Opportunity Number: INLEA-INLTC-17-005 Funding brief: To advance the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking and its associated implementation plan, INL aims to achieve specific objectives to reduce the poaching and […]
Toyota Motor Corporation: Inviting Applications to support those project activities by any private nonprofit organizations or groups on ‘Biodiversity Conservation’ or ‘Climate change measures’.
Donor Name: Toyota Motor Corporation Funding name: Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Funding brief: The Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program FY2017 grantees to support those project activities by any private nonprofit organizations or groups (except any schools). The areas of themes applied to this grant should be on “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate change measures”. Followed […]
CRDF Global: Inviting Applications for 2017 Catalyzing New Research Partnerships (Cat-NRP) Program to catalyze new international research collaborations designed to open up new scientific directions for U.S. early career scientists, their South/Southeast Asian, Latin American West/Sub-Saharan African counterparts, and the broader international science community.
Donor Name: CRDF Global Funding name: 2017 Catalyzing New Research Partnerships (Cat-NRP) Program Funding brief: As part of its efforts to promote and support international collaboration in science and technology, CRDF Global is pleased to announce the 2017 Catalyzing New Research Partnerships Program (Cat-NRP). Through this program, CRDF Global aims to catalyze new international research […]
MISEREOR: Inviting Applications to provide assistance where the people and institutions on the ground have reached their own limits and thus require external support.
Donor Name: MISEREOR Funding name: Misereor Fund Funding brief: For MISEREOR, each individual project is part of a larger task. In dialogue with partners in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Latin America joint visions and goals are developed so that social processes can be effectively supported. MISEREOR underpins these processes by facilitating exchange of experiences and […]
Arts Collaboratory: Inviting Applications for Open call 2018 residency opportunity in Colombia for Artists, curators, or researchers, related to Arts Collaboratory participants in Africa, Asia and Middle East.
Donor Name: Arts Collaboratory Funding name: Open call 2018 residency opportunity in Colombia Funding brief: The residency is based on a desire to promote knowledge exchange, the melding of social and cultural contexts, dialog, experimentation and the intersection of disciplines in order to generate collaborative processes in the host spaces. The residencies are open to […]
The Spencer Foundation: Inviting Applications to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
Donor Name: The Spencer Foundation Funding name: The Small Research Grants program Funding brief: In keeping with the Spencer Foundation’s mission, this program aims to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived. Historically, the work we have funded through these grants has spanned, a range of topics and disciplines, […]
Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF): Inviting Applications for World Habitat Awards for Housing projects and approaches.
Donor Name: Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) Award name: World Habitat Awards (2018/19) Award brief: The Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF) is seeking applications for World Habitat Awards for Housing projects and approaches which are sought that ● demonstrate practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to current housing issues faced by countries all around the […]
UNICEF: Inviting Applications for Meena Media Award to recognize excellence in promoting children’s issues in the media.
Donor Name: UNICEF Award name: Meena Media Award 2017 Award brief: Meena Media Award has stepped into the 13th year in 2017 since its launch in 2005.The award recognizes excellence in promoting children’s issues in the media. Submissions are solicited from Bangladeshi citizens working with print and visual media in two different age groups- Under-18 […]
Government of Dubai and Dubai Municipality: Inviting Applications for award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
Donor Name: Government of Dubai and Dubai Municipality Funding name: 11th Cycle of Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP) Funding brief: The Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment. The Award recognizes outstanding contributions that ● have a demonstrable and tangible impact on improving people’s quality of life, ● are the result […]
ViiV Healthcare group of companies: Inviting Applications for funding theme-a) Improving retention of breastfeeding women LWHIV on ART and b) Every Hour Matters.
Donor Name: ViiV Healthcare group of companies Funding name: The Positive Action Challenges Funding brief: The Positive Action Challenges seeking application for the following funding call- ● Improving retention of breastfeeding women LWHIV on ART: This challenge is seeking to Identify effective solutions at the community level to improve retention of mothers living with HIV on […]
The Rufford Foundation: Inviting Applications for funding for small nature/biodiversity conservation projects and pilot programmes in developing countries.
Donor Name: The Rufford Foundation Funding name: Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation Funding brief: The Rufford Foundation provides funding for small nature/biodiversity conservation projects and pilot programmes in developing countries. Deadline: Applications can be made at any time of the year and these are reviewed once all references have been received. Funding details link: […]
UNESCO and National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM): Inviting Applications for award to the development of knowledge and society through art, teaching and research in social sciences and humanities, and to encourage pioneering initiatives that may contribute to the development, diffusion and consolidation of the values of humanity.
Donor Name: UNESCO and National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Funding name: UNESCO-UNAM – Jaime Torres Bodet Prize Funding brief: The purpose of the UNESCO-UNAM Jaime Torres Bodet Prize in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts is to reward contributions to the development of knowledge and society through art, teaching and research in social sciences and […]
World Justice Project (WJP): Inviting Applications for The WJP Anthony Lewis Prize for Exceptional Rule of Law Journalism to increased awareness and understanding of the foundational importance of the rule of law.
Donor Name: World Justice Project (WJP) Funding name: The WJP Anthony Lewis Prize for Exceptional Rule of Law Journalism Funding brief: The WJP Anthony Lewis Prize for Exceptional Rule of Law Journalism acknowledges journalists from around the world who have contributed to increased awareness and understanding of the foundational importance of the rule of law. […]
DBS Foundation and NUS Enterprise-The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia: Inviting Applications to identify and support innovative new ideas and existing social ventures that have the potential to generate positive, scalable and sustainable social impact.
Donor Name: DBS Foundation and NUS Enterprise-The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia Funding name: The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia Funding brief: The DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia is an Asia-wide competition for social enterprises, open to any member of the public. Organized by NUS Enterprise and DBS Foundation, the Challenge aims to identify and […]
United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group: Inviting Applications for award to select and support the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage inter-cultural dialogue and cooperation around the world.
Donor Name: United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group Award name: Inter-cultural Innovation Award 2017 Award brief: The Inter-cultural Innovation Award is a partnership between the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the BMW Group that aims to select and support the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage inter-cultural dialogue and […]
Green Alley: Inviting Applications for start-ups and entrepreneurs in the circular economy to find creative people with innovative ideas about how to turn waste into a sustainable business model.
Donor Name: Green Alley Funding name: Green Alley Award 2017 Funding brief: The Green Alley Award is an annual European prize for start-ups and entrepreneurs in the circular economy, initiated in 2014 by a group of strong partners in Germany’s entrepreneurial eco-system. This is the first start-up award to recognize promising business ideas that contribute […]
European Union (EU): Inviting Applications for the funding topic- EU Support to Health and Nutrition of the Poor in Urban Bangladesh.
Donor Name: European Union (EU) Funding name: EU Support to Health and Nutrition of the Poor in Urban Bangladesh Reference No: EuropeAid/155083/DD/ACT/BD Funding brief: The global objective of this call for proposals is to improve health and nutrition status of the urban poor in Bangladesh through sustainable integrated and comprehensive services provided and managed in […]
Oxfam Bangladesh: Inviting Applications to initiate its Empowering Local & National Humanitarian Actors (ELNHA) Project – Humanitarian Response Grant Facility (HRGF) to aid the affected population in Sunamganj and Kishoreganj districts and support LNHAs (Local and National Humanitarian Actors) to enhance their strength, voice and space in the humanitarian system of Bangladesh.
Donor Name: Oxfam Bangladesh Funding name: Humanitarian Response Grant Facility (HRGF) Funding brief: Heavy runoff and rainfall from early April this year has created early flash flood in the north-eastern districts of Sunamganj, Netrokona, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj and Kishoreganj in Haor basin areas of Bangladesh. In this context, Oxfam in Bangladesh is planning to initiate […]
Cisco: Inviting Applications from students to search for early stage technology-enabled solutions that can enable economic development and/or benefit society and/or the environment.
Donor Name: Cisco Funding name: The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Funding brief: The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is a worldwide search for early stage technology-enabled solutions that can enable economic development and/or benefit society and/or the environment. This competition is open to teams of students or recent alumni from any college or university. […]
US Department of State Bureau of Oceans – Int. Environmental – Scientific: Inviting Applications for the funding theme-Mosquito Talk: Building and Expanding International Network of Public Health Communicators to Engage on Zika and Vector Borne Diseases.
Donor Name: US Department of State Bureau of Oceans – Int. Environmental – Scientific Funding name: No Specific Fund Name Funding Opportunity Number: SFOP0001622 Funding theme: Mosquito Talk: Building and Expanding International Network of Public Health Communicators to Engage on Zika and Vector Borne Diseases Funding brief: The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific […]
The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and WWF: Inviting Applications for the funding theme-Reduction of CO2 emission arising from household consumption of energy, food, or mobility through innovative multi-stakeholder partnerships.
Donor Name: The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) Funding name: 10YFP Trust Fund Funding brief: The Sustainable Lifestyles and Education (SLE) Programme is a global multi-stakeholder initiative, with the goal to accelerate the shift towards more sustainable lifestyles and education. The programme was launched in November 2014, as a multi-stakeholder programme to promote […]
ESD Okayama Award Steering Board and Okayama City: Inviting Applications for award to reward outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support the organizations carrying out Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) activities, and also showcase and promote ESD.
Donor Name: ESD Okayama Award Steering Board and Okayama City Award name: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Okayama Award 2017 Award brief: The award conducted by Okayama City and ESD Okayama Award Steering Committee will reward outstanding ESD practices in local communities around the world to support the organizations carrying out ESD activities, and also […]
United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO): Inviting Applications for UNWTO Award for Innovation in Tourism to recognize the work of organizations and individuals around the world that contribute to foster innovation in tourism and build a more sustainable and responsible tourism, in line with the celebration of International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017.
Donor Name: United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Award name: UNWTO Award for Innovation in Tourism Award brief: UNWTO is pleased to announce that it is currently inviting submissions to the 14th edition of the UNWTO Awards for Innovation in Tourism, organized for the fifth consecutive year in collaboration with the International Tourism Trade Fair […]
UNESCO : Inviting Applications for UNESCO-Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is to reward the efforts of a person who has had a distinguished career as a writer, editor, lecturer, radio/television programme director or film producer, which has enabled him/her to help interpret science, research and technology to the public.
Donor Name: UNESCO Award name: The UNESCO Kalinga Prize Award brief: The UNESCO Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is awarded biennially. The purpose of the UNESCO-Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is to reward the efforts of a person who has had a distinguished career as a writer, editor, lecturer, radio/television programme […]
Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI): Inviting Applications for forming SIANI Expert Groups to Promote Sustainable Agriculture.
Donor Name: Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI) Funding name: Expert Group proposals 2017/18 Funding brief: Expert Groups are manageable interdisciplinary groups whose purpose is to support dialogues that capture, develop, consolidate and communicate knowledge on emerging issues contributing to SIANI’s vision. SIANI Expert groups widen the network by nurturing interaction between the Swedish resource […]
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) and Sevenhills Wholefoods: Inviting Applications from UK registered charities that are based in the UK but have projects that focus on health and education initiatives in the developing world.
Donor Name: Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council (EVOC) Funding name: No Specific Fund Name Funding brief: A small number of grants are available to UK registered charities that are based in the UK but have projects that focus on health and education initiatives in the developing world. Sevenhills Wholefoods, a business that sells superfoods, funds projects […]
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab): Inviting Applications for Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.
Donor Name: The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) Award name: Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists Award brief: Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab, a coordinated effort of four universities, have joined forces in creating the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists. Both Science/AAAS and SciLifeLab recognize […]
Seeding Labs: Inviting Applications from universities and research institutions in low and middle-income countries for Instrumental Access, a program that provides high-quality scientific equipment for research and education at an affordable price.
Donor Name: Seeding Labs Funding name: Seeding Labs Fund Funding brief: Seeding Labs, a US-based non-governmental organization dedicated to helping talented scientists in the developing world conduct life-changing research, seeks applications from universities and research institutions in low- and middle-income countries for Instrumental Access, a program that provides high-quality scientific equipment for research and education […]
Humanitarian Water Air Food Awards (WAF): Inviting Applications for award to identify innovative visionaries in the areas of food, air and water from around the world, who are creating proven breakthrough solutions.
Donor Name: Humanitarian Water Air Food Awards (WAF) Award name: Humanitarian Water Air Food Awards Award brief: The Humanitarian Water Air Food Awards launches a yearly call for applications to individuals, groups and organizations anywhere in the world developing solutions that bring water, food and clean air to those in need. The main conditions for […]
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA): Inviting Applications for the funding theme-Energy for Sustainable Development.
Donor Name: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) Funding name: 2017 UN DESA Grant Thematic Focus: “Sustainable Energy for Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Prosperity in a Changing World”. Funding brief: The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) is seeking to grant on Energy for Sustainable Development. Deadline: Applications […]
National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Inviting Applications from hundreds of non-governmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions.
Donor Name: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Funding name: The NED Grants Program Funding brief: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) makes direct grants to hundreds of non-governmental organizations worldwide working to advance democratic goals and strengthen democratic institutions. NED is interested in proposals from local, independent organizations for nonpartisan programs that seek to: ● […]
USAID: Inviting Applications to identify and suggest ways we can work together to address key challenges in the developing world in a manner that advances our respective interests and objectives.
Donor Name: The United States Agency for International Development in Bangladesh (USAID) Funding name: Partnering to accelerate entrepreneurship (pace) 3.0 Reference No: APS-OAA-16-000001-ADDENDUM-PACE Funding brief: The APS invites private businesses, financial institutions, chambers of commerce, industry associations, private grant-making foundations, entrepreneurs, investors, philanthropists, and other private-sector organizations to identify and suggest ways we can work together to address […]
Astraea Foundation for Lesbian Justice: Inviting Applications to support lesbian, trans*, intersex and LGBTQI groups that promote racial, economic and gender justice and mobilize communities to challenge oppression and claim their rights.
Donor Name: Astraea Foundation for Lesbian Justice Funding name: The Astraea Foundation for Lesbian Justice Fund Funding brief: The Astraea Foundation for Lesbian Justice supports lesbian, trans*, intersex and LGBTQI groups that promote racial, economic and gender justice and mobilize communities to challenge oppression and claim their rights. The foundation supports groups in the United […]
The Toyota Foundation: Inviting Applications for the research title-Exploring New Values for Society.
Donor Name: The Toyota Foundation Funding name: Research Grant Program 2017 Funding brief: Research Grant Program 2017, titled “Exploring New Values for Society”, supports ambitious projects that adopt a panoramic view of the world and look generations into the future to seek new values for society by fundamentally exploring novel philosophies and arts to address […]
The Genesis Charitable Trust: Inviting Applications for public benefit to help individuals and communities within developing countries to improve their standards of living.
Donor Name: The Genesis Charitable Trust Funding name: The Genesis Charitable Trust Fund Funding brief: The provision of grants for public benefit to help individuals and communities within developing countries to improve their standards of living. Genesis Charitable Trust has broad objects and an interest in projects that provide sustainable, long-term income generation and self-sufficiency, […]
Purley Overseas Trust (POST): Inviting Applications for a better standard of living by funding small-scale self-generating projects mostly been in the categories of agriculture, health/sociology and education.
Donor Name: Purley Overseas Trust (POST) Funding name: Purley Overseas Trust (POST) Small Grant Funding brief: POST seeks to increase awareness in the Purley and District area of the problems of deprivation in developing countries, and to alleviate them by supporting small-scale projects which allow the people there to help themselves. Since POST was formed […]
The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI): Inviting Applications for small grants for Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) preparedness, awareness raising, for building some component of an SDI or to add to SDI sustainability.
Donor Name: The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Funding name: GSDI Small Grants Program 2017 Funding brief: The GSDI Association has been making Small Grants Program awards since 2003 – their longest running project. These grants are for $2,500. Although this is not a large amount of money, in emerging nations and developing SDI’s, […]
Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF): Inviting Applications to support local and grassroots organizations on Safe Abortion.
Donor Name: Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) Funding name: Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) Fund Funding brief: The Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF) works toward a world where women’s rights to safe and legal abortion are established and protected, women are empowered to exercise these rights and women’s lives are saved. Hosted by the International […]
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Inviting Applications to contribute to inclusive and sustainable growth in developing countries.
Donor Name: Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Funding name: Development Related Infrastructure Investment Vehicle (DRIVE) Funding brief: The overall objective of DRIVE is to contribute to inclusive and sustainable growth in developing countries. DRIVE supports investments in expansion and/or quality improvement of public infrastructure, which improve the development of the private sector by promoting entrepreneurship, […]
The Pollination Project: Inviting Applications for Seed Grant to support passionate, committed people with an early-stage social change vision.
Donor Name: The Pollination Project (The Pollination Project Foundation) Funding name: Seed Grants to Social Change Leaders Funding brief: The Purpose of a Pollination Project Seed Grant is to support passionate, committed people with an early-stage social change vision. The Pollination Project seeks to unleash GOODNESS and expand COMPASSION all over the world. They make […]
The Asia Foundation: Inviting Applications for undertaking grant making with organizations as a collaborative process of problem identification and strategic planning within the areas of programming interest like governance and law, economic development, women’s empowerment, environment, and regional cooperation.
Donor Name: The Asia Foundation Funding name: No Specific Fund Name Funding brief: The Asia Foundation undertakes grant making with organizations as a collaborative process of problem identification and strategic planning within our areas of programming interest. Our programs address critical issues affecting Asia in the 21st century— governance and law, economic development, women’s empowerment, […]
The Lawrence Foundation: Inviting Applications to support environmental, human services and other causes.
Donor Name: The Lawrence Foundation Funding name: The Lawrence Foundation Fund Funding brief: The Lawrence Foundation is a private family foundation focused on making grants to support environmental, human services and other causes. Deadline: The Lawrence Foundation has two grant cycles a year. The deadlines are April 30 and November 1. Funding details link: http://www.thelawrencefoundation.org […]
Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF): Inviting Applications for research grants on the management of solid wastes.
Donor Name: Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) Funding name: Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) Fund Funding brief: The Environmental Research and Education Foundation (EREF) invites application for research grants on the management of solid wastes. Topics include waste minimization; recycling; waste conversion to energy, bio-fuels, chemicals, and other products; waste diversion to other […]
Philip Henman Trust: Inviting Applications for major UK- based charities, who are concerned with long-term overseas development and who require partnership funding for projects lasting between three and five years.
Donor Name: Philip Henman Trust Funding name: Philip Henman Trust Fund Funding brief: The Philip Henman Trust offers grants to major UK- based charities, who are concerned with long-term overseas development and who require partnership funding for projects lasting between three and five years. Deadline: 10th, September, 2017 Funding details link: http://www.djclark.com/pht/long.html Funding limit: These […]
Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation: Inviting Applications for the funding category of Climate change, Energy, Biodiversity, Access to water and the fight against desertification.
Donor Name: Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Funding name: No Specific Funding Name Funding brief: The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation is seeking application for the funding category of Climate change, Energy, Biodiversity, Access to water and the fight against desertification. Deadline: The call for funding from the Prince Albert II of Monaco […]
Melania: Inviting Applications to foster direct partnership between women’s groups in the Netherlands and groups of grassroots women in several countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Donor Name: Melania Funding name: No Specific Fund Name Funding brief: Melania is a Dutch women’s organization, which aims at fostering direct partnership between women’s groups in the Netherlands and groups of grassroots women in several countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Melania focuses on micro women projects, which help women to improve their […]
Fund for Bangladesh 
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