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| Name of call |
Inlaks RS Small Grants in Conservation |
| Funding agency | The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation |
| Amount | not exceeding INR 3 lakh per year |
| Deadline | May 30, 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation supports biodiversity conservation in the areas of field biology, ecology and conservation through the Inlaks Ravi Sankaran Programme. |
| Link | Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. |
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| Name of call | Managing organizations for regional research networks to foster an inclusive and sustainable future of work |
| Funding agency | The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
| Amount | CAD1,700,000 |
| Deadline | Monday, June 26, 2023 – 23:59 |
| Grant summary | Under the FutureWORKS initiative, IDRC will support the establishment of regional research networks for up to five years in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia. The hubs will establish, manage and support research networks in their respective region based on a competitive selection process. Each hub will be managed by an institution (or consortia of institutions) based in the region. |
| Link | FutureWORKS: Skills for a Sustainable and Inclusive Future of Work – IDRC – CRDI (smapply.io) |
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| Name of call | To strengthen education data systems and data use |
| Funding agency | The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
| Amount | CA$14 million |
| Deadline | July 17, 2023. |
| Grant summary | The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) invite proposals for applied research projects to generate and mobilize evidence in support of scaling the impact of innovative approaches that will strengthen education data systems and data use |
| Link | https://idrc-crdi.smapply.io/prog/KIX-Data/ |
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| Name of call | Research Grants for Women in Africa |
| Funding agency | The application of science and technology that benefits society. |
| Amount | Not specified |
| Deadline | Openn |
| Grant summary | The Open Doors Fellowship Program for women researchers in Africa is a holistic program that shall target women researchers in Africa to help them acquire the necessary hard and soft skills to strengthen their placements within their hosting institutions and, ultimately, avoid dropping out before their consolidation stage. |
| Link | https://www.advance-africa.com/Research-Grants-for-Women-in-Africa.html |
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| Name of call | Global Fund for Women Grants |
| Funding agency | Global Fund |
| Amount | $500 to $20,000 |
| Deadline | The applications are accepted throughout the year |
| Grant summary | The Global Fund for Women supports women’s groups that advance the human rights of women and girls by strengthening women’s right groups. |
| Link | https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/apply-for-a-grant/ |
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| Name of call | Cartier Women Grants and Support for Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide |
| Funding agency | Cartier Women Grants |
| Amount | US$ 100 000 |
| Deadline | Annually |
| Grant summary | The Cartier Women’s Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs |
| Link | https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/ |
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| Name of call | WAFF Youth Grants for Individuals and Organizations 2023 |
| Funding agency | The We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) |
| Amount | $20 000 |
| Deadline | May 18, 2023 11:59PM EST. |
| Grant summary | We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) is a non-profit organization that’s dedicated to the vision of a global family by creating and supporting programs that promote cultural diversity while nurturing and mentoring the vision, talents, and ideas of young people who are positively changing the world. |
| Link | https://www.wearefamilyfoundation.org/creatives-fund |
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| Name of call | Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) |
| Funding agency | The Embassy of Japan in Kenya |
| Amount | 10 million Japanese Yen |
| Deadline | Apply by 31st December. |
| Grant Summary | The aim of GGP is to provide financial assistance to non-profit development organizations for implementing projects at community level. |
| Link | https://www.ke.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/ggp1.html |
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| Name of call | Grants for Smallholder Farmers in Kenya |
| Funding agency | The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) |
| Amount | EUR 1, 500,000 |
| Deadline | Apply by 20th September. |
| Grant summary | KALRO is the premier research organization, charged with the main mandate of promoting, streamlining, coordinating and regulating research in crops, livestock, genetic resources and biotechnology in Kenya. |
| Link | https://www.advance-africa.com/Grants-for-Smallholder-Farmers-in-Kenya.html |
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| Name of call | Benefact Group – Movement for Good |
| Funding agency | Benefact Group |
| Amount | £1million |
| Deadline | On going |
| Grant summary | At the Benefact Group, charitable giving is at the heart of what we do – and has been for over 135 years. We are an international family of specialist financial services companies that give all available profits to charity and good causes. |
| Link | https://movementforgood.com/ |
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| Name of call | Jim Joel Fund |
| Funding agency | The Joel family’s association with South Africa |
| Amount | Grant size
other |
| Deadline | Closing date
31 Oct 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Joel family’s association with South Africa dates back to the 1870s when Jim Joel’s father JB (Jack) Joel and his two brothers arrived in Kimberley to seek their fortune. |
| Link | https://jimjoelfund.org/about-us/ |
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| Name of call | Funding 2023 PlanetRomeo Foundation |
| Funding agency | PlanetRomeo Foundation |
| Amount | € 6,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
01 Oct 2023 |
| Grant summary | LGBTI+ projects and initiatives to the LGBTI community. Our support focuses on achieving societal change in order to improve the position of LGBTI+ people throughout the world, with an emphasis on the most disadvantaged regions and communities. |
| Link | https://www.planetromeofoundation.org/apply/ |
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| Name of call | The Laederal Foundation |
| Funding agency | Laederal Foundation |
| Amount | USD 50,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
01 Oct 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Board will be prioritizing projects relating to interventions on day of birth – including prevention of stillborn deaths |
| Link | https://laerdalfoundation.org/saving-lives-at-birth/ |
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| Name of call | The Loyola Foundation |
| Funding agency | The Loyola Foundation |
| Amount | $20,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
30 Sep 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Loyola Foundation assists overseas Catholic mission projects, primarily in less developed countries |
| Link | https://www.loyolafoundation.org/contact |
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| Name of call | Save our Seas Foundation – Small Grants |
| Funding agency | Save our Seas Foundation |
| Amount | US$5,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
16 Jun 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Foundation is committed to supporting activities that have the capacity to make a real difference to the health of the oceans and to the survival of threatened aquatic species and habitats. |
| Link | https://saveourseas.com/grants/funding-applications/small-grants/ |
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| Name of call | WACCBIP DELTAS II PROGRAMME
PhD, Postdoctoral, and Senior Research Fellowships |
| Funding agency | WEST AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CELL BIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS PATHOGENS |
| Amount | Not specified |
| Deadline | Closing date
June 12, 2023 at 23:59 GMT |
| Grant summary | The WACCBIP DELTAS II programme is seeking ambitious African scientists to study and work in an environment that promotes the development of leadership skills and networking with other scientists in Africa. As a Centre of Excellence for biomedical research, WACCBIP supports a wide range of research activities |
| Link | https://www.waccbip.org/images/2023/Deltas_II_Fellowship/WACCBIP-DELTAS_II-Fellowship_Application_Form_PhD.pdf |
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| Name of call | Managing organizations for regional research networks to foster an inclusive and sustainable future of work |
| Funding agency | IDRC |
| Amount | CAD1,700,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
Monday, June 26, 2023 – 23:59 |
| Grant summary | Under the FutureWORKS initiative, IDRC will support the establishment of regional research networks for up to five years in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia. |
| Link | https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/call-proposals-managing-organizations-regional-research-networks-foster-inclusive-and |
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| Name of call | to strengthen education data systems and data use |
| Funding agency | IDRC and GPE |
| Amount | $500,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
Monday, July 17, 2023 – 23:59 |
| Grant summary | The Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) aims to respond to these challenges by:
generating evidence about how to scale the impact of innovative approaches that address the challenges of data systems and data use in education systems |
| Link | https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/call-proposals-strengthen-education-data-systems-and-data-use |
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| Name of call | Scaling Care Innovations in Africa |
| Funding agency | IDRC . CRDI |
| Amount | Up to 300,000 CAD |
| Deadline | Closing date
Friday, June 23, 2023 – 23:59 |
| Grant summary | The Scaling Care Innovations in Africa initiative seeks to respond to the challenges and gaps in unpaid care through a focus on policy and program innovations related to the “3Rs”, namely recognize, reduce and redistribute care work. |
| Link | https://www.idrc.ca/en/funding/call-concept-notes-scaling-care-innovations-africa |
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| Name of call | 2023 UNICEF Innovation Funding |
| Funding agency | UNICEF |
| Amount | US $100k |
| Deadline | Closing date
28 July 2023 |
| Grant summary | 2023 UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity for Frontier tech solutions ($100K equity-free investments |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/2023-unicef-innovation-funding-opportunity-for-frontier-tech-solutions/ |
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| Name of call | Norbert Zongo African Prize for Investigative Journalism (PAJI-NZ) |
| Funding agency | Norbert Zongo National Press Center (CNP-NZ) |
| Amount | Not indicated |
| Deadline | Closing date
15 August 2023 at 17:00 GMT |
| Grant summary | The PAJI-NZ is intended to reward the work of African journalists in print, radio, television and online media who have carried out quality investigations on corruption, organized crime, violation of human rights, governance, environmental crime, terrorism, etc. |
| Link | https://cenozo.org/call-for-applications-for-the-norbert-zongo-african-prize-for-investigative-journalism-paji-nz/ |
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| Name of call | The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science |
| Funding agency | African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) |
| Amount | |
| Deadline | Closing date
June 16, 2023, at 23:59 East Africa Time (GMT+3) |
| Grant summary | The six-month virtual collaborative leadership program is uniquely designed to equip participants with the skills and confidence to lead and innovate. Participants will attend immersive training sessions on various topics, including leadership and management, communication and gender-responsive research. |
| Link | https://awardfellowships.org/news/call-for-applications-the-award-leadership-program-for-emerging-african-women-in-science/ |
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| Name of call | Advanced Leadership Programme |
| Funding agency | The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) |
| Amount | |
| Deadline | Closing date
June 9 2023 |
| Grant summary | The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme is a collaborative, hands-on, and tailored experience for senior and rising leaders in Africa’s agriculture sector |
| Link | https://cala.agra.org/programme/cala-advanced-leadership-programme/ |
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| Name of call | Justice Entrepreneurship School for early Kenyans entrepreneurs |
| Funding agency | HiiL Innovation Hub – East Africa |
| Amount | €1000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
Wednesday, 31st May 2023, 23:59 EAT |
| Grant summary | HiiL Innovation Hub – East Africa is a social enterprise dedicated to finding and supporting the most promising justice entrepreneurs in East Africa. We seek startups that solve people’s justice problems and aspire for them to have access to justice at work, at home, in their neighbourhoods, and in business. |
| Link | https://ea.hiil.org/justice-entrepreneurship-school/ |
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| Name of call | Investing in Africa i3 Program 2023 for e-health startups |
| Funding agency | Investin in Innovation Africa |
| Amount | $USD 50,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
26th June 2023 |
| Grant summary | I3 connects innovators to leading local and international industry players as well as to financing, donors, and governments – in an attempt to help companies establish partnerships, pilot projects, contracts and investment. |
| Link | https://innovationsinafrica.com/application/ |
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| Name of call | Submissions Innovating Education in Africa 2023 |
| Funding agency | African Union |
| Amount | $USD 100,000 |
| Deadline | Closing date
30th June 2023 |
| Grant summary | An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena. |
| Link | https://au.int/en/announcements/20230428/call-submissions-innovating-education-africa-2023 |
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| Name of call | Global Impact Cash Grant Program |
| Funding agency | Cisco |
| Amount | US$75,000. |
| Deadline | Closing date
Open |
| Grant summary | Cisco makes social investments in areas where they believe they can make the biggest impact and help people overcome barriers of poverty and inequality, and make a lasting difference by fostering strong global communities. |
| Link | https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/community/nonprofits/global-impact-cash-grants.html |
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| Name of call | The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation |
| Funding agency | CAWST |
| Amount | $25,000-$50,000 per year range. |
| Deadline | Closing date
January 1 and July 1 |
| Grant summary | The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. |
| Link | https://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/ |
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| Name of call | Projects sponsored by Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB) |
| Funding agency | Geoscientists without Borders |
| Amount | US$50,000. PER YEAR |
| Deadline | Closing date
Open |
| Grant summary | Projects sponsored by Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB) affect positive change in communities facing environmental hardship and natural hazards. |
| Link | https://seg.org/About-SEG/Geoscientists-without-Borders/Apply |
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| Name of call | Japan Water Forum’s (JWF) |
| Funding agency | JWF Fund |
| Amount | $1,000 USD |
| Deadline | Closing date
deadline July 21 |
| Grant summary | The Japan Water Forum’s (JWF) funding program aims to support selected grass-roots organizations in developing countries who have been addressing water-related issues in their own countries. |
| Link | https://www.waterforum.jp/en/what-we-do/jwf/ |
