(August 2020)
Check out these latest funding opportunities for individuals and NGOs in Latin America & the Caribbean.
IDB launches Call for Proposals for Innovations promoting 21st Century Skills
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and HundrED.org , a global education nonprofit, have launched the Spotlight project with an aim to identify effective models for cultivating 21st century skills, also called transversal skills, in students by looking for innovations in learning from Latin America and the Caribbean…[more]
Inter-American Foundation’s Community Development Grants Program ($25,000 to $400,000)
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) invites proposals for its Community Development grant program. The IAF funds the self-help efforts of grassroots groups in Latin America and the Caribbean to improve living conditions of the disadvantaged and the excluded, to enhance capacity for decision-making and self-governance, and to develop partnerships with the public sector, business and civil society…[more]
Call for Applications: 2020 Wetlands for Future
The call for applications for Wetlands for the Future projects for the 2020 cycle is now open. This initiative promotes the implementation of the concept of “wise use” of wetlands through strengthening the capacity of countries to manage their wetland resources in perpetuity and contributing to integrate wetland conservation and management with the development process…[more]
Kleinhans Fellowship for Community Forestry Research (Grant of $20,000 (US) per year for 2 years)
Rainforest Alliance is currently inviting applications for Kleinhans Fellowship support research that seeks solutions to the challenges faced by the community forestry model. The fellowship provides funds for research that is oriented toward solving real-world problems as defined by CFEs….[more]
COVID-19 Global South Health and Livelihoods Challenge
OpenIDEO is seeking innovative ideas for its COVID-19 Global South Health and Livelihoods Challenge that demonstrate a deep understanding of low- and middle-income families in urban areas in the Global South and of those who have been most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic….[more]
Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) Small Grant Program (US$5,000 to US$25,000)
Under the Small Grants Programme, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) will finance small projects conceptualised and managed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), charity organisations and/or mandated by National Disaster Coordinators in local communities across CCRIF member countries and/or CARICOM member countries…[more]
Regional Call for Proposals in Latin America and the Caribbean (CA$750,000 and CA$1.2 million)
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and IDRC are currently inviting proposals for regional grants from individual organizations or consortia of multiple organizations for national, sub-national, or regional level projects to generate and mobilize knowledge so national education systems in developing country contexts can address shared policy challenges related to improving access, quality, and the performance of their systems….[more]
Fund for Drug Research and New Narratives (2,000 and 6,000 dollars each)
In its second year of execution, the Fund for Investigations and New Narratives on Drugs (FINND) , which arises from the alliance between the Gabo Foundation and Open Society Foundations (OSF), is consolidated as a grant program to support and promote journalistic work innovative, that address with rigor, ethics and quality the challenges, challenges and opportunities related to drug policies in Latin America….[more]
UNDP: Exploring impact and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean using mobility data
The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean has an alliance with GRANDATA to make anonymous mobility data available to researchers and policy-makers, who can use it to understand dimensions of the socio-economic effects of the pandemic and help shape policy response in the region…[more]
Call for Applications: Caribbean Mobility Fund
The Fonds de Mobilité Caraïbes (Caribbean mobility fund) is part of the Africa and Caribbean cultural cooperation mission of the Institut français in partnership with Directorates of Cultural Affairs of Guadeloupe, Guyane and Martinique…[more]
2020 Judith A. Towle Environmental Studies Fund: Up to $4,500
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) has announced a call for applications for 2020 Judith A. Towle Environmental Studies Fund. Grants will be awarded based on the potential of the proposed project to promote an innovative and integrated approach to addressing shared environmental concerns across island boundaries…[more]
Capacity Building Grants offering up to US$ 12,000 for Small Farmers
The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) is requesting the submission of proposals for a consultancy to provide support to NGOs in three Eastern Caribbean countries, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to provide Innovative Approaches to Disaster Risk Mitigation and Preparedness to Small Farmers…[more]