The Stevens Initiative for empowering Young People in MENA: Up to $10 million
The Stevens Initiative’s 2020 Virtual Exchange Grant Competition will award up to $10 million in funding to schools, higher education institutions, and non-profit organizations to design and implement virtual exchange programs that connect young people in the US and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region….[more]
Funding for NGO Projects in MENA: Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
The INSTITUT FÜR AUSLANDSBEZIEHUNGEN (IFA) is seeking applications for the Zivik Funding Programme to support civil society actors worldwide in preventing crises, transforming conflicts, and creating as well as stabilizing peaceful social and political systems…[more]
Ploughshares Fund 2020 for Organizations and Individuals (Up to $25,000)
Does your project address one of the following goals: promote the elimination of nuclear weapons; prevent the emergence of new nuclear states; or, build regional peace and security in South Asia or the Middle East? If yes, then apply now for Ploughshares Fund…[more]
AFAC announces Research on the Arts Program – Cycle 2
The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) have announced the second cycle of their joint Research on the Arts Program (RAP). The AFAC-ACSS research grants are a funding opportunity that aims to support research on all art practices across disciplinary boundaries and methodological approaches on key themes of concern to, and in, the Arab region…[more]
EUR 900.000 Call for Proposals: EU-LAS (League of Arab States) CULTURE
The European Union has announced a call for proposals for the League of Arab States (LAS) Culture. The specific objectives of this call for proposals are promoting cultural relations connected by the common thread of the EU-Arab relation and its multiple dimensions…[more]
Art Lives: Emergency Initiative to Support Arab Arts Practitioners ($1500 and $2500)
Ettijahat – Independent Culture, Action for Hope and Mophradat have announced the Art Lives Initiative, which is an exceptional project to support artists residing in the Arab region. The initiative comes as a quick and flexible response to protect artists and cultural practitioners in the Arab Region whose livelihoods and health have been affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19…[more]
Culture Resource: Wijhat 2020 Program for Arab Artists (Grants of up to 8,000 US Dollars)
Culture Resource is currently accepting applications for its 2020 Wijhat program with an aim to contribute to raising awareness of arts and culture from the Arab region, both regionally and internationally, by supporting the regional or international travels of artists and cultural actors from the region….[more]
Mophradat: US$5,000 Grants for Artists in the Arab world
Mophradat is seeking applications for its “Grants for Artists” to support artists (individuals, collaborations, or collectives) to develop their practice…[more]
Mophradat’s Self-Organizations Program
The Mophradat is seeking applications for its Self-Organizations Program that aims to provoke inventive ways of working and collaborating. The program offers support to projects where different arts practitioners…[more]
Production Award Program 2020
Culture Resource is seeking applications for the Production Awards program to support artists and writers from the Arab region, below the age of 35, by offering grants to enable them to produce their first creative projects. The program helps give young people the opportunity to create original works and develop new forms of artistic expression…[more]
ARIJ Annual Investigative Awards
Entries are now open for the ARIJ Annual Investigative Awards to recognizing outstanding work in the field of Investigative journalism in the Arab World. This year marks the ARIJ 11th Annual Awards, which honours Arab journalists who take on scathing criticism, face reluctant sources, and risk retaliation, to bring to light corruption and injustice in their societies…[more]
Hamdan-ICESCO Prize for Distinguished Academic (US$100,000)
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) and Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Distinguished Academic Performance have announced the call for nomination for the 2nd Edition of Hamdan– ICESCO Prize for Voluntary Development of Education Facilities in the Islamic World Countries (2020-2021), dedicated to countering the COVID-19 pandemic…[more]
VAHA Call for Applications: Building Common Ground for Spaces of Public Discussion & Dialogue (Funding of 5,000 EUR)
VAHA (meaning “oasis” in Turkish) is a two-year programme made with and for the empowered voices of independent arts and culture spaces, advocating for public discussion and dialogue in cities across Turkey, Europe, and their neighbouring countries…[more]
