(May 2021)
During these Covid times, international agencies have come forward with more funding to support NGOs for addressing new socio-economic challenges emerging from the pandemic. View these 20+ new NGO grants that give an opportunity to explore and build strong partnerships for sustainable development and poverty eradication.
P4G looking for Innovative Partnerships to accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals
Deadline: 31-Jul-21
Nominations are now open for the State of the Art Partnership Awards to recognize the world’s most innovative and successful multistakeholder partnerships in five Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) areas. The global competition is open to partnerships in any country or combination of countries…[more]
Apply to Receive USD 200,000 + 1 year Support and Mentoring from UNAOC and BMW Group
Deadline: 27-May-21
Nominations are now open for the 7th Edition of Intercultural Innovation Award to support the most innovative grassroots projects that encourage intercultural dialogue and work toward a more peaceful and socially inclusive world by building mutual respect among peoples of different cultural and religious identities, rejecting violent extremism and embracing diversity…[more]
Fund for Innovation in Development Grant Program (up to €4,000,000)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) is inviting innovators and researchers from around the world to apply for grant funding to more effectively or efficiently address 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…[more]
2021 WFP Innovation Challenge: $100,000 Grants to fight against Hunger
Deadline: 31-May-21
The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched the WFP Innovation Challenge 2021 in search of game-changing ideas to build stronger, more sustainable food systems addressing hunger, and in preparation for the upcoming UN Food Systems Summit…[more]
The OPEC Fund for International Development: Open Call
Deadline: 1-Jun-21
The OPEC Fund Annual Award for Development (AAD) celebrates outstanding contributions to sustainable development. Each year, it recognizes a different theme of particular relevance to the global development agenda…[more]
The Energy Globe Award for Sustainability (2000 € prize)
Deadline: 15-Nov-21
The call for nominations for the Energy Globe Award for Sustainability 2022 is now open with the objective to present successful sustainable projects to a global audience and to demonstrate that for most of our environmental problems feasible solutions are already available…[more]
$10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research
Deadline: 15 June 2021
Nominations are now open for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research which will recognize exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty…[more]
UN SDG Global Festival of Action inviting Immersive Stories to Inspire people for Positive Actions
Deadline: 5-Aug-21
The United Nations SDG Action Campaign, and Oculus is inviting applications from emerging creators worldwide to create media as a way to share their perspectives and advance positive action toward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…[more]
GC Human Rights Preparedness Initiative
Deadline: 31 July 2021
The Global Campus of Human Rights is proud to present its new open initiative GC Human Rights Preparedness, a space for collaboration on the role that human rights must play in addressing the persistent challenges of pandemics and other emergencies…[more]
USAID: Broad Agency Announcement for Sustainable Landscapes
Deadline: 22 September 2022
The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) seeks opportunities to co-create, co-design, co-invest, and collaborate in the research, development, piloting, and scaling of innovative interventions for reducing land-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increasing long-term carbon sequestration at scale…[more]
Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition for empowering Entrepreneurs Worldwide
Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The Entrepreneurship Campus is inviting applications for its Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) that empowers entrepreneurs all around the world to create innovative answers to global and/or community challenges and to engage in a more peaceful and sustainable world. You are invited to submit your innovative ideas and projects with a societal impact, which champion and implement one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…[more]
UNWTO’s Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition
Deadline: 1-Jul-21
UNWTO invites applications for the Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition to accelerate Rural Development through Tourism. The competition aims to bring together all entrepreneurs who are deploying models that positively contribute to the planet, people and prosperity or technology that can be applied to the sustainable development of tourism in rural areas in its three pillars – economic, social and environmental…[more]
Call for Entries 2021: Regenerating European Tourism through Culture, Heritage & Creativity
Deadline: 1 June 2021
The European Cultural Tourism Network (ECTN) is inviting eligible entries for its Awards 2021 Edition under the theme “Regenerating European tourism through Culture, Heritage and Creativity”. The Awards will be given for achievements by cultural tourist destinations which have produced significant results related to enhancing visitor experience while respecting traditions and involving local communities…[more]
UNDP Funding Window for SDG Innovation is now open for Africa
Deadline: 30-May-21
UNDP call for proposals for the Africa Borderlands Centre Innovation Challenge to support borderlands’ stakeholders in scaling impact, unlocking development finance, catalyzing behavioral change, improving the efficiency of social services, and exploring frontier technologies through social innovation…[more]
Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project 2021
Deadline: 9 June 2021
The Global Development Network (GDN) invites non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from low and lower-middle-income countries to submit project applications within the following three themes for the 2021 edition of the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) 2021…[more]
Business Partnership Facility offering grants to achieve SDGs in Developing Countries (€50,000 and €200,000)
Deadline: 07-Sep-21
The Business Partnership Facility (BPF) is initiated and financed by the Belgian Directorate-General for Development Cooperation (DGD) to stimulate private sector involvement in achieving the SDGs in developing countries. The Business Partnership Facility (BPF) grants financial support to companies contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries…[more]
Call for Applications: Moses Mapesa Research Grant Program
Deadline: 30-Jul-21
The African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) is seeking applications for its Moses Mapesa Research Grant Program to support young professionals conducting research at Doctoral or Masters’s levels in the field of either natural or cultural heritage at an African university…[more]
UNDP Funding Window for SDG Innovation is now open for Africa
Deadline: 30-May-21
UNDP has announced a call for proposals for the Africa Borderlands Centre Innovation Challenge to support borderlands’ stakeholders in scaling impact, unlocking development finance, catalyzing behavioral change, improving the efficiency of social services, and exploring frontier technologies through social innovation…[more]
Africa Food Prize 2021 (USD 100, 000 in Prize Money)
Deadline: 25 May 2021
The Africa Food Prize is the pre-eminent award for recognizing the extraordinary individual or institution whose contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity for all Africans. The US $100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda…[more]
Transformative Action Award 2021: Receive €10.000
Deadline: 31-Jul-21
Nominations are now open for the Transformative Action Award 2021. They are looking for transformative actions with a high level of innovation, for example in terms of social innovation and civic economy that inspire others to replicate the action elsewhere in Europe. Actions are preferably part of a local strategy or vision rather than standalone…[more]
P4G: USD 1 million Partnership Fund for Sustainable Development
Deadline: 31-Jul-21
P4G is now accepting concept notes for high-impact partnerships implementing innovative business models to accelerate achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals…[more]
