[April 2021]
Together Women Rise Grant Program to empower Women and Girls living in Extreme Poverty
Deadline: 24 April 2021
The Together Women Rise is seeking applications for its Grant Program. They fund projects that foster good health, education, and economic self-sufficiency in developing countries. They are devoted to educating and inspiring individuals to make a difference and fight global poverty through the power of collective giving…[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]
Zayed Sustainability Prize: $3 Million Prize fund for Empowering Innovations in Health, Food, Energy, Water
Deadline: 6-May-21
The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding impact, innovation, and inspiration, has officially announced that the 2022 edition is now open for submissions. The Prize fund comes from the Abu Dhabi Government as a way to honour and continue the sustainability and humanitarian legacy of the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan…[more]
2021 WIN WIN Youth Award: Receive SEK 50.000
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 WIN WIN Youth Award to empower and reward young people who play an active role in the creation of a more sustainable future. WIN WIN Youth Network is a national platform which invites you to meet other young change-makers that share the same goal to make this world a better place. Members of the network are people between 13-29 years old, engaged in organisations in Sweden that tackle sustainability issues – either environmental, social, economic, or all of them. The purpose of the network is to improve communication and dialogue between different sustainability organisations in order to find synergy effects and to achieve greater impact through the activities they do…[more]
$10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research
Deadline: 15 June 2021
Nominations are now open for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research which will recognize exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty…[more]
Call for Nominations: World Food Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2021
The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system…[more]
WWSF Prize for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life
Deadline: 30 April 2021
Awarded since 1994 by the Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF), an international, nonprofit, humanitarian NGO, serving the implementation of women’s and children’s rights and the UN development agenda – the Prize (US$ 1000 per laureate) honors women and women’s groups around the world exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment for the improvement of the quality of life in rural communities…[more]
2021 Green Talents: International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development
Deadline: 19-May-21
Are you a promising scientist with innovative ideas and a strong focus on sustainable development? Does your research have the potential to help make the world a more sustainable place? Are you ready to collaborate with German experts and contribute to sustainability research in Germany? If yes, become one of the 25 Green Talents of 2021…[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]
Outright launches New Call for Proposals to COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund
Deadline: 16 April 2021
OutRight Action International has launched the Call for Proposals to the COVID-19 Global LGBTIQ Emergency Fund. The global COVID-19 emergency presents tremendous challenges to LGBTIQ people, especially in places with deep poverty and weak health systems or government infrastructure. When a crisis hits “everyone,” the most marginalized become even more vulnerable. LGBTIQ people in many parts of the world cannot count on governments or relief organizations for help…[more]
UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-Japan Prize on Education for sustainable development, funded by the Government of Japan, consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient. It was awarded for the first time by the Director-General of UNESCO in November 2015…[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]
Public Call for EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2021
Deadline: 05 May 2021
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has opened the search to find 30 game-changing leaders under 30 years of age who are using environmental education to build a sustainable future for all…[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]
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]
2021 WIA54 Programme for African Women Entrepreneurs
Deadline: 7 May 2021
Applications are now open for the 2021 Women in Africa (WIA) 54 Programme for African Women Entrepreneurs to support more than 10,000 women entrepreneurs, indirectly contributing to the creation of 100,000 jobs, by 2030. Each year, it endows 54 African women entrepreneurs from 54 African countries with a comprehensive support package consisting of training, communication, and networking…[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]
European Union’s Local Authorities: Partnerships for Sustainable Cities 2021
Deadline: 23-Apr-21
The European Union (EU) has announced the Local Authorities: Partnerships for Sustainable Cities 2021 programme with an aim to strengthen local authorities by promoting decentralised cooperation involving European and partner countries local authorities…[more]
Call for Leaders creating Sustainable Change in Communities: Nominations now Open!
Deadline: 05-May-21
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) has opened the search to find 30 game-changing leaders under 30 years of age who are using environmental education to build a sustainable future for all. The EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2021 will receive global recognition for their work and join a growing alumni community of inspiring EE leaders, with ongoing opportunities for professional development and networking…[more]
Submit Applications for Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2021
Deadline: 18-Apr-21
The European Commission is seeking applications for its Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2021 to honor courage in journalism. The #NataliPrize was created by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), and named after Lorenzo Natali, a precursor to the international partnerships approach to global challenges impacting society…[more]
Nominations Open for ASEAN Prize 2021
Deadline: 23-Apr-21
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has launched its call for nominations for ASEAN Prize 2021 – the prestigious regional award acknowledges outstanding ASEAN citizens or ASEAN-based organizations that have made exceptional contribution and shown exemplary work in strengthening the ASEAN community building, promoting regional integration, fostering inclusivity and raising ASEAN awareness…[more]
EU4Business: Connecting Companies’ Project
Deadline: 30 April 2021
Proposals are now invited for the ‘EU4Business: Connecting Companies’ programme to support sustainable economic development and job creation in the EaP countries by helping SMEs to grow – especially by promoting trade, encouraging inward investment and fostering business links with companies in the EU…[more]
