(November 2019)
Nominations Open for the 2020 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights
Are you a social activist working to promote and advance human rights, democracy and peace around the world? Then, this opportunity is for you! The May 18 Memorial Foundation has announced the call for the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2020…[more]
2020 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award to Protect Refugees and Stateless People
Nominations are now open for the 2020 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award to honour individuals, groups and organizations who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect refugees, displaced and stateless people…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 6 – Supported by RB. How can we help reduce individual water usage within households?
Water is the source of life. Access to bountiful and clean water is of paramount importance to the survival and sustainability of human life. One quarter of the world’s population currently faces ‘extremely high-water’ stress…[more]
International Trans Fund seeking Applications from Trans-Led Organizations across the Globe
The International Trans Fund (ITF) is currently accepting applications for the fourth grant cycle. The ITF was created to mobilize sustainable resources to help build strong, trans-led movements and support collective action, and to address and eliminate funding gaps impacting trans groups across the globe…[more]
TFF Challenge to create Successful, Socially Responsible Food and Agriculture Startups around the world
Applicants are invited to submit their applications for Thought For Food (TFF) Challenge 2019-2020 which is an annual collaborative prize competition that creates successful, socially responsible food and agriculture startups in all parts of the world…[more]
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity launches “Sustainable and Healthy Food for All” Challenge
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity has launched the “Sustainable and Healthy Food for All – How can urban populations increase access to healthy and sustainable foods, despite rapid urbanization?” Challenge with an aim to find and support innovative solutions that will promote urban access to healthy and sustainable food for all…[more]
2020 Innovation for Inclusive Trade Challenge inviting Applications from around the World
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications for its “Innovation for Inclusive Trade – How can rural communities increase their access to new supply chains and markets in order to create better livelihoods for themselves?” Challenge with an aim to find and support solutions that will enable inclusive trade in rural communities…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge SDG 9- Supported by Standard Chartered. How can we re-imagine solutions to finance the growth of SMEs and trade to unlock prosperity for the world’s communities?
Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG 9) is based on three interconnected pillars: infrastructure, industry and innovation. How can we re-imagine these as facilitators of growth and development in a connected world…[more]
Submit Your Applications for 2020 Climate Change Challenge
Mohammed bin Rashid Initiative for Global Prosperity is seeking applications for its “2020 Climate Change – How can communities move towards a low-carbon circular economy by eliminating waste and utilizing existing resources?” Challenge with an aim to find and support solutions from startups and entrepreneurs around the world that will empower communities, especially those in developing countries, to eliminate waste and use existing resources through low-carbon, circular approaches…[more]
IWMF’s Kim Wall Memorial Fund offering Grant of $5,000 for Women Journalists
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is currently accepting applications for its 2020 Kim Wall Memorial Fund to provide a $5,000 grant to a journalist whose work embodies the spirit of Kim’s reporting…[more]
2020 Innovation for Peace and Justice Challenge is now open for Applications
Applications are now open for “Innovation for Peace and Justice – How can displaced populations access affordable and quality services that are essential to their safety and wellbeing?” Challenge with an aim to find and support innovative solutions that will connect refugees and forcibly displaced populations with enduring and effective legal, healthcare, and education services…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 3 – Supported by AstraZeneca. How do we fight the growing burden on non-communicable disease worldwide?
Applicants are invited to submit their applications for Lead2030 Challenge for Goal 3 which is supported by AstraZeneca…[more]
Submit Your Proposals for Moving the Market – Seeding Innovations to Address Modern Slavery Across Asset Classes
The Freedom Fund, Humanity United, and UBS Optimus Foundation are seeking proposals that can strengthen the investor case for addressing modern slavery and/or meaningfully expand modern slavery-focused data, tools, measurement and guidance that can be deployed across asset classes…[more]
National Geographic Society launches RFPs for Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction
The National Geographic Society has launched a Request for Proposals for “Recovery of Species on the Brink of Extinction” program to support priorities of IUCN SSC Species Conservation Plans as well as conservation actions that are endorsed by the relevant IUCN SSC Species Specialist Group…[more]
National Geographic Society announces Exploration Grant Program
The National Geographic Society is seeking proposals from an experienced project leader in the areas of conservation, education, research, storytelling, and technology for its Exploration Grant Program…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge SDG 2- Supported by RB. How to end hunger by 2030?
Applicants are invited to submit their applications for Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 2 which is supported by RB…[more]
SDSN Youth launches 2020 Local Pathways Fellowship for Young Urban Leaders
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth) has launched the call for applications of its 2020 Local Pathways Fellowship program…[more]
Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 4 – Supported by Deloitte. How do we prepare 50 million futures for a world of opportunity?
Young people from social enterprises, non-profits, or community organizations are invited to submit applications for Lead2030 Challenge for Goal 4 which is supported by Deloitte…[more]
NGOs invited to apply for the Rockefeller Foundation’s $2 Million Grant Opportunity
Organizations, including NGOs, universities, communities, partnerships, cooperatives, governments and companies have been invited to apply for the Food System Vision Prize: Envisioning Regenerative and Nourishing Food Futures for 2050…[more]
2020 Hult Prize Challenge: A Chance to Win US$1,000,000
Nominations are now open for 2020 Hult Prize to transform how young people envision their own possibilities as leaders of change in the world around them…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 7 – Supported by BP. How do we increase the share of renewable energy by 2030?
Applications are now for Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 7 which is supported by BP…[more]
Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 14 – Supported by Credit Suisse. Investing in the Oceans
The blue economy is the 7th largest in the world, worth nearly $25tr in asset value. Despite this, it is drastically underinvested from a public and private capital point of view…[more]
Lead2030 Challenge for SDG 12 – Supported by Mondi Group. Turning waste by the packaging industry into raw materials of inherent value
The world has a consumption problem, which in turn creates a waste problem. In the previous century, the world population grew substantially…[more]
Submit Applications for 2020 Start Up Energy Transition Award
The International ‘Start Up Energy Transition’ (SET) initiative is inviting young and innovative companies around the world…[more]
Massive Open Online Course on Children Deprived of Liberty: Learning from the UN Global Study
Global Campus of Human Rights is inviting applicants for its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Children Deprived of Liberty: Learning from the UN Global Study…[more]
2020 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards to Felicitate the Efforts of Women and Men
Nominations are now open for 2020 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards with an aim to felicitate the efforts of women and men who have dedicated their life to Gandhian constructive work and the ideals which Jamnalal Bajaj had cherished all his life…[more]
British Council’s Global Innovation Challenge- #IdeasChangeLives (Receive £20,000)
Do you have a great digital idea that has the potential to create a better world? If yes, this challenge gives you a genuine chance to change the world and improve the lives of some of the world’s most disadvantaged people – what’s your idea…[more]
Grants to Promote Educators in Implementing Holistic Environment Curricula
The Melinda Gray Ardia Envrionmental Foundation is currently seeking applications for Environmental Curriculum Development Grants to assist educators in the design and implementation of holistic environmental curricula…[more]
Apply for McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, is offering Business Journalism Fellowships to support high-impact, ambitious coverage of critical issues related to the global economy, finance and business…[more]
National Geographic Society announces RFPs for “Biodiversity Exploration and Discovery”
The National Geographic Society is seeking proposals for its grant program entitled “Biodiversity Exploration and Discovery” to support inventories, surveys, and research expeditions in regions of the world where species discoveries are more likely to occur and where little or no information is available…[more]
UNESCO seeking Nominations for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2020
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is seeking nominations for its UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2020 which is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland)…[more]
2020 Ockenden International Prizes for Refugees and Displaced People around the World
Entries are open for the 2020 Ockenden International Prizes for successful self-reliance Refugee Projects…[more]
Spencer Foundation announces Large Research Grants on Education Program
The Spencer Foundation is seeking applications for its Large Research Grants on Education Program to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived…[more]
Spencer Foundation’s Conference Grant to Advance Education Research
The Spencer Foundation is accepting applications for its Conference Grant Program that provides support to scholars for small research conferences and focused symposia…[more]
Obama Foundation’s Fully Funded Scholars Programme for Emerging Leaders
The Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Columbia University brings together rising leaders from around the world who have demonstrated a commitment to finding solutions to challenges in their communities, countries and regions…[more]
Submit Your Applications for Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation
Applications are open for Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation that is a collaboration between the Nieman Foundation for Journalism and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard…[more]
2021 Rolex Awards for Entrepreneurship is now open for Nominations
Nominations are now open for 2021 Rolex Awards for Entrepreneurship to identify and invest in pioneering projects of exceptional individuals from around the world…[more]
The Maypole Fund accepting Applications from Women Only
The Maypole Fund is accepting applications from women only with an aim to resource imaginative, non-violent activities by feminist anti-militarist women whether individual women or women only groups to proactively challenge patriarchy…[more]
2020 Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellowship Program
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia University is currently seeking applications for the Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability (AHDA) Fellowship Program…[more]
2020 The Diana Award is now open Applications
Applicants are invited to apply for The Diana Award 2020 which is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 years can receive for their social action or humanitarian work…[more]
Get a Chance to Explore planned Project with ZIS Foundation Travel Grant
Do you want to discover the world? if yes, then ZIS Foundation Travel grant is the right choice…[more]
Wellcome announces International Exchange Programmes in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics
Wellcome is currently inviting application for International Exchange Programmes in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics for transforming careers and shaping the direction of future research…[more]
Wellcome Invites applications for Research and Development Awards in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics
Wellcome has currently announced call for Research Development Awards in Humanities, Social Science and Bioethics to boost Research and Development…[more]
Nominate a Peacemaker for the 2021 Sydney Peace Prize
The Sydney Peace Foundation is pleased to announce its Sydney Peace Prize 2021, Australia’s only international prize for peace to recognise leading global peacemakers, ensure their voices are heard, and support their vital work for a fairer world…[more]
AGFUND’s Financial Grants for NGOs, INGOs, UN Agencies and Individuals
The Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) has announced financial prize grants of up to US $1 million to NGOs, International NGOs, UN Agencies, Government institutions and also individuals around the world under the Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development…[more]
Dan David Prize is now open for Nominations
Nominations are now open for Dan David Prize which is an international award, endowed by the Dan David Foundation and headquartered at Tel Aviv University…[more]
Submit Your Applications for OTF’s Core Infrastructure Fund
Open Technology Fund (OTF) has announced a Core Infrastructure Fund that supports the ‘building block’ technologies, infrastructures, and communities relied upon by digital security and circumvention tools strengthening Internet freedom, digital security, and the overall health of the Internet…[more]
2020 Kinship Conservation Fellowship: A Chance to Join a Community of Practitioners
Applications are now open for 2020 Kinship Conservation Fellowship to provide the opportunity to learn and apply principles and practices to improve how practitioners interpret and respond to complex environmental conservation problems…[more]
Submit Your Applications for OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund
Open Technology Fund (OTF) is seeking applications for its Internet Freedom Fund to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-centric projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies, and help advance inclusive and safe access to global communications networks for at-risk users including journalists, human rights defenders, civil society activists, and every-day people living within repressive environments who wish to speak freely online…[more]
2020 Dalai Lama Fellows Program for Next Generation Leaders
Applicants are invited to apply for 2020 Dalai Lama Fellows Program that offers emerging leaders a rigorous, interdisciplinary program on ways to be a different kind of leader, a leader that connects and cares for self, extends genuine compassion to others, and works for their common humanity…[more]
Early Career Grants: An Opportunity for Individuals to Lead a Project
Applications are now open for the National Geographic Society’s Early Career Grants which are designed to offer less experienced individuals an opportunity to lead a project…[more]
Spencer Foundation announces Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) Grants Program
Spencer Foundation is seeking applications for its Research-Practice Partnership (RPP) Grants Program to support education research projects that engage in collaborative and participatory partnerships…[more]
2020 DRL Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement is now open for Applications
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is seeking applications for its “2020 DRL Internet Freedom Annual Program Statement” to protect the open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet by promoting fundamental freedoms, human rights, and the free flow of information online through integrated support to civil society for technology, digital safety, policy and advocacy, and applied research programs…[more]
