(May 2021)
Dozens of international agencies have opened up new calls to conduct research in areas of health, water, education, environment and social justice. This compilation will NGOs and individuals to work for collecting and analyzing data for bringing about positive changes in the socio-economic, health and environmental aspects of the poor and vulnerable communities.
Broadly Protective Vaccine Against New Emerging Variants and Variants of Concern of SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Deadline: 31 May 2021
The main objective of the first part of this call for applications is to support the research and development of broadly protective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (BPCoV2) to meet the need for protection against variants. Emphasis is again on antigen design to elicit durable, potent and broad protection against variants…[more]
Merck Research Grants (40,000 – 450,000 EUR per year for up to 3 years)
Deadline: 31 August 2021
Merck is seeking applications to offer a series of research grants to stimulate innovative research in challenging areas of future importance to create new sustainable partnerships with leading global science and technology players to work on breakthrough science and to generate valuable seeds for future business…[more]
Racial Equity Special Research Grants Program ($75,000)
Deadline: 2 June 2021
The goal of this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious, and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in relation to racial equity in education…[more]
Call for Proposals for Broadly Protective Betacoronavirus Vaccine
Deadline: 1 October 2021
The primary objective of this call is the research and development of novel immunogens and platform technologies with the demonstration of preclinical and clinical POC, taking into account prerequisite regulatory requirements. Given that field efficacy trials against certain known Betacoronaviruses (e.g. MERS) and novel threatening lineages are not feasible, and a correlate of protection likely impossible across the genus…[more]
Grants for outstanding Achievements of Women working in STEM Research and Outreach (US$40,000)
Deadline: 20 June 2021
This Call is looking for initiatives that support girls or young women to engage with, enjoy and study STEM subjects or to increase the retention of women in STEM careers. They accept applications from organizations, departments, individuals (of any gender) or project teams…[more]
Request for Research Proposals: Addressing Ethnic Inequality
Deadline: 31 May 2021
UNU-WIDER invites qualified researchers for papers examining the politics and experiences of reform to address ethnic inequality that include focused analysis of one or more government policies, programmes, or other reform efforts to address ethnic inequality…[more]
Fresno Chaffee Zoo Wildlife Conservation Fund ($3,000 – $10,000 per year)
Deadline: 1 June 2021
The Fresno Chaffee Zoo is seeking applications for its Wildlife Conservation Fund to support critical research projects that protect and preserve wildlife and wild places around the world. Since 2006, the Fresno Chaffee Zoo Wildlife Conservation Fund has worked with dozens of individuals and organizations to further research, expand conservation impact, share knowledge, and engage local communities…[more]
OTF’s Internet Freedom Fund 2021
Deadline: 1 July 2021
The Open Technology Fund(OTF) is pleased to announce the ‘Internet Freedom Fund’ Program to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies. The projects and people they support all fall into one or more of the following categories: Technology Development, Applied Research, Digital Security and Community Gatherings…[more]
Stockholm Water Prize
Deadline: 30 September 2021
Who would you like to see receive the Stockholm Water Prize in 2022? SIWI welcomes you to nominate your water hero for the 2022 Stockholm Water Prize. This recognizes women, men and organizations that have made outstanding contributions to the sustainable use and protection of the world’s water resources…[more]
Call for Applications: Moses Mapesa Research Grant Program (USD 5,000)
Deadline: 30 July 2021
Moses Mapesa Research Grant Program is now open 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]
Small Research Grant on Education (up to $50,000)
Deadline: 1 June 2021
The Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years…[more]
SEK 1.5 million Volvo Environment Prize
Deadline: 10 January 2022
There are many outstanding biologists and environmental scientists among the laureates but the scope of the award is wide. The idea is to promote scientific research and innovations that in broad terms fall within the environmental and sustainability field. So previous laureates also include economists, urban development experts, energy specialists, poverty adversaries and many others who are exploring the path to sustainability…[more]
World Agriculture Prize (100,000 USD)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
The Prize aims to encourage the development of the mission of higher education institutions in education, research, innovation, and outreach in the agricultural and life sciences by recognizing the distinguished contribution of individuals to this mission…[more]
Wildlife Acoustics Scientific Product Grant Program (Up to $5,000)
Deadline: 15 August 2021
The Wildlife Acoustics has announced the applications for Scientific Product Grant Program to support the advancement of animal biology research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation that provides scientists with resources to help further their research into the study of bats, birds, frogs, and other vocal wildlife…[more]
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation’s Grants Program ($20,000)
Deadline: 1 July 2021
The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation seeks to protect natural resources, improve the production and distribution of food, and promote public health in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems…[more]
OTF’s Information Controls Fellowship Program (Monthly and Travel Stipend)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
The Open Technology Fund is seeking applications for its Information Controls Fellowship Program to cultivate research, outputs, and creative collaboration on topics related to repressive Internet censorship and surveillance…[more]
Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards ($15,000 to $45,000)
Deadline: 1 August 2021
The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and aligned disciplines that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that addresses urgent, present-day problems of violence—what produces it, how it operates, and what prevents or reduces it…[more]
2022 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) – 10th Round
Deadline: 31 December 2021
Entries are now open for the 2022 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), it is an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world…[more]
Centre for Innovation Policy Fellowship Program (Grant of US$ 900/month)
Deadline: 1 June 2021
The Centre for Innovation Policy is seeking applications for its Fellowship Program to provide financial support, exposure to global discourse and developments in the policy landscape, and mentoring to people with disabilities from low- and middle-income countries who are actively working on issues of inclusive policy or policy research in support of the rights of people with disabilities as put forth in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities…[more]
Dissertation Grant Program to support Early Child Development (One-year Grant for $5,000 USD)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
Society for Research in Child Development has launched Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant program that provides support for junior students interested in a career in global early child development who are from or doing research in low- or middle-income countries…[more]
BCSDN announces Call for Proposals for Ad-Hoc Support Grants Program
Deadline: 30-Jun-2021
The Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) has announced a call for proposals for the Ad-Hoc Support Grants Program. Ad-hoc support is an instrument established to provide rapid funding for a CSO’s immediate need or for innovation to promote civic space ONLY when there is insufficient time to operate through the standard grant award procedure…[more]
USAID: Broad Agency Announcement for Sustainable Landscapes
Deadline: 24-Sep-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]
Open Call: Hubs of Interdisciplinary Research and Training in GEOHealth Research Training ($300,000 per year)
Deadline: 8 June 2021
The goals of the GEOHealth program are to strengthen environmental and occupational health-related research collaborations, enhance research training, create relevant advanced educational curricula and outreach material; support research needed to identify and design mitigation strategies for the adverse consequences of environmental and occupational exposures, and inform nationally-relevant policy development in LMICs…[more]
Call for Applications: Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research
Deadline: 28 May 2021
The Global Forum on Humanitarian Health Research (GFH2R) seeks to bring researchers and humanitarian organizations (including NGOs, local policymakers, and international agencies) together to share experiences and promote collaboration around health research in humanitarian settings…[more]
2021-2023 EDGE Fellowship: Grant of £10,000 to undertake a 2-year project
Deadline: 18 July 2021
The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) of Existence Programme is pleased to launch a call for applications for the 2021-2023 EDGE Fellowship Program. One of the most effective ways ZSL’s EDGE of Existence programme is working to secure the future of EDGE species is by awarding two year Fellowships to future conservation leaders (“EDGE Fellows”) working on poorly-known EDGE fish, gymnosperms, bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, shark or ray species…[more]
$10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research
Deadline: 15 June 2021
The award will honor an individual who is working closely and directly “in the field” or at the production or processing level with farmers, animal herders, fishers or others in rural communities, in any discipline or enterprise across the entire food production, processing, and distribution chain…[more]
Asian and African Elephant Conservation Initiatives (US$10,000 per year)
Deadline:6 August 2021
International individuals and organizations are eligible as are students, scientists and institutions. Students are required to provide faculty advisor approval; the advisor should be a co-investigator on the application and must accept the responsibility of project completion and reporting…[more]
Mental Health Research Awards for Investigators in Low and Middle-Income Countries ($500,000)
Deadline: 15 November 2021
This FOA seeks to assist these individuals in launching an innovative clinical, translational, basic or services research program that holds the potential to enhance our fundamental understanding of mental illnesses, transform prevention and treatment of mental illnesses, and/or to translate evidence into practice and policy in low resource international settings…[more]
UNESCO: Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation
Deadline: 15 July 2021
UNESCO is seeking nominations for Sultan Qaboos Prize to afford recognition to outstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals, institutes or organizations who have contributed to environmental and natural resources research, environmental education and training, creation of environmental awareness through the preparation of environmental information materials and activities aimed at establishing and managing protected areas including in relation to sustainable tourism, such as Biosphere Reserves, natural World Heritage sites and UNESCO Global Geoparks…[more]
Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development 2021 (US$ 45,000)
Deadline: 9 June 2021
The Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development is a competitive research grant program under the Global Development Awards Competition 2021. This Award is for early-career researchers from low income and up to upper- middle-income countries who are seeking to explore the competition theme through their research proposals in an original, innovative and policy-relevant way…[more]
Jana Robeyst Trust Fund for Small Conservation Grants in Sub-Saharan Africa (1.500 euro)
Deadline: 31 August 2021
The Jana Robeyst Trust Fund (JRTF) is inviting applications to provide financial resources to early-career scientists/conservationists and non-profit organizations for carrying out vital field conservation and research work in Africa…[more]
Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators
Deadline: 27 July 2021
The new programme is aimed at young scientists who are getting established in their country or about to return home to an academic position. Under this scheme, grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS…[more]
Context Matters Research Grant (CAN $10,000 each)
Deadline: 1 August 2021
The CODE is pleased to announce, partnering with the International Literacy Association (ILA) and its global network of scholars, researchers, and literacy educators to bring greater support and expertise to the Context Matters Research Grant program…[more]
Primate Conservation, Incorporated: Call for Grant Proposals ($2,500-$5,000)
Deadline: 20 September 2021
The Primate Conservation, Incorporated (PCI) is seeking proposals for its grant program to fund field research that supports conservation programs for wild populations of primates. Priority will be given to projects that study, in their natural habitat, the least known and most endangered species…[more]
Al-Sumait Prize 2021 ($1,000,000 in funding)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
The prize is to be awarded to individuals or institutions who through their research projects or initiatives have made significant advancement within the field of Health that produced seminal impact and tangible results on the public health care system, especially for the underprivileged…[more]
USIP Grants for Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention ($100,000 and $150,000)
Deadline: 7 July 2021
The United States Institute of Peace is seeking applications for its Grant Competition with the aim of understanding how multilateral institutions can be reformed to more effectively build and sustain peace. Priority will be given to research which identifies the factors impacting multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention and offers concrete recommendations to reform, rebuild, and sustain more effective institutions at the global and regional levels…[more]
Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding ($11,500 Monthly Stipend)
Deadline: 24 June 2021
The Fellowship is from senior experts who will advance thought leadership and research that strengthens understanding of how multilateral institutions can be reformed to more effectively build and sustain peace. Priority will be given to research which identifies the factors impacting multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention and offers concrete recommendations to reform, rebuild, and sustain more effective institutions at the global and regional levels…[more]
AGriDI Grants for Digital Innovations in West Africa (EUR 150,000 – 300,000)
Deadline: 30 June 2021
icipe under its European Union, ACP Innovation Funded project on “Accelerating inclusive green growth through agri-based digital innovation in West Africa” (AGriDI) is inviting proposals on innovative digital solutions that promote adoption of digital technologies for improved agricultural productivity for farmers and agroprocessors in West Africa…[more]
UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (US$ 5000 to US$ 10 000 per grant)
Deadline: 10 June 2021
The purpose of this call is to identify projects that will document, synthesize and disseminate evidence of capacities for IHR (2005) implementation, health security and health emergency preparedness, as well as supporting the collaborative development and advancement of a preparedness research and development agenda…[more]
ICIMOD: Economics of Natural Resource Use and Environmental Change (USD 20,000–30,000)
Deadline: 30 May 2021
SANDEE is inviting concept notes for research projects on environmental and resource economics to provide research support to researchers and institutions from South Asia and the HKH region interested in the interconnection among development, natural resource use, and the environment…[more]
GBIF Young Researchers Award (€5,000 prizes)
Deadline: 21 JUne 2021
This annual programme aims to foster and recognize innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies rely on GBIF-mediated data…[more]
Micro Grants Program for Community Care and Collective Research (up to $500.00)
Deadline: 31 May 2021
The Black Spatial Relics is currently accepting proposals for the Micro Grants Program for Community Care and Collective Research. In the midst of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, Black artists have lost crucial financial support for their work. Nevertheless, Black artists and cultural workers are still offering critical artistic and spiritual content toward the collective healing. To support this work already in both imagination and process…[more]
Publication Programme: Offering 1,000,000 Japanese yen per project
Deadline: 19 October 2021
The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation is seeking applicants for its Publication Programme to support scientific publications derived from the applicant’s own research work and expand knowledge of nature conservation in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region…[more]
Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Grant Program (US$3,000 and US$20,000)
Deadline: 15 August 2021
The TFD’s international grants program is designed to assist organizations based outside of Taiwan to carry out projects to promote democracy and human rights. International non-governmental organizations, academic institutions or think tanks, and other related organizations are eligible to apply…[more]
Research Grant Programme for Nature Conservation (500,000 Japanese yen per project)
Deadline: 19 October 2021
The Nagao Natural Environment Foundation is seeking applicants for its Research Grant Programme to support academic and scientific research that will deepen knowledge of nature conservation in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region…[more]
USAID: Social and Behavior Change Research Annual Program Statement
Deadline: 31 December 2029
The purpose of the SBC Research APS is to strengthen the generation and utilization of SBC evidence to improve the uptake and continuation of healthy behaviors, including but not limited to healthy spacing and timing of pregnancies, care-seeking at onset of illness, adequate complementary feeding, childhood immunizations, use of health and nutrition services, and other health outcomes…[more]
Call for Proposals: Establishing Research Chairs on Forced Displacement in the Middle East and East Africa (Grants of up to CA$600,000)
Deadline: 3 August 2021
To help address this gap, IDRC is launching this call for proposals to localize and institutionalize research on forced displacement in the Global South by establishing research chairs on forced displacement at universities in the Middle East and East Africa…[more]
Travel Grants (Up to US$1,200) Program for Southeast Asia
Deadline: 7 June 2021
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is currently inviting proposals for its Travel Grants Program to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia…[more]
Lesbian Health Fund Program ($1,000 to $10,000 each)
Deadline: 16 July 2021
The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality has opened a call for submissions to define, study, and educate lesbians and sexual minority women (SMW), as well as their health providers, about health issues facing SMW…[more]
Europeana Research Grants Programme ( EUR 25,000 per year)
Deadline: 31 May 2021
Europeana is welcoming proposals for conferences, workshops, seminar series, summer/autumn/winter/spring schools or training activities. The Europeana Research Grants programme awards funding for events that can bring together cultural heritage professionals and researchers…[more]
SERI: Research Partnership Grants Program 2021 (CHF 10,000 and CHF 25,000)
Deadline: 25 July 2021
Research Partnership Grants are particularly useful to develop joint project proposals to be submitted to large funding agencies in Latin America, Switzerland, and Europe or to combine already existing and independently funded projects in Switzerland and the partner countries in order to create long-lasting cooperation…[more]
Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems
Deadline: 10 September 2021
The objective and work of the CRP are anchored in both a policy and scientific environment in the fields of food, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, which, more than ever, are developed in a multidisciplinary environment. This happens so as to respond to the varied demands from a range of stakeholder groups with interests in these fields, and to take into account that the world is globalised and food production systems are interlinked…[more]
Caribbean Mobility Fund
Deadline: 24 August 2021
This programme supports mobility within the Caribbean region (ACS member countries and DFA) and towards the states of Florida and Louisiana as well as Canada. Recipients benefit from air fare coverage up to €1,500 and repatriation insurance…[more]
Indianoceanic Mobility Fund
Deadline: 24 August 2021
Priority will be given to mobility for
participation in leading events, trainings, markets development, professionals’ participations in transnational networks, research works and artistic collaborations, invitations to debates, conferences or seminars, crossed residencies…[more]
Nordic Research Funding Initiative on Sexual Harassment at Work (DKK 400 000 – 800 000)
Deadline: 10 June 2021
The Nordic Information on Gender (NIKK) is offering Nordic Research Funding Initiative on Sexual Harassment at Work to generate new knowledge that can contribute to eradicating sexual harassment at work in the Nordic countries. This open call for supplementary grants specifically aims to add a Nordic Dimension to ongoing research projects relevant to such knowledge…[more]
Prima Wefe Nexus Award: Receive EUR 10 000
Deadline: 15 June 2021
The objective of the prize is to promote scientific research and demonstration of the economic and social benefits of the Water Energy Food and Ecosystem (WEFE) Nexus in the Mediterranean Area…[more]
Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards: Grants of up to $15,000
Deadline: 28 May 2021
Christine Stevens Wildlife Awards is seeking nominations to help spur innovative research on humane, nonlethal tools and techniques for wildlife conflict management and for studying wildlife…[more]
German Chancellor Fellowship Programme (Allowance for research costs amounting to 500 EUR per month)
Deadline: 15 September 2021
The fellowships give them the opportunity to spend a year in Germany networking with other prospective leaders from abroad, who are also sponsored by the Humboldt Foundation, and to explore new solutions to the global issues of our times. With this programme Germany once again presents itself as a destination of choice for intercultural dialogue and as a meeting place for the international leaders of tomorrow…[more]
Japan Foundation launches Small Grant Program (up to 50,000 Baht)
Deadline: 30 May 2021
The Japan Foundation has launched the Small Grant Program for Art-cultural or Academic Projects. Applicants should be non-profit organizations (e.g. universities, research institutes and academic associations, NGO/NPOs) located in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos or Myanmar…[more]
Aspire Grant Program: Competitive Research grants of up to $5,000 USD
Deadline: 15 July 2021
Applications are now open for the Aspire Grant Program to provide competitive research grants for African graduate students and early career professionals working in the areas of biodiversity, conservation, and environmental sustainability in the Congo Basin region…[more]
Nils Klim Prize: NOK 500,000 Cash Prize
Deadline: 15 June 2021
The Nils Klim Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003 and is awarded annually to a scholar under the age of 35 for outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology, either in one of these academic fields or through interdisciplinary work. The candidate must be a citizen of a Nordic country or be formally affiliated with a Nordic research institution…[more]
