[April 2025]
Explore a range of funding opportunities open for youth development. Whether you’re leading a nonprofit or starting a community project, find the resources you need to make a lasting impact. Applications are open—seize the moment!
Apply for Racial Equity Research Grants Program
Deadline: 5 May 2025
The Spencer Foundation is seeking applications for its Racial Equity Research Grants Program to support education research projects that will contribute to understanding and ameliorating racial inequality in education…[more]
Open Call: BeChangeMaker Programme
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The BeChangeMaker (BCM) is a joint project funded, initiated, and implemented by WorldSkills International and the HP Foundation. The BCM is a series of social entrepreneurial skill training projects that enable youth with skills and great ideas to explore their career potential as social entrepreneur…[more]
Apply Now: BioArtAttack (2D) Competition
Deadline: 3 July 2025
The BioArtAttack (2D) Competition is for 2D artworks featuring an endangered animal, plant or fungi species. This is open to all young people aged 7-18 years old and currently living in the UK…[more]
Entries Open: International Artist Grand Prize Competition
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Art Revolution Taipei is excited to invite submissions for its International Artist Grand Prize Competition to promote individual artists to the international market…[more]
Call for Nominations: Politician of the Year Award
Deadline: 2 June 2025
The One Young World is delighted to launch their annual Politician of the Year Award again for 2025…[more]
Nominations open for Hamdan International Photography Award
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Hamdan International Photography Award is thrilled to invite photographers from around the world to explore and capture the concept of power through artistic, technical and/or human perspectives…[more]
Call for Submissions: Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge is a global virtual competition that empowers students aged 13-18 to become changemakers by using design thinking to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems…[more]
Entries open for PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for its PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival…[more]
Ocean Awareness Contest for Young People
Deadline: 9 June 2025
Applications are now open for Ocean Awareness Contest, a platform for young people to learn about environmental issues through art-making and creative communication, explore their relationship to a changing world, and become advocates for positive change…[more]
Open Call: SustainE Young Researchers Award
Deadline: 25 August 2025
The SustainE is seeking applications for the Young Researchers Award to recognize and reward scholars for their outstanding research abilities in the area of sustainability by young scholars…[more]
Apply for Leading Scholarship Program 2025
Deadline: 7 July 2025
If you are a young leader who is devising meaningful strategies to build a more sustainable world, One Young World is looking to bring you to the next annual Summit. Apply to attend the One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany from 3 – 6 November via flagship Leading Scholarship…[more]
Call for Nominations: BDFIL – Caran d’Ache Prize Competition
Deadline: 16 June 2025
The BDFIL in partnership with Caran d’Ache and the Typewriter Museum are inviting applications for the BDFIL – Caran d’Ache Prize Competition for emerging comic book artists, which aims to promote emerging artists…[more]
Apply Now: Audi Environmental Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: 5 May 2025
The Audi Environmental Foundation is collaborating with One Young World to offer scholarships to seven inspiring young leaders to attend this year’s One Young World Summit 2025 in Munich, Germany…[more]
Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition
Deadline: 5 August 2025
Submissions are now open for the Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition to promote climate justice…[more]
Call for Nominations: EE 30 Under 30 Initiative
Deadline: 12 May 2025
The EE 30 Under 30 recognizes young people across the globe who are building a sustainable future through education. Nominate yourself or someone you know today!..[more]
Apply Now: Transformative Research Challenge
Deadline: 9 May 2025
The World Food Forum has announced its Transformative Research Challenge to empower young researchers to develop innovative and impactful solutions to transform agrifood systems…[more]
Applications open for Coolest Projects Online
Deadline: 28 May 2025
Coolest Projects is an online technology showcase for young people. It’s an opportunity to share your digital tech projects with the world!..[more]
Apply Now: Z Zurich Foundation Scholarship Program
Deadline: 1 May 2025
The One Young World is thrilled to invite applications for its Z Zurich Foundation Scholarship Program allowing 25 young leaders working on prevention-focused mental well-being projects, adaptation-focused climate resilience projects or projects enabling social equity through education, employability or entrepreneurship solutions to participate in the One Young World Summit…[more]
Call for Applications: Yerevan Dialogue Young Fellows Program
Deadline: 3 May 2025
Are you passionate about international affairs, diplomacy, governance, or global policy? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia is excited to announce the launch of Yerevan Dialogue Young Fellows 2025 – a new youth-centered initiative under the umbrella of the Yerevan Dialogue international forum…[more]
Applications open for Building Tomorrow Scholarship Program
Deadline: 27 May 2025
The Holcim in partnership with One Young World are pleased to invite applications for the Building Tomorrow Scholarship Program which focuses on broadening the conversation around AI and its uses in promoting sustainability and urban resilience…[more]
Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants 2025
Deadline: 22-Jun-25
The Michelson Prizes are awarded annually to support early-career investigators working to advance human immunology, vaccine discovery, and immunotherapy research for major global diseases…[more]
RFPs: AI for Good Scholarship Program 2025
Deadline: 26 May 2025
The Brandtech Group is teaming up with One Young World to offer the AI for Good Scholarship to five incredible young leaders who are promoting the socially and environmentally sustainable and responsible use of AI…[more]
Request for Applications: Savvy Fellowship Program
Deadline: Ongoing
Savvy is a rolling virtual Fellowship program for passionate and brilliant young professionals seeking to be part of the new generation of impact entrepreneurs…[more]
SBW Berlin Scholarship Program for International Students
Deadline: Ongoing
The SBW Berlin Scholarship Program for International Students supports young people from abroad who are already socially committed and will use the skills they acquire during their studies and thereafter to develop social or non-profit projects at non-profit organizations or social institutions in their home countries…[more]
Call for Solutions: Youth4Climate Funding Program to support Youth
Deadline: 26-May-25
Youth4Climate is accepting applications for its funding and learning opportunities, to fund new and existing youth-led solutions that are ready to implement or scale, and to support the further development of young people’s ideas and projects by providing relevant learning opportunities with the support of partners…[more]
Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition (Second Edition)
Deadline: 13 June 2025
The Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition is a pioneering initiative driving Africa’s leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) through AI, robotics, and emerging technologies…[more]
World Trade Organization announces Young Trade Leaders Programme
Deadline: 2 May 2025
The World Trade Organization is inviting applications for its Young Trade Leaders Programme, an initiative aimed at fostering a better understanding of the WTO’s work and international trade among young people and creating a network of Young Trade Leaders around the world…[more]
Call for Proposals: Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Youth
Deadline: 15-May-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for the Civil Society Cooperation in the field of Youth…[more]
Youth Voices Third-Party-Funding Mechanism Grant Program
Deadline: 9-May-25
The Youth Voices Third-Party-Funding Mechanism (TPFM) is a grant initiative under the AU-EU Youth Voices Lab – Power of the Collective to empower youth-led organizations to develop projects that amplify marginalized voices, drive advocacy, and strengthen youth networks…[more]
CFPs: UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum 2025
Deadline: 1 May 2025
Indigenous Youth from the seven socio-cultural regions are invited to apply for the UN Global Indigenous Youth Forum 2025…[more]
SCAC launches Small Grants Programme 2025
Deadline: 18-May-25
The Department of Cooperation and Cultural Action (SCAC) launches the campaign of the Small Grants Programme to support the civil society and the emergence of innovation projects in line with the values defended by this department…[more]
Request for Proposals: Africa Epidemic Service Fellowship Program
Deadline: 21 May 2025
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention is requesting proposals for its Africa Epidemic Service Fellowship Program which targets qualified applicants from Africa Union Member states drawn from public health discipline, with an interest in practicing applied Epidemiology…[more]
Call for Proposals to Manage the Research Innovation Fund in the Arab Region (2nd Edition)
Deadline: 15-May-25
The Arab Land Initiative invites interested organizations and institutions from the Arab region to submit proposals to manage the Second Edition of the Research Innovation Fund…[more]
Call for Entries: UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
Deadline: 16 may 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is pleased to invite nominations for its UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development…[more]
CFPs: Changing Climate Changing Lives Film Festival Grant Program
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Changing Climate Changing Lives Film Festival is inviting grant proposals to identify and nurture new talents who present exciting ideas on a film about climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation, and sustainability…[more]
Call for Proposals to support Network of Safer Internet Centres 2025
Deadline: 2-Sep-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to support national Safer Internet Centres (SICs), which may be composed of one or more NGOs, government bodies/agencies, and/or private sector organisations…[more]
MYCP Igniting Impact Micro-Grants Programme 2025
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP) is offering Micro-Grants to power big ideas and fill your small funding gaps…[more]
Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award
Deadline: 25 May 2025
Entries are now open for the Young European Artist Trieste Contemporanea Award…[more]
Call for Proposals: CEmI Cooperation Fund Program
Deadline: 9-Jun-25
The Central European Initiative is pleased to invite proposals for its Cooperation Fund Program to co-finance activities aimed at strengthening cooperation among CEI Member States…[more]
Request for Applications: ASEAN Supporting Our Artisans and Retailers Together Program
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The ASEAN Foundation, in collaboration with TikTok Shop, has launched the ASEAN SOAR (Supporting Our Artisans and Retailers) Together Program…[more]
Sectoral Digital Skills Academies: Quantum Skills Digital Academy Program 2025
Deadline: 2-Sep-25
The European Commission (EC) has launched the Sectoral Digital Skills Academies: Quantum Skills Digital Academy Program to establish a sectoral academy in quantum…[more]
Open Call: Young Leaders of the Americas Fellowship Program
Deadline: 2 May 2025
Submissions are now open for the Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Fellowship Program…[more]
Request for Proposals: Funding Bold Ideas for Youth Mental Health 2025
Deadline: 17-Jun-25
Being is looking to fund bold prevention and promotion ideas that address the early drivers of mental health and wellbeing for the most underserved 10- to 24-year-olds…[more]
Call for Proposals: Targeted Support Window (Pillar III) of the Transition Support Facility
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Transition States Coordination Office (RDTS) is pleased to announce the launch of the Call for Proposals of the Targeted Support Window (Pillar III) of the Transition Support Facility (TSF)…[more]
Nominations open for ARLEM Award for Young Mediterranean Entrepreneurs
Deadline: 15 May 2025
The European Committee of the Regions is seeking nominations for its ARLEM Award, an award for young entrepreneurs who are based in the Mediterranean partner countries of ARLEM…[more]
Call for Proposals: Sub-Granting Youth-led Care Actions
Deadline: 30-Jun-25
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for its Sub-Granting Youth-led Care Actions to support youth-led, care-driven initiatives that challenge the status quo and build a better future together…[more]
German Bundestag Scholarship Program
Deadline: 13 July 2025
The German Bundestag invites politically and socially engaged young university graduates from Southern Africa (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa), East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) and West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal) to a scholarship program in Berlin in January…[more]
World Bank: ClearHerPath South Asia Internship Competition
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The World Bank is thrilled to invite applications for its #ClearHerPath South Asia Internship Competition…[more]
Apply for True Inspiration Awards Grant Programme 2025
Deadline: 1-May-25
Through the True Inspiration Awards Grant Programme the Chick-fil-A® celebrate and support nonprofit organizations making an impact in their local communities…[more]
RYCO YPS Granting Scheme for CSOs
Deadline: 10-May-25
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) has launched a new Open Call for project proposals for CSO, called “YPS Granting Scheme”…[more]
Applications open for National BOOST Grant Program 2025
Deadline: 12-May-25
The Agence Française de Développement is accepting applications for the National BOOST – (Balkans for Optimizing Opportunities, Sustainability and Transformation of Civil Society) Program…[more]
Applications open for CorpsAfrica Volunteering Program
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The CorpsAfrica is seeking applications for its Volunteering Program to recruit and place ambitious young Africans in rural, underserved communities in their own countries to apply their education, build their critical thinking and problem-solving skills and venture beyond their comfort zones to learn about their countries and about themselves…[more]
Applications open for Middle East Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 15 June 2025
The International Journalists’ Programmes is seeking applications for its Middle East Fellowship Programme for young journalists from the Middle East, especially from Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and Palestine, providing an opportunity to spend two months in Germany…[more]
Applications open for Young Leaders Conference
Deadline: 23 May 2025
The MCW Global, The Kofi Annan Foundation, and the Africa Alliance of YMCAs have joined forces to implement the Sawa Project, which aims to equip young mental health professionals, community organizers, and advocates in six Eastern African countires- Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda with the skills, resources, and networks needed to drive change…[more]
Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Are you a young African passionate about driving transformational change through data-driven decisions in African agrifood systems? Are you ready to make a difference? Measure impact – Create change – Transform Africa’s agrifood systems landscape? Join the Young Impact Associates (YIA) – Agriculture Focus Fellowship and be part of shaping Africa’s development narrative…[more]
Call for France-Lebanon Projects
Deadline: 3 June 2025
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, has announced the opening of the 2025 call for projects as part of support for Franco-Lebanese decentralized cooperation…[more]
Apply Now: Harcourts Foundation Grant Program (Round 65) – New Zealand
Deadline: 30-May-25
The Harcourts Foundation proudly supports Hospice New Zealand through The Hospice NZ Grants programme, which provides all member hospices with the opportunity to purchase much needed equipment…[more]
Now Open: Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme
Deadline: 18 May 2025
The Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme—a proud partnership between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and FATE Foundation—is excited to announce the application call for the 13th cohort of Orange Corners Nigeria and the 2nd Cohort in Ogun State!..[more]
Empowering Art: Kenya’s Creative Voices Artistic Competition for Kenyan Creatives
Deadline: 8 May 2025
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in Nairobi in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute, under the guidance of the Embassy of Italy in Nairobi are pleased to launch the artistic competition titled “Empowering Art: Kenya’s Creative Voices” to engage and inspire the creative community in Kenya to create compelling graphics and illustrations…[more]
Apply for Green Hub Central India Fellowship Program
Deadline: 20 May 2025
The Green Hub Central India (GHCI) Fellowship is a 10-month video fellowship that aims to engage, empower and digitally equip rural and tribal youth from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in the conservation of biodiversity, traditional knowledge, natural resources, and sustainable practices…[more]
Strengthening the Integration of Services adapted to the needs of Adolescents and Young People – DR Congo
Deadline: 19-May-25
The Enabel is inviting applications to strengthen the integration of SSR services adapted to the needs of adolescents and young people in the Limete Health Zone…[more]
CFPs: Targeted Employment and Skills Development for Economic Aid Beneficiaries into Hospitality and Tourism Sector” (Albania)
Deadline: 19-May-25
UNDP Albania, under the United Nations Joint Programme “Lifelong Empowerment and Protection in Albania”, invites Civil Society Organizations/Social Enterprises/Licensed non-government Academic and Education Institutions based and/or operating in Albania to submit project proposals focused on enhancing employment opportunities and skills development for Economic Aid beneficiaries in the hospitality and tourism sector…[more]
Nominations open for Rohini Nayyar Prize (India)
Deadline: 31-May-25
Nominations are now open for the Rohini Nayyar Prize to recognize the exemplary contributions of young Indians, under the age of 40 years, towards improving the lives of people in rural India…[more]
Open Call: Agripreneurship Orientation Program (Cohort VII) – India
Deadline: 15 May 2025
ABIS – TBI- RAFTAAR -R-ABI Centre is now calling the Graduate/Student with an idea & Interested to take-up entrepreneurial journey agribusiness shall apply for the Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) for 60 days full-time training program in ABIS-TBI, TNAU, Coimbatore…[more]
Submit Applications for Ladakh Fellowship Program (India)
Deadline: 10 May 2025
Applications are now open for the 1st Edition of the Ladakh Fellowship, a 13-month fully residential program designed exclusively for Ladakhi youth!..[more]
Community Organisation Grants Scheme in New Zealand
Deadline: 14-May-25
The Community Matters is accepting applications for the Community Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) to provide grants to non-profit organisations delivering community-based social services that contribute to achieving locally determined outcomes…[more]
Call for Proposals: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Actions in Papua New Guinea
Deadline: 7-May-25
PNG Biodiversity and Climate Fund launches its sixth call for proposals and the fund will be providing grants to initiatives focusing on nature and ecosystem-based solutions across Papua New Guinea…[more]
Chief Minister Fellowship Program (India)
Deadline: 5 May 2025
The Chief Minister Fellowship Program offers the youth an opportunity to be a part of the government…[more]
Danish Arts Foundation announces Grants for Performing Arts for Children, Young People and Adults (Denmark)
Deadline: 2 June 2025
The Danish Arts Foundation is requesting applications from Small theatres, performing arts groups, independent performing artists and operators to promote performing arts of a high artistic quality in Denmark and Danish performing arts abroad…[more]
Improving Citizen Participation and Accountability in Local Government Service Delivery Processes in Health and Education – Uganda
Deadline: 8-May-25
The Enabel is seeking applications to improve citizen participation and accountability in local government service delivery processes in health and education…[more]
Earth Rising Foundation Funding Program in the US
Deadline: 30-Jun-25
Applications are now open for the Earth Rising Foundation Funding Program to promote bold, bottom-up action on climate change…[more]
CFPs: Public Diplomacy Grants Program (Jamaica)
Deadline: 16-May-25
The U.S. Embassy Kingston Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) is pleased to invite eligible applicants to submit proposals for Public Diplomacy Grants Program…[more]
” la Caixa” Foundation announces Call for Social Projects in Spain
Deadline: 8-May-25
The” la Caixa” Foundation is pleased to announce the Call for Social Projects to collaborate with social organizations developing projects in La Rioja to promote initiatives aimed specifically at people in situations of social vulnerability, with the goal of improving their quality of life and promoting equal opportunities…[more]
RFPs: To Enhance Capacities and Access to Resources for Women’s Active Engagement in Peaceful Development & Social Cohesion between Communities on both banks of the Nistru River in Moldova
Deadline: 5-May-25
The United Nations Women is inviting the proponents to submit proposals suggesting creative and efficient solutions to combat gender stereotypes, to empower youth and women for increased community inclusion and social cohesion…[more]
