[August 2025]
Are you looking to strengthen your workforce initiatives or launch new labor-related programs? In 2025, a wide range of funding opportunities in employment and labor are available for organizations, individuals, businesses, nonprofits and government entities. From grants supporting job training and workplace equity to programs promoting fair labor practices and economic inclusion, now is the time to secure the resources you need. In this guide, we highlight the top funding sources, eligibility criteria and tips to help you successfully apply and make the most of these opportunities.
CFAs: Northern California Peace Corps Association Grants Program
Deadline: 31-Aug-2025
The Northern California Peace Corps Association (NorCalPCA) Grants Program offers funding for community development projects worldwide. These grants are designed to support initiatives that reflect the values and mission of the Peace Corps, promoting global engagement and positive impact…[more]
Savvy Fellowship Program for Young Professionals
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the Savvy Fellowship program for passionate and brilliant young professionals seeking to be part of the new generation of impact entrepreneurs…[more]
Request for Proposals: Improving Digital Skills Among Migrants Program
Deadline: 16-Sep-25
The European Commission is requesting proposals for its Improving Digital Skills Among Migrants Program…[more]
Apply AI: GenAI for the Public Administrations Program 2025
Deadline: 2-Sep-25
Applications are now open for the GenAI for the Public Administrations Program…[more]
RFPs: Support Measures for Migrant Women’s Social and Economic Integration
Deadline: 16-Sep-25
The European Commission is now accepting proposals to support measures for migrant women’s social and economic integration…[more]
Demonstrators for Clusters of Social Circular Enterprises (IA)
Deadline: 16-Sep-2025
The European Commission is accepting applications for Demonstrators for clusters of social circular enterprises. Social Circular Enterprises (SCEs) need to adapt to new market realities in the circular economy, driven by the search for new market opportunities (e.g. secondary raw materials market, business models addressing change in consumption awareness, and technological developments improving productivity)…[more]
CFPs: Support to Public Authorities to Combat Racism
Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
The European Commission (EC) has announced a funding opportunity to support public authorities in combating racism, xenophobia, LGBTIQ-phobia, and all other forms of intolerance, including intersectional discrimination. The main goal is to promote equality and fight discrimination based on sex, race, religion, disability, age, or sexual orientation, in line with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union…[more]
Call for Proposals: Fighting against Antisemitism Program 2025
Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
The European Commission is accepting applications for Action Grants under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV). These grants aim to promote equality and fight against racism, xenophobia, and all other forms of discrimination…[more]
Applications open for Fighting against Discrimination and Racism Program
Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
Entries are now open for the EU Action Grants under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV), aimed at promoting equality and fighting all forms of discrimination. The grants support projects that take a strong stand against racism, xenophobia, and other forms of intolerance, with a focus on fostering inclusive, respectful societies both online and offline…[more]
CFAs: Support for Employment of Teaching Staff Grant 2026
Deadline: 10-Sep-2025
The Korea Foundation provides financial support to universities abroad seeking to hire new teaching staff with the goal of creating or expanding their Korean language or Korean studies program…[more]
Open Call for Innovative Approaches to Improve Labour Market Outcomes for Persons with Disabilities
Deadline: 30-Oct-25
The Social Innovation+ Initiative has announced an open call for applications for its initiative titled “Innovative Approaches to Improve Labour Market Outcomes for Persons with Disabilities”…[more]
Skills NT Grant Program in Australia and New Zealand
Deadline: 31-Dec-28
The Department of Education and Training is committed to skilling Territorians through engagement with Vocational Education and Training (VET), a nationally recognised qualification, skillset or units of competency in an aim to increase employment and economic outcomes…[more]
European Commission launches MSCA Doctoral Networks Program 2025
Deadline: 25-Nov-25
The European Commission (EC) has launched the MSCA Doctoral Networks Program…[more]
CFPs: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Creativity-Driven Innovation
Deadline: 16-Sep-2025
The European Commission is now accepting submissions for the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Creativity-Driven Innovation topic…[more]
RFAs: Historical and Regional Analyses of Industrial Transitions and their Lessons for Ensuring a Fair Green Transition
Deadline: 16 September 2025
Applications are now open for the Historical and Regional Analyses of Industrial Transitions and their Lessons for Ensuring a Fair Green Transition topic…[more]
RFPs: Working Time Reduction: Barriers, Challenges, Benefits and Policy Implications
Deadline: 16 September 2025
The European Commission is inviting proposals for the Working Time Reduction: Barriers, Challenges, Benefits and Policy Implications topic…[more]
CFAs: Improving Fairness in the Economy through a Better Understanding of Undeclared and Underdeclared Work
Deadline: 16 September 2025
The European Commission is seeking submissions for the Improving Fairness in the Economy through a Better Understanding of Undeclared and Underdeclared Work topic…[more]
Request for Applications: Creative Economy Development Fund (Nigeria)
Deadline: 01-Sep-2025
The Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy (FMACTCE) has launched the Creative Economy Development Fund (CEDF), a groundbreaking initiative approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). This fund aims to accelerate growth, foster innovation, and provide sustainable financing for Nigeria’s creative and cultural sectors, reflecting the government’s efforts to promote job creation, diversify the economy, and enhance the country’s global cultural influence…[more]
Call for EOIs: Empowering Young People in Kharkiv Region (Ukraine)
Deadline: 17-Aug-2025
UNICEF is accepting applications for a program that aims to empower young people in the Kharkiv Region of Ukraine, focusing on life skills, employability, and civic engagement. The program responds to the profound impact of the war on adolescents and youth, especially in frontline communities such as Balakliia, Chuhuiv, Kehychivka, Pisochyn, and Valky, where youth centers remain active despite ongoing challenges…[more]
NOFO: Advancing English Language Education in El Salvador
Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
The U.S. Embassy in El Salvador is accepting applications for a program titled Advancing English Language Education as a Pathway to Prosperity, Stability, and Strong Bilateral Ties with El Salvador…[more]
Call for Grants in Support of the Youth Guarantee in Albania
Deadline: 05-Sep-2025
The United Nations Development Program is inviting grant proposals to support the piloting of the Youth Guarantee in Albania. This initiative aims to ensure that NEET youth (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) aged 15–29 gain access to quality employment, education, and training opportunities. The program will focus on implementing a dual vocational education and training (VET) apprenticeship model in sustainable tourism for 50 NEET youth in Tirana, Shkodër, and Vlorë…[more]
CFPs: Support for Training and Entrepreneurship for Employment Development in the Tourism System Initiative (Ethiopia)
Deadline: 22-Sep-2025
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation has opened a call for proposals aimed at enhancing training and entrepreneurship for employment development within Ethiopia’s tourism system. This initiative seeks to foster local economic development, particularly in emerging sectors, by promoting job creation and entrepreneurship…[more]
Medium-Sized Investment Projects Grant Scheme (Lot 2) – Kosovo
Deadline: 22-Sep-2025
Applications are now open for Lot 2 of the Scheme of Grants for Investment, aimed at supporting farmers and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that are already operating or planning to launch their economic activities…[more]
Apply for Gulbenkian Employment Initiative – Portugal
Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
The Gulbenkian Employment Initiative aims to improve financial security, job quality, and employment rates for young people aged 16 to 34. It focuses on those who are not in education or formal employment, or who are stuck in insecure, low-paid jobs. The initiative specifically targets youth living in the Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas, the Algarve, and the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira…[more]
Call for Proposals: Z4ABC Financial Matching Grants Programme (Zambia)
Deadline: 08-Sep-2025
The EU-funded Zambia for Agroforestry, Biodiversity, and Climate (Z4ABC) project has launched a Call for Proposals for Financial Matching Grants to support private sector actors, cooperatives, NGOs, and other non-public entities in implementing innovative, value-adding activities across priority value chains…[more]
Grants to improve the Marketing and supply of Products, increase the quality of the Tourist Offer or encourage the Start-up in the Cultural Sector (Albania)
Deadline: 21-Aug-2025
The “EU for Economic Development – Tourism Local Economic Development with a Focus on Cultural Heritage” project, funded under the Contribution Agreement for the Instrument of Pre-Accession (IPA) 2018, seeks to promote the sustainable development of tourism through the preservation and enhancement of Albania’s rich cultural heritage…[more]
Power of Alumni: From Exchange to Action Program in El Salvador
Deadline: 07-Sep-2025
The Power of Alumni: From Exchange to Action Program aims to strengthen the United States by empowering the U.S. Department of State’s exchange alumni community in El Salvador. This group includes both established and emerging leaders who are committed to supporting U.S. policy goals through continued engagement and action…[more]
Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation Funding Program 2025 – Switzerland
Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
The Sophie and Karl Binding Foundation is now accepting grant applications for projects in the areas of environment, social work, and culture. The foundation offers financial support for initiatives that align with their mission in specific fields of action…[more]
YouSEED: Young People Explore Rural Development through the Prism of Social Economy Program (Montenegro)
Deadline: 31-Dec-25
Applications are now open for a new initiative aimed at promoting rural development in Montenegro through innovative, youth-driven approaches to social and green economy…[more]
EU4Belarus: Support for advanced Learning and Training (SALT III) Programme
Deadline: 30 September 2025
The Central Project Management Agency is seeking applications for its Advanced Learning and Training Programme to provide education and employment related support to the released Belarusian political prisoners and persons (both adults and students) who have suffered from political persecution and lost a source of income due to political repressions related with the presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020…[more]
CFAs: Emergency Security Grants for Egyptian Human rights Activists
Deadline: Ongoing
The Minority Rights Group (MNR) is accepting applications for Emergency Security Grants from Egyptian human rights activists who are working within or outside of Egypt to address the security needs of human rights activists representing religious, ethnic or gender minorities (LGBTQIA+), that face digital or physical threats or security risks due to their human rights work within a restrictive civic space…[more]
Apply for Enabling Lives Initiative Grant Programme (Singapore)
Deadline: 29 August 2025
Applications are now open for the Enabling Lives Initiative Grant Program to support innovation for the disability sector. To address current and complex challenges faced by persons with disabilities over the course of their lives, the ELI Grant was conceived to support innovative and evidence-based projects that have the potential to make meaningful social impact by improving the well-being of persons with disabilities…[more]
Submit Applications for International Market Entry Funding Program (Austria)
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Are you looking to expand your business and tap into new foreign markets? They provide International Market Entry Funding to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are seeking to position themselves internationally…[more]
Submit Applications for Vienna Quality of Life Funding Program (Austria)
Deadline: 31 August 2025
Do you have an unconventional solution for the environmental and social changes currently underway? They provide Vienna Quality of Life Funding to assist small- and medium-sized enterprises as well as founders in their efforts to implement new ideas for a more sustainable world…[more]
Industrial Partnership Block Grant (IPBG) Programme – Luxembourg
Deadline: Ongoing
Apply for the Industrial Partnership Block Grant (IPBG) programme that fosters the cooperation between Luxembourg based companies active in R&D and public research institutions in Luxembourg…[more]
The youthrive Program to Empower, Uplift and Accelerate MSMEs – Nigeria
Deadline: Ongoing
Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of a revolutionary program shaping the future of Nigerian MSMEs. Together, let’s build a brighter and empowered tomorrow! Apply for The youthrive Program…[more]
BRIDGE-in Agriculture Training Program in Ghana
Deadline: Ongoing
Get equipped with the right skills to succeed in entrepreneurship or in the employment market through targeted training offered by the BRIDGE-in Agriculture program. The BRIDGE-in Agriculture training program will be delivered by two BDS partners with extensive experience in training and upskilling youth and women in Ghana…[more]
Applications open for Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants – US
Deadline: 26-Sep-2025
Applications are now being accepted for the Brownfields Job Training (JT) Grants. These grants aim to recruit, train, and place unemployed and under-employed individuals living in communities affected by solid and hazardous waste…[more]
RFAs: Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 08-Sep-2025
Applications are now open for the Wimbledon Foundation Community Fund, offering support to local organisations working to address social needs in the London boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth. The fund aims to back projects that help people facing disadvantage by improving wellbeing and community engagement…[more]
Hindmarsh Shire Council Business Assistance Grants Program (Australia)
Deadline: September 04, 2025
The Hindmarsh Shire Council Business Assistance Grants Program is now open to generate new employment opportunities, support existing business growth and to attract new business to Hindmarsh Shire…[more]
Apply for Electricity Human Resources Canada’s Discovering Potential Program
Deadline: 31-Mar-26
The Electricity Human Resources Canada is seeking applications for its Discovering Potential Program to provide funding to employers who create internship or training opportunities that help youth attain career skills and experience…[more]