[October 2025]
World Food Day, observed every year on October 16th, is a powerful reminder of the ongoing global challenge of hunger and malnutrition. To inspire action, we have curated a comprehensive listing of funding opportunities aimed at advancing projects and initiatives related to food security, sustainable agriculture and nutrition. Whether you’re an NGO, a researcher, or an entrepreneur, these funding sources can empower you to make a meaningful impact in the fight against hunger.
FoodTech 500 Initiative to Recognize Top AgriFoodTech Startups and Scaleups
Deadline: November 15, 2025
The FoodTech 500, created by Forward Fooding and inspired by the Fortune 500, is now accepting applications for its 2025 edition, offering international AgriFoodTech startups and scaleups a unique platform to gain recognition and global exposure…[more]
Call for Entries: Mountain Future Award
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
In celebration of International Mountain Day 2025, which contributes to the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation 2025, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites institutions, established organizations and individuals over the age of 18 to submit proposals for transformative projects that build resilience to glacier-related impacts and strengthen sustainable mountain economies and livelihoods, for a chance to win the 2025 Mountain Future Award…[more]
MCCH Sustainable Food Challenge 2026
Deadline: November 17, 2025
The MCCH Sustainable Food Challenge 2026 is a global initiative aimed at fostering innovative startups and corporations to develop solutions that feed the planet’s growing population while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the food value chain…[more]
Apply for the Yves Rocher Terre de Femmes Foundation Prize
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
The Yves Rocher Foundation’s Prix Terre de Femmes celebrates and empowers women whose actions make a real difference for the environment…[more]
Applications open for the Nordic Arctic Programme 2025
Deadline: 15-Feb-26
The Nordic Institute in Greenland is accepting applications for the Nordic Arctic Programme to maintain and secure citizens, stability, growth, and prosperity in the Arctic…[more]
Entries open for Maitri Scholarships Program (Australia and India)
Deadline: 14-Jan-2026
The Centre for Australia-India Relations is calling for proposals from Australian universities to bring postgraduate Indian students to Australia through Scholarships…[more]
Open Call: Conferences, Symposia and Workshops Programme
Deadline: 30-Oct-2025
The Conferences, Symposia and Workshops Programme provides opportunities for established and early career researchers as well as practitioners to present and discuss the newest research and innovation activities within their fields…[more]
SEARCA launches Seed Fund for Research and Training
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is inviting applications for its Seed Fund for Research and Training (SFRT), which provides grants of up to USD 15,000 to support innovative agricultural research and training initiatives in Southeast Asia…[more]
Sahee Foundation Grant Program in Peru and Eswatini
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
The Sahee Foundation is inviting grant applications aimed at improving the living conditions of underprivileged communities in Eswatini and Peru through sustainable development efforts…[more]
Call for Proposals: Balancing Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Brazilian Cerrado
Deadline: 13-Jan-2026
The NWO and CNPq invites Dutch and Brazilian researchers and societal partners to form a consortium to conduct research into the balance between agriculture and biodiversity in the Brazilian Cerrado from a socio-ecological point of view…[more]
EIT Food Biotech Innovation Call 2025
Deadline: 17-Nov-2025
The EIT Food Biotech Innovation Call 2025 aims to accelerate high-potential innovations toward commercialization in the food sector, supporting solutions that address critical industry challenges…[more]
Call for Concept Notes: Global Framework on Chemicals Fund
Deadline: 15-Dec-2025
The Global Framework on Chemicals Fund (GFC Fund) offers an important opportunity for governments and civil society networks to access financial support for projects that promote the safe and sustainable management of chemicals and waste…[more]
Call for Ideas: Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance 2026
Deadline: November 09, 2025
The Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance has launched its 2026 Call for Ideas to select and accelerate eight innovative solutions that can drive private climate investments in emerging markets…[more]
O-CEI 1st Open Call for Upscaling Projects
Deadline: November 19, 2025
The O-CEI project is calling for proposals to accelerate the uptake and upscaling of innovative Cloud-Edge-IoT solutions across Europe through its 1st Open Call for Upscaling Projects…[more]
Funding Opportunity for Collaborative Missions Programmes in Food Innovation
Deadline: December 11, 2025
EIT Food, the world’s largest food innovation community, is offering funding to support collaborative missions programmes aimed at addressing major societal challenges within the food system through systemic, impactful, and partnership-driven initiatives…[more]
Request for Proposals: Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing
Deadline: 29 October 2025
The European Commission is currently inviting proposals for the topic Biotech for Climate Resilient Crops and Plant-Based Biomanufacturing…[more]
Call for Companies/Suppliers: Mekong Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation and Advancement
Deadline: Ongoing
Join the MekongSustain project activities to enhance your ESG performance and gain a competitive edge in global supply chains!…[more]
SwedBio Funding Program for CSOs, International Organisations, Institutes & Universities
Deadline: Ongoing
SwedBio welcomes submissions of concept notes to support a limited number of strategic initiatives through their ‘Collaborative Partner Implementation Pathway’…[more]
MANAGE-CIA Cohort 14 Innovation and Agri Entrepreneurship Program (India)
Deadline: 25-Oct-2025
The MANAGE-Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (MANAGE-CIA) is inviting applications from potential Agri-Startups, Students, and Agripreneurs under its Innovation and Agri Entrepreneurship program as part of the RKVY-RAFTAAR initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare…[more]
Call for Applications: Matching Grants for Farmers (Zambia)
Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of the Republic of Zambia, with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), invites eligible livestock actors to apply for the Matching Grant Facility (MGF) under the Enhanced Smallholder Livestock Investment Programme (E-SLIP)…[more]
Inviting Ideas for Anganwadi Centre of the Future – India
Deadline: 26-Oct-2025
The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with MyGov proposes to launch a national online competition inviting people from all walks of life to contribute innovative, practical and culturally-rooted suggestions that can help shape the next generation of Anganwadi Centres and strengthen their role as engines of grassroots transformation…[more]
RFPs: Cellular Agriculture Grant Program (Netherland)
Deadline: 13-Nov-2025
The Dutch Research Council is accepting applications for its Cellular Agriculture Grant Program to produce animal products merely using animal cells and micro-organisms, without the actual animal…[more]
Submit Applications for Rubber Innovation Challenge – India
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry invites individuals and startups to participate in an innovation challenge to make India’s rubber plantations vibrant with opportunities to win cash prizes and incubation support…[more]
Future Proof Large Rivers Grant Programme (Netherlands)
Deadline: 10-Feb-2026
The Dutch Research Council is accepting applications for its Future Proof Large Rivers Grant Programme to invite researchers as well as public and private parties forming a consortium aimed at developing knowledge that supports policy choices for the river system in the Netherlands…[more]
Open Call: GEF Small Grants Programme in Fiji
Deadline: 23-Oct-2025
The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) Fiji office has opened a new opportunity for local organizations to access support for community-led environmental initiatives…[more]
CFAs: Support for Participation in Quality Schemes (Malta)
Deadline: 12-Dec-2025
Support is now available for farmers and producer groups under Malta’s CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 through Intervention 77.1.1 for participation in recognized quality schemes…[more]
ADAPT: Advancing Sustainable Agriculture and Artisanal Fishing Program in Tunisia
Deadline: 30-Oct-2025
The ADAPT program—Support for Sustainable Development in the Agriculture and Artisanal Fishing Sector in Tunisia—is a long-term initiative funded by the European Union and implemented by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP)…[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]
Call for Applications: Sudan SME Catalyser to Support Small and Medium Enterprises
Deadline: January 01, 2026
The Sudan SME Catalyser is a €12.5 million initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via KfW to support SMEs in Sudan relocating from conflict areas to more stable regions…[more]
Feasibility Support Program for Rural Investments in 2025 (Turkey)
Deadline: 12 December 2025
The 2025 Feasibility Support Program for Rural Investments is now open for applications to support feasibility studies of projects that will improve Ankara’s innovation and entrepreneurship capacity and can be transformed into investments in the short and medium term…[more]
Agri-Food Cluster Transformation Funding Program (Singapore)
Deadline: 31 December 2025
The Singapore Food Agency is seeking applications for its Agri-Food Cluster Transformation (ACT) Fund to help the local farmers be more productive, resilient to climate change, and efficient in using resources…[more]
Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects in Albania
Deadline: Ongoing
The Embassy of Japan in Albania is accepting applications for the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects to meet Basic Human Needs and projects that are highly beneficial at the grass-roots level and require timely support by providing nonrefundable financial assistance to NGOs, hospitals, public schools, local authorities and other nonprofit association to help implement their development projects…[more]
Call for Proposals: SIPRA Challenge Fund Large Grant Facility Program (Sudan)
Deadline: Ongoing
MetaMeta, on behalf of ZOA, is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the SIPRA Challenge Fund – Large Grant Facility…[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…[more]
Request for Propsals: Support for Enterprise Development for Ukraine 2025
Deadline: Ongoing
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has announced its call to foster investment-ready projects that could underpin economic activity in Ukraine, thereby supporting the overall goal of the grant scheme of putting Ukraine in a position to decide its own future…[more]
Grant for Agroecology Program (GAP) – Regular Fund in India
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the GAP- Regular Fund programme to strengthen Smart Agro-Ecology practices that enhance productivity, reduce environmental impact, and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers…[more]
Startup SG Tech Grant Program – Singapore
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for Startup SG Tech, a competitive grant that supports Proof-of-Concept (POC) and Proof-of-Value (POV) for commercialisation of innovative technologies…[more]
Calling all Agritech Startups to collaborate with Farmers (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
Do you have the solutions that farmers need? Are your products designed to make a difference in the agricultural sector? Kerala Startup Mission is inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) from startups to collaborate with farmers…[more]
Notice of Funding Opportunity: Farm to School Grant Program (US)
Deadline: 05-Dec-2025
The Food and Nutrition Service has announced the launch of the Farm to School Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2026, aiming to strengthen the connection between local food producers and child nutrition programs (CNPs) across the United States…[more]
Request for Applications: Maitri Grant Program 2025-26 (Australia)
Deadline: 04-Nov-2025
The 2025-26 Maitri Grant Program offers over $5 million to support projects enhancing the Australia-India relationship across cultural, educational, research, and business communities…[more]
Submissions open for Wales and Africa Grant Scheme (UK)
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
The Wales and Africa Grant Scheme is a flagship initiative under the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme…[more]
Apply for Sustainable-CAP Agri Food Funding Program (Canada)
Deadline: Ongoing
Apply now for the Sustainable-CAP Agri Food Funding Program. The federal/territorial Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership (Sustainable-CAP) will fund agriculture-based initiatives that strengthen the competitiveness, innovation and resiliency of the agriculture, agri-food and agri-based products sector…[more]