Plenty of COVID-19 Grant Opportunities You can apply For Now!

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Amid the COVID-19 crises, several NGOs, CSOs and International foundations are contributing in a big way in the fight against novel coronavirus. They are putting there best efforts to uplift the marginalized.

NGOs and their teams are operating with the government and looking out for millions of people who require assistance in this crucial time. They are extensively engaged in providing essentials like food, medicines, and personal care items to the poor.

Therefore, fundsforNGOs team is constantly bringing you the best funding opportunities related to the novel coronavirus and its impact on various areas such as Health, Education, Children, Women Empowerment, Youth development and many more. Check out our new grant compilation on COVID-19:

HITLAB looking for Promising Digital Health Solutions in Light of the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
The HITLAB Breakthrough Alliance is specifically looking for Smartphone-based solutions for supporting the diagnosis and/or treatment of COVID-19 and Broad/long-term digital solutions to address gaps in healthcare brought to light by COVID-19. Selected innovators will have their technologies evaluated in rapid verification studies with end-users, providing key validation data and actionable insights on product design, feasibility, and market potential….[more]

Beyond COVID-19: Global Open Innovation Challenge
This global open innovation challenge, is a Call To Action for all communities to collaborate and take action in order to create innovative solutions for the Covid-19 Challenge….[more]

Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences
In partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation, The Social Science Research Council (SSRC), as part of its Covid-19 Initiative, seeks proposals from across the social sciences and related fields that address the social, economic, cultural, psychological, and political impact of Covid-19 in the United States and globally, as well as responses to the pandemic’s wide-ranging effects….[more]

Nominations Open for ICESCO Prize for Fighting Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19)
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) has announced the nomination requirements, the Jury’s composition and evaluation of nomination files for 200,000 US dollar-worth ICESCO Prize for Fighting Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). The Prize has been earmarked by ICESCO to reward anyone who has discovered an efficient cure or vaccine against Coronavirus….[more]

CEPI Call for Proposals: Achieving an Unprecedented Acceleration of Vaccine Development and Global Manufacturing Capacity to Prevent COVID-19
CEPI has opened an additional funding opportunity for the rapid development of vaccines against COVID-19. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis causing unprecedented disruption to human activity…[more]

Japan Foundation, Bangkok accepting Applications for International Cultural Exchanges during COVID-19 Crisis
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok is seeking for project proposals to raise up new ideas and approaches on how to implement and/or experiment cultural exchange projects with them. This special open call aims to find the possibility to co-organize the project together by the applicant and JFBKK…[more]

OpenIDEO seeking Applications for COVID-19 Reimagine Learning Challenge
OpenIDEO has launched a Call for Applications for the COVID-19 Reimagine Learning Challenge. This is a global call to bring together parents, students, and teachers to share approaches that address the educational challenges they are facing amidst COVID-19….[more]

Art + Activism against Repression during the COVID-19 Crisis
The Centre for Applied Human Rights (CAHR), through a grant from the Open Society Foundations, has set up a fund – Arctivists – to support activists and artists across the world responding to the outbreak of Covid-19 and its implications for human rights defenders, activism, and shrinking civic and political space….[more]

Spencer Foundation’s Research Grants on Education: COVID-19 Related Special Grant Cycle
The COVID-19 Related Research Grants support education research projects that will contribute to understanding the rapid shifts in education in this time of crisis and change….[more]

UNDP and Hackster.io launch Global Innovation Challenge to tackle COVID-19
The United Nations Development Programme Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development announces the COVID-19 detect and protect challenge. As COVID-19 has shown, challenge and crisis cross borders – impacting everywhere on Earth. However, innovation and ingenuity are not constrained by geography. The COVID-19 Detect and Protect Challenge is an opportunity to find and apply the best and brightest of humanity, wherever it may be found…[more]

OutRight Action International accepting Applications for COVID-19 LGBTIQ Emergency Response Fund
To respond to this crisis and support LGBTIQ organizations around the world who are serving people impacted by COVID-19 while facing an uncertain future themselves, OutRight Action International has set up a COVID-19 LGBTIQ Emergency Response Fund….[more]

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Peace First launches Rapid Response Grants to Address COVID-19
Peace First has launched a rapid response grant process to help young people around the world lead projects that address community impacts of COVID-19, from providing meals to elderly neighbors to launching digital mental health campaigns to support youth feeling isolated…[more]

SOLVE 2020 Global Health Security & Pandemics Challenge
In response to the coronavirus, Solve has launched a Global Health Security & Pandemics Challenge as part of its 2020 Global Challenges. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the latest in a series of infectious disease emergencies, including cholera, Ebola, SARS, Chikungunya, HIV/AIDS, and influenza…[more]

National Geographic Society launches COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists
The National Geographic Society has launched an emergency fund for journalists all over the world who wish to cover COVID-19 within their own communities. This fund will place particular emphasis on delivering news to underserved populations, particularly where there is a dearth of evidence-based information getting to those who need it…[more]

New Microgrants for COVID-19 Media Work in Emerging Economies
In an attempt to support independent media, fact-checkers, citizen journalists, activists, and technology and digital literacy enthusiasts in their efforts to cover the outbreak, Meedan’s Check Global program is launching the COVID-19 Microgrants, specifically aimed at groups working within the context of emerging economies (North Africa/West Asia, Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific region)….[more]

AAS announces Funding for Covid-19 Research & Development Goals for Africa
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) is keen to play a central role in building African Research and Development (R&D) capacity to fight COVID-19 by managing day-to-day running of the proposed fund for COVID-19 R&D priorities in Africa….[more]

Facebook Journalism Project Covid-19 Digital Transformation support Fund in Latin America
The Facebook Journalism Project / ICFJ COVID-19 Latin America News Relief Fund Grant Program is a program offered by Facebook, Inc. and administered with the help of ICFJ, awarding up to $1,500,000 USD total in Grants, which offers financial assistance in the form of a one-time payment ranging from $10,000-$40,000 USD to select organizations in select Latin American countries…[more]

IsDB Transform Fund 2020: Enhancing Member Countries Preparedness and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has announced the Transform Fund Call for Innovation 2020 will focus entirely on supporting their Member Countries long-term preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This Call will operate in addition to the IsDB Group’s other wide-ranging initiatives coordinated by their Strategic Preparedness and Response Facility…[more]

CcHUB offering Funding and Design Support for COVID-19 Projects
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic and its related consequences in other sectors of various economies across the globe, Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) in Nigeria is offering Funding and Design support for teams working on projects to address problems/needs related to the Coronavirus outbreak…[more]

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PEDL launches Special ERG Call on the Economic Impacts of Coronavirus
Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL) is inviting applications to this special Exploratory Research Grant (ERG) call for projects addressing the economic impacts of coronavirus….[more]

WHO’s EMRO announces Special Grant for Research in Public Health 2020–2021 including COVID-19
WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has announced the eleventh call for research proposals for Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Special Grant for Research in Priority Areas of Public Health (EMRPPH) 2020–2021….[more]

#HackForBetterDays: Join HERE Technologies to Build Innovative Solutions across Asia Pacific
As a call to action, HERE Technologies in Partnership with IBM and many other global and local organisations, are organising the #HackForBetterDays, a fully online, 30-day virtual hackathon across Asia Pacific!…[more]

IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant 2020: Quick-Response Research on COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, affecting human health as well as economies and societies worldwide. TWAS and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are offering a competitive grant for research collaboration….[more]

BMZ seeking Project Proposals in the context of COVID-19 Response
In addition to projects from the ongoing develoPPP.de ideas competitions, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) currently supports measures by privately owned companies that significantly alleviate the negative impact of the corona pandemic in developing or emerging-market countries…[more]

Call for Pitches: Dual Dangers of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Water Crisis in the Nile Basin
InfoNile is inviting the teams made up of two journalists (a national newspaper or TV journalist and a local radio journalist) in the 11 Nile Basin countries to submit proposals for in-depth journalism stories on dual dangers of the COVID-19 pandemic and water crisis in the Nile basin…[more]

OSIFE inviting Civil Society working to Improve Governance and Anticorruption, in response to the Coronavirus Crisis
The Open Society Initiative for Europe has issued a call for proposals to support civil society working to combat corruption and promote good governance, in response to the coronavirus crisis….[more]

Reporting Democracy inviting Journalists for Coronavirus Story Grants
The Reporting Democracy is inviting proposals for stories that reveal how the Covid-19 crisis is reshaping politics and society in Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe…[more]

Funeral Service Foundation announces COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund for United States & Canada
The Funeral Service Foundation has created a fund to respond to the COVID-19 situation. The COVID-19 Crisis Response Fund has two pillars of support: emergency assistance and grief support….[more]

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