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Research Grants for Socio-economic and Environmental Development

[August 2023]

Call for Proposals: Innovating for Climate Resilience Fund
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Global Innovation Fund (GIF) has launched its Innovating for Climate Resilience fund in partnership with the Adaptation Research Alliance and the Global Resilience Partnership, with seed funding from the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office…[more]

Emerging Global Leader Award to Early Career Research Scientist
Deadline: 11-Dec-23
The Department of Health and Human Services and National Institutes of Health is inviting proposals for the Emerging Global Leader Award to provide research support and protected time (three to five years) to an early career research scientist from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) who holds a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution, as defined by the World Bank…[more]

PTES Conservation Insight Grants 2023: Applicants may apply for funding of up to £20,000
Deadline: 6-Aug-23
The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Conservation Insight Grants program…[more]

USAID: Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Research Annual Program Statement
Deadline: 31-Dec-29
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: Best Practice Pandemic Governance and Civic Society Collaboration
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) seeks individuals or organizations to conduct research assessing examples of pandemic governance best practices with respect to civic freedoms and civil society collaboration…[more]

Entries Open for Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water – 11th Round
Deadline: 31-Dec-23
Entries are now open for the 2024 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world. Five prizes are bestowed every two years…[more]

Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Would you like to nominate an international researcher from abroad who completed their doctorate less than 18 years ago for a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award? If you are a recognised academic at a research institution in Germany, you can submit nomination for the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award…[more]

Nominations Open for Humboldt Research Award
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Would you like to nominate an international researcher from abroad for a Humboldt Research Award? If you are a recognised academic at a research institution in Germany, Then apply for the Humboldt Research Award…[more]

Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships Program
Deadline: 4-Mar-24
The United States Government, as represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Innovation, Technology, and Research (ITR) Hub, invites applications for the Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in Higher Education program…[more]

Explorers Club Discovery Expeditions Grants Program
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Explorers Club Discovery Expeditions grants align with The Club’s mission to foster scientific understanding for the betterment of humanity and all life on Earth and beyond, including their commitment to mitigate climate change, prevent the extinction of species and cultures, and ensure the health of their lands, oceans and all that inhabit them…[more]

Fund for Innovation in Development to Reduce Global Poverty and Inequality
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the Fund for Innovation in Development (FID) is a new initiative to support innovation that contributes to reducing global poverty and inequality. FID accepts applications from nearly any type of applicant, independently or in partnership with others, including: research institutes and institutions of higher education; governments or public agencies; non-governmental organizations; and private, for-profit companies…[more]

Open Call for Early-Stage Bio Incubation Projects
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) with Bioresources Innovations Network for Eastern Africa Development Programme (BioInnovate Africa) has announced an Open Call for Early-Stage Bio Incubation Projects…[more]

Waitt Foundation: Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Small Grants Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Waitt Foundation’s is currently seeking applications for its Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) small grants program to strengthen and expand marine protected areas, and to promote sustainable fisheries…[more]

Marine Institute Research for Policy Awards
Deadline: 15-Aug-23
The Research for Policy Award is a new funding instrument being introduced as part of the Marine Institute’s suite of instruments under the Marine Research Programme that aims to deliver policy relevant information in a timely manner…[more]

Hirshberg Foundation Seed Grant Program 2023
Deadline: 15-Aug-23
The Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research is currently accepting applications for the Seed Grant Program that provides research support to basic and clinical scientists and investigators in the United States and overseas. The Seed Grant program funds research in the following areas: treatment/therapy, patient care, early diagnosis, detection, cancer biology, basic science, prevention/metabolism and research core facilities…[more]

Eurostars Funding Programme to support Innovative SMEs and Project Partners
Deadline: 14-Sep-23
Eureka is seeking applications to support innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects…[more]

Apply now for Health & Humanity Summit 2023
Deadline: 17-Aug-23
Applications are now open for the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) South Asia inaugural Health and Humanity Summit that aims to be a platform for critical discourse on humanitarian and public health issues, encouraging new perspectives and innovative approaches to conventional models of aid…[more]

Call for Proposals: “New or scaling up of Countering Violent Extremism evidence-based Projects”
Deadline: 2-Oct-23
Hedayah has announced a call for proposals under STRIVE Global Programme-Phase II for new or large-scale evidence-based projects to counter violent extremism in the Western Balkan, South Caucasus and MENA regions…[more]

Emerging Global Leader Award to Early Career Research Scientist
Deadline: 11-Dec-23
The Department of Health and Human Services and National Institutes of Health is inviting proposals for the Emerging Global Leader Award to provide research support and protected time (three to five years) to an early career research scientist from a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) who holds a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution, as defined by the World Bank…[more]

OPEC Fund for International Development: Supporting Actions against Poverty
Deadline: Ongoing
The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) is inviting Applications from the international, national, regional and non-governmental organizations, supporting initiatives aimed at enhancing livelihoods by addressing challenges in areas such as education, energy poverty, food security, public health, water supply and sanitation, which may not be directly funded through other financing windows…[more]

Call for Fellowships: Research into Online Gender Based Harassment
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
Do you want to take an active role in combating coordinated online abuse that targets African women journalists, election candidates or other human rights defenders? Code for Africa (CfA) in partnership with Jigsaw, is offering research grants and technical support for evidence-driven analysis into how malign actors coordinate harassment and complaints against African women journalists and fact-checkers across 21 African countries…[more]

Funding Opportunity: Co-creating Solutions for Soil Health in Living Labs
Deadline: 20-Sep-23
While more research is needed to restore and maintain healthy soils in the EU, an important barrier still encountered to accelerate the transition towards a climate-neutral and green European Union is the gap between science and practice, between knowledge and implementation…[more]

Armenia: Short Term Conference and Travel Grant 2023
Deadline: 8-Dec-23
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is awarding short term scholarships to enable qualified students, early-career academics and researchers based in Armenia to participate in international conferences, seminars, short term courses and research trips, related to their research field, abroad…[more]

Short Term Grant for Armenian Studies 2023
Deadline: 8-Dec-23
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has announced the 2023 Short Term Grant for Armenian Studies. The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is giving the possibility to qualified students, academics and researchers in Armenian Studies to participate in activities related to their field of studies, encouraging academic interaction and exchange of knowledge and ideas…[more]

Research Grants Scheme for Iraq
Deadline: 31-Oct-23
Applications for the Research Grants scheme are now open for Iraqi-led research into the sustainable development of Iraqi history, heritage, and the humanities. Each year the aim is to fund 5–6 projects of up to 2 years duration, led by Iraqi researchers. The particularly encourage projects led by women, and warmly welcome applications to build on research previously funded by the Nahrein Network…[more]

Open Call: The Intersection of Sex and Gender Influences on Health and Disease (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) in the US
Deadline: 22-Nov-24
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites Research Project Grant (R01) applications on the influence and intersection of sex and gender in health and disease, including: (1) research applications that examine sex and gender factors and their intersection in understanding health and disease; and (2) research that addresses one of the five objectives from Strategic Goal 1 of the 2019-2023 Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women’s Health Research “Advancing Science for the Health of Women…[more]

United States: Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research Program
Deadline: Ongoing
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research has launched the Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research (ROAR) Program to support research and outreach in response to emerging or unanticipated threats to the nation’s food supply or agricultural systems…[more]

US: Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Deadline: 7-Sep-24
The National Institutes of Health is pleased to announce Small Grants for New Investigators to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research that aims to provide support for new investigators from diverse backgrounds, including from groups nationally underrepresented in biomedical research, to conduct small research projects in the scientific mission areas of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and participating Institutes and Centers…[more]

United States: Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity
Deadline: 7-Sep-24
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to announce the Mental Health Research Dissertation Grant to Enhance Workforce Diversity of scientist by providing funding support to complete the dissertation of their research careers, which falls at a particularly critical juncture in doctoral training, and a period during which institutional support may decline or terminate altogether…[more]

Canada Council for the Arts: Indigenous Organizations Component
Deadline: 20-Sep-23
The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking applications for its Indigenous Organizations component of Creating, Knowing and Sharing funds First Nations, Inuit and Métis organizations that engage in contemporary, customary or traditional artistic and cultural activities…[more]

Call for Proposals for Granting Financial Aid in Morocco
Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria through the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Rabat announces a procedure for acceptance and selection of proposals for projects that will be implemented with grants within the official development assistance of the Republic of Bulgaria with an initial implementation period in 2023…[more]

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