[May 2025]
Women-led organizations and initiatives—this is your chance.
Explore these exclusive funding opportunities designed to support and amplify the impact of women-led efforts. Whether you’re launching a new project or scaling up your mission, these calls for applications offer the support you need to drive meaningful change.
CFAs: Innovations for Exceptionally Low-Cost Monoclonal Antibody Manufacturing Program
Deadline: 31-May-2025
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with LifeArc, a self-funded medical research charity in the UK, is calling on innovators, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs- whether they are seasoned experts in biologics or pioneers in related fields- to join them in this Grand Challenge…[more]
Open Call: She Wins Climate Accelerator Program
Deadline: 13 June 2025
Submissions are now open for the She Wins Climate Accelerator Program in Southeast Asia, delivered in partnership with New Energy Nexus (NEX), to propel 25 promising women climate entrepreneurs in the region to lead the transformation of climate action…[more]
Submissions open for Matla Grants Program 2025
Deadline: 27-May-25
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is accepting submissions for the Matla Grants Program to support delivery of essential services to women, girls and gender diverse persons experiencing violence, backlash and/or discrimination in French speaking Africa…[more]
Call for Proposals: African Women Development Fund Inua Grants Program
Deadline: 27-May-25
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is delighted to launch the open call for proposals and to invite women’s rights and feminist organisations, collectives and actors to apply for Inua Grants Program…[more]
Applications open for Zimba Grants Program 2025
Deadline: 27-May-25
Applications are now open for the Zimba Grants Program to support capacity strengthening and movement building in French-speaking Africa only…[more]
WAN-IFRA WIN Women-Owned Media SIRI Accelerator Programme
Deadline: 21-May-25
The WAN-IFRA WIN Women Owned SIRI Accelerator Programme is now open for applications…[more]
Call for Applications: Capacity-Building Programme for Women Energy Entrepreneurs
Deadline: 20 May 2025
The Southern African Development Community Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency is thrilled to launch the first edition of its entrepreneurship capacity-building programme, dedicated to advancing the careers of women energy entrepreneurs from the SADC region…[more]
CFPs: Incorporating Local Perspectives into the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
Deadline: 19-May-25
The GIZ in collaboration with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is implementing the “Incorporating local perspectives into the implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda in the Great Lakes Region (iWPS)”…[more]
Call for Proposals: Responsible Parties to Scale up Institutional Response VAWG in South Africa and Lesotho
Deadline: 23-May-25
The UN Women now invites proposals for Responsible Parties to Scale up Institutional Response Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)…[more]
CFAs: Cyber Advance for Women in MENA (Egypt and Jordan)
Deadline: 3 June 2025
The U.S. Department of State and implemented by Correlation One, Cyber Advance for Women in MENA offers world-class training to help you launch a career in this vital field…[more]
RFPs: Sustainable Reintegration for Women Migrant Workers Project (Bangladesh)
Deadline: 31-May-25
The UN Women seeks to partner with a consortium led by a national women led Civil Society Organizations – CSOs involving a women chamber of commerce and industry under Sustainable Reintegration for Women Migrant Workers Project…[more]
Women in Tech Incubator Program (5th Cohort) – Ghana
Deadline: 30 May 2025
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC, in partnership with Village Capital is excited to announce the call for applications for the 5th Cohort of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech (FWIT) Incubator Program…[more]
CFPs: Low Value Grant for Cooperatives in Lebanon
Deadline: 4-Jun-25
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the Call for Proposals for the Low Value Grant for cooperatives that were affected by the 2023/2024 war, enabling them to maintain and sustain their production and operation as a first step towards recovery…[more]
Standard Chartered Women in Tech Accelerator Program (Cohort 8) – Kenya
Deadline: 16-Jun-25
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for Cohort 8 of the Standard Chartered Women in Tech Program…[more]
NGO Support Initiative Grant Program in Nigeria
Deadline: 30-May-25
The NGO Support Initiative (NSI) Grant is an initiative of the development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC)…[more]
Funding available to promote Women-led Economic Development Initiatives in the Province of Neuquén (Argentina)
Deadline: 2-Jun-25
The UN Women is requesting grant applications from civil society organizations in the province of Neuquén that develop activities and provide support and promotion services for economic development from an inclusive, sustainable and environmentally friendly approach, in the field of tourism management and intangible cultural heritage, promoting the safeguarding of knowledge, traditions, customs, values and social practices…[more]
South Africa: Ukusekela Small Project and Support Fund Program
Deadline: 06-Jun-2025
The Small Project and Support Fund (SPSF) is a project funded by Bread for the World (BfdW) to support small local initiatives that are made up of committed and dedicated people who may belong to any of these structures: self-help groups, community-based organisations (CBO’s), faith-based organisations (FBO’s) or smaller non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) or small local networks and their members working within their vicinity and context to improve the lives of the marginalised…[more]
CFPs: Supporting local CSOs focused on Peacebuilding and Recovery of Displaced Women and Girls (Moldova)
Deadline: 01-Jun-2025
The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has launched a call for proposals to provide grants to local civil society organizations in Moldova focused on peacebuilding and recovery of displaced women and girls with local women and young women’s rights organizations…[more]
Applications open for Women in Tech Zambia Accelerator Programme
Deadline: 28 May 2025
Applications are now open for the Women in Tech Zambia Accelerator Programme, implemented by BongoHive Innovations, to support women-led tech-based and tech-enabled businesses in Zambia…[more]
Apply for Futuremakers Women in Tech Uganda Program
Deadline: 30 May 2025
The Futuremakers Women in Tech (WiT) Uganda Program is a transformative initiative designed to empower women-led, tech and tech-enabled businesses…[more]
My Idea is the Future: Youth Digital Solutions Competition (Turkey)
Deadline: 13 June 2025
The United Nations Development Programme in partnership with the Union of Municipalities of Turkey are thrilled to seek applications for “My Idea is the Future: Youth Digital Solutions Competition”…[more]
Santam Women of the Future Awards (South Africa)
Deadline: 3 June 2025
Are you a woman shaping the future of their country, or do you know someone who is? They invite you to either enter or nominate an outstanding woman entrepreneur for the Santam Women of the Future Awards, in association with FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE…[more]
