These Calls for Applications are open for Youth-Led Organizations and Initiatives | July 2024

[July 2024]

Are you a young leader with a vision to create meaningful change? We are excited to announce a series of funding opportunities specifically for youth-led organizations and initiatives. These grants are designed to empower young innovators, support their projects, and help turn their transformative ideas into reality. Whether you are looking to launch a new venture, expand an existing program, or drive social impact in your community, these calls for applications provide the financial support you need to make a lasting difference.

Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists Grants

Submissions open for Youth Voices Creative Contest
Deadline: 31 July 2024
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) invites adolescents and young people between 10 and 24 years of age in the Americas to participate in the “Youth Voices” creative contest, to seek their opinions on what can be done to improve the quality of health services for young people…[more]

Call for Applications: RISK Award “Children and Youths as agents of change for DRR”
Deadline: 13 October 2024
The 2025 RISK Award is looking for project proposals under the topic “Children and youths as agents of change for Disaster risk reduction (DRR)”…[more]

8th Arab-European Youth Forum: Youth and Intercultural Dialogue in times of Artificial Intelligence
Deadline: 24-Jul-2024
In cooperation with the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Egypt, the 2024 Arab-European Youth Forum is organised with a view to reset and re-launch the cooperation between young people and youth movements affiliated to the two organisations…[more]

Call for Applications: ‘State of Peace’ Youth Academy
Deadline: 18 July 2024
The European Union in Bosnia and Herzegovina is pleased to announce the ‘State of Peace’ Youth Academy with an overarching goal of actively engaging Western Balkans youth in the process of reconciliation…[more]

2024 Springboard Elevate Programme
Deadline: 15 August 2024
Application is now open for the 2024 Springboard Elevate Programme…[more]

CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award 2024
Deadline: 15 August 2024
The International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) has launched the Youth Innovation Award to reward innovative solutions, designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med)…[more]

Call for EOIs: Mediterranean Youth in Action Programme 
Deadline: 21-Jul-24
The Anna Lindh Foundation is pleased to announce the Mediterranean Youth in Action Programme to empower young leaders to make a tangible impact on their communities…[more]

Call for Proposals: EU Network of Youth Cancer Survivors 
Deadline: 10-Oct-24
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to improve the quality of life of young cancer survivors through improved social networking, using the platform created by the project to strengthen the links between patients and their carers, cancer survivors, as well as social and healthcare professionals across the Union and countries associated to the EU4Health Programme…[more]

Transition-to-Scale Funding Program
Deadline: 25-Sep-24
Submissions are now open for the Transition-to-Scale Funding Program…[more]

2024 Youth Start-Up Competition (YSC): Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs to Shape the Future
Deadline: 20 September 2024
Are you a young visionary with a transformative start-up idea? Are you driven by a passion to address global challenges while upholding European values and principles? The European Commission proudly presents the 2024 Youth Start-up Competition (YSC), launched in the framework of European SME Week…[more]

Call for Proposals: Youth Friendly Services (Zambia)
Deadline: 15-Aug-2024
The European Commission (EC) has announced a call for proposals to ensure to the fulfilment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of adolescents in Zambia, especially adolescent girls…[more]

iCreate: NIDHI-PRAYAS Program (India)
Deadline: 31 July 2024
The National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups…[more]

NMRC Young Individual Research Grant (Singapore)
Deadline: 29 July 2024
The National Medical Research Council has launched the Open Fund – Young Individual Research Grant (OF-YIRG), a step for the new investigator to a first independent national level grant…[more]

United States: Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: 18-Sep-24
Submissions are now open for the Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program that support activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City that provide direct services to young people ages 5 to 25…[more]

Call for Proposals: Empowering Young Women for Education, Skills and Decent Work in Tanzania
Deadline: 05-Aug-2024
Enabel is pleased to announce a call for proposals under the intervention: Young people especially young women are empowered to thrive in a protective and gender-equal environment, to acquire education and skills, and to pursue decent work opportunities in Kigoma Region…[more]

Entries Open for Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award
Deadline: 9 August 2024
Thomson Foundation in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association (FPA) is currently inviting submissions for the Young Journalist Award…[more]

Biotechnology Ignition Grant Program (India)
Deadline: 15 August 2024
Apply for the Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), a flagship scheme of BIRAC that recognizes and invests in innovative ideas in the biotech sector…[more]

USAID/Ghana: Youth Empowerment Grant to Foster Social, Economic, and Civic Development
Deadline: 26-Jul-2024
The Ghana Youth Activity addendum seeks to support a local Ghanaian applicant with a defined youth-led and locally-led program to empower Ghanaian youth to advance their own social, economic, and civic development through improved employability, improved access to essential services, and strengthened civic engagement…[more]

Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund (Canada)
Deadline: 31 July 2024
Applications are now open for the Bloomberg Youth Climate Action Fund which will provide technical assistance and funding for 100 mayors to activate young people ages 15 to 24 around the world to design, produce and govern urgent climate solutions in their cities…[more]

Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program (United States)
Deadline: 12 August 2024
The Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention has launched Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program to support new or existing local nonprofit programs to implement best practices or promising approaches for drug prevention programs targeted to youth in school and extracurricular settings…[more]

CFPs: Equipping Youth, Syrian Refugees and Women in Jordan with Demand-Driven Skills
Deadline: 31-Jul-2024
Enabel has announced a call for proposals to equip youth, Syrian refugees, and women in Jordan with demand-driven skills to access inclusive and decent employment opportunities…[more]

CFPs: Supporting Youth to develop Micro & Small Businesses in Albertine and Rwenzori Regions (Uganda)
Deadline: 5 August 2024
The Enabel is seeking applications to address the lack of employment opportunities and barriers to inclusive economic development for vulnerable youth, particularly young women, by supporting the development of sustainable micro- and small businesses…[more]

Quick Response Grant – Youth (Australia)
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Northern Territory Government is pleased to announce the Quick Response Grant – Youth in Australia…[more]

Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund Grant Program – US 
Deadline: 09-Aug-2024
The Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund invites youth and intergenerationally led organizations to submit proposals for initiatives that are shaping the future of the responsible technology movement…[more]

CFAs: Youth Music NextGen Fund (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 15 November 2024
Applications are now open for the Youth Music NextGen Fund for early-stage musicians and wider music adjacent creatives to invest in their projects and make their ideas happen…[more]

Quick Response Grant – Youth (Australia)
Deadline: 31 May 2025
The Northern Territory Government is pleased to announce the Quick Response Grant – Youth in Australia…[more]

NOFO: Youth Leadership Summit (Sri Lanka)
Deadline: 19 July 2024
The Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Embassy in Colombo is seeking a local implementing partner to administratively support a four-day Youth Leadership Summit intended to develop the next generation of Sri Lankan youth leaders…[more]

Youth Legal Initiatives Fund – Canada 
Deadline: 31-May-25
The Alberta Law Foundation (the Foundation) has established a Youth Legal Initiatives Fund (the Fund) to support initiatives that respond to existing and emerging legal issues facing youth and young people in Alberta…[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]