[August 2025]
Are you looking to grow your travel or tourism business in 2025? Whether you’re a startup launching a new travel platform, a tour operator expanding your services, or a destination marketing organization planning your next big campaign, funding can be the key to unlocking your goals. The good news? There are more grants, investment programs and financial incentives than ever before designed specifically for the travel and tourism industry.
Call for Entries: Journal of Clinical Medicine Travel Award
Deadline: 31-Dec-25
Applications are now open for the Journal of Clinical Medicine Travel Award to two junior scientists for the year 2026. This award provides financial support for the winners to attend an international conference in the field of clinical medicine to be held in 2026, in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both…[more]
Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism (SST) Grant Program
Deadline: 15-Aug-25
Applications are now open for the Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism (SST) Grant Program. The Foundation’s assets consist of the proceeds from the sale of the former SSR Travel, Swiss Student Travel Office (cooperative) to the STA Travel Group. Through its activities in the field of tourism the Foundation continues to work towards the non-materialistic objectives of the former cooperative…[more]
Request for Applications: STREETS Global Awards
Deadline: 15 August 2025
Entries are now open for the STREETS Global Awards, which celebrate outstanding early-stage social enterprises and initiatives driving positive social impact through hospitality and tourism…[more]
CFPs: Bridging Historical Past and Future Potential through Conservation, Preservation, and Adaptive Use of Europe’s Contentious and Dissonant Heritage
Deadline: 16-Sep-25
The European Commission is now accepting submissions for the Bridging Historical Past and Future Potential through Conservation, Preservation, and Adaptive Use of Europe’s Contentious and Dissonant Heritage topic…[more]
Call for Selection of Collaborative Projects: Go Green, Get Digital, Be Resilient Programme
Deadline: 02-Sep-2025
The Go Green, Get Digital, Be Resilient Programme is now accepting applications to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and organizations working at the intersection of food and tourism, collectively referred to as “food in tourism”…[more]
Applications open for TUI Colourful Cultures Programme 2025
Deadline: 30-Sep-25
The TUI Colourful Cultures offers tourists the opportunity to experience and appreciate these cultures and empowers communities to preserve and promote them through tourism…[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]
Call for Projects for CSOs: Strengthening coastal resilience in West Africa
Deadline: 25-Aug-2025
This call for projects is rooted in principles of subsidiarity, local relevance, equity, cultural and linguistic diversity, and long-term sustainability. It is designed to support grassroots initiatives that contribute to coastal resilience in West Africa…[more]
Call for Applications: Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants
Deadline: 05-Oct-2025
The Max Weber Foundation confers Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to internationally oriented researchers in the humanities and social sciences who are in the qualification phase. The aim of the program is to promote transnational and transregional research and to create connections between the academic cultures of the Foundation’s host countries and Germany…[more]
Request for Proposals: Travel Grants Program
Deadline: 31 August 2025
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture provides travel grants to each qualified agriculture and agriculture-related professional, social scientist, or graduate student in Southeast Asia…[more]
Open Topic on Secured and Facilitated Crossing of External Borders
Deadline: 12 November 2025
Submissions are now open for the Open Topic on Secured and Facilitated Crossing of External Borders…[more]
CFPs: Support for Training and Entrepreneurship for Employment Development in the Tourism System Initiative (Ethiopia)
Deadline: 22-Sep-2025
The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation has opened a call for proposals aimed at enhancing training and entrepreneurship for employment development within Ethiopia’s tourism system. This initiative seeks to foster local economic development, particularly in emerging sectors, by promoting job creation and entrepreneurship…[more]
Masterclass on AI for Economic Growth and Innovation in El Salvador
Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
The U.S. Embassy San Salvador’s Public Diplomacy Section is organizing a three-day Masterclass on Artificial Intelligence for Economic Growth and Innovation. The program aims to provide Salvadoran youth leaders, university students, and digital content creators aged 16 to 25 with hands-on skills in American AI tools. It will also highlight how U.S. technology is advancing tourism, marketing, and digital entrepreneurship globally…[more]
RFPs: Support to Girls’ Right to Education and Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Education in Pakistan
Deadline: 19-Aug-2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting grant applications to support the government’s efforts in improving girls’ primary education and preserving cultural heritage in Bahawalpur (South Punjab) and Swat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). The initiative also extends to Chitral District, aiming to enhance education, sustainability, and cultural conservation…[more]
Apply for the Inlaks Research and Travel Grant (India)
Deadline: 31-Aug-2025
The Inlaks Research and Travel Grant supports registered PhD students at Indian universities who wish to undertake short-term visits to institutions abroad. The grant allows them to collect research material, use academic facilities, and consult international experts in their field of study. It is specifically available to PhD scholars in the humanities and social sciences…[more]
Grants to improve the Marketing and supply of Products, increase the quality of the Tourist Offer or encourage the Start-up in the Cultural Sector (Albania)
Deadline: 21-Aug-2025
The “EU for Economic Development – Tourism Local Economic Development with a Focus on Cultural Heritage” project, funded under the Contribution Agreement for the Instrument of Pre-Accession (IPA) 2018, seeks to promote the sustainable development of tourism through the preservation and enhancement of Albania’s rich cultural heritage…[more]
Call for CSOs: Sustainable Tourism Program in North Macedonia
Deadline: 14-Aug-25
The United Nations Development Programme is thrilled to announce an open call for Civil Society Organizations to participate in the Sustainable Tourism Program in the Prespa Region to improve the quality of life and economic development through new “green” paths in agriculture and tourism…[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]
Feasibility Support Program for Rural Investments in 2025 (Turkey)
Deadline: 12-Dec-25
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]
Travel Grant: Inviting International Art Professionals to Finland
Deadline: 31-Aug-25
The Frame Contemporary Art Finland is pleased to announce the Travel Grant to promote the international mobility and networking of art professionals in order to promote the opportunities of Finnish art and artists for international interaction and the exhibition of Finnish art internationally…[more]
Call for Proposals: NEMI Travel Grant Program (Netherlands)
Deadline: Ongoing
Do you want to learn more about the latest advances in EM? Want to go to a conference to present your own EM data? Or are you interested to use EM in your work but do not know where to start and want to visit a workshop on an EM-related topic? The Netherlands Electron Microscopy Infrastructure is now offering financial support for early career researchers…[more]
Frame Contemporary Art Finland: Travel Grant for International Art Professionals for Travelling to Finland
Deadline: 31 August 2025
The Frame Contemporary Art Finland is excited to announce its Travel Grant for International Art Professionals for Travelling to Finland to promote the international mobility and networking of art experts in order to promote the opportunities of Finnish art and artists for international interaction and the exhibition of Finnish art internationally…[more]
Frame Contemporary Art Finland announces Travel Grant for Art Professionals for Travelling Abroad
Deadline: 31 August 2025
The Frame Contemporary Art Finland is inviting applications to promote the international mobility and networking of Finnish art experts and to promote the opportunities of Finnish art and artists for international interaction and the exhibition of Finnish art internationally…[more]
Short Term Conference and Travel Grant (Armenia)
Deadline: 3 December 2025
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is inviting applications for its Short Term Conference and Travel Grant for Graduate students (Master and PhD), academics and researchers based in Armenia, under 35 years old, wishing to attend international seminars, conferences, short term courses and research trips, related to their research field, abroad…[more]
Request for Applications: International Travel Scheme (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Anusandhan National Research Foundation is requesting applications for its International Travel Support Scheme to provide financial assistance to Indian researchers for presenting a research paper in an international scientific event held abroad…[more]
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation Grant Programme (UK)
Deadline: 26-Aug-2025
The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for projects that create meaningful impact on individuals or communities and leave a lasting legacy. The foundation supports initiatives across five main areas: Music, Performing Arts (excluding music), Jewish/Interfaith activities, Medical Research Travel Grants, and Personal Awards…[more]
RFPs: Learn – Travel/Professional Development Grant Program (Canada)
Deadline: 01-Sep-2025
The Manitoba Arts Council is inviting applications for its Travel/Professional Development Grant Program. This grant supports individuals from all artistic disciplines in activities that contribute to the growth of their careers or artistic practices…[more]
Open Call: Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program (Australia)
Deadline: 21 November 2025
The Tourism Business Digital Adaption Program (the Program) is a two-year, $4.5 million initiative funded by the Queensland Government that aims to facilitate the uptake of digital technology and innovation by micro, small and medium-sized tourism businesses, assisting in improving business operations and delivering seamless events and exceptional tourism experiences…[more]
New Zealand: Waiheke Quick Response Grant 2025
Deadline: 15-Aug-2025
The Auckland Council is inviting applications for the Waiheke Quick Response Grant, a small-scale funding opportunity offered up to five times a year. This grant is designed to support projects that contribute to community wellbeing, environmental protection, cultural enrichment, and sustainable development on Waiheke Island…[more]
