In 2024, the United Nations continues to offer a diverse array of grants and partnership opportunities for projects across various global issues. These grants aim to support initiatives promoting sustainable development, humanitarian aid, environmental conservation, gender equality, and more.
With a commitment to fostering innovation and impactful change, the UN remains dedicated to collaborating with organizations and individuals passionate about creating positive and lasting impacts on a global scale. Check the list below:
IMF Grants to support Charitable Organizations
Deadline: 5-Jan-24
Applications are now open for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Grants to support charitable organizations in the Washington DC metropolitan area and in member countries abroad, which focus primarily on fostering economic independence through education and economic development…[more]
UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education
Deadline: 5-Feb-24
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched the King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education to recognize innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong learning opportunities for all…[more]
Call for Nominations: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023
Deadline: 15-Feb-23
UNESCO invites Member States to nominate candidates for UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023, in consultation with their National Commissions, as well as international and regional professional non-governmental organizations in the field of journalism and press freedom…[more]
Call for Proposals: GEM Regional Report on Technology & Education in the Pacific
Deadline: 26-Jan-24
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting proposals from individuals and organizations for the GEM Regional Report on Technology and Education in the Pacific…[more]
Call for Proposals: UNVTF Small Grants Programme to support Human Trafficking Victims
Deadline: 21-Jan-24
The UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons has launched the eighth cycle of the Small Grants Programme.
The Special Window Call for Proposals will specifically target CSO interventions supporting human trafficking victims across Central Asia, East and Southern Europe, and Africa…[more]
UNWTO Startup Competition for Tourism Technologies and Solutions in Hotels and New Business Models
Deadline: 29 January 2024
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and Infecar, Feria de Gran Canaria, are once again joining forces to promote innovation, and to harness the immense potential of the tourism industry, reimagining the future of Hotels and New Business Models, by launching the UNWTO Startup Competition for Tourism Technologies and Solutions in Hotels and New Business Models…[more]
UN-Habitat Call for Proposals in Somalia
Deadline: 15-Jan-24
The UN-Habitat has launched a call for proposals to conduct a Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of Government and Community Resilience to Climate Change and Inclusion of Vulnerable Communities in the City-Regions of Afgoye, Burco, and Jowhar in Somalia…[more]
United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Deadline: 1-Mar-23
The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery has launched the 2024 call for applications…[more]
Request for Proposals: Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Modelling – South Africa
Deadline: 12-Jan-24
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), together with the National Treasury of South Africa (NT) is opening a request for research proposals under the second phase of the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme…[more]
UNESCO Memory of the World Initiative to Safeguard Documentary Heritage at Risk
Deadline: 16-Feb-24
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is accepting proposals for the Memory of the World Initiative to Safeguard Documentary Heritage at Risk to protect the world’s documentary heritage from the risk of damage and disappearance due to hazards as a result of human-induced disasters by granting financial support to projects on the ground…[more]
Nominations open for UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award
Deadline: 17-May-24
UN-Habitat is launching its call for nominations for the 2024 round of the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award…[more]
Call for Proposals: Increasing Resilience of Crisis Affected Women and Girls in Lebanon
Deadline: 15-Jan-24
UN Women seeks to engage a Responsible Party for the implementation of the Project “Increasing Resilience of Crisis Affected Women and Girls in Tyre (Sour) through comprehensive Livelihood and Protection Services,” which aims to increase the resilience of crisis affected women and girls in Tyre (Sour) in South Governorate, including by addressing new humanitarian needs of the internally displaced population there, through the provision of gender‐responsive and inclusive humanitarian services…[more]
Call for Nominations: WHO World No Tobacco Day Awards
Deadline: 31-Jan-24
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control…[more]
UNWTO’s Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition
Deadline: 1-Jul-21
UNWTO invites applications for the Global Rural Tourism Startup Competition to accelerate Rural Development through Tourism…[more]
Call for Proposals: GEM Regional Report on Technology & Education in the Pacific
Deadline: 26 January 2024
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is inviting proposals from individuals and organizations for the GEM Regional Report on Technology and Education in the Pacific…[more]
