World Health Day 2025: Funding Calls to Tackle Global Health Challenges

Doctor Juan Abarca International Award for Medical Science
Deadline: 30 May 2025
The HM Hospitales Research Foundation is thrilled to invite nominations for its Doctor Juan Abarca International Award for Medical Science to recognize the work of a scientist of international standing who has achieved a biomedical finding of global significance…[more]

Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action through Place- Based Solutions Grant Program
Deadline: 5-May-25
The National Geographic Society is accepting applications for Level I and Level II grants for the Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action with Place-Based Solutions…[more]

Call for Applications: Zayed Sustainability Prize
Deadline: 23-Jun-2025
Applications are now open for the Zayed Sustainability Prize that recognises and rewards small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions…[more]

Call for Nominations: GBD Emerging Researcher Award
Deadline: 15 April 2025
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is seeking applications for its GBD Emerging Researcher Award to support emerging global health researchers to carry out innovative research to improve the measurement and knowledge about burden of disease in populations…[more]

CFPs: Boosting Innovation through better Integration of Fragmented Health R&I Efforts
Deadline: 29 April 2025
The European Commission is inviting grant proposal for boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts…[more]

Open Call: Boosting Innovation for a better understanding of the Determinants of Health
Deadline: 29 April 2025
The European Commission is seeking grant proposals for boosting innovation for a better understanding of the determinants of health…[more]

Call for Proposals: Boosting Innovation for People-Centred Integrated Healthcare Solutions
Deadline: 29 April 2025
The European Commission is accepting grant proposals for boosting innovation for peopled centred integrated healthcare solutions…[more]

RFPs: Boosting Innovation through exploitation of Digitalisation and Data Exchange in Healthcare
Deadline: 29 April 2025
The European Commission is requesting grant proposals for boosting innovation through exploitation of digitalisation and data exchange in healthcare…[more]

RFAs: Safeguarding Innovation in secondary use of Health Data in the European Health Data Space
Deadline: 23 April 2025
The European Commission is currently seeking grant applications for safeguarding innovation in secondary use of health data in the European health data space…[more]

Per- and Poly- fluoroalkyl Substance Exposure, Emissions, and End of Life Management in Healthcare Sector
Deadline: 23 April 2025
The European Commission is requesting grant proposals for Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) exposure, emissions, and end of life management in the healthcare sector…[more]

Call for Entries: UN Tourism – Best Tourism Villages Initiative
Deadline: 19 May 2025
The United Nations World Tourism Organization is seeking applications for its prestigious Best Tourism Villages Initiative committed to advancing rural tourism as a catalyst for sustainable development and inclusion, while celebrating the rich tapestry of cultural and natural heritage, community values, and sustainable practices that make the destinations unique…[more]

Equity-Free Funding Opportunity for Fem Tech Solutions
Deadline: 8 May 2025
The UNICEF Venture Fund is calling for applications from start-ups developing cutting edge tech solutions improving access to quality health care and services, and ensuring socio-economic participation of women and girls…[more]

Apply Now: Wellcome Early-Career Awards Scheme
Deadline: 22 May 2025
The Wellcome Trust Early-Career Awards Scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity…[more]

Call for Proposals: The Pandemic Fund
Deadline: 6-Jun-25
The Pandemic Fund announced its third Call for Proposals (3rd CfP) to prioritize high-impact investments in: 1) early warning and disease surveillance systems, 2) laboratory systems (human and animal), and 3) strengthening human resources, public health and rural and urban community workforce capacity, including workforce capacity related to human, animal (domestic, wildlife) and environment/ecosystem health…[more]

APEC Calls for Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize Entries
Deadline: 9-May-25
The call for applications is now open for the APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economies Research Prize, recognizing innovative research that highlights the crucial link between women’s health and their economic participation…[more]

CFPs: Information and Training measures for Workers’ Organisations
Deadline: 15-Apr-25
The European Commission is seeking proposals to strengthen the capacity of workers’ organisations (both in Member States and candidate countries) to address, at EU/transnational level, challenges related to changes in employment and working conditions as well as challenges related to their effective participation in social dialogue…[more]

EU-LAC Joint Call to enhance cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation
Deadline: 22-May-25
The EU-LAC Interest Group towards the Common Research Area launches a new Joint Call to enhance the bi-regional cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovation…[more]

Call for Proposals: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives Program
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The High Commission of Canada in Australia is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Program…[more]

L’Oréal – UNESCO for Women in Science Levant Regional Young Talents Programme
Deadline: 20 April 2025
Applications are now open for the L’Oréal – UNESCO for Women in Science Levant Regional Young Talents Programme to promote the participation of young women in science coming from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syrian Arab Republic…[more]

Applications open for The Lighthouse Fund Program 2025
Deadline: 9-May-25
AVPN is accepting applications for the Lighthouse Fund Program to address the financing and ecosystem gap at the intersection of climate change and health while fostering ecosystems for urgent action…[more]

CapitaLand Community Resilience Initiative
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The CapitaLand Community Resilience Initiative is a SGD 3 million initiative, supported by AVPN, dedicated to strengthening community resilience across Asia…[more]

Call for Concept Notes: Interreg IPA Romania-Serbia Programme 2025
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The European Commission (EU) is inviting you to submit call for concept notes for the Interreg IPA Romania-Serbia Programme…[more]

Apply Now: Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants (US and Canada)
Deadline: 24-Apr-25
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is accepting applications for the Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health…[more]

Call for Proposals: India-Spain Programme on Industrial R&D Cooperation
Deadline: 20 May 2025
A Joint Programme for Co-operation was established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST); Ministry of Science and Technology, India and the Centre for the Development of Technology and Innovation, E.P.E. (CDTI), to promote and fund market-driven research and technology development as well as to encourage partnerships and business-Ied R&D&I collaborative projects between entities from both countries…[more]

CFAs: Egyptian-Spanish Joint Technological Co-operation Program
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Science, Technology and Innovation Funding Authority is pleased to announce its Egyptian-Spanish Joint Technological Co-operation Program to promote research, development, and innovation in the valued areas of Egypt’s long term competitiveness and development strategy…[more]

Submissions open for Research on Elderly and Ageing (Denmark)
Deadline: 3 June 2025
The Independent Research Fund Denmark is now accepting applications for its Research on Elderly and Ageing to illuminate elderly citizens’ social, psychological and physical robustness, including and among other things within the context of nursing and care in the local healthcare system…[more]

Request for Proposals: Pfizer Quality Improvement Grant Program (Italy)
Deadline: 29-May-25
The Pfizer Foundation is requesting grant proposals to support Quality Improvement initiatives that identify and address gaps in adult vaccinations, improve and optimize access and immunization practices, leading to an increased vaccination coverage among the high-risk, immunocompromised adult and elderly populations…[more]

Data Science Emerging Investigator Grant Programme (Denmark)
Deadline: 29 July 2025
The Novo Nordisk Fonden has announced its Data Science Emerging Investigator Grant Programme for talented starting research group leaders within the field of data science or computational science…[more]

Applications open for Australia Awards in Maldives
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Australia Awards Scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders in developing countries…[more]

Call for Entries: Safe Agriculture Awards (Bangladesh)
Deadline: 20 April 2025
The Future Startup, in collaboration with Khaas Food Limited, is excited to announce its nominations for the Safe Agriculture Awards, a prestigious recognition for 25 outstanding individuals who are pioneering safe, healthy and sustainable food systems in Bangladesh…[more]

Apply for Australia Awards Scholarship Program in Samoa
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Australia’s partnership with Samoa encompasses diplomatic, economic, security and development cooperation, and celebrates the interconnectedness of their peoples and cultures based on a long history of personal, community and institutional ties…[more]

Open Call: Vienna Quality of Life Funding Program (Austria)
Deadline: 30 April 2025
Do you have an unconventional solution for the environmental and social changes currently underway? If yes, then apply for the Vienna Quality of Life Funding Program…[more]

Australia Awards Scholarship Program in Nauru
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Australia’s international development assistance in Nauru helps promote prosperity, reduce poverty, and enhance political stability…[more]

Call for Applications: Australia Awards Scholarships in Niue
Deadline: 30 April 2025
The Australia Awards scholarships are prestigious international awards offered by the Australian Government to the next generation of global leaders in developing countries…[more]

Communities Climate Adaptation Facility Grants Program in Fiji
Deadline: 6 June 2025
The Communities Climate Adaptation Facility (C-CAF) is a global initiative spearheaded by the Global Centre for Climate Mobility (GCCM) to address the pressing needs of local communities at the frontline of the climate crisis…[more]

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives in Panama
Deadline: 18-Apr-25
The Embassy of Canada in Panama is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI)…[more]

Pfizer Call for Proposals: Enhancing Healthcare for Lower Respiratory Infection among Infants (Thailand)
Deadline: 23-Apr-25
Pfizer is requesting proposals to support projects to improve healthcare in patients presenting with lower respiratory tract infection…[more]

Jim Joel Fund to support Early Childhood Development Sector – South Africa
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Jim Joel Fund is offering grants to support the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector that works to improve access and the quality of early learning programmes for the most marginalised of young children and their families…[more]

Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects in Botswana
Deadline: 21-May-25
The Embassy of Japan in Botswana is accepting applications for the Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects to assist Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) by supporting people- centred relatively small projects which have a direct and immediate impact on the well-being of disadvantaged communities at a grass-roots level…[more]

Call for Proposals: Technology Solutions for Women Challenges (WTIP) – South Africa
Deadline: 28 April 2025
The Technology Innovation Agency is seeking applications for the Women Technology and Innovation Program (WTIP), which aims to address the underrepresentation of women in the technology and innovation sector, increasing their participation and ensuring that innovation is also used to address their challenges…[more]

CFAs: Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Project (Malaysia)
Deadline: 30-May-25
The Embassy of Japan in Malaysia is now accepting applications for the Japanese Grant Assistance Grass-Roots Human Security Project (GGP)…[more]

CFPs: Enhancing CSOs’ Contribution to Governance and Development Processes in Thailand
Deadline: 15-May-25
The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) as independent development actors to contribute to governance and development process in Thailand, with a view to contribute to the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs)…[more]

Cardinia Community Foundation Community Grant (Australia)
Deadline: 24-Apr-25
Cardinia Community Foundation is providing funding for the funding of well-defined projects that benefit residents of Cardinia Shire, taking into consideration a broad spectrum of community priorities in line with the Cardinia Shire Liveability Plan…[more]

Data Science Ascending Investigator Grant (Denmark)
Deadline: 29 July 2025
The Novo Nordisk Fonden has launched its Data Science Ascending Investigator Grant for excellent and independent Associate Professors (or equivalent) who have the ambition and potential to rise to the highest international level…[more]

Carrick Futures Fund Programme in the United Kingdom
Deadline: 27-May-25
The Carrick Futures Fund Programme is supported by ScottishPower Renewables community benefit funds for Arecleoch and Mark Hill Windfarms in South Ayrshire…[more]

CFPs: Emergency Initiative for the most Vulnerable Population in the Conflict-affected regions of Ukraine
Deadline: 11-May-25
The Italian Government, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) office in Kyiv, is launching a new €21 million call for proposals to deliver emergency humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian population most affected by the conflict…[more]

Cambusbarron Community Fund Programme in the UK
Deadline: 5-Sep-25
The Foundation Scotland is pleased to announce the Cambusbarron Community Fund to support community projects benefiting those living in the Cambusbarron Community Council area in Stirling local authority…[more]

Data Science Investigator: Distinguished Grant (Denmark)
Deadline: 29 July 2025
Applications are now open for the Data Science Investigator: Distinguished Grant for outstanding professors who have demonstrated the ability to execute and lead research at the highest international level…[more]

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (Jamaica)
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The High Commission of Canada in Jamaica is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement…[more]

WITH Foundation’s Open Grant Program in the United States (Up to $150,000)
Deadline: 17-Apr-25
WITH Foundation is accepting applications for its Open Grant Program to provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities…[more]

Submit Applications for Health Research Grant Program (India)
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Azim Premji University has announced the second round of its Health Research Grant Program to build a deeper understanding of the health realities of vulnerable communities in India…[more]

City of Brantford Community Grant Program (Canada)
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The City of Brantford has launched the Community Grant Program to shape the vitality and sense of belonging in the community…[more]

Applications open for E-Team Program (United States)
Deadline: 29 April 2025
The E-Team Program, part of the VentureWell Accelerator, supports student ventures as you embark down the path you’re likely to take as an innovator and entrepreneur…[more]

Grocers’ Charity Grant Programme (United Kingdom)
Deadline: 5-Sep-25
The Grocers’ Charity is seeking applications for the its grant programme to support UK-registered charities…[more]

CFAs: Community Support Grants Program in Australia
Deadline: 30-Apr-25
The Ararat Rural City Council is accepting applications for the Community Support Grants Program to provide funding to clubs, organisations and community groups for the provision of programs, projects, activities, and events that deliver outcomes for the benefit of Ararat Rural City…[more]

Apply for Reciprocity Health Fund (Canada)
Deadline: 25-Apr-25
The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia is accepting applications for the Reciprocity Health Fund addressing the social determinants of health in the Tri-County area…[more]