Deadline: 20 June 2017 The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), is seeking expressions of interest from qualified and experienced individuals, teams or organizations to undertake a survey intended to assess the main needs and priorities for the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The activity, to be undertaken in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and … [Read more...]
CAPPP’s Conservation Stewards Program: Supporting Biodiversity Conservation & Ecosystem
May 26, 2017 By
Deadline: 30 June 2017 The Conservation Agreements Private Partnership Platform (CAPPP) is currently inviting applications for its Conservation Stewards Program (CSP) in order to catalyze private sector participation in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service maintenance. CAPPP’s goal is to protect at least 1 million hectares of high biodiversity areas, by supporting conservation agreements with at least 30 communities around the world and engaging at least 15 private sector … [Read more...]
Lisle International: Seeking Applications for Global Seed Grant Program
May 26, 2017 By
Deadline: 15 June 2017 Lisle International is seeking applications for its Global Seed Grant Program to support innovative projects which further the mission and goals of Lisle — improving intercultural understanding by bringing people of diverse backgrounds together to share, work together, and learn from one another. Lisle International is committed to broadening the ideal of a global community and increasing the appreciation of all cultures. It does so by bringing together persons of … [Read more...]
Applications Open for Future Innovator Scholarship!
May 25, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 June 2017 StudySoup is seeking applications for its Future Innovator Scholarship. Through StudySoup online portal, Students can upload notes to StudySoup to lighten their financial burden. However, they still felt like they could do more to give back to the future leaders of the world and have developed the Future Innovator Scholarship Program. StudySoup empowers the top students of every class to help their peers, and make money, by posting their best study materials … [Read more...]
Apply for 2017 U.N. Correspondents Association Awards for Best Media Coverage of the United Nations and U.N. Agencies
May 25, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 September 2017 The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) is currently inviting journalists from all countries to submit entries for its 21st annual UNCA Awards for the best print, broadcast (TV & Radio) and online, web-based media coverage of the United Nations, U.N. agencies and field operations. Funding Information The prizes amount to over $60,000 to be distributed among the prize categories and winners. Types of Awards The Elizabeth Neuffer Memorial … [Read more...]
Apply for Watershed’s Creative Producers International Programme!
May 25, 2017 By
Deadline: 5 June 2017 Creative Producers International is a new world-wide talent development programme led by Watershed, which will provide fifteen Creative Producers from across the globe with the skills they need to become the city change-makers of the future. Expanding and leveraging the networks and ethos of Playable City™, which puts people and play at the heart of cities across five continents. Successful participants will gain the skills and abilities to have a new kind of conversation … [Read more...]
UN Women: Assessment of Advocacy Initiatives and Tools for Changing Gender Discriminatory Social Norms and Attitudes
May 25, 2017 By
Deadline: 25 June 2017 The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (ECARO) is inviting women civil society organizations (CSOs), women’s studies and research centres promoting women’s rights and gender equality to submit proposals to conduct an Assessment of Advocacy and Social Norms Change Initiatives as well as Tools for Changing Gender Discriminatory Social Norms and Attitudes to contribute to the … [Read more...]
The DO School’s Future of Audio Entertainment Challenge!
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 31 May 2017 Are you driven by a meaningful vision ? Are you brimming with bright ideas ? Do you want to make a real difference, perhaps with a business that benefits the community, or a project in the cultural sector, or with a technology that addresses a specific problem in your home country. What are you waiting for? Let’s turn your ideas into action. The DO School of Innovation is seeking applications for its Entrepreneurship for good program that is a one year funded … [Read more...]
EU Call for Proposals: Apply for ERC Advanced Grants 2017
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 31 August 2017 The European Commission is currently seeking proposals for European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. Applicant Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground breaking nature, ambition and feasibility of their scientific proposal. This action is open to researchers of any … [Read more...]
Apply for TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme!
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 26 June 2017 Applications are open for "Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme" for young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India. The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in CSIR research laboratories and institutes in … [Read more...]
Apply to Participate in Super Happiness Challenge under the Project HeHa!
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 17 August 2017 How can we help people achieve super happiness, and co-create a happier world? Join the Super Happiness challenge if your idea or startup can make the world a happier place. The Super Happiness Challenge is one of the first initiatives of Project HeHa - a worldwide movement to help people achieve super happiness, and co-create a happier world. At Project HeHa (Super Happiness comes from a Chinese word “爽” shuǎng meaning a state of deep and fundamental happiness), it … [Read more...]
National Geographic Society: Seeking Applications for Standard Grant Program
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 July 2017 The National Geographic Society is seeking applications for its Standard Grant Program to award grants for research, conservation, education, and storytelling through its Committee for Research and Exploration. National Geographic Society grant-funded projects should be bold, innovative, and transformative. The National Geographic Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to exploring our planet, protecting wildlife and habitats, and … [Read more...]
WISIONS Call for Applications: Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS) Knowledge Exchange Program 2017
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 23 June 2017 WISIONS is currently inviting applicants for its Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS) Knowledge Exchange program 2017 with an aim to mobilize knowledge and expertise among energy practitioners and other stakeholders in the field of sustainable energy technologies in the "Global South", with a focus on decentralised energy solutions. This call for proposals is aimed at both focus regions of WISIONS – Latin America and the Caribbean, and South/South East Asia. The … [Read more...]
UN Women: Regional Forum for the Promotion and Monitoring Progress of the Implementation of Istanbul Convention
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 25 June 2017 The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is inviting women civil society organizations (CSOs), women CSOs networks and platforms promoting women’s rights and gender equality to submit proposals to hold a Regional Forum for the Promotion and Monitoring Progress of the Implementation of Istanbul Convention in six Western Balkan countries and Turkey. The Programme aims at ending gender based discrimination and violence … [Read more...]
UN Women Call for Proposals: Strengthening Regional Platforms of Civil Society Organizations
May 24, 2017 By
Deadline: 25 June 2017 The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) is inviting women civil society organizations (CSOs), women CSOs networks and platforms promoting women’s rights and gender equality to submit proposals to support the establishment and strengthening of regional platforms of civil society organizations. The goal of this Call for Proposals is to strengthen women’s voice and agency, including of women’s organizations working with and or … [Read more...]
Unitaid Call for Proposals: Better, shorter treatment for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB)
May 23, 2017 By
Deadline: 19 June 2017 Unitaid is pleased to announce its new Call for Proposals for the area for intervention- Better, shorter treatment for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB). Through this program, Unitaid aims to accelerate access to innovative treatment regimens and corresponding diagnostic algorithms, with the overall goal of substantially increasing DR-TB diagnosis, treatment and cure rates. Across its portfolio of projects, at least 85 percent of Unitaid funds dedicated to commodity … [Read more...]
Applications Open for The Water Data Challenge! Disclose and Distribute Water Data to Farmers
May 23, 2017 By
Deadline: 31 May 2017 The Government of Australia and other partners (including the World Bank) are seeking applications for its "Water Data Challenge" with an aim to improve the access to information that is so crucial to ensuring that farmers thrive especially in lower-income settings and water resources are managed well. The Challenge is looking for innovations that are sustainable (financial, institutional, environmental, technological, and social); use participatory and context-specific … [Read more...]
EU Call for Proposals: EIDHR Country-Based Support Schemes (CBSS) for Malaysia
May 23, 2017 By
Deadline: 15 August 2017 The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) - Country-Based Support Schemes (CBSS) Malaysia” in order to contribute to the respect for fundamental rights and the consolidation of the rule of law in Malaysia. Priorities Enhance and promote equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of all human rights by decriminalising and abolish … [Read more...]
New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize: Apply for Circular Materials Challenge!
May 23, 2017 By
Deadline: 20 October 2017 As part of the New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is asking the question how can we make all plastic packaging recyclable? The Circular Materials Challenge is currently inviting innovators to find alternative materials that could be recycled or industrially composted. The aim of the Challenge is to stimulate the development of materials that could be captured and recycled or composted effectively rather than being incinerated or … [Read more...]
New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize: Apply for $1 million Circular Design Challenge!
May 23, 2017 By
Deadline: 11 June 2017 The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize is currently inviting designers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and academics to create a plastics system that works. The New Plastics Economy Innovation Prize is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and was launched in collaboration with HRH The Prince of Wales’s International Sustainability Unit. The Prize is funded by Wendy Schmidt, Lead Philanthropic Partner of the New Plastics Economy Initiative. Participants may apply for any … [Read more...]
