Grand Challenges Canada: Seeking Proposals for Stars in Global Health Deadline: 3 August 2017 The Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, is seeking bold ideas with big impact from the best and brightest talent, for products, services and implementation models that could transform how persistent challenges in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) are addressed in low- and middle-income countries. The bold ideas are expected to improve reproductive, … [Read more...]
Latest Grants, Funding Opportunities and Resources in Ghana
Latest grant, funding opportunities and other resources including call for proposals, request for proposals, call for applications in Ghana.
Innovate for Life Fund: Tackling Africa’s most Daunting Health Challenges
July 17, 2017 By
Deadline: 31 July 2017 Applications are open for Innovate for Life Fund that will tackle Africa’s most daunting health challenges by supporting local entrepreneurs and investing in companies that develop innovative, home-grown solutions. The Innovate for Life Fund aims to invest in African health entrepreneurs to create home-grown health solutions for the African market. The Innovate for Life Fund offers African health sector-specific support: knowledge, network and access to funding. This is … [Read more...]
Applications Open for UNESCO ‐ Merck Africa Research Summit (MARS) 2017!
July 17, 2017 By
Deadline: 30 August 2017 Applications are open for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-Merck Africa Research Summit (MARS) 2017, with an aim to bring together researchers from across Africa to discuss the generation, sharing and dissemination of research data and to prepare for the road ahead in Africa’s development as an international hub for research excellence and scientific innovation. The annual Summit aims to contribute to building research capacity … [Read more...]
Nominations Open For Tusk Conservation Awards 2018! A Chance to Celebrate Extraordinary People
July 17, 2017 By
Deadline: 2 March 2018 The Tusk Conservation Awards have partnered with Investec Asset Management to give nominees a chance to celebrate extraordinary people, whose work and lives might otherwise go unnoticed outside their fields. The awards aim to shine a light on the incredible work of individual conservationists; to inspire, encourage and support their work, and the efforts of others across the continent. Tusk is a dynamic and pioneering organisation with over 25 years of experience … [Read more...]
Apply for Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education!
July 17, 2017 By
Deadline: 14 August 2017 Applications are open for "The Pan-African Awards" that rewards the very best projects which are using enterprise and entrepreneurship to innovate in the field of education. The awards are generously supported by The Saville Foundation, a charitable foundation based in South Africa. Teach A Man To Fish manage the awards using their expertise in enterprise education and highlight inspirational models and projects through their large network of educational … [Read more...]
Norad Call for Applications: Supporting Research Institutions and Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 17, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 September 2017 The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is inviting research institutions and research organizations based in the Sub-Saharan Africa to submit applications for funding to increase research-based knowledge of high quality on poverty alleviation and sustainable development informing development policies, development programs, private sector investments, the general public and further research. The main desired outcomes would be: Increased … [Read more...]
Applications Open for Peace Revolution’s African Youth Amani Fellowship III!
July 14, 2017 By
Deadline: 4 September 2017 Are you a young African peace activist looking for the key to self-development to help you in your life and work? Do you feel uncomfortable with the threats to peace and security in Africa? Would you like to learn how to develop your own Inner Peace in order to advocate effectively for Peace? If yes, then apply for the African Youth Amani Fellowship III. Peace Revolution is seeking applications for its African Youth Amani Fellowship III in order to cultivate … [Read more...]
8th Joint Global Health Trials Scheme: Improving Health in Low and Middle Income Countries
July 14, 2017 By
Deadline: 14 September 2017 The UK Department for International Development (DFID), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) the UK Medical Research Council (MRC), and the Wellcome Trust have jointly announced a eighth call for proposals to fund global health trials in order to generate new knowledge about interventions that will contribute to the improvement of health in low and middle income countries. Focus Areas (Not limited) Behavioural interventions Psychological … [Read more...]
Apply for TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 Travel Fellowship Programme!
July 13, 2017 By
Deadline: 23 July 2017 Applications are open for TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 Travel Fellowship Programme that provides financial support to journalists and photojournalists affiliated with African national or global media houses to attend the 2017 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum holding October 13-15, 2017. The TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 will be the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs and other ecosystem stakeholders from across the continent. It will be a … [Read more...]
Applications Open for African Union Youth Volunteer Corps in 2018!
July 13, 2017 By
Deadline: 31 July 2017 Applications are open for The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC)" with an aim to deepen the status of young people as key actors in Africa's development targets and goals, enhancing their participation in policy development as well as design and implementation of relevant interventions towards the Africa Union’s Agenda 2063, ‘The Africa we want’. It brings people together to share skills, knowledge, creativity and learning to build a more integrated, prosperous … [Read more...]
GCRF Networking Grants: Inviting Researchers from Developing Countries and UK to Address Global Challenges
July 12, 2017 By
Deadline: 6 September 2017 The Academy of Medical Sciences in partnership with the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society, is seeking applications for its Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Networking Grants Program to allow researchers from developing countries and the UK to forge new links and hold networking events to generate innovative and interdisciplinary research ideas to address global challenges. The Networking Grants will bring together novel … [Read more...]
New England Biolabs Foundation: Seeking LOIs to Foster Community-Based Conservation
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 15 August 2017 The New England Biolabs Foundation is currently seeking Letters of Inquiry for its grant program to foster community-based conservation of landscapes and seascapes and the biocultural diversity found in these places. The foundation supports communities in the stewardship of their landscapes and seascapes and the associated bio-cultural diversity, ecosystem services, and food-ways. Thematic Areas The foundation welcome inquiries from community-based nonprofit … [Read more...]
Applications Open for 2017 FIRE Africa Awards!
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 August 2017 Applications are open for the 2017 Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE) Africa Awards with an aim to acknowledge innovative initiatives in Africa that have made concrete contributions through the use of information and communications technologies and have had a proven impact on the region’s social and economic development. Award Categories Internet development. Network operation, accelerating and expanding access, devices, infrastructure, the … [Read more...]
Apply for FIRE Africa Grants 2017: Developing Innovative Solutions to Africa’s Education, Information, Infrastructure and Communication Needs
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 1 August 2017 The Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE) is currently accepting applications for its Africa Grants 2017. The beneficiaries will be provided with series of institutional strengthening and capacity building activities aimed at providing the knowledge, tools and contacts needed to further advance successful initiatives. The FIRE Africa Grants program designed to encourage, support and develop innovative online solutions to Africa’s education, information, … [Read more...]
Applications Open for Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships Program!
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 29 September 2017 The Nieman Foundation is accepting applications for its Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships Program. These Fellowships at Harvard offer short-term research opportunities to individuals interested in working on special projects designed to advance journalism in some new way. Candidates need not be practicing journalists, but must demonstrate the ways in which their work at Harvard and the Nieman Foundation may improve the prospects for journalism’s future. This … [Read more...]
Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF): Supporting Climate Resilient, Low Carbon Development in African Countries
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 13 August 2017 The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF), housed in the Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has announced its second call for proposals that will support African countries to transition to climate resilient, low carbon development, and scale-up access to climate finance. Themes Supporting direct access to climate finance, including: supporting the development of high quality, bankable projects aligned with African … [Read more...]
EJAF Pioneer Grants: Supporting Initiatives Focused on an Individual Key Population at Higher Risk
July 11, 2017 By
Deadline: 21 August 2017 The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organizations for its Pioneer Grants that will support a specific initiative focusing on an individual key population at higher risk such as men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers and injecting drug users within an individual country. Priority Areas Pioneer Grants can be multi-year, and do not have a prescribed award amount. They must fulfill the following criteria: They … [Read more...]
Applications Open for the Young Water Fellowship Program!
July 10, 2017 By
Deadline: 9 August 2017 The Young Water Solutions is inviting fellows for its "Young Water Fellowship Program" with an aim to empower young leaders from low and middle income countries to implement projects to tackle water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), water pollution and water scarcity issues, by offering them an intensive training program, seed funding grants for their projects, and mentoring support by senior level experts during one year. This program will bring about in its first … [Read more...]
Applications Open for 4th Africa – Europe Youth Summit and the Youth Plug-In Initiative!
July 10, 2017 By
Deadline: 26 July 2017 Applications are open for 4th Africa-Europe Youth Summit that will bring together more than 120 youth leaders from both continents, including African Diaspora on 2-4 October in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire agree a declaration on themes including education, peace & security, environment, business, democratic inclusion and culture. African and European youth today poses many common challenges such as poverty and limited access to resources, education, healthcare and … [Read more...]
Department of State, Bureau of ECA: Global Undergraduate Exchange Program
July 7, 2017 By
Deadline: 5 September 2017 The Office of Academic Exchange Programs of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces an open competition for the administration of the FY 2018 Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) that is designed to promote mutual understanding by awarding outstanding, underserved undergraduate students from East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, South and Central Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Western Hemisphere full … [Read more...]
