Deadline: 22-Jan-21 As a part of Women Saving for Resilience (WS4R), SEEP is delighted to launch a challenge fund to support innovations in gender intentional COVID response and recovery efforts related to Savings Groups. Women Saving for Resilience (WS4R) – a two-year program, implemented by the SEEP Network and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – aims to improve the technical, adaptive, and collaborative capacity of Savings Groups, and organizations that work with them, … [Read more...] about SEEP launches Call for Proposals for Innovation Fund in Africa
Call for Proposals for 2021 “Strengthening Health Systems at All Levels (Community to National)”
Deadline: 25-Jan-21 L’Initiative has launched a call for proposals that aims to select projects that complement and / or support Global Fund investments, contributing to building or strengthening health systems that are gender-sensitive and that allow populations fair access to quality services, particularly via the fight against the three pandemics. These projects must have a catalytic effect, that is to say, they should be capable of affecting change in practices and / or policies. This … [Read more...] about Call for Proposals for 2021 “Strengthening Health Systems at All Levels (Community to National)”
2021 Access to Quality Health Services for Vulnerable Populations: Call for Applications
Deadline: 25-Jan-21 L’Initiative has launched a call for applications for AP-Init-2021-02 pertaining to access to quality health services for vulnerable populations ; AP-Init-2021-01 pertaining to strengthening health systems at all levels (community to national) and lastly AP-Init-2021-03 pertaining to operational research on tuberculosis and vulnerable populations. The purpose of this call for proposals is to select projects that complement and / or support Global Fund investments to … [Read more...] about 2021 Access to Quality Health Services for Vulnerable Populations: Call for Applications
Minor Foundation for Major Challenges announces Call for Applications
Deadline: 15-Jan-21 The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges (MFMC) is a Norwegian foundation that supports communication projects which advance the transition to a low carbon economy. The Foundation supports advocates of climate change mitigation. The calls for applications are open to international applicants. MFMC supports projects that support urgent, large-scale transformation, with a focus on changing policies and practices in public or private institutions. The foundation’s … [Read more...] about Minor Foundation for Major Challenges announces Call for Applications
Submit Proposals for Youth in Development Boot Camp and Fellowship
Deadline: 6-Jan-21 Sozo Networks is currently accepting proposals for the Youth in Development Boot Camp and Fellowship to provide civic leaders with skills and tools to start and effectively lead social change initiatives. Most of the Alumni of this program have gone ahead to create viable and highly impactful social ventures that are transforming the social-economic landscapes of their communities. Sozo Networks and the IMPACT Toolbox is happy to host another cohort of outstanding young … [Read more...] about Submit Proposals for Youth in Development Boot Camp and Fellowship
IWMF’S Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2021: Call for Journalists
Deadline: 16-Jan-21 The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), in partnership with Kim’s family and friends, seek to make sure the kinds of stories and provide two $5,000 grants to journalists to help bend the world toward Kim’s vision. Eligibility Criteria All applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria: Affiliated or freelance women-identifying or non-binary journalists with three (3) or more years of professional experience working in news media from anywhere … [Read more...] about IWMF’S Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2021: Call for Journalists
Bureau of Democracy Human Rights & Labor: Global Equality Fund
Deadline: 5-Feb-21 The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that provide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) individuals and communities with the tools to empower local movements and communities, prevent, mitigate and recover from violence, discrimination, stigma, and human rights abuses, as well as programs that work to eliminate laws which … [Read more...] about Bureau of Democracy Human Rights & Labor: Global Equality Fund
Charity Entrepreneurship’s 2021 Incubation Program: Participate Now!
Deadline: 15-Jan-21 The Charity Entrepreneurship (“CE”) has launched a call for applications for the 2021 Incubation Program. The two-month, cost-covered online course will take you from a basic familiarity with starting charities to being fully prepared to create and operate an effective organization. Management, fundraising, impact analysis: everything you need to know, taught by mentors with experience establishing multiple EA charities – including a GiveWell top charity. The next … [Read more...] about Charity Entrepreneurship’s 2021 Incubation Program: Participate Now!
Rafto Foundation announces ‘The Rafto Prize’ to Promote Human Rights
Deadline: 1-Feb-21 The Rafto Foundation has announced The Rafto Prize for the men and women to support them in their work to promote human rights. Each year, the Foundation awards a person or an organisation working for human rights and democracy. The Foundation encourages everyone with an interest or knowledge in human rights to make a nomination for the Rafto Prize. The Rafto Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the global promotion of human rights. The main object is, in … [Read more...] about Rafto Foundation announces ‘The Rafto Prize’ to Promote Human Rights
Economic Recovery Through Infrastructure Service Delivery Program
Deadline: 20-Dec-20 The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) has announced a call for proposals for the Covid-19: Economic Recovery through Infrastructure Service Delivery. AUDA-NEPAD calls upon all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Small-Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from the AU Member States to submit infrastructure project proposals for further Technical Advisory and Market Packaging by AUDA-NEPAD to facilitate access to finance to implement the … [Read more...] about Economic Recovery Through Infrastructure Service Delivery Program
Call for Nominations for 2021 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
Deadline: 28-Feb-21 The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2021 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity to recognize people, groups of people and/or organizations from all over the world whose contributions to mitigation and adaptation to climate change stand out for its novelty, innovation and impact. This initiative strives to draw attention to and leverage large-scale climate action responses, helping to speed up the process of decarbonizing the global economy, … [Read more...] about Call for Nominations for 2021 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity
UNESCO 2021 Peace Prize: Call for Nominations for Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Deadline: 28-Feb-21 UNESCO has launched a call for nominations for the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO 2021 Prize for Peace Research. The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize is intended to honour living individuals and active public or private bodies or institutions that have made a significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining peace, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO. The Prize was established in 1989 by a … [Read more...] about UNESCO 2021 Peace Prize: Call for Nominations for Félix Houphouët-Boigny
The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
Deadline: 17-Jan-21 The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling has been announced which is a collaboration between the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the ONE Campaign, and the Elliott family honours up-and-coming journalists in Africa who strives to strengthen people's voices and illuminate the transformational change taking place on the continent. Thanks to the award’s many donors and the generous support of The Economist, ICFJ is pleased to announce … [Read more...] about The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling
2021 Resilience Fellowship: ‘Extortion and Organized Crime’
Deadline: 4-Jan-21 The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) is pleased to announce the second edition of the Resilience Fellowship, ‘Extortion as an illicit economy of organized crime’, to build a platform for cross-sectoral, global and interdisciplinary collaboration between civil-society actors, human-rights activists, journalists, artists, scholars, policymakers, grassroots community leaders and others working to counter the effects of organized crime. The … [Read more...] about 2021 Resilience Fellowship: ‘Extortion and Organized Crime’
Denver Audubon seeking Applications for Lois Webster Fund (US)
Deadline: 31-Jan-21 The Denver Audubon (DA) is seeking applications for its Lois Webster Fund (LWF) to support Colorado non-game wildlife research and education projects that lead to the conservation of these non-game species. The LWF intends to serve as a catalyst for and to partner with other organizations (conservation organizations, other nonprofit organizations, government agencies, academic institutions/schools, businesses and others) promoting Colorado wildlife research and … [Read more...] about Denver Audubon seeking Applications for Lois Webster Fund (US)
Submit Nominations for 2021 Sigma Awards
Deadline: 1-Feb-21 Nominations are now open for the 2021 Sigma Awards to empower, elevate and enlighten the global community of data journalists. The Sigma Awards is a competition to celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. The international data journalism community is facing many challenges, and they want to support them. This year’s Sigma Awards will be about highlighting the very best data journalism done about the pandemic (and building an international database … [Read more...] about Submit Nominations for 2021 Sigma Awards
Call for Applications: Building on Islands Leadership in Achieving Biodiversity-related SDGs
Deadline: 20-Dec-20 The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) has announced a Call for Applications for Building on Islands Leadership in Achieving Biodiversity-related SDGs: Local to global coalitions through Identification of replicable good practices using the islands bright spots as a reference point of knowledge. The GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) is a corporate programme of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1992. … [Read more...] about Call for Applications: Building on Islands Leadership in Achieving Biodiversity-related SDGs
BMU launches new Funding Round on Sustainable Recovery: Call for Project Ideas
Deadline: 10-Mar-21 The German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU) has launched a new funding round of the thematic selection procedure under International Climate Initiative (IKI). The first phase of this two-stage selection procedure is designed as a competition for entrants worldwide, with ideas about projects for climate action and biodiversity conservation in developing and countries in transition. International Climate Initiative is one of the most important instruments … [Read more...] about BMU launches new Funding Round on Sustainable Recovery: Call for Project Ideas
Call for Nominations: 2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in Basic Sciences
Deadline: 15-Mar-21 Nominations are now open for the 2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences with an aim to promote and honour excellence in the basic sciences, defined to include the disciplines of chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology, the foundation on which scientific knowledge can be propagated and which are fundamental to the advancement of innovation and sustainable development. The Prize is awarded annually to two scientists in recognition of … [Read more...] about Call for Nominations: 2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in Basic Sciences
2021 MIT Water Innovation Prize: Call for Nominations
Deadline: 11-Jan-21 Nominations are now open for the 2021 MIT Water Innovation Prize - a startup competition focused on water innovation that awards innovation grants annually to student-led teams from across the country and internationally. The Prize started in 2015 and has since awarded $100K to 12 teams. As the main innovation-focused event of MIT Water Club, they help emerging entrepreneurs translate research & ideas into businesses, access mentors & resources, and build … [Read more...] about 2021 MIT Water Innovation Prize: Call for Nominations
