Deadline: 1 March 2020 The Global Forest Watch (GFW) is currently accepting applications for its 2020 Small Grants Fund (SGF) to promote broad uptake and effective use of GFW tools and data by civil society organizations around the world. Successful projects translate data into action, applying GFW to overcome challenges in protecting the world’s forests. In 2020, the Small Grants Fund will continue to focus on rapid response to deforestation through the use of early warning systems to … [Read more...] about Global Forest Watch seeking Applications for 2020 Small Grants Fund (SGF)
Calling Renewable Energy and Agriculture Innovations: Youth Innovator Prize of $75,000 & the Mid-Stage Innovator Prize of $100,000
Deadline: 29 January 2020 The Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) Asia Enhancing Development and Growth through Energy (EDGE) Ag-Energy Prize is seeking applications from business owners and entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia with game-changing innovations operating at the nexus of renewable energy, and agriculture. The prize competition will spur, recognize, and reward outstanding enterprises from both youth innovators and mid-stage businesses in the Southeast Asian footprint. The prize … [Read more...] about Calling Renewable Energy and Agriculture Innovations: Youth Innovator Prize of $75,000 & the Mid-Stage Innovator Prize of $100,000
Apply Now for Ocean Innovation Challenge and Win Up to 250,000 USD
Deadline: 5 March 2020 Do you want to save ocean from marine debris and nutrient pollution? Are you ready with innovative solutions and creative approaches to counter the scourge of ocean pollution? The Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) gives you this chance to accelerate progress on SDG14 by the identifying, financing, advising and mentoring of truly innovative, entrepreneurial and creative approaches to ocean and coastal restoration and protection that sustains livelihoods and advances the … [Read more...] about Apply Now for Ocean Innovation Challenge and Win Up to 250,000 USD
SIDA’s International Training Program on Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation
Deadline: 26 April 2020 The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is currently inviting applications for its International Training Programme (ITP) on “Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation – Integrated Processes”. Sida is seeking collaborative organisations active in urban water and sanitation, ready to engage in processes for change and to invest in capable and engaged employees as potential change agents. Objectives This International Training Programme’s … [Read more...] about SIDA’s International Training Program on Sustainable Urban Water and Sanitation
Submit Applications for SEARCA Travel Grants Program
Deadline: 7 March 2020 The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture is seeking applications for its Travel Grants Program. Grant Objectives To provide opportunities to qualified Southeast Asian nationals to participate and present papers in ISARD-relevant scientific conferences and fora, locally or internationally; To promote the dissemination of scientific knowledge/information vital to agriculture and rural development; To provide the … [Read more...] about Submit Applications for SEARCA Travel Grants Program
Grants to Promote the Protection, Conservation, and Sustainable use of Ecosystems
Deadline: 31 January 2020 Van Tienhoven Foundation is a small foundation that makes grants on the basis of the estate of Pieter Gerbrand van Tienhoven. The Van Tienhoven Foundation for International Nature Protection aims to promote the protection, conservation, and sustainable use of ecosystems and it's living organisms, where ever these are threatened or under pressure outside the Netherlands. The Foundation are concerned about life on earth and the delicate balance between human … [Read more...] about Grants to Promote the Protection, Conservation, and Sustainable use of Ecosystems
Mérieux Foundation announces Small Grants Program
Deadline: 1 March 2020 The Mérieux Foundation has announced the small grants program which contributes towards financing projects that aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The projects including as beneficiaries mothers and children will be given priority. The Mérieux Foundation, an independent family foundation with public interest status, is committed to fighting, in the field, the infectious diseases that affect developing countries by building … [Read more...] about Mérieux Foundation announces Small Grants Program
Kubota Fund seeking Applications for Grant Program 2020-2021
Deadline: 17 January 2020 The Kubota Fund is seeking applications to provide a grant for research analysts, trainees and students from developing countries who join in academic or training program(s) provided by research/educational institutes or private enterprises located in Japan. The Kubota Fund is based upon Mr. Kubota’s conviction that (1) economic development and social stability of developing countries are ultimately produced by domestic engineers’ self-esteem and self-reliance, … [Read more...] about Kubota Fund seeking Applications for Grant Program 2020-2021
Prince Claus Fund announces CFPs for 2020 Network Partnership Grant
Deadline: 10 February 2020 The Prince Claus Fund is currently inviting cultural organisations for its 2020 Network Partnership Grant. With the Network Partnership Grant, the Fund aims to create a stable international network of strong and relevant cultural/arts organisations that enables structural stability for the organisations themselves. This year the Fund is inviting cultural organisations that are based and working within the eligible countries, and that have established … [Read more...] about Prince Claus Fund announces CFPs for 2020 Network Partnership Grant
Submit Proposals for Third Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)
Deadline: 30 March 2020 The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has announced its third call for proposals. This third round of funding has been redesigned to help Implementing Partners focus on the biggest gaps and opportunities in We-Fi’s theory of change and encourage innovation, partnership development, and the use of results based mechanisms. The objective of We-Fi is to address financial and non-financial constraints faced by women-owned/led small and medium enterprises … [Read more...] about Submit Proposals for Third Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)
LIFT launches Technical Capacity Building for Nutrition Programming in Myanmar
Deadline: 24 January 2020 The Livelihoods and Food Security (LIFT) Fund has launched the Technical Capacity Building for Nutrition Programming to provide technical support to LIFT Implementing Partners (IPs) to improve the quality of effective nutrition programming under the LIFTstrategy 2019-2023. The Livelihoods and Food Security (LIFT) Fund is a multi-donor fund established in 2009 to address food insecurity and income poverty in Myanmar. LIFT 2019-2023 is funded by seven donors – the … [Read more...] about LIFT launches Technical Capacity Building for Nutrition Programming in Myanmar
An Opportunity for Southeast Asian Agribusiness Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders to Visit New Zealand
Deadline: 20 February 2020 The Asia New Zealand Foundation and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs is offering up to eight young Southeast Asian agribusiness entrepreneurs and business leaders the opportunity to visit New Zealand. This opportunity is part of the ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative (YBLI), a key part of the New Zealand government's ASEAN strategy. The initiative was established to facilitate trade and build networks and connections between entrepreneurs and … [Read more...] about An Opportunity for Southeast Asian Agribusiness Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders to Visit New Zealand
Fondation Ensemble’s Programme Fund for Ecuador, Peru, Mozambique, Laos, Myanmar, and Madagascar
Deadline: 1 February 2020 The Fondation Ensemble is seeking proposals from eligible organizations for its 2020 Programme Fund. Focus Sectors Sustainable Agriculture: In this focus sector, the Foundation aims to participate in addressing the environmental, social and economic challenges involved in a sustainable agriculture that focuses on the needs of the world's poorest populations. The projects they fund are in areas where the environment is most degraded or under greatest threat, … [Read more...] about Fondation Ensemble’s Programme Fund for Ecuador, Peru, Mozambique, Laos, Myanmar, and Madagascar
IKI Small Grants to Promote the Work of Small Organisations on Climate & Biodiversity
Deadline: 5 March 2020 The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has commissioned the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the context of the project “Capacity Building and Finance for National and Local Action on Climate and Biodiversity” to implement the IKI Small Grants funding scheme. This small grants scheme is part of the BMU’s International Climate Initiative (IKI). Objectives The focus of the IKI … [Read more...] about IKI Small Grants to Promote the Work of Small Organisations on Climate & Biodiversity
Apply for First UNESCO-UNEVOC Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Programme
Deadline: 12 January 2020 In November 2019, UNESCO Member States adopted a Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) - a key tool for the achievement of SDG4. As a follow-up to this recommendation, UNESCO-UNEVOC has launched its First Global OER Grant Programme for the development of such resources for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Global OER Grant Programme aims to promote OER and motivate the global TVET community to develop OER and related initiatives … [Read more...] about Apply for First UNESCO-UNEVOC Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Programme
Submit Your Proposals for WWF’s Professional Development Grants Program
Deadline: 1 February 2020 World Wild Fund (WWF) is seeking proposals for its Professional Development Grants (PDGs) to provide support for mid-career conservationists to pursue short-term, non-degree training to upgrade their knowledge and skills. These trainings can include short courses, certificate trainings, or conferences among other training opportunities. PDGs support training-related costs, including registration fees and tuition, meals and accommodations, books and materials, … [Read more...] about Submit Your Proposals for WWF’s Professional Development Grants Program
UNDP’s $10,000 Grant for Local Communities to advance Sustainable Development
Deadline: 9 January 2020 Nominations are now open for 2020 Equator Prize, organised by the Equator Initiative within the United Nations Development Programme. The Equator Prize 2020 will be awarded to outstanding local community and indigenous peoples initiatives that advance innovative nature-based solutions for sustainable development. The winners will join a prestigious network of 245 leading community-based organizations from 81 countries that have been awarded the Equator Prize since … [Read more...] about UNDP’s $10,000 Grant for Local Communities to advance Sustainable Development
OPTions Initiative Round 2 seeking Innovative Ideas to Improve the Lives of Women and Girls in LMICs
Deadline: 11 February 2020 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada and other partners, is currently accepting proposals for Round 2 of its Options for Pregnancy Termination Innovation (OPTions) Initiative to save and improve the lives of women and girls through improved access to safe and legal abortion. The goal of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to support Bold Ideas with Big Impact® for women’s and girls’ access to safe abortion in low- and middle-income … [Read more...] about OPTions Initiative Round 2 seeking Innovative Ideas to Improve the Lives of Women and Girls in LMICs
Applications Open for 2020 Wells Mountain Initiative Scholars Program
Deadline: 31 March 2020 Applicants are invited to submit applications for “2020 Wells Mountain Initiative Scholars Program”. Wells Mountain Initiative works to create social change through education and community building by providing bright young people in the developing world with student scholarships and skills training, building a network of grassroots leaders who are catalyzing community transformation. The scholarship may be used for: Tuition and fees Books and materials … [Read more...] about Applications Open for 2020 Wells Mountain Initiative Scholars Program
Asia-Pacific GNI Innovation Challenge is now open for Applications
Deadline: 7 January 2020 Applications are open for Asia-Pacific Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge to support projects that drive digital innovation and develop new business models. The Challenge will focus on creative projects that increase audience engagement for news providers. Funding Information Google will fund selected projects up to USD $250,000 and will finance up to 70% of the total project cost. Eligibility Criteria The Asia-Pacific GNI Innovation … [Read more...] about Asia-Pacific GNI Innovation Challenge is now open for Applications
