Applications Open for 2019 Ghanaian Women’s Social Leadership Program!
Deadline: 3 February 2019 New York University’s Robert F Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Fundacion Mujeres for Africa are currently inviting mid-career women from civil society organizations in Ghana for its 2019 Ghanaian Women’s Social Leadership Program (GWSLP). The program offers a one-year, cohort-based leadership development program for women in mid-level positions in Ghanaian civil society organizations. Through the program’s leadership development, individualized … [Read more…]
EU Call for Proposals: Support to Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture in Uganda (PESCA)
Deadline: 29 January 2019 The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Support to Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture in Uganda (PESCA)” to contribute to a competitive, job-intensive, environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture sector in Uganda. The Project Purpose is to improve food and nutrition security, increase income and improve livelihoods, promote an environmentally-sustainable, inclusive … [Read more…]
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development Workshop
Deadline: 2 January 2019 The Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting journalists for its Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development workshop. In order to ensure the daily issues faced by rural poor people and their communities are acknowledged, it is important that their stories are heard and their voices are amplified. With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the specialised UN agency, they will bring together journalists from around the world to … [Read more…]
Call for Proposals: Innovative Strategies and Approaches to Improve Employment Opportunities through VET
Deadline: 15 February 2019 British Council and VET Toolbox have launched an EU-funded call for proposals to fund innovative and inclusive initiatives that improve employment opportunities in the formal and informal labour market for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups through vocational education and training. Activities they fund shall be innovative, entail an upscaling potential, be cost-effective, sustainable and show local ownership. Funding Information Minimum EUR 250,000 and … [Read more…]
Apply for 2019 Russell Sage Foundation’s Future of Work Program!
Deadline: 19 August 2019 Applicants are invited to apply for Future of Work Program that support innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers and their families. The Program seeks investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden their understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of … [Read more…]
Call for Entries: Girls Impact the World Film Festival
Deadline: 20 January 2019 Entries are now open for the Girls Impact the World Film Festival which is an annual event that focuses on issues facing women and girls around the world. The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program. High school and undergraduate students, submit their 3-6 minute short films that address global women’s issues such as: education for girls, maternal health, violence against women and girls, and a … [Read more…]
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of ISN/CTR: Open Source Research and Capacity Building to Counter Nonproliferation Challenges
Deadline: 1 February 2019 The Department of State’s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) has announced an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating proliferation and security risks from state and non-state actors. Objectives By the end of the award’s period of … [Read more…]
Call for Applications: The Freedom Prize – “Our candidate, their fight”
Deadline: 15 January 2019 Applications are now open for the Freedom Prize – “Our candidate, their fight” which is an opportunity for groups of young people supervised by an adult to highlight the work of a public figure or an organisation and their recent fight for freedom. The Freedom Prize pays homage to all those who fought and continue to fight for the ideal of universal peace, created by the Normandy Region, in partnership with the academic authorities and the International Institute … [Read more…]
Nominations Open for Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019!
Deadline: 1 July 2019 World Waternet, Netherlands Water Partnership and Aqua for All, endorsed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS), has launched Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019 to honor the outstanding contribution of individuals or organizations to the global sanitation and public health challenge through entrepreneurship. For the Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019 they call upon the next Sarphati – the entrepreneur … [Read more…]
Fondation de France/CFSI: 2019 Call for Projects “Promotion of Family Farming in West Africa”
Deadline: 25 February 2019 The Fondation de France and the French Committee for International Solidarity (CFSI) have launched a 2019 Call for Projects “Promotion of Family Farming in West Africa” to promote local initiatives to increase access to food through viable and sustainable West African family farming, share its achievements on a larger scale and contribute to the documentation of sustainability. Objectives The specific objectives are: through concrete, innovative action, … [Read more…]
Apply for Crick African Network’s African Career Accelerator Award!
Deadline: 1 January 2019 Applicants are invited to apply for Crick African Network’s African Career Accelerator Award will provide fellowship support for African Post-Doctoral researchers (or non-African citizens with permanent residency status) who are aiming to make the transition to becoming an independent researcher and launching their own research group. Research areas The scope of the research themes which can be undertaken as part of this Award can be defined as a biomedical … [Read more…]
Reaching All Children Challenge: Harnessing Social Protection to Enable Vulnerable Children Access HIV Testing, Treatment & Care
Deadline: 5 February 2019 Can you show one or more evidence-based interventions that demonstrate how social protection supports HIVs testing, treatment and care for children in low and middle-income countries? If yes, then apply for the Reaching All Children Challenge! The Positive Action Challenges in partnership with The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS is currently inviting applicants for its Reaching All Children Challenge. Prize Information Winners will be awarded up to … [Read more…]
UNCDF: Seeking Applications for Mentorship Platform Support and Management
Deadline: 10 December 2018 UNCDF is seeking applications for its program entitled “Mentorship Platform Support and Management” to support UNCDF in deploying mentorship model to support its work under Inclusive Innovation work. UNCDF is implementing an innovation engagement in Malaysia and China followed by other countries of Asia, Africa and The Pacific, that would focus on driving usage of digital finance and digital innovations working on various use-cases where technology plays a key … [Read more…]
Government of Netherlands: Dutch Fund for Climate and Development
Deadline: 22 February 2019 The Government of Netherlands is seeking grant proposals for the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) to finance climate projects in developing countries. Scope of the DFCD The overarching goal (impact) pursued by the Minister through the DFCD is climate-resilient economic growth. Efforts in developing countries (outcome) should be aimed at: combating climate change (mitigation) enabling people to adapt to climate change(adaptation). The … [Read more…]
EU Call for Proposals: Support to Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture in Uganda (PESCA)
Deadline: 29 January 2019 The European Union (EU) is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for a program entitled “Support to Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Aquaculture in Uganda (PESCA)” to contribute to a competitive, job-intensive, environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture sector in Uganda. The Project Purpose is to improve food and nutrition security, increase income and improve livelihoods, promote an environmentally-sustainable, inclusive … [Read more…]
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development Workshop
Deadline: 2 January 2019 The Thomson Reuters Foundation is inviting journalists for its Reporting Rural Poverty and Agricultural Development workshop. In order to ensure the daily issues faced by rural poor people and their communities are acknowledged, it is important that their stories are heard and their voices are amplified. With funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the specialised UN agency, they will bring together journalists from around the world to … [Read more…]
Call for Proposals: Innovative Strategies and Approaches to Improve Employment Opportunities through VET
Deadline: 15 February 2019 British Council and VET Toolbox have launched an EU-funded call for proposals to fund innovative and inclusive initiatives that improve employment opportunities in the formal and informal labour market for disadvantaged and vulnerable groups through vocational education and training. Activities they fund shall be innovative, entail an upscaling potential, be cost-effective, sustainable and show local ownership. Funding Information Minimum EUR 250,000 and … [Read more…]
Apply for 2019 Russell Sage Foundation’s Future of Work Program!
Deadline: 19 August 2019 Applicants are invited to apply for Future of Work Program that support innovative research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers and their families. The Program seeks investigator-initiated research proposals that will broaden their understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of … [Read more…]
Call for Entries: Girls Impact the World Film Festival
Deadline: 20 January 2019 Entries are now open for the Girls Impact the World Film Festival which is an annual event that focuses on issues facing women and girls around the world. The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program. High school and undergraduate students, submit their 3-6 minute short films that address global women’s issues such as: education for girls, maternal health, violence against women and girls, and a … [Read more…]
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of ISN/CTR: Open Source Research and Capacity Building to Counter Nonproliferation Challenges
Deadline: 1 February 2019 The Department of State’s Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR) has announced an open competition for assistance awards through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). ISN/CTR sponsors foreign assistance activities funded by the Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Programs (NADR) account, and focuses on mitigating proliferation and security risks from state and non-state actors. Objectives By the end of the award’s period of … [Read more…]
Call for Applications: The Freedom Prize – “Our candidate, their fight”
Deadline: 15 January 2019 Applications are now open for the Freedom Prize – “Our candidate, their fight” which is an opportunity for groups of young people supervised by an adult to highlight the work of a public figure or an organisation and their recent fight for freedom. The Freedom Prize pays homage to all those who fought and continue to fight for the ideal of universal peace, created by the Normandy Region, in partnership with the academic authorities and the International Institute … [Read more…]
Nominations Open for Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019!
Deadline: 1 July 2019 World Waternet, Netherlands Water Partnership and Aqua for All, endorsed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS), has launched Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019 to honor the outstanding contribution of individuals or organizations to the global sanitation and public health challenge through entrepreneurship. For the Sarphati Sanitation Awards (SSA) 2019 they call upon the next Sarphati – the entrepreneur … [Read more…]
Fondation de France/CFSI: 2019 Call for Projects “Promotion of Family Farming in West Africa”
Deadline: 25 February 2019 The Fondation de France and the French Committee for International Solidarity (CFSI) have launched a 2019 Call for Projects “Promotion of Family Farming in West Africa” to promote local initiatives to increase access to food through viable and sustainable West African family farming, share its achievements on a larger scale and contribute to the documentation of sustainability. Objectives The specific objectives are: through concrete, innovative action, … [Read more…]
Apply for Crick African Network’s African Career Accelerator Award!
Deadline: 1 January 2019 Applicants are invited to apply for Crick African Network’s African Career Accelerator Award will provide fellowship support for African Post-Doctoral researchers (or non-African citizens with permanent residency status) who are aiming to make the transition to becoming an independent researcher and launching their own research group. Research areas The scope of the research themes which can be undertaken as part of this Award can be defined as a biomedical … [Read more…]
Reaching All Children Challenge: Harnessing Social Protection to Enable Vulnerable Children Access HIV Testing, Treatment & Care
Deadline: 5 February 2019 Can you show one or more evidence-based interventions that demonstrate how social protection supports HIVs testing, treatment and care for children in low and middle-income countries? If yes, then apply for the Reaching All Children Challenge! The Positive Action Challenges in partnership with The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS is currently inviting applicants for its Reaching All Children Challenge. Prize Information Winners will be awarded up to … [Read more…]
UNCDF: Seeking Applications for Mentorship Platform Support and Management
Deadline: 10 December 2018 UNCDF is seeking applications for its program entitled “Mentorship Platform Support and Management” to support UNCDF in deploying mentorship model to support its work under Inclusive Innovation work. UNCDF is implementing an innovation engagement in Malaysia and China followed by other countries of Asia, Africa and The Pacific, that would focus on driving usage of digital finance and digital innovations working on various use-cases where technology plays a key … [Read more…]
Government of Netherlands: Dutch Fund for Climate and Development
Deadline: 22 February 2019 The Government of Netherlands is seeking grant proposals for the Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD) to finance climate projects in developing countries. Scope of the DFCD The overarching goal (impact) pursued by the Minister through the DFCD is climate-resilient economic growth. Efforts in developing countries (outcome) should be aimed at: combating climate change (mitigation) enabling people to adapt to climate change(adaptation). The … [Read more…]
Entries Open for Global Fund Partnership Photo Contest!
Deadline: 30 November 2018 If you are 18 years or older and involved in the implementation of a Global Fund-supported grant or program anywhere in the world, then submit your entries for the Global Fund Partnership Photo Contest! Applicant’s photos will help them show the importance and impact of the work being done across the globe to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics. Prize Information Global Fund will award a total of 6 prizes in two categories: … [Read more…]
DFID: Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) Programme
Deadline: 7 December 2018 The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is inviting applications for its Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) Programme in Ghana that will help stimulate more and better jobs and support resilient growth and poverty reduction. The programme will support increased investment at scale into manufacturing and industrial sectors which in turn will boost productivity by introducing new technology and management capabilities, increase the capabilities … [Read more…]
Online News Association: Inviting Applications for 2019 Women’s Leadership Accelerator Program
Deadline: 30 November 2018 Online News Association is inviting Applications for Women’s Leadership Accelerator Program which is a yearlong intensive program that supercharges the leadership and management skills of women who are pushing digital innovation. The Women’s Leadership Accelerator kicks off with a week of tailored, immersive programming for 26 promising women leaders at UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center, Feb. 10-15, 2019. ONA provides support and coaching to … [Read more…]
Applications Open for Sport and Active Society Development Grants Program!
Deadline: 14 December 2018 The International Olympic Committee is seeking applications for its Sport and Active Society Commission Development Grant program which was created by the IOC Sport and Active Society Commission to acknowledge and further encourage the implementation of relevant programmes in the field of Sport for All. Themes To be eligible for 2018 Grants, the projects must focus on at least one of the following themes: Social inclusion of refugees through sport and … [Read more…]
European Commission: CSOs for Fair, Transparent and Inclusive Elections
Deadline: 28 December 2018 The European Union (EU) is currently accepting proposals from eligible organisations for a grant program entitled “CSOs for Fair, Transparent and Inclusive Elections” to support, strengthen and assist electoral CSOs in Afghanistan. Objectives Objective 1: to promote public participation and awareness on the Presidential and Provincial Councils election process, with specific focus on women and other marginalized groups of the population; Objective 2: to … [Read more…]
IWMF: Reporting Grants on Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice in the Americas
Deadline: 31 December 2018 The International Women’s Media Foundation and the Women’s Equality Center are seeking applications for its Reporting Grants to support reporting focused on reproductive health, rights and justice in the Americas. Examples of relevant topics include abortion and contraception access, maternal health, reproductive health policy and abortion bans. These grants support reporting of untold stories surrounding issues that impact women and girls’ daily lives in the … [Read more…]
Kinship Foundation: Environmental Fellowship for Mid-career Conservationists
Deadline: 8 January 2019 Applicants from across the world are invited to submit applications for the 2019 Kinship Conservation Fellowship which is an environmental leadership program that emphasizes market-based approaches to conservation. The Fellowship is delivered by a faculty of experts who work closely with each carefully selected cohort of Fellows to explore innovative ways to address conservation challenges. The curriculum uses a case study approach, where participants evaluate … [Read more…]