Call for Proposals – February 2025
| Name of call | Rights of the Child and Children’s Participation Programme |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 9 000 000. |
| Deadline | 29th April 2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is accepting proposals for the Rights of the Child and Children’s Participation Programme under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV). |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/CERV-2025-CHILD?isExactMatch=true&statusze=50&sortBy=startDate |
| Name of call | UNESCO – Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes. |
| Funding agency | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| Amount | US$30,000 |
| Deadline | 30th April 2025 |
| Grant summary | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is inviting nominations for its Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes. |
| Link | https://whc.unesco.org/en/culturallandscapesprize/ |
| Name of call | Providing Funds to Local NGOs and CSOs |
| Funding agency | The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
| Amount | 100,000 euro |
| Deadline | 01-May-2025 |
| Grant summary | The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is seeking applications for the Land Acquisition Fund to provide funds for local NGOs and CSOs to acquire threatened nature, create safe reserves and connect wildlife habitats for endangered species. |
| Link | https://www.iucn.nl/en/news/call-for-proposals-to-protect-nature-under-threat/ |
| Name of call | 2025 Direct Beneficiary Grants to Farmer Organization in Nandi County. |
| Funding agency | The Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Amount | USD 20 000 to USD 100 000. |
| Deadline | 28th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The grants are an investment support modality to farmers focused on strengthening linkages between forest and farm producer organizations and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to improve the quantity and quality of products, access to markets, meet set standards for various agroforestry value chains, and increase nature positive actions within the landscapes. |
| Link | https://www.fao.org/forest-farm-facility/about/en/ |
| Name of call | James Paul Sutton Medical Research Fund Program |
| Funding agency | The Wells Fargo |
| Amount | $15,000 |
| Deadline | 1st April 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Wells Fargo has launched the James Paul Sutton Medical Research Fund Program to provide grants to non-profit organizations dedicated to cancer research or other types medical research |
| Link | https://www.wellsfargo.com/private-foundations/sutton-medical-research-fund/ |
| Name of call | African Elephant Fund Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | The United Nations Environment Programme |
| Amount | USD 10,000 |
| Deadline | 15th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The United Nations Environment Programme is accepting applications for the African Elephant Fund Program to allow African elephant range States to apply for funding for projects aimed at supporting the implementation of the revised African Elephant Action Plan (AEAP 2023). |
| Link | https://www.unep.org/events/award/call-proposals-african-elephant-fund-2025 |
| Name of call | Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program (Kenya) |
| Funding agency | The U.S. Embassy Nairobi, |
| Amount | $15,000 to $50,000. |
| Deadline | 15th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State invites proposals for programs that strengthen ties between the United States and Kenya and promote bilateral cooperation. |
| Link | https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/357413 |
| Name of call | AU-EU Youth Lab’s Entrepreneurship Grants Program |
| Funding agency | The Entrepreneurship |
| Amount | 30.000 and 50.000 EURO |
| Deadline | 19th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Entrepreneurship Grants aim to provide support to youth actors that work on strengthening the economic opportunities for young people! |
| Link | https://aueuyouth.com/entrepreneurship-grants/ |
| Name of call | OCEAN Partnership Grants for Scalable Solutions |
| Funding agency | The Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants Programme (OCEAN) |
| Amount | GBP 500,000.00 and GBP 3,000,000.00 |
| Deadline | 24th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Ocean Community Empowerment and Nature Grants Programme (OCEAN) is seeking applications to support large scale partnerships to deliver lasting change to the marine environment and coastal communities. |
| Link | https://oceangrants.org.uk/apply/partnership-grants/ |
| Name of call | Representation Grants for Youth Organizations |
| Funding agency | The Representation Grants |
| Amount | 10.000 to 20.000 EURO. |
| Deadline | 19th February 2025 |
| Grant Summary | It is a grant supporting initiatives led by underrepresented and marginalised youth in Africa with the overall goal of enabling young people to deliver the change they want in their communities. These grants will be managed by Restless Development Uganda – a non-profit global agency which supports the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. |
| Link | https://aueuyouth.com/representation-grants/ |
| Name of Call | AU-EU Youth Lab launches Innovation Grant 2025 |
| Funding agency | The Innovation Grants |
| Amount | 30.000 and 50.000 EURO |
| Deadline | 19th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Innovation Grants aim to provide support to youth organisations that seek to innovate in their own context in response to a global challenge! |
| Link | https://aueuyouth.com/innovation-grants/ |
| Name of call | Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) 2025 for young African Entrepreneurs. |
| Funding agency | The Tony Elumelu Foundation |
| Amount | US$5,000 |
| Deadline | 28th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Tony Elumelu Foundation, which celebrated ten years of impact in 2020, is empowering a new generation of African entrepreneurs, through the TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Successful applicants receive a world-class business training, mentorship, non-refundable seed capital up to $5,000, and global networking opportunities. The Programme is open to entrepreneurs across Africa, both new start-ups and existing young businesses, operating in any sector. |
| Link | https://www.tefconnect.com/ |
| Name of call | MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy Program 2025 for African storytellers. |
| Funding agency | MTF |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 17th February 2025 |
| Grant Summary | MTF is a 12-month long industry readiness programme that affords the opportunity to learn from some of the leading players in TV and Film while acquiring valuable experience in directing, producing, cinematography, commissioning, direction and many more other skills. |
| Link | https://www.multichoice.com/mtf-applications/index.php |
| Name of Call | Visa Africa Accelerator Program 2025 for Fintech Startups. |
| Funding agency | The Visa Accelerator |
| Amount | $200,000 |
| Deadline | 15th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025 Visa Africa Accelerator Program. Unlock your startup’s potential and fast-track your success in the dynamic world of FinTech with the Visa Accelerator Program. This groundbreaking initiative connects Africa’s brightest minds with experienced mentors, cutting-edge technology, and unparalleled investment opportunities. |
| Link | https://africa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/innovation/visa-accelerator.html |
| Name of Call | NGO Whisperer® Global Fellowship Programme 2025 |
| Funding agency | The NGO Whisperer® Centre |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 17th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The NGO Whisperer® Global Fellowship Programme is an accredited seven-month rigorous virtual leadership programme for exceptional leaders and founders of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social enterprises worldwide, especially those from low and middle-income countries. |
| Link | https://ngowhisperer.com/fellowship/ |
| Name of call | Human Rights Education for Youth (HEY) Media and Information Literacy Program. |
| Funding agency | The Council of Europe |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 18th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | Are you a young person from Europe, Africa and the Middle East, engaged in civil society, with a special interest in media and information? If yes, then this opportunity may be for you. |
| Link | https://www.coe.int/en/web/north-south-centre/-/applications-are-open-for-the-new-hey-course-on-media-and-information-literacy.-you-can-be-one-of-the-selected-participants- |
| Name of call | STDF Project Preparation Grants Program |
| Funding agency | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) |
| Amount | US$50,000. |
| Deadline | 3rd March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) provides Project Preparation Grants (PPGs) to help developing countries overcome constraints faced in the articulation of their SPS needs into project proposals that could be funded by the STDF or other donors. |
| Link | https://standardsfacility.org/project/apply |
| Name of call | African Elephant Fund Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | The United Nations Environment |
| Amount | USD 10,000. |
| Deadline | 15th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The United Nations Environment Programme is accepting applications for the African Elephant Fund Program to allow African elephant range States to apply for funding for projects aimed at supporting the implementation of the revised African Elephant Action Plan (AEAP 2023). |
| Link | https://www.unep.org/events/award/call-proposals-african-elephant-fund-2025 |
| Name of call | Advancing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Research. |
| Funding agency | The World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Amount | RFP, US$2500 |
| Deadline | 21st February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The World Health Organization (WHO) is accepting applications to advance adolescent sexual and reproductive health research. |
| Link | https://www.who.int/news-room/articles-detail/request-for-concept-notes-to-advance-adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health-research |
| Name of Call | Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Program 2025/2026 |
| Funding agency | ETH4D |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 30th March 2025. |
| Grant summary | ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components. |
| Link | https://eth4d.ethz.ch/funding-opportunities/ETH4D-exchange-grants/ETH4D-doctoral-mentorship-programme.html |
| Name of call | Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program (Kenya) |
| Funding agency | The U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) |
| Amount | $50,000 |
| Deadline | 15th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State invites proposals for programs that strengthen ties between the United States and Kenya and promote bilateral cooperation. |
| Link | https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/357413 |
| Name of call | Women Innovators & Leaders Development (WILD) 2025 Women’s Global Leadership Forum for early-mid-career female leaders. |
| Funding agency | The WILD Fellowship |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 16th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The WILD Fellowship Program is a transformative initiative designed to bridge this gap by equipping early-mid career women with the tools, resources, and support they need to excel and attain senior leadership roles. The program brings together a select cohort of 15 early young female professionals and offers comprehensive leadership development, including access to learning hubs, personalized coaching, participation in the Women’s Global Leadership Forum (online), and public speaking opportunities. |
| Link | https://onlineforum.thewildnetwork.org/forum/wild-fellowship-application/ |
| Name of call | STDF Project Grants |
| Funding agency | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) |
| Amount | US$1,000,000 |
| Deadline | 3rd March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) funds projects that improve sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity in developing countries to facilitate safe trade. |
| Link | https://standardsfacility.org/project/apply |
| Name of call | Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Grants for Entrepreneurs and NGOs |
| Funding agency | The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | All year round |
| Grant summary | The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is accepting applications for its grants program with an aim to achieve substantial positive change in the world. |
| Link | https://www.drkfoundation.org/apply-for-funding/what-we-fund/ |
| Name of call | Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships for Women in Science & Engineering in Africa |
| Funding agency | Zonta International |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 15th November 2025 |
| Grant summary | Women of any nationality pursuing a Ph.D./doctoral degree who demonstrate a superior academic record conducting research applied to aerospace engineering or space sciences are eligible. |
| Link | https://zontainternational.awardspring.com/ |
| Name of call | Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers 2025 |
| Funding agency | The PIANOFORTE |
| Amount | 40,000 € |
| Deadline | 31st March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The PIANOFORTE organizing is seeking applications for its Travel Grants for Early Career Researchers. |
| Link | https://pianoforte-partnership.eu/calls/travel-grants-for-researchers |
| Name of call | Biotech in Greenhouse Gas Removal |
| Funding agency | The Homeworld Collective |
| Amount | $50k – $150k. |
| Deadline | 28th February 2025 |
| Grant summary | For this cycle of Garden Grants, they aim to fund the de-risking work for ambitious ideas addressing important problems at the translational intersection of biotech and greenhouse gas removal. The proposed work should be the first step on a novel path, not an incremental next step on an existing path. |
| Link | https://www.homeworld.bio/grants-greenhouse-gas-removal/ |
| Name of call | ASA Network Research and Postdoc Research Grants Program – Africa |
| Funding agency | The African Snakebite Alliance |
| Amount | £50,000 |
| Deadline | 4th March 2025 |
| Grant summary | The African Snakebite Alliance is pleased to the Network Research and Postdoc Research Grants Program to improve health outcomes for people affected by snakebite envenoming, by addressing evidence gaps in policy and practice in Africa. |
| Link | https://www.africansnakebitealliance.com/ |
| Name of call | Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Program 2025/2026 |
| Funding agency | ETH4D |
| Amount | Fully funded |
| Deadline | 30th March 2025. |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Engineering for Development (ETH4D) Doctoral Mentorship Program. ETH4D provides grants for mentoring doctoral candidates from low- and lower-middle-income countries. The mentorship is a one-year appointment and comprises the following components: |
| Link | https://eth4d.ethz.ch/funding-opportunities/ETH4D-exchange-grants/ETH4D-doctoral-mentorship-programme.html |
| Name of call | McCain Global Leaders Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | The McCain Institute |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 21st February 2025 |
| Grant summary | The McCain Institute is pleased to announce its call for McCain Global Leaders Program. Throughout the 12-month program, the Leaders will participate in programming that is both regional and global with the goal of connecting them to a highly relevant and targeted professional peer group in their home region, as well as a broader and diverse network of global peers. |
| Link | https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/leadership-programs/mccain-global-leaders/ |