Calls for proposal 2.0 May 2025
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| Name of call | Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Enhancing Quality of life of Older Cancer Patients through Nutrition. |
| Funding agency | The European Commission (EC) |
| Amount | EUR 500 000, |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | Nutrition is of particular concern in older cancer patients due to issues like malabsorption, which is linked to adverse outcomes (such as mortality and decreased quality of life). Moreover, cancer incidence and mortality and prevalence predictions suggest a considerable increase of older cancer patients, who are also underrepresented in clinical studies. Hence, older cancer patients across Europe would benefit from access to optimised nutritional care-oriented interventions, to improve treatment outcomes, alleviate disease symptoms and side effects, thereby enhancing their survival and quality of life. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-05?keywords=HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER&isExactMatch=true&status |
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| Name of call | Preparatory Action for Setting Up Joint Programmes |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 60 000. |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The topic will allow national, regional and/or local authorities in charge of innovation policies and programmes from Member States, Associated Countries and/or their regions, and other research and innovation actors, to prepare joint multi-annual programmes of activities and action plans with the aim of strengthening the performance and capacity of their innovation ecosystems, their efficient interconnection and their alignment towards EU-level priorities, in line with the New European Innovation Agenda, to jointly tackle challenges at EU, national, regional, and local level. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-EIE-2025-02-CONNECT |
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| Name of call | Understanding the effects of Environmental Exposure on the Risk of Pediatric, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers |
| Funding agency | The European Commission (EC) |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | This topic contributes to the Cancer Mission objectives by improving the understanding of the impact of environmental exposures including, their interaction with other relevant factors on cancer onset and progression and/or other relevant health outcomes along the cancer patient journey. The age group of interest for this topic includes children, adolescents and young adults (less than 40 years of age at first cancer diagnosis). |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-02?keywords=HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER |
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| Name of call | Investigator-Initiated Multinational Clinical Trials for Paediatric Cancer |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | This topic will contribute to the achievement of the Mission’s objective to provide better treatments for cancer. The focus is on children (0-14 years of age, e.g. age of first cancer diagnosis) and/or adolescent (15-19 years of age, e.g. age of first cancer diagnosis) cancer patients. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-04?keywords=HORIZON-MISS-2025- |
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| Name of call | Sustained Collaboration of National and Regional Cancer Funders. |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is accepting proposals for the Sustained Collaboration of National and Regional Cancer Funders to support the Cancer Mission through translational research. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-01?keywords=HORIZON-MISS- |
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| Name of call | Good Practices for Increased Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) has launched the call for proposals for Good Practices for Increased Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities including physical, mental, intellectual and sensory disabilities. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-09?isExactMatch=true&status=&sortBy=startDate |
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| Name of call | Enhancing Quality of life of Older Cancer Patients through Nutrition |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | Nutrition is of particular concern in older cancer patients due to issues like malabsorption, which is linked to adverse outcomes (such as mortality and decreased quality of life). Moreover, cancer incidence and mortality and prevalence predictions suggest a considerable increase of older cancer patients, who are also underrepresented in clinical studies. Hence, older cancer patients across Europe would benefit from access to optimised nutritional care-oriented interventions, to improve treatment outcomes, alleviate disease symptoms and side effects, thereby enhancing their survival and quality of life. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2025-02-CANCER-05?keywords=HORIZON- |
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| Name of call | Clinical Cancer Research Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Rising Tide Foundation |
| Amount | Open |
| Deadline | 29-Jun-2025 |
| rant summary | The Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research supports truly innovative and unique patient-centered clinical trials that have the potential to positively impact the lives of cancer patients. Their overall goal is to improve treatment options and quality of life for cancer patients by funding studies focused on detection, treatment and survivorship. |
| Link | https://www.risingtide-foundation.org/clinical-cancer-research-how-to-apply/ |
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| Name of call | Global Safety Evidence Centre Funding Program |
| Funding agency | The Lloyd’s Register Foundation |
| Amount | £100,000 – £250,000 |
| Deadline | 17-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Lloyd’s Register Foundation is delighted to announce a call for proposals to support research and evidence projects that address occupational safety and health evidence gaps, as well as broader safety science work, such as how to measure and value safety and prevention, and how to learn from past failures and successes. |
| Link | https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/global-safety-evidence-centre-funding-call-2025 |
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| Name of call | Understanding African Universities’ Capacity for Climate Adaptation Research |
| Funding agency | The Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) |
| Amount | USD 5,000 |
| Deadline | 13-Jun-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CLARE) Programme is seeking expression of interests from African universities and research institutions interested in joining a 24-month initiative to co-create and implement a climate adaptation research-focused institutional capacity assessment tool (COCAT). |
| Link | https://clareprogramme.org/update/call-for-expression-of-interest-understanding-african-universities-capacity-for-climate-adaptation-research-co-creating |
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| Name of call | AI Accelerator Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance |
| Amount | $1,000,000 USD |
| Deadline | 18 June 2025 |
| Grant summary | The purpose of this grantmaking program is to bring together researchers across the world and provide funds for ovarian cancer research using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, such as machine learning. They believe this type of collaboration will allow for sharing of knowledge, expertise, innovation and resources, spark new ideas to achieve groundbreaking results to better the lives of ovarian cancer survivors, and accelerate scientific research globally. |
| Link | https://ocrahope.org/research/information-for-researchers/grant-programs/ |
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| Name of call | PAGES African Mobility Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | Past Global Changes (PAGES) |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 15 August 2025 |
| Grant summary | The program aims to give limited support for travel and subsistence to early-career researchers from African countries (PhD students and postdocs at African institutions), who are interested in gaining experience in another African country. The final goal is to contribute to the development of collaborative research and the promotion of paleoscience network within Africa. |
| Link | https://pastglobalchanges.org/support/pages-fellow-africa |
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| Name of call | Standard Chartered Women in Tech Accelerator Program (Cohort 8) – Kenya |
| Funding agency | The Standard Chartered |
| Amount | Open |
| Deadline | 16 June 2025 |
| Grant summary | The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered in partnership with Village Capital and Strathmore University. It combines world-class startup support with local and international experience to provide Africa’s most competitive and attractive startup accelerator program focusing on immersive learning, mentorship, building and growing Africa’s next iconic startups taking on the continent’s most relevant challenges and opportunities with the support of seed capital. |
| Link | https://www.womenintech.ke/#/cohort-8 |
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| Name of call | SME Mentorship Programme |
| Funding agency | The StandICT.eu |
| Amount | €10,000 |
| Deadline | 27- June -2025 |
| Grant Summary | More experienced experts (and notably returning StandICT.eu fellows) are given the possibility to be voluntarily put in contact with new fellows, matching their areas of expertise. This one-to-one mentorship programme aims to enable new coming SME experts with less experience of the details of the work to carry out in SDO technical committees to benefit from tips and advice from more experienced fellows. |
| Link | https://standict.eu/standicteu-2026-9th-open-call |
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| Name of Call | Standards and Trade Development Facility’s Project Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) |
| Amount | US$ 1,000,000 |
| Deadline | 1-Aug-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Project Grant Program improves sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity in developing countries to facilitate safe trade. |
| Link | https://standardsfacility.org/project/apply |
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| Name of call | Africa Narratives Writing Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | The Africa |
| Amount | Open |
| Deadline | 30 -June -2025 |
| Grant summary | The Africa Narratives Writing Program is open for submissions for their 2025 literary prize and anthology on the topic Narratives Against Poverty in Africa. The program hopes to discover “the rich marrow of African writing talent and make people experience a journey of the best modern African storytelling.” |
| Link | https://brittlepaper.com/2025/04/submit-to-the-narratives-against-poverty-in-africa-literary-prize-2025 |
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| Name of call | SDG4 Youth & Student Network 2025 |
| Funding agency | The SDG4 |
| Amount | Open |
| Deadline | 10-Jul-2025 |
| Grant Summary | Are you passionate about education and eager to make a difference? The SDG4 Youth & Student Network, managed by UNESCO, is looking for the next cohort of young education leaders for 2026-2027. Apply now and be part of a global community driving change in education. |
| Link | https://www.unesco.org/sdg4education2030/en/articles/young-education-leaders-wanted-join-sdg4-youth-student-network |
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| Name of Call | Protect Environment, improve Food Production and promote Public Health |
| Funding agency | The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation |
| Amount | $25,000-$50,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Jun-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation is seeking applications to protect the environment, improve food production, and promote public health in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. |
| Link | https://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/ |
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| Name of Call | Postdoctoral Fellowships offer researchers holding a PhD the opportunity to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral mobility. |
| Funding agency | Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) |
| Amount | €404.3 million. |
| Deadline | 10 September 2025 |
| Grant summary | The 2025 call for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships is open as of 8 May 2025. The grants aim to improve the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD, with a budget of €404.3 million. They will help researchers acquire new skills, develop their careers, and gain international, interdisciplinary, and inter-sectoral experience by working in another country. These prestigious fellowships are also a stepping stone in researchers’ careers. They allow them to strengthen research cooperation with leading scientific teams and figures worldwide. |
| Link | https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/africa/news/msca-opens-eu4043-million-call-postdoctoral-fellowships |
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| Name of call | International Master program “African Studies |
| Funding agency | DAAD |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 15– Jul- 2025 |
| Grant summary | The need for critical, interdisciplinary perspectives has become more pressing than ever. As global connections intensify, examining Africa’s diverse knowledge systems, social structures, and political landscapes is essential for fostering new ways of thinking and engaging with the world. |
| Link | https://www.daad-kenya.org/en/university-ad/bayreuth-u-afrstu-250401/ |
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| Name of call | UNIDO Global Cleantech Innovation Programme 2025 for cleantech startups and innovators. |
| Funding agency | GCIP |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | June 16, 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) of UNIDO, supported by the Global Environment Facility and the Green Climate Fund, champions the next generations of cleantech innovators to deliver sustainable solutions for climate challenges, just energy transition and low-carbon sustainable development. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/unido-global-cleantech-innovation-programme-2025-for-cleantech-startups-and-innovators/ |
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| Name of call | Identification of implementing partners for the Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility. |
| Funding agency | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 16 -June-2025 |
| Grant summary | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is implementing The Global Programme for Sustainable Mobility. The Programme supports a transition to low and zero emission sustainable mobility in low- and middle-income Countries (LMIC’s) through technical assistance, capacity building and advocacy to mitigate GHG emissions from the transport sector, improve air quality and promote equity and gender inclusion in the transport sector (and other co-benefits). One of the priorities of programme is to support countries, regions and sub-regions to develop and adopt policies, strategies, action plans or other measures to upscale active mobility investment (through the UNEP Share the Road Programme). This call for proposals serves to identify Africa based organizations to act as our implementing partners for activities in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Morocco as well as other countries in the region and internationally as part of the Pan African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM) delivery framework. |
| Link | https://www.unep.org/calls-for-proposals |
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| Name of call | Google For Startups Growth Academy: AI For GovTech 2025 for government tech startups. |
| Funding agency | |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | June 30, 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025 Google For Startups Growth Academy: AI For GovTech. A hybrid program that will support startups using AI to assist governments and enhance community services. The program will provide founders and their teams with the essential growth skills, internationalization strategies, and Google tools and products to help them scale. |
| Link | https://startup.google.com/programs/growth-academy/ai-for-govtech/emea/ |
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| Name of Call | The Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme 2025 for emerging leaders |
| Funding agency | UNESCO |
| Amount | 10,000 USD grant |
| Deadline | June 22, 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025 Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme. The Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme is an initiative designed to equip emerging leaders with the skills, knowledge, and resources to champion intercultural dialogue as a strategy to address pressing global challenges. |
| Link | https://www.unesco.org/en/interculturaldialogue/youthforpeace |
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| Name of call | Science for Africa Foundation Africa Science Journalism Awards 2025 for African Journalists. |
| Funding agency | Science For Africa Foundation |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 4 July 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025 Africa Science Journalism Awards. The Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation) is pleased to launch the second edition of the Africa Science Journalism Awards (ASJA). These prestigious awards celebrate excellence in health, science, and development reporting across Africa. By recognising and rewarding exceptional journalism, ASJA aims to amplify the visibility and impact of science coverage on the continent. |
| Link | https://scienceforafrica.foundation/funding/call-applications-africa-science-journalism-awards-asja-2025 |
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| Name of call | The Aspire Leaders Program 2025/2026 for low-income college students and recent graduates. |
| Funding agency | The Aspire Institute |
| Amount | Open |
| Deadline | July 9, 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Aspire Leaders Program welcomes limited-income and first-generation university students and recent graduates from around the world to join a free online interactive leadership development journey that is manageable along your other commitments. |
| Link | https://www.aspireleaders.org/program/aspire-leaders-program/ |
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| Name of call | Early Career Conference Grants 2025 for emerging Researchers. |
| Funding agency | Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) |
| Amount | GBP 2,000 |
| Deadline | 26 -June 2025 |
| Grant summary | Early Career Conference Grants help to ensure that emerging researchers – and the universities that employ them – can benefit from the valuable opportunity of attending and taking part in in-person conferences in Commonwealth countries outside of their country of work. |
| Link | https://www.acu.ac.uk/funding-opportunities/for-university-staff/grants/early-career-grants/ |
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| Name of call | Empowering Africa’s Future: Intel Community Reach Program 2.0 |
| Funding agency | The Intel Community Reach Program (ICRP) |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 13-Jun-2025 |
| Grant summary | ICRP is on a mission to bridge gaps across Africa, calling for innovative projects that empower underserved communities within African Union member states. From boosting access to STEM education and healthcare to advancing agriculture, environmental service es, fintech and digital skills, the program harnesses artificial intelligence—particularly at the edge with AI PCs—and broadband connectivity to drive financial, social and tech equity. |
| Link | https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Intel/Policy-Intel/Empowering-Africa-s-Future-Announcing-the-Intel-Community-Reach/post/1683106 |
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| Name of call | Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| Funding agency | The Cancer Research Institute |
| Amount | $74,000 |
| Deadline | 1-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Cancer Research Institute Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at academic research institutions around the world who wish to receive dual training in immunology and data science. |
| Link | https://www.cancerresearch.org/immuno-informatics-postdoctoral-fellowship |
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| Name of call | LiftUpPhilanthropy Fund Program |
| Funding agency | WINGS |
| Amount | EUR 350,000 |
| Deadline | 30-Jun-2025 |
| Grant summary | They aim to leverage the network’s collective intelligence and financial resources to strengthen philanthropy support ecosystems, foster an enabling environment for philanthropy, and elevate Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially on climate change. |
| Link | https://wingsweb.org/en/wings-regranting-tool-for-members |