Calls for proposals – 2.0 August 2025.
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| Name of call | Request for Proposals: Nature-based Solutions in Kenya |
| Funding agency | The Kenya–UK PACT |
| Amount | £400,000 and £650,000 |
| Deadline | 26-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Kenya–UK PACT programme has launched a new Call for Proposals inviting organisations to pilot high-impact, inclusive nature-based solutions across Kenya. This initiative supports Kenya’s just transition agenda by strengthening commercial forestry and agroforestry practices that promote carbon sequestration, land restoration, and green economic development. |
| Link | https://www.ukpact.co.uk/news/call-for-proposals-open-nature-based-solutions-in-kenya |
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| Name of call | Fighting against Disinformation while ensuring the Right to Freedom of Expression |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is accepting applications for its programme to fight against Disinformation while ensuring the Right to Freedom of Expression. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-09?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501=DESC&page |
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| Name of call | Call for EOIs: Technical Support to Sand Dam Construction (Kenya) |
| Funding agency | UNICEF |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 12-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | UNICEF has launched a Call for Expression of Interest to provide technical support for sand dam construction in the arid and semi-arid counties of Garissa and Marsabit, which are among the most vulnerable regions in Kenya to the impacts of climate change. |
| Link | https://www.unpartnerportal.org/landing/opportunities/ |
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| Name of call | Non – Communicable Diseases and support implementation Science to improve Health Outcomes. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 20 000 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is accepting applications for Implementation research addressing strategies to strengthen health systems for equitable high-quality care and health outcomes in the context of non-communicable diseases (GACD). |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-DISEASE-06?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order=DESC&pageNumber |
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| Name of call | RFPs: Quantifying Point Source Mitigation-Ready Methane Emissions at Water Resource Recovery Facilities |
| Funding agency | The Water Research Foundation |
| Amount | $225,000 |
| Deadline | 22-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Water Research Foundation is inviting proposals for a project aimed at developing and implementing effective strategies to monitor and reduce methane emissions from water resource recovery facilities. |
| Link | https://portal.waterrf.org/outbound-grant-details/3045 |
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| Name of call | Grants to enhance Cell Therapies with Genomic Techniques |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is offering grants to enhance Cell Therapies with Genomic Techniques. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01-TOOL-01?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order=DESC&pageNumber=2&page |
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| Name of call | CFPs: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Creativity-Driven Innovation |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | 4000000 to 5000000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is now accepting submissions for the Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Creativity-Driven Innovation topic. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-HERITAGE-04?isExactMatch=DESC&pageNumber=3&pageSize |
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| Name of call | CFPs: Intergenerational Fairness in the context of Demographic Change in the EU |
| 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 the Intergenerational Fairness in the context of Demographic Change in the EU. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025 |
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| Name of call | Challenges and Opportunities: Preparing the EU for Future Enlargement Programme 2025. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is accepting applications for the Challenges and Opportunities: Preparing the EU for Future Enlargement Programme. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-03?isExactMatch=true&s=DESC&pageNumber=3&pageSize |
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| Name of call | Call for Applications: FASPE Medical Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The FASPE Medical |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 04-Jan-2026 |
| Grant summary | The call also aims T T The FASPE Medical Fellowship Program offers an intensive two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership for medical students and residents. |
| Link | https://www.faspe-ethics.org/medical/ |
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| Name of call | European Union Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme |
| Funding agency | The European Union |
| Amount | USD 200,000 and USD 400,000 |
| Deadline | 07-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Union Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme has entered a new phase, offering a substantial opportunity for water and sanitation operators in eligible European Union partner countries to improve their capacity and performance in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/sustainable-development/apply-now-european-union-water-operators-partnerships-programme/ |
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| Name of call | Socio-economic Impacts of Artificial Intelligence in Africa |
| Funding agency | The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) |
| Amount | CAD 1 million |
| Deadline | 17-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), under the Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) program, have announced a call for concept notes on the socio-economic impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa. This initiative aims to support research on how AI is influencing labour markets, productivity, and inequality across the continent, helping policymakers ensure AI benefits all, especially vulnerable communities. |
| Link | https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/funding/call-concept-notes-socio-economic-impacts-artificial-intelligence-africa |
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| Name of call | CFAs: Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Sub-Saharan African Region |
| Funding agency | Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) |
| Amount | $400,000 |
| Deadline | 04-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | Entries are now open for Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS), a key objective of the WHO Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials to improve patient outcomes and reduce resistance. The initiative aims to address gaps and challenges in deploying antibiotic therapies in Africa, including regulatory, systemic, and patient care issues, as well as the future of antibiotic research and development. It also explores the role of small-molecule therapeutics in combating AMR. |
| Link | https://cdn.pfizer.com/pfizercom/2025-08/2025-I%26I-Sub-Saharan-Africa-AntimicrobialStewardship-QI.pdf?VersionId=aLTnqWo6hVKqh0.cm1X4yLNoH8LQSHyp |
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| Name of call | Impact of the Learning Environment and the Use of Digital Tools Programme. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals for the Impact of the Learning Environment and the Use of Digital Tools Programme. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-07?isExactMatch=true&status==DESC&pageNumber |
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| Name of call | Call for Proposals: Advancing Cell Secretome – Based Therapies |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 40 000 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is accepting proposals for Advancing cell secretome-based therapies. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities |
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| Name of call | CFAs: Improving Mental Health Outcomes for People in Education, Training and Work. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant Summary | The European Commission (EC) is accepting applications for its programme to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for People in Education, Training and Work. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-TRANSFO-08?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order |
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| Name of Call | European Commission launches MSCA Doctoral Networks Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 25-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) has launched the MSCA Doctoral Networks Program. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01-01?isExactMatch order=DESC&pageNumber |
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| Name of call | Innovative Use Cases: European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage Programme |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) has launched the Innovative Use Cases: European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage Programme. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-HERITAGE-03?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order=DESC&pageNumber=3&page |
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| Name of call | Countering and Preventing Radicalization, Extremism, Hate Speech and Polarization. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant Summary | The European Commission (EC) is seeking proposals to Counter and Prevent Radicalization, Extremism, Hate Speech and Polarization. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL2-2025-01-DEMOCRACY-05?isExactMatch=DESC&pageNumber |
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| Name of Call | Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program |
| Funding agency | The Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies |
| Amount | $100,000 |
| Deadline | 01-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies Foundation’s Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program offers early-stage investigators funding for original, investigator-initiated research in blood banking, transfusion medicine, and biotherapies. |
| Link | https://www.aabb.org/foundation/early-career-scientific-research-grants-program |
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| Name of Call | TWAS Visiting Expert Programme 2025 for scientists in developing countries. |
| Funding agency | TWAS |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 06 October 2025 |
| Grant summary | The objective of the programme is to provide institutions and research groups in developing countries, especially those with limited outside contacts, with the opportunity to establish long-term links with world leaders in science and so help develop capacity-building in their country. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/twas-visiting-expert-programme-2025-for-scientists-in-developing-countries/ |
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| Name of call | SurveyCTO Primary Data Collection Research Grant |
| Funding agency | SurveyCTO |
| Amount | $3,000 USD, |
| Deadline | 30-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | SurveyCTO has announced the return of its Primary Data Collection Research Grant, aimed at supporting promising researchers who rely on high-quality primary data. This grant is especially suited for PhD candidates or those pursuing terminal degrees with a strong data collection component in their research. |
| Link | https://www.surveycto.com/data-collection-research-grant/ |
23
| Name of call | African Leadership Academy (ALA) 2026 for young Leaders across Africa (Two-Year Pre-University Program) – financial assistance available. |
| Funding agency | African Leadership Academy |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | January 15, 2026 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2026 African Leadership Academy. African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of young leaders who are ready to accelerate the continent’s growth. |
| Link | https://www.africanleadershipacademy.org/apply/ |
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| Name of call | Support for the functioning of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness. |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 2,000,000 |
| Deadline | 16-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is inviting applications for its initiative titled “Support for the functioning of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-HLTH-2025-01 |
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| Name of Call | Applications open for Research Grants |
| Funding agency | LEO Foundation |
| Amount | DKK 2 to 4 million |
| Deadline | 11-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The LEO Foundation is accepting applications for its Research Grants, which aim to support outstanding dermatology research projects globally. These grants are intended to fund projects that enhance understanding of skin biology and the medical, biological, chemical, or pharmacological mechanisms underlying dermatological diseases and their symptoms. |
| Link | https://leo-foundation.org/en/grants-and-awards/research-grants/ |
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| Name of call | Applications open for Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships |
| Funding agency | The Kellogg Institute |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | Oct-2025 |
| Grant Summary | Kellogg Institute for International Studies is inviting applications for its Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowships, designed for early-career scholars whose research focuses on global democracy. These fellowships are open to newly awarded PhDs who are seeking to advance their academic work in an intellectually stimulating environment. |
| Link | https://kellogg.nd.edu/opportunities/visiting-researchers/about-our-postdoctoral-visiting-fellowships#tab-3426 |
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| Name of call | UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development. |
| Funding agency | UNESCO |
| Amount | US$100,000. |
| Deadline | 31-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched the call for nominations for the 9th edition of the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development. This international prize is awarded every two years to recognize outstanding efforts aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning worldwide. |
| Link | https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/call-nominations-2025-2026-unesco-hamdan-prize-teacher-development-now-open |
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| Name of call | CSA on access to European Spaceports Programme |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 500 000 |
| Deadline | 25-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission (EC) is accepting applications for the European Spaceports Programme. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-11?isExactMatch=true&status=DESC&page |
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| Name of call | The British Academy International Writing Workshops 2025 for early-career Researchers. |
| Funding agency | The British Academy |
| Amount | £30,000 |
| Deadline | 17 September 2025, |
| Grant summary | These workshops should aim to develop the skills of early career researchers, including supporting and promoting the uptake of their research in journals and publications. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/the-british-academy-international-writing-workshops-2025/ |
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| Name of call | Entries open for Graduate Sabbatical Grants |
| Funding agency | IHS |
| Amount | $15,000. |
| Deadline | Ongoing |
| Grant summary | Graduate Sabbatical Grants for PhD candidates (ABD) and postdoctoral fellows to buy out teaching or research responsibilities for a semester so that they can complete vital work toward the completion of their degrees, publications, or other milestones in their early academic careers. |
| Link | https://www.theihs.org/funding-opportunities/graduate/-sabbatical-grants/?utm_scampaign=21090060883&utm_content |