Call for proposals- September 2025
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| Name of call | Applications open for Breakthrough Research Grant in Rare Diseases |
| Funding agency | EQT Foundation |
| Amount | EUR 25,000 to EUR 100,000 |
| Deadline | 01-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The call also aims T The EQT Foundation has launched a new call for proposals under its Breakthrough Science Program to award researchers tackling urgent challenges in the field of rare diseases. |
| Link | https://eqtgroup.com/news/eqt-foundation-opens-applications-for-breakthrough-research-grant-in-rare-diseases-2025-09-02 |
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| Name of call | Call for Applications: Mobility Grants Programme |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 8,000,000 |
| Deadline | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Grant summary | Call for Applications: Mobility Grants Program Methe Goethe-Institut is accepting applications for its Mobility Grants Programme for African and European artists to collaborate, co-create, and exchange knowledge across borders. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1539342/call-for-applications-mobility-grants-programme |
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| Name of call | Regular Grant Program- Investigator initiated grants. |
| Funding agency | World Cancer Research Fund |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Grant summary | RFAs: World Cancer Research Fund – Regular Grant Programme The World Cancer Research Fund has launched its Grant Programme to support innovative and original research into the role of diet, nutrition, body composition and physical activity in either cancer. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1539253/rfas-world-cancer-research-fund-regular-grant-programme |
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| Name of call | Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Global Health Security in Kenya |
| Funding agency | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HQ) |
| Amount | USD 35,000,000 |
| Deadline | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Grant summary | General Information Document Type: Grants Notice Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-JG-26-0055 Opportunity Title: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Global Health Security in Kenya Opportunity Category. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1531385/expanding-efforts-and-strategies-to-protect-and-improve-global-health-security-in-kenya |
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| Name of call | Right Sharing of World Resources Partner in Kenya |
| Funding agency | Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Grant summary | Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) invites small, grassroots women’s self-help groups in Kenya to embark on a journey of growth and empowerment through a two-stage partnership. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1538064/call-for-proposals-right-sharing-of-world-resources-partner-in-kenya |
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| Name of call | Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Global Health Security in Kenya |
| Funding agency | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HQ) |
| Amount | USD 35,000,000 |
| Deadline | Jan 2, 2026 |
| Grant summary | General Information Document Type: Grants Notice Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-JG-26-0055 Opportunity Title: Expanding Efforts and Strategies to Protect and Improve Global Health Security in Kenya Opportunity Category. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1531385/expanding-efforts-and-strategies-to-protect-and-improve-global-health-security-in-kenya |
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| Name of call | European Union Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | Nov 7, 2025 |
| Grant summary | European Union Water Operators’ Partnerships Programme 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. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1531338/apply-now-european-union-water-operators-partnerships-programme |
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| Name of call | Responding to the Climate and Humanitarian Emergency in Kenya – AID 012999/01/0. |
| Funding agency | Italian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| Amount | EUR 3,500,000 |
| Deadline | Sept 30, 2025 |
| Grant summary | he initiative “Responding to the Climate and Humanitarian Emergency in Kenya” (AID 012999/01/0) aims to allocate projects to non-profit organizations to address emergency situations in Kenya. It seeks to support affected communities through targeted relief efforts with a total fund of €3,500,000. The expected outcome is to alleviate climate and humanitarian-related challenges through strategic interventions tailored to the local context. Projects will focus on providing necessary resources and support infrastructure to mitigate the ongoing crisis. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1529620/responding-to-the-climate-and-humanitarian-emergency-in-kenya-aid-012999010 |
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| Name of call | Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fung Global Fellows Program 2026/2027 for early-career scholars worldwide. |
| Funding agency | International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fund |
| Amount | $100,000.00 to $135,000.00 |
| Deadline | November 17, 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2026/2027 Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fung Global Fellows Program. The program will select early-career scholars from around the world to be in residence at Princeton for an academic year (10 months) and to engage in research and discussion around a common theme. |
| Link | https://funggfp.princeton.edu/applications |
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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 |
| 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 | Grants for Comprehensive Evaluation of Biosolids Drying Technologies. |
| Funding agency | The Water Research Foundation (WRF) |
| Amount | $200,000 |
| Deadline | 22-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Water Research Foundation (WRF) has announced a new funding opportunity titled Comprehensive Evaluation of Biosolids Drying Technologies (RFP 5370). This project seeks proposals that will deliver a structured, data-driven framework for assessing both conventional and emerging biosolids drying technologies. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/environment/grants-for-comprehensive-evaluation-of-biosolids-drying-technologies/ |
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| Name of Call | ReqNature-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 organizations to pilot high-impact, inclusive nature-based solutions across Kenya. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/economic-development/request-for-proposals-nature-based-solutions-in-kenya/ |
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| Name of call | Institutional-level biodiversity data mobilization grants for Africa |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | €30,000 |
| Deadline | 3 November 2025 |
| Grant summary | Institutional biodiversity data mobilization grants aim to strengthen institutional data management capacity and mobilize policy-relevant biodiversity data to support national and regional priorities. |
| Link | https://www.gbif.org/article/6bahdeBXZeFusMrEzjIBm6/institutional-level-biodiversity-data-mobilization-grants-for-africa |
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| Name of call | East Africa Signature Leadership Journey Program for mid to senior career women |
| Funding agency | WomenLift Health East Africa Signature |
| Amount | Fully funded |
| Deadline | October 10, 2025 |
| Grant summary | The fully funded, 12-month WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey is designed to provide talented mid-senior career women leaders in health with the safe space to explore their authentic leadership through vulnerability and reflection, an inclusive and diverse network which fosters a strong sense of belonging, tools and strategies for enhancing their voice, presence, and influence – all the while being supported by a powerful group of peers, mentors, and coaches. The program imparts contextualized tools and frameworks to address the individual, organizational, and societal challenges that women leaders in global health face today. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/womenlift-health-2026-east-africa-signature-leadership-journey-program/ |
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| Name of call | The AWARD Leadership Program 2026 for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences. |
| Funding agency | The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | October 15, 2025 |
| Grant summary | The program funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) seeks to build a pool of capable, confident, influential young women scientists equipped to excel in agricultural sciences, thrive in leadership roles, and champion gender integration in agriculture. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/the-award-leadership-program-2026-for-emerging-african-women-in-agricultural-sciences/ |
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| Name of call | Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future New Fellowships 2026-2027 |
| Funding agency | The Schlumberger Foundation |
| Amount | USD 40,000 |
| Deadline | 07-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Schlumberger Foundation is gearing up to open applications for its distinguished Faculty for the Future fellowships, offering funding for PhD and post-doctoral research to women engineers and scientists from developing and emerging economies. |
| Link | https://schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/ |
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| Name of call | STIAS Individual Fellowship Program 2027 for Independent Researchers. |
| Funding agency | STIAS |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | October 31st, 2025 |
| Grant summary | STIAS provides and maintains an independent ‘creative space for the mind’ to advance the cause of science and scholarship across all disciplines. It is global in its reach and local in its African roots, and values original thinking and innovation in this context. No restriction is placed on the country of origin, discipline, or academic affiliation when STIAS considers a fellowship invitation. It encourages the cross-pollination of ideas and hence gives preference to projects that will tap into, and benefit from, a multi-disciplinary discourse while also contributing unique perspectives to such a discourse. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/stias-individual-fellowship-program-2027/ |
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| Name of call | Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) Junior and Senior Fellowships 2026/2027 for researchers worldwide. |
| Funding agency | The AIAS-AUFF |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 28 October 2025 |
| Grant Summary | The AIAS-AUFF Fellowships are available for curiosity-driven, talented researchers from all over the world and within all research disciplines. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/aarhus-institute-of-advanced-studies-aias-junior-and-senior-fellowships-2026-2027/ |
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| Name of Call | The Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Fellowships 2026/2027 for PhD or Post-doctoral research in STEM. |
| Funding agency | STEM |
| Amount | USD 50,000 |
| Deadline | November 7, 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Faculty for the Future program, launched in 2004, awards fellowships to women from developing and emerging economies to pursue PhD or Post-doctoral research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at leading universities worldwide. The Schlumberger Foundation is committed to gender parity in science and recognizes that full access to and participation in a STEM curriculum is essential for the empowerment of women and girls. |
| Link | https://schlumbergerfoundation.com/applications/ |
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| Name of Call | National Geographic Society Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The National Geographic Society |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 19-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | This call is designed to support projects that bring the future into the present by equipping learners with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to take action that benefits both people and nature. Applicants may propose projects that either pilot new learning solutions or expand proven educational approaches to new populations and geographies. Research initiatives that measure the effectiveness of educational innovations are also welcomed, with a strong focus on cultivating the abilities necessary to design a sustainable and thriving future for the planet. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/education/national-geographic-society-grant-program/ |
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| Name of call | TANGO2 Research Foundation Research Grants Program |
| Funding agency | T2RF |
| Amount | $50,000 USD |
| Deadline | 07-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The foundation has identified these priority topics for proposals: Understanding cellular response to therapeutics (e.g. drug, nutrition, and gene therapies); Optimizing nutrition in those affected by TDD (e.g. optimization of B vitamins); Understanding, managing and avoiding the life-threatening symptoms of TDD (e.g. metabolic crises, rhabdomyolysis); Improving affected patients’ function, quality of life, and independence (e.g. language, behavior, movement and neurological symptoms of TDD); Development and Validation of Process Outcome Measures. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/tango2-research-foundation-research-grants-program/ |
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| Name of call | Apply for Tiny Blue Dot Foundation Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Tiny Blue Dot Foundation |
| Amount | USD 900,000 |
| Deadline | 07-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | Researchers are encouraged to explore innovative techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, neuromodulation, psychedelics, AI, and virtual reality. The Foundation is particularly interested in work with young people aged 5 to 18, although proposals targeting adult populations are also welcome. Projects aimed at infants or toddlers under the age of five fall outside the scope of this call. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/apply-for-tiny-blue-dot-foundation-grant-program/ |
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| Name of call | Entries open for Fifteen I Tatti Residential Year Fellowships |
| Funding agency | The I Tatti |
| Amount | $65,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The fellowship is open to scholars worldwide who hold a PhD, dottorato di ricerca, or equivalent degree awarded between January 1, 2015, and September 1, 2025. Candidates must demonstrate fluency in English or Italian, with comprehension of both languages. Applicants should show a solid background in Italian Renaissance studies and evidence of preliminary research. Projects may represent post-doctoral studies or significant reworkings of dissertations, with preference given to postdoctoral research. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/religion/entries-open-for-fifteen-i-tatti-residential-year-fellowships/ |
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| Name of call | Open Call for David and Julie Tobey Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The David and Julie Tobey |
| Amount | USD 5,200 per month |
| Deadline | 15-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The David and Julie Tobey Fellowship supports research on drawings, prints, and illustrated manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, and especially the role that these works played in the creative process, the history of taste and collecting, and questions of connoisseurship. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/open-call-for-david-and-julie-tobey-fellowship-program/ |
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| Name of call | ACU’s 2025 Human Resources in Higher Education (HR in HE) Community Grants for HR practitioners. |
| Funding agency | The Association of Commonwealth Universities. |
| Amount | GBP 10,000 |
| Deadline | 4 November 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Human Resources in Higher Education (HR in HE) Community Grants support university human resource practitioners in the ever-changing world of work by encouraging collaboration and promoting the sharing of good practice. Equity. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/acus-2025-human-resources-in-higher-education-hr-in-he-community-grants-for-hr-practitioners/ |
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| Name of call | Wild Wonder Micro Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Wild Wonder |
| Amount | $1,000 USD |
| Deadline | 29-Sep-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Wild Wonder Micro Grant Program is now inviting creative and inspiring applications from individuals around the world who are passionate about sharing nature through the art of nature journaling. |
| Link | https://www.wildwonder.org/grants |