Call for proposals – 2.0 September 2025
1.
| Name of Call | Connect and Create Creative Tandems Program |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | €600,000 |
| Deadline | 14-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Connect and Create Creative Tandems program is opening a new call for proposals to support innovative partnerships in the performing arts and music sectors between organizations in sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. |
| Link | https://www.ifprog.emundus.fr/en/campagne-info?view=programme&cid=301 |
2.
| Name of call | CFPs: East and Southern African Regional Hub for Research and Policy on Climate Change and Health. |
| Funding agency | The Amref Health |
| Amount | USD 250,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Amref Health Africa invite bold, innovative proposals from research institutions and multi-stakeholder consortia ready to deliver transformative research on the climate-health nexus in Eastern and Southern Africa. |
| Link | https://amref.org/eoi/east-and-southern-african-regional-hub-for-research-and-policy-on-climate-change-and-health-2025-2028-eoi-no-amref-19-09-2025-020/ |
3.
| Name of Call | Small Research Grants on Education Program |
| Funding agency | The Spencer Foundation |
| Amount | $50,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Spencer Foundation has launched its Small Research Grants on Education Program to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived for projects ranging from one to five years. |
| Link | https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant |
4.
| Name of call | Funding available for Farmer Groups in LREB (Kenya) |
| Funding agency | The Food and Agriculture Organization |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has announced a new opportunity for farmer groups located in Kenya’s Lake Region Economic Block through its TUNZA project. |
| Link | https://www.fao.org/kenya/news/newsdetails/call-for-applications-for-farmer-groups-in-lreb/en |
5.
| Name of Call | Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship |
| Funding agency | The Royal Society |
| Amount | £5,000 |
| Deadline | 12-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Royal Society is inviting applications for its Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship to provide opportunities for experienced senior and mid-career researchers to focus on full-time research for up to one year, by relieving them of all their teaching, administrative and pastoral care duties during that period. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/royal-society-leverhulme-trust-senior-research-fellowship/ |
6.
| Name of call | Multi-institutional biodiversity data mobilization grants for Africa. |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | €60,000 |
| Deadline | 3 November 2025 |
| Grant summary | The Multi-institutional biodiversity data mobilization grants aim to support collaborations between institutions to increase the availability and use of open biodiversity data for research and policy in sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Link | https://www.gbif.org/article/4REomfNi2J8c4qnbpaCRAO/multi-institutional-biodiversity-data-mobilization-grants-for-africa |
7.
| Name of call | UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2025 |
| Funding agency | The Business & Human Rights Accelerator |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 19 December 2025 |
| Grant summary | Applications are now open for the 2025 UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program. The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a six-month programme activating companies participating in the UN Global Compact across industries and regions. The objective is to help businesses swiftly move from commitment to action on human rights and labour rights through establishing an ongoing human rights due diligence process. |
| Link | https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/un-global-compact-business-human-rights-accelerator-program-2025/ |
8.
| Name of call | Operational Digital Platforms |
| Funding agency | The European Commission |
| Amount | EUR 20 000 000. |
| Deadline | 16-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The European Commission is seeking proposals for its Operational Digital Platforms which aim to support EU environmental and energy targets, improve the competitiveness of the EU industry and address the ongoing energy crisis, by providing both technologies and connectivity to enable a cyber-secure Internet of Energy and an optimized transport system along the major European paths. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/cef-dig-2025-platforms-works |
9.
| Name of call | Apply for the Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship Programme (Africa) |
| Funding agency | The Mo Ibrahim Foundation |
| Amount | $100,000. |
| Deadline | 20-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The call also aims T TThe Mo Ibrahim Foundation is requesting applications for its Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship Programme to identify and mentor the future generation of outstanding African leaders. |
| Link | https://mo.ibrahim.foundation/fellowships |
10.
| Name of call | Submissions open for Excell Malaria Programme (Africa) |
| Funding agency | The Africa Research Excellence |
| Amount | 50,000 USD |
| Deadline | 15 October 2025 |
| Grant summary | Africa Research Excellence Fund invites applications from high-achieving Malaria researchers to be considered by their institution for nomination to the Excell Malaria Programme. |
| Link | https://fundsforindividuals.fundsforngos.org/event/submissions-open-for-excell-malaria-programme-africa/ |
11.
| Name of call | Civil Society Organization’s in the Commonwealth |
| Funding agency | The Commonwealth Foundation |
| Amount | £60,000 |
| Deadline | 23-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Commonwealth Foundation is offering grants of up to £60,000 to civil society organisations (CSOs) across eligible Commonwealth countries. These grants aim to strengthen constructive engagement between civil society and decision-makers, fostering meaningful participation in policy development and implementation. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/60000-funding-available-for-civil-society-organisations-in-the-commonwealth/ |
12.
| Name of call | Second call for innovation studies for the development of generative AI models. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | 4 000 000,00 € |
| Deadline | 25 February 2026 |
| Grant summary | This announcement is the second call for proposals for “innovation studies” driven by the business needs of SMEs and Start-ups highly competent in generative AI, professional software development, and data processing. The innovation studies must use large-scale European HPC resources (e.g., pre-exascale and exascale supercomputers) to develop and customise generative AI models such as foundation and large language models. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/competitive-calls-cs/11502?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502&order=DESC&pageNumber |
13.
| Name of call | Cluster 5 Call 01-2026 (WP 2025) (HORIZON-CL5-2026-01) |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | 24 000 000 € |
| Deadline | 20 January 2026 |
| Grant summary | Societal Readiness (SR) is an indicator of R&I results, expressing they have accounted for different societal needs and concerns, thereby increasing their potential for societal uptake. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL5-2026-01-D2-09?isExactMatch=true&status=331094503&order=DESC |
14.
| 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/ |
15.
| Name of call | Call for Proposals: Right Sharing of World Resources Partner in Kenya. |
| Funding agency | Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) |
| Amount | US $3,000 |
| Deadline | 31-Dec-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 that blends training with sustainable financial support. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/women-gender/call-for-proposals-right-sharing-of-world-resources-partner-in-kenya/ |
16.
| Name of Call | Open Call for Early-Career Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The Open Notebook |
| Amount | $6,600 |
| Deadline | 31-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time Fellowship Program for early-career science journalists. Applicants should demonstrate a clear commitment to pursuing science journalism as their primary professional path, with the goal of doing journalism rather than other forms of science communication. |
| Link | https://www.theopennotebook.com/early-career-fellowship-program/ |
17.
| Name of call | McDonald Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The MSIF’s |
| Amount | 55,000 EUR |
| Deadline | 01-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The MSIF’s McDonald Fellowships fund 2-year research placements for early career researchers from low- and middle-income countries. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/apply-now-mcdonald-fellowship-program/ |
18.
| Name of call | CFAs: Investing in Civil Society Leadership to End Violence against Women |
| Funding agency | The UN Trust |
| Amount | $150,000 to $800,000 |
| Deadline | 19-Nov-2025 |
| Grant summary | The UN Trust Fund has launched a new Call for Proposals to provide four-year grants, offering both core and flexible funds, to civil society organizations working to end violence against women and girls. |
| Link | https://untf.unwomen.org/en/grant-giving/call-for-proposals |
19.
| Name of call | Academic Development Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The Academic Development Grants |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 15-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Academic Development Grants strive to support and advance authentic Buddhist studies at the highest level of academic excellence. Applications originated from universities and academic institutions. Programs to strengthen academic Buddhist study and research. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/call-for-proposals-academic-development-grant-program/ |
20.
| 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/ |
21.
| Name of Call | Open Call for Early-Career Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The Open Notebook |
| Amount | $6,600 |
| Deadline | 31-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Open Notebook offers a paid, part-time Fellowship Program for early-career science journalists. Applicants should demonstrate a clear commitment to pursuing science journalism as their primary professional path, with the goal of doing journalism rather than other forms of science communication. |
| Link | https://www.theopennotebook.com/early-career-fellowship-program/ |
22.
| Name of call | Consolidator Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The ERC |
| Amount | €1.5 million |
| Deadline | 13-Jan-2026 |
| Grant Summary | The Erc Consolidator Grant Program provides support to excellence in research through grants that provide long-term, flexible and independent funding for ambitious, high-risk frontier research. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/ERC-2026-COG?isExactMatch=true&ser=DESC&pageNumber=1 |
23.
| Name of call | Study to Inform the Second Phase of the Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund |
| Funding agency | The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| Amount | £10,001 to £100,000. |
| Deadline | 13-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) invites proposals to improve support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/business-industry/cfps-study-to-inform-the-second-phase-of-the-kenya-catalytic-jobs-fund/ |
24.
| Name of call | Call for Proposals: Right Sharing of World Resources Partner in Kenya. |
| Funding agency | Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) |
| Amount | US $3,000 |
| Deadline | 31-Dec-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 that blends training with sustainable financial support. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/women-gender/call-for-proposals-right-sharing-of-world-resources-partner-in-kenya/ |
25.
| Name of call | Grants available for Underreported Stories in Africa |
| Funding agency | The Pulitzer Center |
| Amount | Unspecified |
| Deadline | 31-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Pulitzer Center is seeking proposals to advance wide-reaching and relevant journalism on issues impacting communities in Africa, including but not limited to water and sanitation, land degradation and coastal erosion, education, maternal health, and climate resilience. |
| Link | https://pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellowships/opportunities-journalists/underreported-stories-africa |
26.
| Name of call | Entries open for beVisioneers Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | BeVisioneers |
| Amount | 20,000 euros |
| Deadline | 25-Jan-2026 |
| Grant Summary | Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the beVisioneers Fellowship Program to help bring your planet-positive ideas to life, regardless of your entrepreneurial experience or your financial situation. |
| Link | https://bevisioneers.world/fellowship/ |
27.
| 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/ |
28.
| Name of call | Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fung Global Fellows Program 2026/2027 for early-career scholars worldwide. |
| Funding agency | PIIRS |
| 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/application. |
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| Name of call | Smithsonian Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (BioG) |
| Funding agency | The Smithsonian Institution (SI) |
| Amount | $62,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Smithsonian Institution (SI) Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biodiversity Genomics promotes collaborative research in these fields involving comparative genomic approaches such as phylogenomics, population genomics, metagenomics or transcriptomics, and have a component that involves significant bioinformatics analysis. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/smithsonian-biodiversity-genomics-postdoctoral-fellowship-program-biog/ |
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| Name of call | The Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowship Program |
| Funding agency | The Smithsonian |
| Amount | $57,000 |
| Deadline | 15-Oct-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Smithsonian Postgraduate/Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation of Museum Collections offers opportunities to conduct research and gain further training in the conservation of museum collection objects. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/research/the-smithsonian-postgraduate-postdoctoral-fellowship-program/ |