Humanitarian Aid and Emergency Programming: May 2025 Funding Opportunities
Includes opportunities in humanitarian innovation and response, and research grants.
The grants are organized into three categories:
Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date.
Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible).
Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows.
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Open Calls:
Integrated and Sustainable Humanitarian Projects in the Central Sahel and Lake Chad Basin, Sahel Regional Fund. *Closing soon!*
Projects proposed for SRF funding must align closely with its strategic objectives and address key priorities in an integrated, coherent manner. They should respond to urgent humanitarian needs while contributing to the long-term resilience of vulnerable populations—particularly by strengthening economic resilience. The preferred implementation modality is multi-purpose, unconditional cash transfers, and all proposals must include integrated, multi-sectoral interventions. These should combine complementary sectors such as food security, health, nutrition, protection, and/or WASH, tailored to local priorities through territorial and people-centered approaches. Where relevant, projects should also present a cross-border dimension, reflecting regional dynamics and the mobility of crisis-affected populations. Strong, sustainable local leadership is essential: local partners must play a central role in decision-making, strategy, design, and implementation. A clear commitment to accountability is required, including transparent processes, community participation, and accessible feedback and complaints mechanisms. Finally, projects must demonstrate tangible, measurable impact, with robust monitoring and a clear plan for documenting and sharing lessons learned.
Geographies: Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad (Lake Province/Province du Lac only) and Niger.
Who can apply: Open exclusively to consortia, led by an international NGO or a Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement organization. Each consortium must include at least one local NGO, meaningfully involved in project design and implementation. It is strongly recommended that the local partner manage at least 25% of the project budget.
Funding amount: Grants range £1M - £4M per project. Projects should last between 12 and 24 months. The total indicative budget available for this call is £12.5M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs:
Deadline: May 4, 2025 for concept notes. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal by June 22, 2025.
Debris Removal Transportation and Recycling Programme in Palestine, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). *New!* *Closing soon!*
The project aims to address and mitigate the severe impacts of the debris crisis in the Gaza Strip as part of an integrated humanitarian response. By implementing a risk-managed approach to debris removal and recycling, the project will help prevent further catastrophic public health and environmental consequences.
Geographies: Gaza.
Who can apply: CSOs and Semi-Governmental Organizations.
Funding amount: The UNDP foresees three brackets of projects, where the size of the project will be made to match the capacities of the rostered organizations: Small-scale: $10,000-49,000, Medium-scale: $50,000-149,999, Large-scale: $149,999-500,000 (exceptionally more)
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Debris, waste, recycling.
Deadline: May 8, 2025.
Emergency Call for Proposals for CSOs in Myanmar, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!*
The initiative aims to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to the most at-risk populations, including women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, while also strengthening resilience and access to basic services, particularly in the areas of food security, health, and education.
Geographies: Myanmar.
Who can apply: Non-profits.
Funding amount: Up to EUR €216,500 can be requested for projects submitted by a single non-profit entity, and up to EUR €433,000 for joint projects submitted by two or more non-profit entities.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Emergency response, food safety, education, health, WASH, basic services, emergency, distribution and transport
Deadline: May 8, 2025.
3rd Call for Proposals: Capitalization of “Flood Protection”, INTERREG Greece-Bulgaria. *Closing soon!*
Through the present Call, the Programme will support cross border cooperation to enhance capacities for an effective climate resilience and adaptation. As climatic phenomena and effects do not know borders, the main aim of the Targeted Project is to enhance through cooperation a territorial integrated approach. Cooperation fields can include both managerial (including information exchange and security plans) and infrastructure actions. More specifically, through present Call, may be funded activities such as (indicatively): Risk prevention, monitoring, planning and installation of early warning systems, Climate-proof landscape planning and eco-DRR (ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction) measures, Cooperation plans, protocols, infrastructures, and equipment for effective risk treatment, including digital solutions.
Geographies: Greece and Bulgaria.
Who can apply: All organizations working in the target regions welcome to apply.
Funding amount: A total of EUR €6.6M is available for the call.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Disaster Risk Reduction, climate resilience and adaptation
Deadline: May 9, 2025.
2025 Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, Aurora Humanitarian Initative. *Closing this month!*
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