July Round Up of Impact Funding Opportunities- 94 New Opportunities!

Multi-Sector/ Sustainable Development: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (9 new opportunities!)

Jun 30

Multi-Sector/ Sustainable Development: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (9 new opportunities!)

19 opportunities supporting multi-sector innovation, systems change, and sustainable development—spanning justice, livelihoods, education, climate, and inclusive growth.

Nature based Solutions for Climate Mitigation, ASEAN-UK Green Transition Fund, UK Pact. *Closing soon!*

For this Call for Proposals, ASEAN-UK GTF seeks to award 3 work packages (WP): 1. Transboundary policy frameworks and platforms for collective action on Nbs. This work package is expected to support existing and future ASEAN work on transboundary issues –

paying special attention to the role of local traditional knowledge as a core element of landscape management. 2. Nbs models and monitoring. Financing for Nbs research and development. This work package is expected to support ASEAN in developing NbS model projects, practical monitoring tools, and funding support for research and development. Integrating evidence-based research and traditional knowledge is important, as well as a consideration for scalability across ASEAN member states. 3. Nature-positive financing and businesses. This work package is expected to accelerate investment in NbS across ASEAN from diverse funding sources. ASEAN and its Member States (AMS) have various public, private, and philanthropic funding that could potentially be managed in a more strategic way.

Geographies: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
Who can apply: International, national and local non-profit organizations are eligible to apply. Applying organizations must form either a consortium of different organization or a multiple country offices application.
Funding amount: Grants of up to GBP £800,000
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Nature based solutions, climate.
Deadline: July 3, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Investment Funds Investing in Coral Reef-Positive Businesses and Projects in the Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS), SDG Impact Finance Initiative. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This Call for Proposal seeks to identify an investment vehicle with a strong impact potential in line with GFCR’s objective, which can absorb Catalytic’s concessional capital to scale up their investment in coral reef-positive businesses in the Pacific SIDS. Catalytic aims to deploy junior capital into investment vehicles that invest in reef-positive businesses. By providing early-stage, de-risking capital, Catalytic aims to support regional actors to grow a reef-positive economy, addressing current bottlenecks in the flow of concessional finance to businesses. As a capital provider, Catalytic will make available concessional finance to for-profit and early-stage regional funds with portfolios consisting of businesses aligned with the GFCR sectors, coral reef resilience, and safeguards. The objective is to grow the financial ecosystem of actors that can develop reef-positive portfolios acting as financial intermediaries for global financial institutions.

Geographies: Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Who can apply: Asset managers, with a target fund size of minimum USD $ 30 million and maximum USD $ 100 million.
Funding amount: Investment of USD 2M to one fund.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Blue economy, coral reefs, environment.
Deadline: July 4, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Facilitating region-specific approaches to addressing climate and environment-related risks for socio-economic stability in Central Asia, European Union. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The Project aims to strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders to identify environment and climate-related risks for socioeconomic stability at the community levels, and to programme effective risk reduction and response measures. In particular, the Project aims to equip and empower local communities in the Ferghana Valley, covering Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as to increase engagement with a wider range of stakeholders to scale up actions to address climate-related risks. The Project also aims to unite local communities in the target countries into regional networks of practitioners. Overall goals and activities to be implemented by the selected NGOs include:1. Facilitate and organize community planning sessions with target communities with a focus on nature-based solutions; 2. Based on the identified community adaptation solutions, develop Community Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan"; 3. Liaise with local authorities for the implementation of the developed CCCAAP and alignment with local plans, when possible; 4. Implement the selected locally led adaptation interventions, including procurement, implementation, and monitoring; 5. Apply UNEP's adapted methods and tools for participatory and inclusive climate risk assessment planning to local communities; 6. Participate actively in regional networks facilitated by SIC ICWC on climate change adaptation for the exchange of information and best practices in the Ferghana Valley.

Geographies: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Who can apply: Local NGO’s may submit applications, and they can add another non-local NGO as a partner.
Funding amount: Grant of USD $164,775 for up to eight NGOs.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate, adaptation, nature-based solutions.
Deadline: July 9, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Collaborative Missions Programme Funding, EIT Food. *Next window closing July 10th!*

Seeks to co-fund and co-resource alliances and collaborative programs designed to improve the impact of diet on obesity and non-communicable disease, reduce food-system-related environmental harms, or deal with the threats posed by food integrity and complex supply chains.

Geographies: Europe and all countries associated with the Horizon Europe program (see full list here).
Who can apply: All for profits and non-profit organizations welcome. A minimum of two organizations from two participating countries are needed for each application.
Funding amount: There is no specific minimum or maximum funding threshold, however annual program budgets are expected to be between €250,000-€750,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Food, nutrition, health.
Deadline: The next window will close on July 10, 2025. The final round will close on November 13, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

LOI: Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot Large Grants, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF). *New!* *Closing this month!*

Seeking to support civil society organizations to reduce threats to globally important biodiversity in the Caribbean Islands Biodiversity Hotspot. Projects supported under this phase should help: 1. Increase the capacity of civil society organizations to reduce key threats to biodiversity; 2. Increase the organizational capacity of civil society organizations; 3. Increase the capacity of civil society organizations to participate in conservation-related networks; and/or; 4. Reduce threats to biodiversity at Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). Projects should seek to: 1. Improve Protection and Management of Priority KBAs; 2. Increase landscape-level connectivity and ecosystem resilience, 3. Safeguard Critical Endangered and Endangered Species, 4. Improve Enabling Conditions for Conservation in Target Countries; 5. Support Civil Society Capacity

Geographies: The Bahamas, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint
Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Who can apply: Non-governmental organizations, community groups, private enterprises, universities and other civil society organizations active in the eligible countries.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $51,000 - $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Biodiversity, conservation, ecosystem resilience.
Deadline: July 18, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Transition to sustainable food systems through the scaling up of agroecological innovations in the Central African region (DeSIRA+), Enabel. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The general objective of this call for proposals is to contribute to the transition towards sustainable and resilient agricultural systems through the widespread adoption of agroecological practices adapted to local contexts. The specific objective is : Farmers have validated agroecological solutions, accompanied by technical, economic and institutional mechanisms, as well as the skills needed to enable them to be adopted and disseminated on a large scale. The expected results are as follows: 1. Innovative agroecological solutions, including cropping systems and practices, soil management and biodiversity management, are identified, tested and adapted to local conditions and producers’ needs; 2. The agroecological practices and systems identified undergo a rigorous assessment of their agroeconomic, environmental and social performance, including their resilience to climate change, in order to determine their potential for future scaling up; 3. On-the-ground technical, financial and/or organizational support for the agroecological transition, adapted to local contexts, is available to producers.

Geographies: Burundi, DRC, Rwanda.
Who can apply: Public entities (universities, research centers, etc.), private not-for-profit entities (international or national non-governmental organization, ASBL, foundation, etc.), legal entities governed by private law whose primary objective is not to maximize profit, and profit-making legal entities are eligible if they meet certain criteria.
Funding amount: Grants range EUR €150,000 – €230,000. Co-financing of at least 10% and at most 20% of the total budget for the action is required.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Agriculture, Agroecology.
Deadline: July 18, 2025.
Learn more and apply here. Filter by country to see the opportunities and download the document titled “BEL23010-10004-Guidelines”.

Funding Research for a Resilient Future, Lloyd’s of London Foundation. *Closing this month!*

Seeking proposals from researchers and organizations dedicated to advancing the understanding of risk and future recover for innovative research in risk management or climate adaptation. They aim to support research in: 1. Risk understanding and management for specific communities, and the greater good of society both in the UK and globally, which are aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2. Climate adaptation and mitigation, an issue that has real synergy with risk-related research. Areas of research could include current and future climate and related humanitarian risks arising from a variety of trends, such as fire, flood, drought, changes to weather patterns and other natural disasters, both the UK and globally.

Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Independent researchers, academics, research institutions, public sector organizations, registered charities, and (re)insurance industry participants.
Funding amount: Grant up to GBP £100,000 for 1-2 years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Climate adaptation, risk management.
Deadline: July 25, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Circular Economy Demonstration Fund, Department of Science, Technology and Innovation- South Africa. *New!* *Closing this month!*

South Africa’s Circular Economy Demonstration Fund aims to support the adoption of proven circular interventions or innovative process improvements, that have yet to be widely deployed in South Africa. The demonstration of which will assist in fast-tracking the uptake of these circular economy interventions in the private sector and contribute to South Africa’s transition to a more circular economy. The intention of the fund is to partner private sector organizations (e.g., business, industry) with research institutions, to support the private sector organization in de-risking, scaling, localizing, or demonstrating a circular intervention (i.e., a circular technological, social or business innovation). The Circular Economy Demonstration Fund aims to directly support projects aligned with one or more of the circular economy principles; eliminate waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use at their highest value, and regenerate natural systems. Applicants may consider demonstration projects in any of the following industries agriculture, human settlements, manufacturing, mining, mobility, and cross-cutting interventions in energy and water.

Geographies: South Africa.
Who can apply: Lead applicant must be researchers employed by South African Universities, Science Councils and other public research institutions, working in relevant disciplines. Researchers can partner with additional local and international organization such as non-profits, private sector, CSO’s, etc.
Funding amount: Grants range R500,000 – R2.5M for one to two years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Circular economy, agriculture, energy, water.
Deadline: July 25, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC): Call for Circular Economy Project Proposals, Embassy of Finland in Nairobi. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Through this Call for Proposals, the Embassy seeks to support two distinct but complimentary themes with one project grant each: 1. Strengthening SME Capacity for Circular Economy Transition- focuses on accelerating the transition to a circular economy by strengthening the capacity of Kenyan SMEs across sectors to integrate circular practices into their operations. The aim is to promote more sustainable business models that generate entrepreneurship and employment opportunities, particularly for young people. 2. Raising Public Awareness on Circular Economy and Climate-Smart Solutions for Community-Based Business and Job Creation- invite proposals that present new and effective ways of engaging communities, stakeholders, and the public at large in adopting circular and sustainable practices.

Geographies: Kenya.
Who can apply: Local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations, Foundations, Community Based Organizations (CBO) and private sector entities registered in Kenya.
Funding amount: Grants range EUR €90,000 - €120,000 for 1 to 2 years. One service provider will be selected in each category.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Circular economy, SMEs, capacity strengthening.
Deadline: July 31, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Protecting Our Places 2025, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The Protecting Our Places program encourages and empowers Aboriginal communities to protect, conserve and restore landscapes and waterways important to them. The program has 3 key objectives: 1. Enabling Aboriginal communities to gain more autonomy over their projects, strengthening their ability to deliver favourable results for their cultural heritage, cultural practices and the environment; 2. Promoting the sharing and safeguarding of cultural knowledge among Aboriginal groups, government agencies and the community. This enables Aboriginal people to influence the management and preservation of their cultural and environmental resources on their ancestral lands; 3. Ensuring land that is culturally important to Aboriginal communities is protected, restored, improved and managed by local Aboriginal groups, land managers and other stakeholders in a way that fosters Healthy Country. This approach deepens the connection between Aboriginal people and their traditional lands and waterways.

Geographies: Australia.
Who can apply: NSW Aboriginal community organizations/groups must lead the projects. They can include as partners wider organizations such as other Aboriginal groups, local councils, state, NGOs, local community groups, universities, private businesses, landholders.
Funding amount: Grant of up to AUD $120,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Conservation, indigenous peoples, environment.
Deadline: July 31, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

See more opportunities on the Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food page.

Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (24 new opportunities!)

Jun 30

Agriculture, Climate, Environment, Energy & Food: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (24 new opportunities!)

56 opportunities for climate action, sustainable agriculture, clean energy, food systems, and environmental justice—spanning research, implementation, and innovation.

International Awards in Life and Environmental sciences - 2026 Call for nomination, L'Oréal-UNESCO. *Closing soon!*

Created in 1998, the International Awards L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science honors 5 eminent women scientists from 5 regions of the world. These exceptional researchers are rewarded for their important contributions to the progress of science, either in Life sciences or in the fields of Physical sciences, Mathematics and Computer science. The 2026 edition of the Awards will designate five outstanding scientific researchers working in the following regions: Africa and the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and North America. One candidate will be selected for each of the five regions, the determining factor being the place of work for at least 10 years, not the nationality of the candidate.

Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Scientists around the world are invited to nominate candidates (self-nominations are not eligible).
Funding amount: An award of €100,000 is given to each of the five laureates selected by a jury of internationally renowned experts.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Biological sciences, basic medicine, clinical medicine, health sciences, health biotechnology, environment, agriculture.
Deadline: July 4, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Young Women in Mind Programme, Pilgrim Trust. *Closing soon!*

Seeking proposals from UK charities working to help improve the mental health of women aged 16-25 in the UK. The grants go to organizations that increase young women’s access to high quality, age and gender specific mental health services. They particularly welcome applications from organizations leading the way in good practice or innovation relating to age and gender informed approaches to mental health provision. They will prioritize those that work collaboratively with partners to extend their impact and share expertise, and that champion fair and equal access to mental health services.

Geographies: North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
Who can apply: Non-profits.
Funding amount: Grants range GBP £60,000 to £100,000 spread over three years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, mental health.
Deadline: July 7, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program, US Department of Justice - Office on Violence Against Women. *Closing soon!*

The Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program (Rural Program) enhances the safety of rural victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking by supporting projects uniquely designed to address and prevent these crimes in rural areas. This program supports cooperative efforts among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; treatment, advocacy, counseling, legal assistance, or other victim services for victims in rural communities; or programs addressing sexual assault.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: States and territories, Indian Tribes, local governments, and nonprofit (public or private) entities, including Tribal nonprofit organizations.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $500,000 – $950,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Women, gender, violence against women, GBV.
Deadline: July 8, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Faith-Based Initiative for Gender Equality: Men’s Caregiving and Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The UN Women’s ‘Dare to Care’ regional program seeks to partner with a Civil Society Organization to collaborate with religious institutions in the Arab States, promoting gender equality through dialogues, capacity building, and knowledge production. The focus is on engaging Sunni Muslim actors and fostering inter-faith dialogues. The Implementing Partner will work under UN Women’s guidance to create partnerships that promote men’s involvement in unpaid care and women’s economic empowerment. The selected Implementing Partner will develop a regional manual for religious actors and institutions to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, with a focus on promoting the involvement of men and boys in unpaid care and domestic work, and women’s participation in paid employment. The Implementing Partner will work closely with UN Women Regional Office for the Arab States, UN Women’s Country Offices of the four target countries, and the implementing partners recruited at country level by UN Women in these four countries to undertake capacity building and Training of Trainers for selected religious actors in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, and Jordan to roll out the manual (around 6 – 8 individuals per country).

Geographies: Arab States.
Who can apply: CSOs with substantial experience in working with religious institutions and actors in the Arab States region to advance human rights and sustainable development.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $120,000 - $154,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, religion, inter-faith dialogues, capacity building.
Deadline: July 10, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

LEAP for Her: Lifelong Empowerment for Rural Women through Skills and Inclusion, UN Women. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This project aims to strengthen Albania's social protection system, focusing on expanding coverage and integrating child benefits, family support, and improving care services' quality and outreach. It also aims to increase employability and access to decent work opportunities for marginalized groups, particularly women and youth, in rural areas. The project seeks to address skill gaps by providing tailored training to equip marginalized populations with tools and knowledge to improve employment opportunities and achieve financial empowerment. The work will focus in three municipalities. The intervention is designed to directly benefit vulnerable women and girls in rural areas by strengthening their access to employment opportunities and skills development in alignment with labor market demands. The selected CSO must collaborate with women-led and community-based civil society organizations (CSOs) operating in the targeted municipalities or nearby regions.

Geographies: Albania.
Who can apply: Local CSOs.
Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $136,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, children, social protection, care, marginalized groups.
Deadline: July 14, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Organizational Grants - Gender Equality – Open Call, Bodossaki Foundation. *Closing soon!*

The Bodossaki Foundation and Foundation CHANEL are again working together to promote gender equality and empowerment of women in Greece. The call will provide support to CSOs that demonstrate readiness to upgrade their organizational operations. Interested CSOs will also have the opportunity to participate in tailor-made proposal writing workshops. Through participating in the workshops, organizations will be able to identify their organizational needs, define priority axes, sub-actions and expected outcomes of the Organizational Development Action Plan. In addition, the workshops will provide practical advice on completing the capacity mapping and the application form.

Geographies: Greece.
Who can apply: CSOs.
Funding amount: Grants of up to EUR €50,000. A total of up to 17 CSOs will be supported for up to 2 years with a total amount of EUR €350,000. In addition, grantee organizations will receive an advanced Capacity Building program from Social Dynamo, the Bodossaki Foundation’s NGO Hub.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, equality, women empowerment.
Deadline: July 15, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Implementation of the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) Methodology in the Youth in Agribusiness (Vijana Kilimo Biashara) Programme, World Food Programme (WFP). *New!* *Closing soon!*

Now accepting applications to support the implementing the Gender Action Learning System (GALS) Methodology: 1) To provide high quality gender technical support and coordinate implementation of this Gender Transformative Approach in the VKB program areas 2) Facilitate the conceptualization and implementation of the Gender Action Learning system (GALS) methodology in cooperation with World Food Programme Tanzania Country office and VKB Cooperating Partners. The anticipated plan is for the Gender partner to; 1) Orient WFP programme staff and mentor the existing VKB cooperating partners (CPs) in implementation of the Gender Action Learning System (GALS); and 2) Act as Lead organization for the implementation of Gender Action Learning System (GALS) at community level.

Geographies: Tanzania (Manyara, Arusha, Dodoma, Tabora, Shinyanga, Singida, Simiyu).
Who can apply: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and Civil Society Organizations that are legally registered in country.
Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $200,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender.
Deadline: July 17, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Ukrainian Women at the Frontlines of Demining and Recovery, UN Women. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Through this Call for Proposals, UN Women Ukraine seeks to identify civil society organizations to act as Responsible Parties under two pillars designed to contribute directly to the outcomes of the program “Ukrainian Women at the Frontlines of Demining and Recovery” and to support the achievement of UN Women Ukraine’s Strategic Note Output 1.3 on strengthening women’s meaningful participation in the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. This Call for Proposals is announced within the framework of “Ukrainian Women at the Frontlines of Demining and Recovery” program and is addressed to civil society organizations (CSOs) legally registered in Ukraine with demonstrated experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment. Applicants are invited to submit proposals under two interlinked pillars, further detailed in Section 2, and may apply to implement activities under only one of the two pillars. Pillar 1: Women’s Empowerment, Leadership and Mental Resilience Support. This pillar focuses on strengthening the confidence, mental resilience, and leadership capacity of women in war-affected and EO-contaminated regions of Ukraine (ex: Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mykolaiv oblasts) —particularly those seeking to engage in traditionally male-dominated sectors of humanitarian mine action and emergency response services. Pillar 2: Training and Employment Opportunities in Humanitarian Mine Action. This pillar focuses on increasing women’s access to and participation in certified technical training and employment opportunities within the humanitarian mine action sector. The selected Responsible Partner will work in close coordination with mine action providers and relevant authorities to ensure that training is practical, inclusive, and leads to tangible employment outcomes.

Geographies: Ukraine.
Who can apply: Legally registered and operational entities in Ukraine for at least three years.
With at least three years of relevant program implementation experience.
Funding amount: Grant ranges USD $500,000 - $950,000 for each pillar.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Women, conflict, demining.
Deadline: July 21, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

SVRI Research Grant, Sexual Violence Research Initiative. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Inviting applications for innovative research that will contribute to the prevention and response of violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC) and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). They support projects that generate generalizable knowledge, strengthen evidence use in policy and practice, and promote locally led, equitable research partnerships to address structural inequalities driving violence.

Geographies: LMIC’s.
Who can apply: Researchers / practitioners affiliated with NGOs and research institutions from low- and middle-income countries. Consortiums welcome.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $40,000 – $100,000 for 12-18 months.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Gender, violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC), gender inequality.
Deadline: July, 31 2025. They strongly encourage early submissions.
Learn more and apply here.

See more opportunities on the Gender Equality & Women Empowerment page.

Gender Equality & Women Empowerment: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (11 new opportunities!)

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Gender Equality & Women Empowerment: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (11 new opportunities!)

25 opportunities supporting gender equality, women’s leadership, SRHR, GBV prevention, economic empowerment, and feminist movements—across sectors and regions.

Global Health & WASH

Call for PPS Program Applications – Program Year 2026, Health~Holland. *Mandatory pre-registration deadline is July 7!*

Call for applications for PPP programs in Top Sector Life Sciences & Health. Top sector Life Sciences & Health (LSH), stimulates innovative research by financially supporting public-private partnerships (PPP) in the LSH sector. With this program call, they invite parties to jointly set up programs with the aim of developing sustainable innovative products and services within the LSH sector that contribute to the economic growth of the Netherlands. The program focuses on developing innovative products and services that respond to issues from the business community, with considerable economic potential and clear social added value.

Geographies: Netherlands.
Who can apply: PPPs of at least three independent and complementary Dutch (entities), including research institutions, corporations, and SMEs.
Funding amount: Grants range EUR €150,000 - €1M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, innovation, research.
Deadline: July 2, 2025 (for mandatory pre-registration), and October 3, 2025 for full proposal.
Learn more and apply here.

Randomized Controlled Trial on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Reproductive Tract Sequelae in Non-Pregnant Women, Gates Foundation - Global Grand Challenges . *New!* *Closing soon!*

This Grand Challenge on Randomized Controlled Trial on Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and Reproductive Tract Sequelae in Non-Pregnant Women aims to fill critical gaps in understanding of the risk of PID and related sequelae attributable to STIs and to evaluate the impact of etiologic STI screening and treatment on morbidity. With this Grand Challenge we welcome letters of intent (LOIs) from organizations to conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in sub-Saharan Africa comparing STI screening and standard of care syndromic management. The primary outcome of this study should be PID, with secondary outcomes possibly including chronic pelvic pain, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility. The study should provide insight into the risk of outcomes following infection with gonorrhea, chlamydia, and/or trichomoniasis and the impact and cost-effectiveness of etiologic screening to prevent morbidity.

Geographies: Study design must be randomized controlled trial or comparable, robust prospective in Sub-Saharan African settings.
Who can apply: Non-profit organizations, for-profit companies, international organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions. Particularly encourage applications involving projects led by African Primary Investigators (PIs), women, early-career researchers, and practitioners seeking to innovate in women's health measurement, or from women-led organizations and applications from institutions based in LMICs.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $8M - $10M per project, with a grant duration of up to 48 months.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, gender, STIs.
Deadline: July 7, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Seed Funding for Innovations in Dementia, Maude’s Ventures. *Closing soon!*

Maude’s Ventures provides seed funding to support innovative solutions and new approaches to expand the reach of quality, effective care to individuals living with dementia in the USA. This can include addressing unmet or overlooked needs within the dementia community and finding new solutions that support caregivers.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Nonprofits, for-profits and individuals with innovative ideas for dementia care that are new, scalable, and in need of early funding.
Funding amount: Seed Funding of up to USD $50,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, caregivers, dementia.
Deadline: July 7, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Health Grants, The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation. *Closing soon!*

The Foundation supports efforts that test new ideas and approaches that promote public health, with a special emphasis on reproductive health and family planning and their integration with other health promotion activities. It favors community-level disease prevention and health promotion projects and efforts that help strengthen regional and country public health systems over disease diagnosis, treatment, and care provided by clinics, hospitals, and humanitarian aid programs. Activities that help increase capacity include applied research, program development, technical assistance, and training projects that: promote reproductive health and family planning, address issues related to mental and behavioral health, address issues relating to pollution and environmental health, increase the understanding of zoonotic and neglected tropical diseases, address issues relating to nutrition and health.

Geographies: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Who can apply: Organizations that can provide evidence of their non-governmental status or charitable purpose are eligible to apply, including non-governmental organizations, nonprofit organizations; civil society organizations; community-based organizations; and colleges, universities, and other academic institutions. Preference for local, state, and regional organizations.
Funding amount: There is no minimum or maximum grant size. Most grants fall in the $25,000-$50,000 per year range.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Public health, reproductive health and family planning, innovation.
Deadline: July 15, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Request for Applications, Digital Health Innovation Fund. *EOI due by July 15th!*

The goal of the DHDP is to build and operate a scalable multi-use platform to digitally-enable national and international collaboration to advance next generation, state-of-the-art data governance principles and technology to transform health research as a collaborative, economy-building ecosystem linking healthcare data with artificial intelligence to improve patient outcomes. The purpose of this opportunity is to support the development of research programs through their use of the Platform. While the fund prioritizes oncology and neurology research programs, the DHDP is a disease agnostic initiative. Applications focused on other areas of health and AI research where similar data may be available (eg. diabetes, cardiology) will also be considered. By identifying and selecting research initiatives for their compelling science, projects will advance the design and use of the Platform to support meaningful and impactful projects. In parallel, the intention is to stimulate collaboration among small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), while adopting a view toward the commercialization potential of research discoveries. Each project must actively involve the inclusion and involvement of two (2) or more Canadian small- and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs and the inclusion of a data provider who wishes to share health data through the DHDP.

Geographies: Canada.
Who can apply: All private-sector and public organizations (for example, academic, health and research institutions and their foundations, independently owned businesses or industries, multinational enterprises (MNEs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and granting agencies) from across Canada
Funding amount: $1M -$ 5M per project. A total of up to $25-million will be available until March 2027 through the Government of Canada’s Innovation, Science, Economic, and Development (SIF, Stream 4) fund, which will operate under a reimbursement model.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, innovation, AI,
Deadline: Expression of interest due by July 15, 2025. Letter of intent due by August 15, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

COVID-19 Disease Burden on the Pediatric Population, Pfizer. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Seek to support educational programs on the burden of COVID-19 disease in the pediatric patient population with high risk conditions, targeting pediatricians, pediatric infectious disease specialists, and primary care providers who manage high-risk pediatric patients. These programs should aim to equip these providers with the necessary knowledge and skills to identify, diagnose, and manage COVID-19 effectively amongst the pediatric patients at high risk for developing severe COVID-19 outcomes. Priority goals include: 1. Improve identification of pediatric patients with high-risk conditions and their eligibility for COVID-19 treatment; 2. Recognize the importance of early COVID-19 intervention/treatment in high-risk pediatric patients; 3. Outline COVID-19 complications associated with high-risk conditions and the impact they have on pediatric patients and healthcare systems.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: medical, dental, nursing, allied health, and/or pharmacy professional schools; healthcare institutions (both large and small); professional organizations/medical societies; medical education companies; and other entities with a mission related to healthcare professional education and/or healthcare improvement.
Funding amount: Grants of up to USD $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health.
Deadline: July 17, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Research Grants, National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation. *New!* *Closing this month!*

NIHCM Foundation supports innovative, independent, investigator-initiated research that has the potential to inform managed care organizations, policymakers, and related stakeholders to improve the affordability and quality of U.S. health care. All NIHCM-funded research should advance the evidence base on rising health care costs and affordability, through improved health care management, financing, delivery and organization. They are currently accepting LOIs on the following topics: drug pricing and affordability, provider consolidation & market power, health care delivery, chronic disease management, and AI. However, they will also accept proposals outside of these specific topic areas that meet the general criteria of focusing on rising health care costs and affordability, through improved health care management, financing, delivery and organization. There is no limit on the number of project ideas that may be submitted by a given researcher, organization, or academic department.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Individual researchers as well as from all types of organizations and institutions, including both nonprofit and for-profit entities. Multiple organizations may apply jointly, but one must be named as the principal organization.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $50,000 - $60,000 (a total of USD $500,000 is available).
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, AI, research.
Deadline: July 18, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Quarterly Research Grant Funding Programme, Cure Parkinson’s. *Next window closing this month*

Cure Parkinson’s (CP) welcomes applications for funding for laboratory or clinical research projects with the potential to cure Parkinson’s. Their priority is to find a cure for those living with Parkinson’s now. This means they only fund research with the potential to prevent, slow, stop, or reverse the underlying disease progression. They do not fund research which is directed only to symptomatic relief, basic science or early drug development. They fund clinical trials involving people with Parkinson’s, projects that support clinical trials such as sub-studies and infrastructure projects or preclinical research investigating therapies that show potential to translate to clinical trials. A key part of their remit is that they prioritize research which has the potential to translate into the clinic within five years.

Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Researchers.
Funding amount: Grants up to GBP £250,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, research, Parkinson’s.
Deadline: There are two windows for application in 2025: July 21, 2025 and November 3, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Mental Health Award: Leveraging longitudinal data to transform early intervention in mental health, Wellcome. *Closing this month!*

Seeking to fund experts to unlock the potential of longitudinal datasets and develop innovative ways of identifying anxiety, depression and/or psychosis early. Successful teams will integrate cutting-edge analytics of longitudinal data with experimental research so that, in time, people may benefit from better targeted early interventions.

Geographies: Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China). Projects are encouraged to research within and across low- and middle-income countries.
Who can apply: Researchers and host organizations.
Funding amount: £1-5 million per project for 3-5 years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, mental health.
Deadline: July 22, 2025. Information webinar will be held on May 7, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Wellcome Career Development Awards, Wellcome. *Next window closing this month*

Seeking applications from mid-career researcher ready to lead a substantial and innovative research program. You must aim to make a key contribution to your field by: generating significant shifts in understanding and/or developing methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research. During the award, you will be expected to: develop your research capabilities and leadership skills, support others to undertake research responsibly and promote a positive and inclusive culture, start training the next generation of researchers and develop their research skills and careers. By the end of the award, you should have achieved international standing in your area of research and should have the skills and experience to apply for permanent positions at research organizations.

Geographies: Global. UK, Republic of Ireland, Low- or middle-income countries (apart from India and mainland China).
Who can apply: Mid-career researchers.
Funding amount: The annual expenditure for a Career Development Award is usually below £250,000 excluding the applicant’s salary. Applications above this value will be subject to additional scrutiny.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, research.
Deadline: July 24, 2025. Next round will be in November 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Project Grants, Leukaemia UK. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The proposed research project must have relevance to leukaemia UK, and/or other related diseases. The proposed research must demonstrate the potential for advancement in the fundamental understanding of leukaemia and/or related diseases or improvement in diagnosis and/or treatment. Translational projects are particularly encouraged. Leukaemia UK’s Project Grant awards fund only novel, clearly defined projects and will not financially supplement existing research projects. Successful applications must be able to demonstrate: an innovative research project idea, scientific excellence, the potential for high scientific and/or clinical impact.

Geographies: UK.
Who can apply: Established research group leaders, senior clinician scientists and/or senior research scientists with an outstanding research track record from across the UK.
Funding amount: Grants up to GBP £250,000 for a maximum three-year period.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, research.
Deadline: July 31, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

2025 Device Innovation Challenge, Sanofi. *Teams must register by the end of the month!*

Inviting innovation ideas to address the challenge: How might we envision bold, new possibilities for large-volume drug delivery devices that are digitally enabled and connected, user centric, and respond to the evolving needs of patients? They are looking for innovations that challenge the status quo and reimagine what's possible in the far future—technically, experientially, and systemically.

Geographies: Global.
Who can apply: Innovative university students and recent university graduates from 2023 onwards.
Funding amount: Prizes range USD $50,000 - $1M for the five finalists, with additional potential investments. Important note: Sanofi will retain full Intellectual Property (IP) ownership of the Top 5 Finalist ideas.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Health, innovation, research.
Deadline: Teams must register by July 31, 2025. Idea submission forms open August 1 -31, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

See more opportunities on the Global Health & WASH page.

Global Health & WASH: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (13 new opportunities!)

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Global Health & WASH: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (13 new opportunities!)

43 opportunities focused on research, innovation, mental health, early childhood development, emergency health response, WASH, and healthcare access in crisis and post-crisis settings.

Early Warning and Early Action Capacity Building in Africa, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. *New!* *Closing soon!*

This grant will support the African Union Commission and the Regional Economic Communities to strength AMHEWAS program and to increase capacities of national institutions and stakeholders of Angola, Cote D'Ivoire, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zambia to operate effective impact-based early warning and early action systems. By enhancing access to technology and risk information, and by strengthening the AMHEWAS program, national disaster risk management authorities and hydrometeorological services will improve their coordination and capacity to use risk information for timely, impact-based early warnings, as well as early and anticipatory action. As a result, African countries will become less dependent on international support to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to disasters caused by natural hazards and the impacts of climate change. Proposals should address the three outcomes. Output 1: AMHEWAS advisories and bulletins are improved for drought impact-based monitoring, and AMHEWAS early warning capabilities are strengthened and extended to new hazards by 30 June 2026. Output 2: Tools and methods for improving and testing resident capacity for Early Warning and Early Action are developed and applied in Angola, Cote Ivorie, Zambia through AMHEWAS by 30 June 2026. Output 3: Open sources platform for early warning and early action is in operation in Mauritius and Seychelles by 31 December 2025.

Geographies: Angola, Cote D’Ivoire, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zambia.
Who can apply: NGOs.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $90,000 - $125,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: DRR, early warning, innovations.
Deadline: July 4, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Scaling Up Child Protection Case Management and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for children, youth and adolescents, UNICEF. *New!* *Closing soon!*

UNICEF South Sudan is launching a second call for national NGOs to express interest in supporting Child Protection and MHPSS interventions in high-risk counties. This initiative will complement ongoing efforts to transition to government-led service delivery, while sustaining life-saving case management and MHPSS support for children and adolescents at risk. The project will prioritize two core results: 1. The establishment of safe youth spaces for youth and adolescents living dangerous lives where MHPSS tools such as the youth transformation and wellbeing methodology Take 5 are implemented, and child protection risks will be identified and referred; 2. The rollout of a new approach to case management, whereby social workers – working in accordance with a nationally agreed upon stipend rate are embedded within and working under the joint supervision of both the NGO and the state MoGCSW (guided by an MoU developed under guidance from the national MoGCSW and UNICEF) – take the lead in identifying, managing, and resolving child protection cases, with technical mentoring, follow up and support from NGO partners and UNICEF.

Geographies: South Sudan (Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap).
Who can apply: National NGOs.
Funding amount: Grants of up to USD $225,000 USD per partner for 18 months.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Protection, MHPSS.
Deadline: July 11, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Social Recovery and Job Creation Project: Support to Women and the Disabled, NGO Development Center. *Closing soon!*

The call for proposals is dedicated to support women and persons with disabilities (PWD) to grow and sustain existing businesses or create new ones. Women and persons with disabilities are active in a broad range of sectors as producers, such as agriculture and handicrafts; importers; service providers, such as tailoring, food, cleaning; and processors, such as beauty products and value addition in the agriculture sector, where many struggle with product certification. The project aims to improve both business management practices and access to finance. Grant funding will be provided under the project for individuals and for groups of women/cooperatives to sustain and scale businesses and offered to grantees without any additional funding stipulations.

Geographies: West Bank, OPT.
Who can apply: Palestinian non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organization, that have been officially registered for at least 5 years by the date of submission of the proposal and are able to provide evidence of legal registration, operating in the West Bank for at least 3 year
Funding amount: Grants range USD $500,000 - $1M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Women and persons with disabilities, livelihoods.
Deadline: July 14, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Raising the Voice of the Ukrainian Private Sector, Center for International Private Enterprise. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is seeking proposals from Ukrainian think tanks, independent business membership organizations (chambers of commerce, associations), economic consultancies, or a consortium of these types of organizations, to complete a series of activities that will elevate the voice of the Ukrainian private sector on issues related to the new global environment for trade affecting Ukrainian business, economic security and economic resilience as well as advance reform priorities and efforts on these topics. The selected organization/consortium will implement an intensive and thorough consultation and research process to develop a series of policy papers that outline key recommendations from the business community. Then, the selected organization/consortium will facilitate a panel in a CIPE-sponsored international conference in Europe to discuss the policy papers. Lastly, the organization/consortium will implement advocacy campaigns to engage key policy makers and promote reform as outlined in the policy papers. All deliverables should be achieved throughout the summer and fall of 2025, concluding by the end of January 2026.

Geographies: Ukraine.
Who can apply: Lead organization must be a Nonprofit, non-governmental organization (NGO), research institution, business association, policy think tank, or consortium of such entities, with registered presence in Ukraine.
Funding amount: Grant of USD $80,000 - $110,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Private sector engagement.
Deadline: July 18, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Enhance Resilience of Micro-businesses and Create Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities in the West Bank and Gaza – Phase II, Enabel. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The overall objective of the project is: “To contribute to enhancing economic resilience in Palestine”. The specific objective is: “To enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This call specifically focuses on supporting MSEs affected by the war, by providing tailored business development

packages aimed at improving their performance. These business support include both financial support and an integrated package of non-financial services. Result 2 aims to promote the adoption of green and circular economy (GCE) practices in the industrial sector and among entrepreneurs, academics, and the wider community. The aim of this result is to improve sustainable productive capacities of MSEs in the West Bank, as MSEs play a key role in employment creation and income generation for low-income groups.

Geographies: West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Who can apply: NGOs, INGOs, CSOs, or r Private Sector Umbrella Organization (PSUO) that are legally registered and with a track record of three years in Palestine.
Funding amount: Grants range EUR €500,000 – €1M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: MSEs, capacity building, economic resilience.
Deadline: July 28, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

U.S.-UA Sisters Cities Program: Strengthening Partnerships for Security, Innovation, and Prosperity, U.S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine, US Department of State. *New!* *Closing this month!*

Invites organizations to apply for a grant program aimed at revitalizing and/or establishing city-to-city partnerships between Ukrainian and American communities. The initiative seeks to strengthen partnerships between U.S. and Ukrainian local governments, promote and business-to-business and people-to-people ties, and encourage cultural-educational collaboration, foster bilateral cooperation in trade, investment, and economic development, and support Ukraine’s democratic governance, reconstruction, and global security efforts. These partnerships aim to; 1. Foster Governmental Partnership and Strengthen Bilateral Ties; 2. Drive Economic Development and Boost Cooperation in Trade; 3. Advance Strategic Technology and Security Collaboration; 4. Promote People-to-People ties and Cultural-Educational Collaboration. The primary audience for this program should include both established opinion leaders and emerging voices across Ukraine and the United States who can as long-term advocates and connectors for U.S.-Ukraine relations. These include local government officials and municipal leaders, civic society, including Rotary Club members, Sister Cities International representatives, and community leaders with strong local networks , business and trade leaders, educators, cultural leaders, technology and security experts, and youth and emerging leaders.

Geographies: Ukraine, USA.
Who can apply: Ukrainian and U.S.-registered non-profits and NGOs.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $50,000 - $200,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector.
Deadline: July 28, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

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Humanitarian Aid, Emergency Programming & DRR: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (13 new opportunities!)

Jun 30

Humanitarian Aid, Emergency Programming & DRR: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (13 new opportunities!)

19 opportunities for organizations working in humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, and crisis recovery, including early warning systems, MHPSS, demining, local NGO funding, and innovation.

See more opportunities on the Education, Human Rights & Inclusion page.

Education, Human Rights & Inclusion

Open July Cycle, WITH Foundation. *Next window opens July 1!*

WITH Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote comprehensive healthcare for adults with developmental disabilities. All grant applications should complement this mission and demonstrate how they will accomplish this overarching goal. All submitted programs should improve delivery of healthcare to adult consumers with developmental disabilities and include at least one of the following: (1) improve health practitioner competency through education and/or training programs, (2) address the current inadequate reimbursement system, (3) advance innovations in formal care coordination, (4) enhance advocacy regarding the inadequacies of developmentally disabled care in order to advance systemic change, (5) increase understanding of supported decision-making in healthcare settings, (6) national efforts in digital health that support designers and developers to include the perspectives/experiences of the IDD community within the design process, in order to create better technology for all, (7) social policy research, or (8) identify and overcome barriers to high-quality healthcare access.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Non-profits.
Funding amount: Grant of up to USD $150,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: inclusion, health.
Deadline: Next application window will launch July 1, 2025. The following windows will open November 1, 2025 and March 1, 2026.
Learn more and apply here.

Implementing the Sustainable Action Fund in Malawi, Hivos. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Hivos’ Connect, Defend, Act! team in Malawi is looking for partners to implement the Sustainable Action Fund. The Fund is established to provide targeted financial and technical support for community-driven and civil society-led initiatives that protect, expand and promote inclusive civic space and human rights. The SAF aims to: support initiatives that enhance civic space and resilience, promote sustainable practices that reinforce democratic governance and human rights, provide flexible funding for time-sensitive or emerging civic issues, and strengthen the organizational capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs).

Geographies: Malawi.
Who can apply: National, regional, or local civil society actors including Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), grassroots organizations, action-based/movement groups, etc.
Funding amount: Grant of EUR €80,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Civic engagement, public participation, human rights, freedom of expression, digital rights, online civic space protection, gender equality, inclusion.
Deadline: July 3, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Helen Darbishire Fund for Civil Society 2025-27, The Open Government Partnership (OGP) *Closing soon!*

The aim of these grants is to support core OGP processes in member countries with limited financial resourcing, focused on where real opportunities are at risk of being lost. The grants are intended to provide support for civil society organizations in countries where there is limited resourcing and where there is a financial need for OGP processes to succeed. Applications must clearly demonstrate: 1. The expected impact of how the grant will help to sustain or advance OGP processes in an OGP member country, clearly outlining how a lack of funding will or is impacting OGP reforms in the country. 2. The applicant CSO’s (or consortium’s) implementation capacity and feasibility of approach, including its ability to engage relevant stakeholders in the country’s broader OGP ecosystem. 3. The applicant CSO’s (or consortium’s) sustainability strategy, particularly in light of the financial need in the domestic context. These grants are intended to be shorter-term and outcome-focused.

Geographies: OGP’s 74 member countries, targeted towards countries where there is limited resourcing and where there is a financial need for OGP processes to succeed.
Who can apply: Civil society organizations (CSOs) from member countries.
Funding amount: 8-10 grants are available, primarily between USD $10,000 - 25,000 (with grants of up to a maximum of 50,000 USD in extraordinary circumstances), seeking to support initiatives that support core OGP processes through a 6- to 18-month implementation period.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Governance, democracy, strengthening civil society.
Deadline: July 6, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

2025 Grant Programme, Thomas Pocklington Trust. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Invite applications for work and research that focus on educational transitions, ensuring that blind and partially sighted people gain the skills, confidence, and experiences they need to move forward in education, training, and employment. The funding aims to support initiatives that enable blind and partially sighted people to successfully navigate key educational transitions. These transitions should be person-centered, recognizing the unique journeys, aspirations, and circumstances of each individual. They are particularly interested in work that contributes to the development of the skills, confidence, and experiences needed to progress through education and into further study, training, employment, or meaningful engagement in society. They welcome applications for both practical work and research activities that demonstrate a clear and measurable impact and complement our current work on transitions. These may include, but are not limited to, initiatives that: Promote independence and agency, empowering individuals to shape their own pathways; Strengthen the personal, social, and professional skills that support educational and life transitions; Improve access to inclusive and accessible environments, services, and resources; Broaden opportunities for social participation, including access to leisure, peer interaction, and community engagement; Support individuals to plan for their futures through structured support, guidance, and experience. All proposals must be informed and shaped by the lived experience of blind and partially sighted people. Their voices should be central to identifying needs, designing solutions, and evaluating impact.

Geographies: UK.
Who can apply: Any UK organization, including Charities, non-profits, and social enterprises, including those working specifically with blind and partially sighted people, or more broadly across disability, universities and research institutions, training providers and employment-focused organizations, and organizations outside the sight loss sector that can demonstrate relevant expertise and impact.
Funding amount: Grants of up to of GBP £75,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Inclusion, education, people with disabilities.
Deadline: July 11, 2025 (for LOI).
Learn more and apply here.

Call for Proposals - Socio-professional integration project for young people from rural areas in the Republic of Guinea, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. *New!* *Closing soon!*

Seeking proposals for initiates that contribute to the professional integration of vulnerable young people into the labor market in Guinea and strengthen the Guinean production, entrepreneurial and cooperative system in the fruit and vegetable sector through training and professional integration of young people, men, women and vulnerable people (people with disabilities, returning migrants, etc.), and technical, organizational, commercial and financial assistance to economic operators by rural hubs.

Geographies: Republic of Guinea.
Who can apply: Non-profits.
Funding amount: Grant of EUR 1.9M to be disbursed over 3 years.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Vulnerable groups, economic opportunity, skills development.
Deadline: July 11, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Strengthening the Capacity of Civil Society Organizations to Promote Accountable Governance in The Gambia, U.S. Embassy in the Gambia. *New!* *Closing soon!*

The proposed project aims to promote the capacity of civil society organizations to effectively engage the government to inform and influence policy, hold the government accountable, help fight corruption, inform the public about potential legislation, and educate the public on key social and human rights issues. The project will be two-fold: 1) support the burgeoning networks of civil society organizations in building capacity in communications, financial management, proposal writing, human resources, and resiliency and 2) to raise awareness on corruption, recently passed anti-corruption legislation and advocate for government transparency. Projects should build the capacity of local CSOs to provide oversight and/or conduct human rights workshops, promote transparent and accountable governance, and increase public education on corruption, including the anti-corruption law. Projects should be designed to achieve the following: Objective 1: Build capacity of CSOs so they are more effective in communications, grant proposal writing and financial management. Objective 2: Enhance public awareness of the new anti-corruption law. Objective 3: increase the capacity of CSOs and the general public to advocate for government transparency and accountability and/or human rights for civil society.

Geographies: The Gambia.
Who can apply: U.S.-based 501(c) (3) non-profits, International non-profit organizations/nongovernment organizations (NGO), Public International Organizations, Foreign Public Organizations, and private, public, or state institutions of higher education.
Funding amount: Three grants of up to USD $500,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Governance, capacity building.
Deadline: July 12, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Social, Political, and Economic Inequality, Russell Sage Foundation. *Closing this month!*

Supports original research on the factors that contribute to social, political, and economic inequalities in the U.S., and the extent to which those inequalities affect social, political, psychological, and economic outcomes, including educational and labor market opportunities and consequences, social and economic mobility within and across generations, and civic participation and representation. They seek innovative investigator-initiated research that will expand our understanding of social, political, and economic inequalities and the mechanisms by which these inequalities influence the lives of individuals, families, communities, and the country. They welcome projects that explore the relevance of socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, gender, geographic, immigration or other statuses for the distribution of social, political, and economic outcomes within and across different status groups. RSF prioritizes analyses that make use of newly available data or demonstrate novel uses of existing data. Their areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Economic Wellbeing, Equality of Opportunity, and Intergenerational Mobility; Inequality and Policymaking; Political Institutions and the Democratic Process; Climate Change and Natural Disasters; Neighborhoods and Communities; Crime, Criminal Justice & the Legal System; Psychological and Cultural Changes; Educational Achievement and Attainment.

Geographies: USA.
Who can apply: Researchers.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $50,000- $200,000 for a two-year period.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Inclusion, inequalities, research, multisector.
Deadline: July 16, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Education, Human Rights & Inclusion: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (15 new opportunities!)

Jun 30

Education, Human Rights & Inclusion: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (15 new opportunities!)

32 opportunities for nonprofits and social enterprises advancing education, digital equity, refugee leadership, disability rights, and inclusive innovation across the globe.

Innovation, Research & Smart Cities

FutureWorks Asia - Cycle 2, LIRNEasia. *New!* *Closing soon!*

LIRNEasia invites proposals for gender-responsive, solution-oriented, and policy-relevant applied research that supports a sustainable and inclusive future of work in Asia. This second Call for Proposals focuses on generating actionable insights by identifying what solutions and policies have worked (or not), under what conditions, and how they can be adapted or scaled across different contexts. Projects should contribute directly to informing and influencing policy and practice in low- and lower-middle-income countries in Asia.

Geographies: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Who can apply: Research institutions, universities, think tanks, associations, civil society organizations, and non-profit organizations.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $40,000 -$100,000.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Future of work, inclusion, policy, gender, innovation, climate change.
Deadline: July 9, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

U.S.-Ukraine University Partnerships for Peace and Security, U.S. Mission to Ukraine. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for U.S. educational and research institutions to submit a statement of interest (SOI) to carry out a project with their Ukrainian educational institutions. This program aims to promote shared security, stability, and technological innovation for the United States and Ukraine by establishing collaborative partnerships between U.S. and Ukrainian scholars, industries, and research institutions in key priority areas. Program priority areas include Battlefield Medicine, Energy Security & Independence, Civil Demining, Agriculture & Food Safety, and Construction. Possible program activities include: Joint Academic Programs and Research Projects, Workshops, Seminars, and Training Programs, Research Fellowships and Scholar Exchanges, Technology Development, Prototyping, and Field Testing, Innovation Challenges and Grant Competitions, Lab Collaborations and Network Building, as well as Pilot Projects and Capacity Building Initiatives.

Geographies: USA and Ukraine.
Who can apply: U.S. public and private educational and research institutions/ organizations.
Funding amount: Grants range USD $150,000- $250,000 for 1-2 years. Expect to award up to 5 grants.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector, research, agriculture, health, food, reconstruction.
Deadline: July 25, 2025. Applicants must first submit a concise three-page statement of interest designed to clearly communicate project ideas and objectives, prior to submitting a full proposal.
Learn more and apply here.

International Collaborative Research Funding, Dubai Research Development and Innovation. *New!* *Closing this month!*

The Dubai Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) Grant Initiative is partnering with the National Research Foundation of Korea on a joint funding initiative that reinforces Dubai and Korea’s commitment to fostering global partnerships in cutting-edge research and innovation. The initiative will provide funding for pioneering research projects that drive advancements in Biotech and Environmental Technology (Green Tech), with a strong emphasis on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a cross-cutting technology. This strategic focus aligns with Dubai and Korea’s vision of becoming a global leader in scientific research and technological innovation.

Geographies: Dubai, Korea.
Who can apply: Researchers from Dubai and Korea can jointly submit research proposals for this initiative.
Funding amount: Grants for UAE researchers of AED 250,000 per project, and grants for Korean researchers up to of KRW 100 million per project (KRW 50 million/year), for two years. They expect to select three projects for funding.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Biotechnology, Environmental Technology (Green Tech), Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Deadline: July 28, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

Germany and Israel call for R&D projects, Eureka. *Closing this month!*

This project call is for R&D projects in all technological and application areas. Applicants must develop ready-to-market solutions for products, technology-based services or methods, which have strong market potential for Germany, Israel, and Europe. If your application is successful, you will receive a Eureka label.

Geographies: Germany and Israel.
Who can apply: A consortium of at least include at least one Germany-based company and one Israel-based company.
Funding amount: German companies up to EUR €560,000 per sub-project and research institutions up to EUR €280,000 per sub-project. Israeli organizations can receive up to NIS ₪5M.
Targeted Sectors/ SDGs: Multisector, research and innovation.
Deadline: July 29, 2025.
Learn more and apply here.

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Innovation, Research & Smart Cities: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (9 new opportunities)

Jun 30

Innovation, Research & Smart Cities: July 2025 Funding Opportunities (9 new opportunities)

22 opportunities for researchers, startups, cities, and civic tech innovators—spanning AI for public benefit, biotech, frontier tech, urban planning, inclusive digital infrastructure and global R&D.