WeTech Seed Fund for CSOs & Individuals working for Women + Girls in Africa

Deadline: 10 September 2014

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and individuals working to increase the access of computer science related training, jobs and leadership roles for women and girls in Africa are invited to apply for Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech)’s Seed Fund for Women + Girls. Volunteer-led organizations are highly encouraged to apply for the grant.

Grant Range

1. $2,000-$5,000 for individuals and volunteer-led or smaller organizations
2. $5,000-$20,000 for organizations with an annual operating budget of at least $25,000

Priority is given to projects demonstrating

1. a collaborative approach
2. plans for sustained engagement with women and girls involved in initial project activities
3. an innovative use of technology
4. realistic plans for expansion and growth

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant can be from any country in the African continent.
• Applicant must be an individual working independently (minimum 18 years old), or a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO), social enterprise or educational institution based in Africa.
• Applicant must be able to demonstrate previous experience conducting high-impact activities supporting women and girls in computer science or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) fields.
• Applicant must be able to demonstrate leadership potential.
• Application must be made in English language.
• Applicant must be committed to developing and contributing to a virtual community for WeTech Seed Fund grantees
• Applicant must be committed to report quarterly on their progress and also participate in and contribute to a virtual community of fellow grantees.

For more information, please visit WeTech Seed Fund.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation Pioneer Grants

Deadline: 12 September 2014

The Elton John AIDS Foundation is accepting applications from registered not-for-profit and charitable organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, America and the Caribbean for its Pioneer Grants. The foundation aims to create an AIDS free future for everybody in this world. The foundation provides funding to programs that help to

1. Alleviate the physical, emotional or financial pain of people living with, affected by or at risk of HIV/AIDS
2. Continue the fight against HIV/AIDS so that no one is left behind

The Pioneer Grant supports a specific initiative focusing on an individual key population at higher risk – such as men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers and injecting drug users – within an individual country. Applications can be made for more than one year and there is no maximum/minimum figure for grant request.

Priority Areas

1. Gay men and HIV
2. Youth and HIV
3. Black Americans and HIV
4. Prisoners and ex-offenders and HIV
5. Injection drug users and HIV
6. Policies and HIV

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be a registered not-for-profit or charitable organization in one of the following countries – Cameroon, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Myanmar (Burma), Nigeria, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
• Applicants must have focus on service delivery.
• Applicants must be catalytic in nature, scalable in design, and innovative.
• Applicants must be able to track changes such as access to condoms, HIV testing and treatment of program beneficiaries.

Note: Eligible applicants must complete and submit the online Concept Note Form within the deadline. Selected applicants will be invited to submit full proposal.

For more information, please visit EJAF Pioneer Grants.

Civil Society Organizations Submit Proposal to IPPF for ICPD Small Grants 2014

Deadline: 17 August 2014

The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) invites civil society organizations (CSOs) working at national or regional levels in South, East, and South East Asia and Africa including North Africa and Central Asia who are working with their governments, at country level, to submit proposals on the theme ‘Taking the ICPD beyond 2014, to position SRHR and the priorities of the ICPD in the next development framework’. The primary objective of the small grant program is to ensure that the Civil Society engagement in influencing government priorities and positions for the post-2015 regional and global negotiations is strong, meaningful and has impact on future Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) policy, funding and programming priorities at global and national level.

Grant Allocations

1. $9,500 – for CSOs working at national or regional levels in South, East, and South East Asia, Africa including North Africa and Central Asia.
2. $10,900 for CSOs based in Central Asia

The grantees must provide 10% matching funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must work at the national level or regional level in Asia, Africa, and Central Asia. Organizations based in Europe or Latin America and the Caribbean are not eligible.
• Applications must demonstrate a clear plan to communicate positive messages about SRHR to governments who are sending delegations to global policy events.
• Applications must demonstrate a clear plan to participate in government delegations at global policy events and do follow up advocacy at the national level to ensure national follow up of global policy debates.
• Applications must have a clearly defined plan for follow up work on accountability and transparency over the following 12 months, at national level.
• Applications can be made on English or French language.

Complete application includes – completed application form, latest audited accounts, NGO certification (unregistered NGOs can apply in partnership with a registered NGO who will act as a fiduciary).

Note: Applicants will be sent an acknowledgement once the applications are received by IPPF.

For more information, please visit ICPD Small Grants Call for Proposals.

The Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program 2014 invites Project Proposals

Deadline: 5 September 2014

The Toyota Foundation is inviting project proposals for 2014 Research Grant program entitled ‘Exploring New Values for Society’. The major aim of the research grant is to respond to a diverse array of social issues, with a focus on areas of human and natural environment, social welfare, and education and culture.

Grant Frameworks

Joint Research Projects led by project team – Up to around 4 million yen for projects spanning one (1) year and up to around 8 million yen for projects spanning 2 years. Total allocated grant amount is approximately 80 million yen.

Individual Research Projects carried out by individuals – Up to around 1 million yen for projects spanning one (1) year and up to around 2 million yen for projects spanning 2 years. Total allocated grant amount is approximately 20 million yen.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants (project representatives or participants) can be citizen and resident of any nation, without any restriction.
• There is no restriction to the applicants’ affiliation (or lack or affiliation) with any university, research institute, NPO/NGO, or other organization.
• Grant request cannot be made for the payment of personnel or living expenses of the applicants.
• Proposed projects that involve research in different disciplines and fields of activity involving the participation or cooperation of  researchers affiliated with universities or research institutes in the grant recipient’s country and elsewhere, as w ell as those involved with NPOs and NGOs are prioritized.

Note: Proposals can be submitted from 25 August till 5 September 2014.

For more information, please visit Research Grant Program.

The Antipode Foundation Grant Opportunities – Scholar-Activist Project Awards & International Workshop Awards

Deadline: 31 March 2015

The Antipode Foundation is accepting grant applications for its two types of funding opportunities -

Scholar-Activist Project Awards to support collaborative research with artistic, community, cultural, grassroots, or social movement groups; the production of educational materials and other innovative pedagogical initiatives; and the promotion of links between universities and institutions/organizations outside the academy. Adventurous initiatives that explore and go beyond the boundaries of established academic practice are highly encouraged.

International Workshop Awards to fund work that leads to the exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries, countries and sectors; and to the building of relationships and productive partnerships. Participation and engagement, cooperation and co-enquiry, whether with fellow scholars, research groups, university departments, NGOs, think tanks or social movements are highly encouraged. Adventurous initiatives that explore the boundaries of established academic practice, and that trespass and disrupt disciplinary borders are encouraged.

Grant Allocations:Up to £10,000 to each project under both Scholar-Activist Project Awards & International Workshop Awards.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be anyone including academics and students, and activists of all kinds but the grant must be held and administered by a host institution.
• Proposed projects must take place within the year of award i.e. between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016.
• Those who have already received funding for a previous project under Scholar-Activist Project are not eligible to apply for another.
• Eligible expenses under International Workshop Awards may include economy-class travel, translation, accommodation and catering.
• Applications must demonstrate activities that have implications for praxis, to better understand contemporary political concerns and to develop alternatives.

Note: Applications from historically under-represented groups, regions, countries and institutions are strongly encouraged.

For more information, please visit Antipode Foundation funding opportunities for 2015.

BFI Film Fund Application

We are the film production heart of the BFI, and the largest public film fund in the UK.

Each year we invest over £26m of Lottery funds to support film development, production and distribution activity in the UK and the budget is set to rise to £30m by 2017.
 

Our aim is to champion a breadth of bold and distinctive filmmaking across the UK; to nurture new talent; and to back the development, production and distribution of films that will enrich UK film culture and define the UK and its storytellers in the 21st century.

We welcome applications for film projects in all genres, and we are committed to promoting diversity in the filmmakers we support, the stories they tell and the audiences they reach.

We also support independent UK distributors to help ensure that the best British and specialised films connect with a wide range of audiences across a range of platforms. We support sales companies that are launching new UK films at key international film festivals and markets.

On these pages you will find information regarding all our activities and how to apply for funding.

We provide funding for:

• Feature film production, including international co-production and completion funding
• Feature film development, principally script development
• Talent development (including funding for short films) via the BFI NET.WORK
• Feature documentaries
• Production company slate development, via the Vision Awards
• Digital and cross-media activity
• Distribution of feature films in the UK
• International sales of UK feature films and other film export activities

Applications can be made to the Film Fund at any time, and you should expect to receive an initial response from us within six to eight weeks.

Make a Film Fund application

Spiritous arts initiative 2015—call for applications

Spiritous is an Abbotsford Convent Foundation (ACF) funding initiative designed to support and deliver artistic activity at the unique and beautiful site in Melbourne.
Spiritous supports five projects each year and proposals are welcome from all creative discipines that celebrate the site’s location, architecture, environment, people and history.
Support from the Abbotsford Convent includes:

• Up to $2000 for each project’s development and presentation
• Up to $1000 in-kind on-site venue hire for your project
• Marketing support via Abbotsford Convent channels
• Inclusion in the printed Spiritous printed program
• Support to seek additional external funding if required

Visit the Abbotsford Convent website to apply and to learn more about the selection criteria, eligibility and grant details.

Deadline for applications: 5pm Friday 19 September 2014 

The Comic Relief International Grants in 7 categories

Deadline: 30 December 2014

The Comic Relief visioning a just world free from poverty accepts grant applications from organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa and from the select invited organizations outside Africa to benefit from its International Grants.

The Comic Relief makes grant support in health sector in countries where the under-five mortality rate is above 80 per 1000 live births and/or where the maternal mortality rate is above 300 per 100,000 (according to annual UN inter-agency group data)

7 (Seven) Goals of Comic Relief

1. Women aged 15-49 and children under five have improved health
2. Disadvantaged children and adults gain access to, and attain, a good quality of education
3. Women and girls are equal and respected members of society
4. Slum dwellers have an improved quality of life
5. Children and young people at risk are safer, with greater opportunities to increase their skills and life prospects
6. People affected by HIV have an improved quality of life
7. Poor people can improve their income through trade, enterprises and employment

Approaches

1. Support young people at key transitions in their lives
2. Develop young leaders, improve participation and voice
3. Provide greater safety, reduce violence and abuse for vulnerable people and increase community cohesion
4. Reduce stigma and discrimination, change attitudes and bringe greater equality

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Applicants can submit more than one application in the same year.
• Proposed project (single) can include up to three goals.

For more information, please visit CR International Grant.

The Catapult Summer 2014 Grant Application Round Now Open

The Catapult Summer 2014 funding round opens today, July 14. We will be accepting applications through August 25, 2014. Decisions are expected to be announced by December. Please check the Catapult website for information on how to apply and for the online application. Feel free to spread the word and contact us if you have any questions.

ABOUT CATAPULT

Catapult Film Fund provides development funding to documentary filmmakers who have a compelling story story to tell, have secured access to their story and are ready to create a piece for fundraising purposes. Catapult has two application rounds per year and provides individual grants of up to $20,000.

Catapult gives early support in order to propel projects forward that hold the promise of a unique story that should be told in film. We support powerful and artful storytelling across a broad spectrum of issues and perspectives.

Catapult grants allow filmmakers to take crucial next steps in the development of their films, such as enabling a first shoot and editing pieces for production fundraising. In addition to the initial development grant, recipients have access to an informal mentorship program with Catapult’s co-founders, Bonni Cohen and Lisa Kleiner Chanoff, in areas including story development, production process, fundraising and distribution strategy.

For more information about the Catapult Summer 2014 Grant Application  Please check the Catapult website

Secure Grants from the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation

Deadline: 31 December 2014

The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation accepts grant applications from all the HIV/AIDS communities worldwide. Organizations working in the sector of HIV/AIDS are required to send a statement of need along with the proposed program description and the organizations’ capacity to implement the proposed program.

The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation supports two kinds of organizations

1. Delivering direct care and services to people living with HIV/AIDS
2. Providing education to the public regarding the AIDS virus and the prevention of AIDS

Since its inception, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation has provided over $14,000,000 in funding to organizations to help prevent the spread of AIDS and to provide direct care and assistance to those affected by the disease.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be communities/organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS.
• Applicants must be existing organizations and entities that have exhibited integrity in managing their operations.
• Applicants must have knowledge and ability to expediently provide services or achieve other designated goals.
• Applications must be written in English language.

Documents required to apply for the grant are – A statement of need including what internal and external resources to meet the need, a description of the proposed program along with scope of the work, timelines, and profiles of individuals responsible for the completion of proposed program, budget, two letters of reference/support from cooperating AIDS service organizations and two letters of reference from government funding agencies, audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year. Additional documents are – a list of members of the BOD, a list of foundation and corporate grants in the past 12 months, along with a cover letter with email and physical address contact information.

For more information, please visit Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

The Disability Rights Fund Grants 2014

Deadline: 21 August 2014

The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) is accepting applications for its second grant-making round – small grants, mid-level coalition grants or national coalition grants. The civil society organizations of the disabled persons’ in Rwanda, Cook Islands, Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and invited applicants from Bangladesh, Peru and Uganda are encouraged to submit grant applications.

Small Grants -  to helporganizations to build a broader movement to advance the CRPD at state and local levels.  Organizations can use funds from DRF to strengthen the capacity of persons with disabilities to participate more actively in decision-making processes in CRPD implementation and monitoring or to advocate for the advancement of rights defined in specific articles of the CRPD One-year grants ranging between USD 5,000-20,000.

Priority Areas

1. Increasing DPO Participation in Decision-Making Processes Regarding the CRPD at State or Local Levels
2. Addressing Implementation of CRPD Articles
3. Ratification Campaigns (Pacific Island Countries only)

Mid-Level Coalition Grants – civil society coalitions at sub-national levels, to ensure that national legislation and policy addressing the rights of PWDs is implemented at more local levels. Grant amounts range from USD30,000-40,000 per year. Grant support is provided for two years.

National Coalition Grants – to support advancement of the CRPD at national levels through lobbying for legislative changes (including but not limited to CRPD ratification), monitoring and reporting on implementation of the CRPD or other international human rights mechanisms, or following up on the recommendations made by UN human rights mechanisms to States in regard to implementation of the rights of PWDs. Grants amount range between USD30,000-50,000 per year. The grant support is provided for two years.

Eligibility criteria

• For Small-grants, applicants must be legally registered non-governmental DPOs (or groups of persons with disabilities (PWDs) acting under the fiscal sponsorship thereof). Applications can be single organizations or partnership among DPOs or partnerships between DPOs and other civil society organizations (when a DPO is the managing partner).
• For Mid-level Coalitions, applications must come from mid-level coalitions of three or more organizations led by a DPO. Applications can be made for projects to influence legislation (lobbying). The lobbying portion of grant activities will be funded by the Disability Rights Advocacy Fund & non-lobbying portion by the Disability Rights Fund.
• For National Coalitions, applications must be made by National Coalitions of three or more organizations where the Coalition is conceived and led by a DPO.
• All applications should clearly indicate which article(s) of the CRPD will be advanced with proposed project activities
• Applicants that actively work with or interact with children (under age of 18 years) – including national umbrella organizations, applicants seeking funding for inclusive education projects, and applicants working with parents of children with disabilities – should demonstrate that they currently have or are in the process of developing a Child Protection Policy, which will document organizational commitment to protecting children from abuse of all kinds
• Applicants should describe any measures they have taken or plan to take to address the effect of climate change on persons with disabilities though addressing climate change is not a requirement to receive DRF funding.
• Applicants are strongly encouraged to develop security policies and procedures that document organizational commitment to protecting board and personnel, office facilities, and project data.

For more information, please visit DRF Grantmaking.

The Birdlife International Calls Letters of Inquiry for CEPF Investment in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot

Deadline: 31 December 2014

The Birdlife International is accepting Letters of Inquiry from civil society organizations (NGOs, community groups, universities, private enterprises) for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) investment in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot. The basic goal of the investment is to ensure civil society is engaged in biodiversity conservation. This call aims to provide a rapid response fund to protect Key Biodiversity Areas under immediate and urgent threat.

Applications can be made for small grants up to USD 10,000.

Strategic Direction: To improve the protection and management of the network of KBAs (Key Biodiversity Areas/high conservation value areas) throughout the hotspot

Safeguard Policies and Procedures

1. The strengthening of environmental impact assessment implementation
2. Application of the World Bank policy on natural habitats
3. Application of the Equator Principles
4. International Finance Corp Standards
5. Certification and Accreditation Schemes

The projects that will support the role of civil society organizations in the application of above mentioned site safeguard policies and procedures in order to avoid or minimize/mitigate ongoing and emerging threats on critical biodiversity habitats posed by development projects are highly prioritized.

Other supported Interventions

1. Advocacy and technical input to environmental impact assessments
2. Review of such assessments
3. Support for consultations with local stakeholders
4. Building of alliances across different interest groups
5. Development of economic alternatives

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be from one of the following countries – Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique
• Proposed projects can be implemented in all Afromontane terrestrial KBAs and all Afromontane priority freshwater KBAs.
• Applications can be submitted in one of the following languages – English, French or Portuguese.

Note: Applications can be submitted any time until further notice. Applicants are requested to submit proposals sooner to secure fund for their projects.

For more information, please visit Birdlife Call for Proposals.

DAPC Grants 2014 Call for Proposals: UNODC Youth Initiative

Deadline: 29 August 2014

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has announced a Call for Proposals for the 2014 DAPC Grants to provide funding support to NGOs in low- and middle-income countries. Proposed projects have to connect youth to the activities of the UNODC Youth Initiative. The grant has been issued with the support of the Drug Abuse Prevention Centre (DAPC) of Japan.

Grant funding under this Call for Proposals shall be provided to projects that:

• are focused on prevention on substance use. This is assessed on the basis of how well the project activities are in line with the International Standards on Drug Prevention and follow the evidence based practices for prevention work targeting youth presented in these standards.
• are targeting youth;
• support the active participation of youth in their communities;
• are initiated, planned, managed, implemented, monitored and/or evaluated by youth;
• connect youth to the activities of the UNODC Youth Initiative (www.unodc.org/youth), also through its visibility in social media.

Any grant awarded under this grants programme will be for a maximum of USD 10,000, but generally not under USD 5,000, to be paid typically in one instalment.

The following types of projects are not eligible:

• projects concerned only or mainly with individual sponsorships for participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, congresses;
• projects concerned only or mainly with individual scholarships for studies or training courses;
• one-off workshops, conferences and seminars: they can only be funded if they form part of a wider range of activities to be implemented in the life-time of the project.
• credit or loan schemes
• debts and provisions for losses or debts
• projects which consist exclusively or primarily of capital expenditure e.g. land, buildings, equipment, vehicles, etc. These can be better dealt with through procurement.
• projects which discriminate against individuals or groups of people on grounds of their gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or lack of them, or their ethnic origin
• scholarships, sponsorships and school fees
• cash donations
• political party and religious activities
• projects which provide funding for terrorist activities
• projects promoting the non medical or non scientific use of controlled substances
• projects that include harm reduction activities
• establishment of databases and information systems.

For more information, visit this link.

Submit Sustainable Project for EUR10,000 (each in 5 Categories) the Energy Globe Awards

Deadline: 22 September 2014

Exceptional sustainable projects from all around the world are invited for the Energy Globe Awards 2015. Projects focusing on the conservation of resources, the improvement of air and water quality, the efficient use of energy, the implementation of renewable energies as well as creating a heightened awareness for these important areas are being accepted by the Energy Globe Foundation for the International Award. The foundation also yearly organizes Energy Globe National Awards.

Award Categories

1. Earth
2. Water
3. Air
4. Fire
5. Youth

Prizes

1. EUR10,000 each for winners in 5 award categories
2. The best projects will be honored as part of a ceremony that will be broadcast worldwide as well as featured by the international media.

Eligibility Criteria

• Projects can be entered by individuals as well as companies, clubs, organizations, schools, universities, and public authorities.
• Only projects that have already been implemented will be considered for the Energy Globe Award. ‘Implemented’ means that enough progress must have been made for a project to be assessable.
• Projects must be submitted together with a complete description as described in the question categories provided on the submission form.
• Continuous projects and initiatives that have not yet been completed but are already showing initial results may also be entered.
• Applicants must provide informative images, brief project summary and more information in the project submission form available on the website.

Note: Projects still at an early planning stage with no implementation results may be entered as well. However, they will not be considered for the Energy Globe Awards; instead they will be evaluated by Energy Globe partners willing to offer project financing or startup consulting.

For more information, please visit Energy Globe Awards

The Urgent Action Fund for Women Human Rights Defenders

Deadline: Ongoing

The Urgent Action Fund for women’s human rights, a global women’s fund to protect, strengthen and sustain women and transgender human rights defenders at critical moment, accepts grant applications for immediate support to women/transgender human rights defenders under its Rapid Response grant. These are the funding tool used to support interventions by activists in a strategic and timely manner.

Categories

1. Potentially precedent-setting legal or legislative actions, or actions that aim to protect a precedent that has already been set.
2. Protection and security of women human rights defenders – the Evacuation grants fall under this category.

Areas of Work

• Peace building
• Environmental Justice
• Land Rights
• Sex Worker Rights
• LGBTQ Rights
• Reproductive Rights
• and Other Issues

The activists applying for the Rapid Response Grant will receive response within 72 hours and funds disseminated within a week. Grant request up to $5,000 are considered for funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Grant proposals must be for the action that promotes the advancement of women’s human rights.
• The specific event or situation the applicant’s organization is responding to should be unanticipated and action must happen quickly to be effective.
• The applying group must have the support of others involved in women’s human rights or related fields, locally or globally.
• Women/transgender people must be the primary decision-makers in the organization, group, or action.
• Applications can be submitted in any language and any time of the year.

Are you from Africa? Apply for Urgent Action Fund-Africa.

Do you belong to Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean? Apply for Urgent Action Fund-Latin America.

For more information, please visit Apply for a Grant.

USAID/Tanzania Community HIV Prevention Program for Key and Vulnerable Populations

Deadline: 25 August 2014

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission in Tanzania invites grant applications from US and non-US non-governmental organizations to implement the comprehensive community HIV prevention program for Key and Vulnerable Populations in Tanzania. The primary aim of the program is to contribute to the improved health status for all Tanzanians through a sustained reduction in new HIV infections in Tanzania in support of the Government of Tanzania’s (GoT) commitment to HIV prevention.

Targeted populations of the program include – sex workers (SWs), men who have sex with men (MSM), vulnerable young women (15-24 years of age), clients of sex workers, men in mobile occupations, and other populations at heightened risk per local context and epidemiology.

Program objectives

1. Increased and timely use of HIV prevention and family planning services
2. Improved positive behaviors and social norms at the individual and community levels
3. Reduced vulnerability of two priority populations through novel structural interventions
4. Increasingly sustainable comprehensive HIV prevention services

USAID/Tanzania intends to provide approximately $64-$73 million funding for the life of the activity (five years).

Eligibility Criteria

• US private voluntary organizations (US PVOs), Tanzanian or other non-U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or private, non-profit organizations (or for-profit companies willing to forego profits), including universities, research organizations, professional associations, and relevant special interest associations, public international organizations (PIOs) and faith-based and community organizations are eligible for the grant.
• All local institutions or affiliates of international organizations must be registered as a legal entity in Tanzania.
• Two different applications (technical and financial) should be submitted.

Applications can be submitted via any of the three means – via grants.gov, via email and hard copy submission via regular mail.

For more information, please visit grants.gov and search for funding opportunity number SOL-621-14-000015.

Submit Letter of Inquiry to Firelight Foundation for Safe Communities, Resilient Children initiative

Deadline: 15 August 2014

Organizations already working on child rights, child protection, or activities that help build children’s emotional health in Tanzania and Zimbabwe are invited to submit Letters of Inquiry for the Safe Communities, Resilient Children initiative of Firelight Foundation.

Grant applications can be made for $1000 to $15000.

Key Dates

1. 15 August 2014 – Submission deadline for Tanzania
2. 29 August 2014 – Submission deadline for Zimbabwe

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant organization must have leadership with vision, knowledge, and facilitative approach.
• Applicant must have sound organizational governance including distinct roles between the Board and Director.
• Applicants must be registered with the local government.
• Applicants must have sound organizational management – basic systems for managing financial resources, good documentation, competent staff, and resourceful leveraging of resources.
• Applicants must have deep understanding of the issues affecting children locally. They should have knowledge of the local community, its culture, social norms and key influential leaders.
• Proposed program must be aimed towards the whole development of children with well articulated goal, strategy, and results to be achieved.

For more information, please visit Firelight Apply for a Grant.

The Urgent Action Fund for Women Human Rights Defenders

Deadline: Ongoing

The Urgent Action Fund for women’s human rights, a global women’s fund to protect, strengthen and sustain women and transgender human rights defenders at critical moment, accepts grant applications for immediate support to women/transgender human rights defenders under its Rapid Response grant. These are the funding tool used to support interventions by activists in a strategic and timely manner.

Categories

1. Potentially precedent-setting legal or legislative actions, or actions that aim to protect a precedent that has already been set.
2. Protection and security of women human rights defenders – the Evacuation grants fall under this category.

Areas of Work

• Peace building
• Environmental Justice
• Land Rights
• Sex Worker Rights
• LGBTQ Rights
• Reproductive Rights
• and Other Issues

The activists applying for the Rapid Response Grant will receive response within 72 hours and funds disseminated within a week. Grant request up to $5,000 are considered for funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Grant proposals must be for the action that promotes the advancement of women’s human rights.
• The specific event or situation the applicant’s organization is responding to should be unanticipated and action must happen quickly to be effective.
• The applying group must have the support of others involved in women’s human rights or related fields, locally or globally.
• Women/transgender people must be the primary decision-makers in the organization, group, or action.
• Applications can be submitted in any language and any time of the year.

Are you from Africa? Apply for Urgent Action Fund-Africa.

Do you belong to Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean? Apply for Urgent Action Fund-Latin America.

For more information, please visit Apply for a Grant.

Abilis Foundation Small Grants for Projects Initiated by Persons with Disabilities

Deadline: Open

Organizations run by people with disability (related to mobility, vision, hearing or any other type) can secure small grants from the Abilis Foundation to implement the projects they initiate. Primary objective of the Abilis foundation is to build the capacity of people with disabilities in the Global South to improve the quality of their lives. To achieve this goal, the Foundation provides funding for projects that will lead to positive and sustainable change for people with disabilities.

Grant support range from EUR500 to EUR10,000 for the projects initiated by persons with disability. 10% of the total grant for the project must be contributed by the applicant organization.

Project Priorities – the Foundation supports projects that promote -

1. Equal opportunities
2. Independent living
3. Human rights
4. Independent livelihood

Special priority is given to projects on human rights of disabled people and activities developed and implemented by disabled women. Organizations run by parents of children with disabilities can also apply for funding.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must live in a country defined as qualifying for Official Development Assistance by the United Nations and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).
• Applicant organization must be legally registered and own certificate of registration. Exceptions can be made, interested applicant must contact the Abilis office.
• An organization can submit only one application per year.

Complete application materials include – application form with signature, work plan, budget, two reference forms, and a copy of certificate of registration (or an explanation why it is not available).

For more information, please visit How to Apply for Abilis Foundation Small grants.

The Bloomberg Initiative Grant up to US$500,000 for Tobacco Control Interventions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries

Deadline: 1 August 2014

The Bloomberg Initiative managed by the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Lung Disease invites project ideas for projects designed to develop and deliver high-impact evidence-based tobacco control interventions.

Grant request can be made between US$50,000 to US$500,000 for short-term, one-year or two-year project proposals.  Priority is given to projects with greatest numbers of tobacco users. Approximately two-thirds of the world’s tobacco users live in following fourteen countries – China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Ukraine, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Project Priority

1. Tax and price measures, including anti-smuggling measures
2. Direct and indirect advertising bans and effective enforcement of bans, including promotion and sponsorship
3. Establishment of smoke-free workplaces and public places, and effective enforcement of smoke-free policies
4. Implementation of graphic warning labels on tobacco products
5. Other evidence-based regulatory/legislative initiatives Development of strategic alliances and coalitions, monitoring Industry behavior and practices, and strategic litigation will also be supported if improving tobacco policy is the central goal.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be from all low-and middle-income countries.
• Applicants can be government (national Ministries, state/provincial authorities and affiliate offices) organizations and non-governmental organizations (including civil society organizations, educational institutions and others) with relevant advocacy experience aimed at changing or implementing policy.
• Applicants must be recognized legal entities capable of entering into contractual arrangements, receiving foreign funds and assuming legal and financial obligations.
• NGO applicants cannot be the recipients of financial support from any tobacco product manufacturer or the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of a tobacco product manufacturer.

For more information, please visit Bloomberg Initiative Call for Proposals.

Bill Gates Foundation’s Grant Opportunity for Agriculture-Nutrition Impact Studies

Deadline: 8 August 2014

Academic institutions, research institutions, civil society organizations, and/or private organizations in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are invited to submit Concept Memos to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This opportunity invites applicants to conduct innovative, large-scale studies in agriculture to improve nutrition and health outcomes. This is a joint call of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant program aims to deliver high-quality large-scale evidence linking agriculture, nutrition and health.

Applications can be made for large-scale, medium to long-term research studies and evaluations that will deliver robust evidence on the impact of agriculture on nutrition and health outcomes. The knowledge generated from these research studies will contribute to nutrition-sensitive programs and policies in agriculture at the national, regional and global levels.

Funding Modalities

1. Window 1: Grant of $3.5 million per project for interventions and study designs that are fully supported by existing formative and feasibility research. The grant amount is for a 5 years period.
2. Window 2: Grant of $100,000 per project for interventions that are not supported by formative and feasibility research. The grant amount is available for 6-12 month.  Proposals seeking up to $250,000 may be considered if the applicant is able to strongly justify this higher level of investment.

Applicants with significant experience of conducting research in developing country settings and evidence of successful capacity strengthening of developing country research institutions are prioritized.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants can be academic institutions, research institutions, civil society organizations, and/or private organizations demonstrating specific competencies relevant to the program.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate past performance in the delivery of high-quality experimental or quasi-experimental research in agriculture, nutrition, or food security with first-class track record of publication of research findings in international peer-reviewed academic journals.
• Applicants must have an ability to transfer research findings to policy and program dialogue for evidence-based decision making and action.
• Applications must closely align with the goals of DFID and the foundation’s research strategies in agriculture and nutrition and clearly propose a project that will substantially contribute to filling an evidence gap at a global and/or country level on linking agriculture, nutrition and health.
• Applicants must be established organizations with partnerships in the country or countries where work will be implemented.

Selected Concept Memos will be notified by 10 November 2014 to submit full proposal.

For more information, please visit RFP Summary Agriculture-Nutrition Impact Studies.