FRIDA’s Third Round of Grants: Youth-led Funds for Social Justice

Deadline: 28 July 2014

FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund has announced the launch of its third call for proposals. FRIDA is the youth-led fund focused exclusively on supporting global young feminist activism to advance social justice movements and agendas.

It was created to bring new resources and new opportunities to young women and trans* youth globally. We believe that supporting young feminists is key to the expansion, rejuvenation and sustainability of women’s movements and organizations, both now and in the future. To date, FRIDA has completed two grant cycles in 2012 and 2013, and cumulatively supported 32 different groups of young feminists in 28 different countries around the world and awarding a total of 196,000 USD in direct grants.

Who can apply?

• Groups founded or led by young women or trans* youth (under 30 ykears) that are committed to:
• Advancing and defending women’s rights from a feminist perspective;
• Improving the lives of young women/transgender youth at local, national, regional or international levels;
• Inclusive organizing, collective action and feminist movement building
• Groups, networks, or collectives based in the Global South (Africa, Asia and the Pacific, The Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central, Southern, Eastern Europe and Caucuses and Central Asia).
• Groups founded in the past 5 years (i.e. your group was formed between 2010 – 2014).

Priority will be given to:

• Small, emerging grassroots groups, networks, or collectives with little or no access to funding from larger donors.
• Groups, networks, or collectives that are working on emerging or issues that have not received prior funding.
• Groups, networks, or collectives located in remote underserved areas.
• Groups, networks, or collectives that are diverse in their membership and made up of and/or working with socially marginalized young women especially: refugees, ethnic, national and caste minorities, rural women, urban poor, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, women living with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, women with disabilities, women living in armed conflicts and post conflict zones.
• Groups using creative and innovative strategies to further their activism (including art, music, culture, poetry, social media etc).

For more information, visit this link.

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation for Organizations in Developing Countries

Deadline: 1 July 2014

The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation is accepting grant applications from organizations in the developing world for projects that demonstrate strong local leadership, promote professional development in the conservation, agricultural, and health sciences; develop the capacity of local organizations; and address a particular problem in the field.

Primary Fields of Interest

1. Conservation – to improve ecological and environmental conditions in the developing world. Supports are provided to field research and related research activities, training, and technical assistance efforts that help conserve viable ecosystem and protect biological diversity in developing countries; and train local leaders in conservation and protection of resources.
2. Food – to improve access to food for consumption in developing countries. Projects that promote or develop specific sustainable agriculture practices with potential to advance science and practice in other countries; develop new approaches that address fuel and resource problems related to food production and preparation in developing countries; explore and refine innovative education and training interventions for small scale food producers and farmers; and advance new approaches to control pests and diseases affecting important food crops of developing countries are supported.
3. Health – public health programs that are preventive rather than curative in nature. It supports research, technical assistance, and training projects that improve public health through community-based efforts that address health promotion, disease prevention, family planning, and reproductive health; and increase the understanding and treatment of tropical diseases

Grant request can be made up to $25,000. There is no minimum bar.

Eligibility Criteria

• One organization can submit only one proposal in any calendar year.
• Returning applicants should submit an interim report with all copies of the proposal for renewal.
• Request for matching grant or joint grant (for projects funded by other sources) are accepted.

Note: Remember to check on the left sidebar. Find guidelines, concept application instructions and other relevant documents and read them before beginning with the application.

For more information, please visit How to Apply.

USAID/Afghanistan’s Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (FP/MNCH) Interventions Programme

Deadline: 9 July 2014

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Afghanistan is desired to invite applications for Family Planning, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (FP/MNCH) Interventions Programme.

The objective of this programme is to improve health outcomes, specifically by supporting equitable reductions in maternal, newborn, and child mortality in Afghanistan.

The USAID FP/MNCH Project will target its resources to meet the health needs of under-served populations, including women, especially pregnant and lactating women, children under five, with a focus on the first two years of life, nomadic groups, and internally displaced persons.

For this programme USAID offers funding of up to $60 million for the period of five year.

Eligibility criteria:

This is full and open competition. All interested and qualified U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations and Non-U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations that are either non-profit or forprofit are encouraged to apply. USAID encourages applications from potential new partners.

For more information, please visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number RFA-306-14-000006.

Submit Concept Notes for The Darwin Initiative Round 21 (Open for All Countries)

Deadline: 3 July 2014

The Darwin Initiative, funded by both the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), invites Concepts Notes from eligible entities in the developing world for the main projects. Selected applicants in the stage 1 will be invited to submit comprehensive application for stage 2 competition.

The Darwin Initiative supports developing countries to conserve biodiversity and reduce poverty. Projects that help the developing countries meet their objectives under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Nagoya Protocal on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS), the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) are supported by the Initiative.

Awards range from £80,000 to around £300,000 (with an average project award of about £250,000) for a 3 year Darwin project. Around 90% of projects will be funded by DFID and 10% funded by Defra.  Thus it is up to the applicants to identify if they are applying for funding from DFID or Defra while applying.

Eligibility Criteria for both Defra and DFID funded projects

• Applicant organizations can be based in any country. The applicants must have a credible record of working on similar types of projects, demonstrated experience managing projects of a similar size, and nominate a Project Leader who will be responsible for the technical direction of the project and the main point of contact.
• Applicants selected for stage 2 will have to provide evidence of their experience working on similar projects.
• Selected applicants will have to provide evidence of financial capability and capacity, including audited or independently examined accounts.
• The lead organizations will demonstrate turnover over the last 3 years of at least 25% of the value of the funds requested from Darwin. Applicants that are unable to demonstrate this will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
• The Project Leader should have relevant qualifications, demonstrable expertise in a relevant field and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Stage 2 applicants will have to submit curriculum vitae for the Project Leader.

For more information, please visit Darwin Initiative Round 21 How to Apply.