The AEWA Small Grants Fund for Organizations in Select African Countries

Deadline: 1 October 2014

The Secretariat of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds Agreement (AEWA) invites applications from national governmental or non-governmental agencies or international non-governmental agencies/organizations in the sector for the Small Grant Fund 2014 cycle. The major aim of the Fund is to promote the implementation of AEWA in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

AEWA-related conservation activities will be supported

1. Species and habitat conservation
2. Training and awareness-raising for different target groups
3. Survey and monitoring of species and sites
4. Livelihood-related activities

The maximum grant award per project is USD20,000 and the maximum project duration is 24 months.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be from one of the following African countries – Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe. In case of Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia eligibility is yet pending.
• Applicants can be any national governmental agency or any national or international non-governmental agency/organization involved with the conservation of migratory waterbirds and/or their habitats in the respective eligible country.
• Projects are not eligible for funding if a Small Grants Fund project from an earlier cycle is ongoing in the respective country.
• Projects in member countries are also not eligible for funding if the respective country is more than three years in arrears with its annual financial contributions to AEWA.

For more information, please visit AEWA Small Grants 2014

The Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program of Waitt Foundation (Up to $10,000)

Deadline: Ongoing

The Waitt Foundation invites grant applications for Small Grants to implement big ocean conservation issues. The grant opportunity is entitled the Rapid Ocean Conservation (ROC) Grants Program that offers grants up to $10,000.

The ROC Grants will serve as an innovative solution catalyst by rapidly responding to urgent needs in ocean conservation with a focus on marine protected areas and sustainable fishing. The grants aim to support higher-risk ideas on a global scale.

Themes

1. Scientific Research
2. Policy
3. Management
4. Communications

Eligibility Criteria

• International applicants must provide proof and documentation of charitable status (examples: articles of incorporation, charter, certificate of registered charity).
• US applicants must have a U.S. tax identification number and be able to provide a current copy of their IRS 501(c)(3) determination letter.
• Project must support sustainable fishing and/or MPAs as elaborated in the program focus section.
• Applicants need not hold advanced degrees, but must demonstrate an equivalent experience and expertise with respect to the proposed project.
• Applicants must have and maintain legitimate affiliation with an academic institution or NGO for the duration of the grant project.
• Grants should constitute the sole or primary source of funding for the proposed project.
• Spending of grant funds must commence within 1 month of granting, and be completed within 6.
• Funds cannot be used for event sponsorships (e.g. conferences, workshops).
• Applicants must submit a project specific budget explaining how the funds would be used.
• Applications must be submitted via website (online application system).

For more information, please visit Waitt Foundation ROC Grants Program.

The amfAR announces $180,000 Grants for HIV Research

Deadline: 10 October 2014

The amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, is inviting applications to explore the mechanisms for HIV persistence and the potential for HIV eradication. The amfAR will support basic, pre-clinical, clinical, and especially transnational research exploring the mechanisms whereby HIV infection persists; the chronic nature of viral reservoirs and latency; and barriers to the eradication of HIV, with the potential goal of ultimately curing HIV infection.

Grant request can be made for up to $180,000 and the project will have to be implemented between 1 February 2015 to 31 January 2017.

Categories

1. Determine the location of persistent reservoirs of HIV in tissues, cell subsets or within cells
2. Determine the cellular and viral mechanisms and kinetics that establish and/or maintain HIV persistence
3. Develop, compare, or validate assays to measure persistent infection
4. Develop and test strategies to safely eliminate or control viral reservoirs (in the absence of ART)

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications are accepted from nonprofit research institutions worldwide; applications are not accepted from individuals or for-profit entities.
• The Principal investigators
  1. Must hold a doctoral level degree
  2. Must be affiliated with the applicant institution
  3. If the proposal is a collaboration including sub-component projects, the principal investigator will be expected to lead one of the component projects, coordinate the development, implementation and analysis of the projects as a whole, and be responsible for overall financial Management and the preparation and submission of required reports.
• Research teams may include members from, and budgets may include subcontracts with or sub-awards to for-profit entities.

For more information, please visit the Request for Proposals.

Mental Health Initiative Grants of the Open Society Foundations

Deadline: Ongoing

The Open Society Public Health Program of the Open Society Foundations invites grant applications from the projects that stimulate the reform of national health, social welfare, education, and employment policies. The Mental health initiative provides support for organizations that work on policy-based advocacy at local or national levels with the aim of promoting community living for people with intellectual disability.

Project Areas – projects must be for people with disabilities

1. Community-based housing
2. Early intervention
3. Inclusive education
4. Supported employment

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be non-governmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
• Applicants can also be organizations based in other countries that focus their activities in this region.

Interested applicants must submit a page letter of intent with information on the applicant organization’s purpose and goals, total income in the last financial year, and some biographical details of the organization’s leadership; proposed project, grant amount requested.

For more information, please visit OSF Mental Health Initiative.