Fourth Programming Round of Elsie Initiative Fund

Funding Organization: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (HQ) Funding focus: Proposals should focus on implementing initiatives that make participation in peacekeeping more accessible, safe, and meaningful for uniformed women. Disaster Reduction & Humanitarian Relief, Education, Training & Capacity Building, Gender & Human Rights, Security & Peacebuilding. Eligibility Criteria: Worldwide, Ghana,…

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Projects to support to address Marine Pollution and Waste Management Challenges

Funding Organization: The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) Call for Proposals under the Advancing Circular Economy (ACE) Facility  Funding focus: Projects that promote and apply practical circular economy principles to minimize and/or prevent waste from entering the marine environment or projects that promote and apply practical circular economy principles to remove marine litter and consider processes…

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Women, Peace and Security

Funding Organization: Government of the Netherlands (FemFocus 2026–2030) Funding focus: strengthening women’s leadership in conflict prevention and mediation, ensuring meaningful participation and influence of women in formal and informal discussions and decision-making on peace and security, and supporting survivors and victims of CRSV, corresponding with the pillars of Participation and Protection in Security Council Resolution on…

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Combating violence against women and supporting women human rights defenders

Funding Organization: Government of the Netherlands (FemFocus 2026–2030) Funding focus: Pursues the policy objectives to combat violence against women and girls, provide treatment and support to victims, and support women’s-rights defenders and women human-rights defenders. Eligibility Criteria: Civil society organisations can apply from West Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Middle East and North…

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Encouraging women’s entrepreneurship:

Funding Organization: Government of the Netherlands (FemFocus 2026–2030) Funding focus: Supports women’s entrepreneurship as part of a sustainable economic agenda, particularly in Africa where the share of women entrepreneurs is relatively high. This instrument pursues the policy objectives to strengthen women’s entrepreneurship at the individual level and to remove socio-cultural and institutional barriers at the…

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The Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling

Funding Organization: The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), the ONE Campaign, and the Elliott family. Funding focus: Journalism for Excellence in African Storytelling. Eligibility Criteria: English-speaking journalists based in Africa who work in print, broadcast, or online news media, and have no more than ten years of journalism experience. The award entries must represent groundbreaking journalistic work published between…

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Global Media Defence Fund 2025

Funding Organization: United Nations Global Marketplace Funding focus:  Enhancing protection mechanisms, ensuring access to justice, and reducing impunity for crimes against journalists. Eligibility Criteria:  exclusively to not-for-profit organisations, including non-governmental organisations, academic institutions, foundations, professional associations and intergovernmental bodies. To be eligible, applicants must have been legally registered and active for at least two years…

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The Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund (SDCBF),

Funding Organization: The Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund (SDCBF), Funding focus: conservation programs that protect threatened wildlife and habitats worldwide. Eligibility Criteria:  NGO, university, etc. restrictions on the nationality of the applicants Grant Limit: USD 1,000 to USD 10,000 Deadline: 1-Jan-25 Website: Danforth Conservation Grants – Roger Williams Park Zoo

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Grand Challenges Canada

Funding Organization: Grand Challenges Canada Funding focus: Youth Mental Health Eligibility Criteria:  Legally incorporated organizations worldwide for implementing project in the 12 priority countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Ghana, etc Grant Limit: $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD Deadline: January 15, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. EDT (4:00 p.m. GMT)  Website: Funding Opportunities www.grandchallenges.ca

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Crowder-Messersmith Fund

Funding Organization: Crowder-Messersmith Fund  Funding focus: Conservation Grant Program to help small, local conservation, nature tourism Eligibility Criteria:  Individuals, non-profit-making and a Civil Society Organisation in developing countries. Grant Limit: maximum grant for 1 year is $3000 USD Deadline: 06-Jan-2025 Website: Crowder-Messersmith Fund – Nature Forward

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