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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Applications open for Young Leaders in Research Grant Program (Africa)

Funding Organization: The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Funding focus: Green Industrial Transformation, Gender Equality, Regional Integration, Innovation & Digital Policy, Eligibility Criteria: African nationals or applicants holding permanent residency in African countries. Applicants must be 35 years or younger at the time of application and have completed or be enrolled in a master’s…

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Food Policy Rapid Response Fund (RRF), Global Health Advocacy Incubator

Funding Organization: The Rapid Response Fund, Global Health Advocacy Incubator Funding focus: Adoption or protection of key food policy reforms. Focused on mandatory policy, such as legislation or regulation; or the national adoption of Food Based Dietary Guidelines and/or a Nutrient Profile Model. Eligibility Criteria: civil society organizations or other non-governmental and not-for-profit entities that are…

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2025 Call for Proposals, Wild Animal Initiative

Funding Organization: Wild Animal Initiative Funding focus: Animal Welfare; Focus areas: wild animal welfare, mortality analysis, environmental variation. This call prioritizes interdisciplinary science that expands understanding of wild animal experiences, especially in areas underfunded by mainstream conservation or academic systems. Priority themes include the relationship between mortality and welfare, impacts of environmental variation, and tools for…

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D‑Prize Global Competition

Funding Organization: D‑Prize Funding focus: the distribution of proven poverty solutions in low- and middle-income countries for life-improving interventions; in health (e.g., maternal misoprostol, self-injectable contraception, oxygen repair), agriculture (e.g., input distribution, post-harvest loans), livelihoods (e.g., poverty graduation, reading glasses), education (e.g., Teaching at the Right Level), and public services (e.g., road safety campaigns). Eligibility…

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Climate Change and Health Innovation Hub for West and Central Africa Call for Applications on the nexus between Climate Change and Health

Funding Organization: The Climate Change And Health Innovation Hub For West And Central Africa (CHINNOVA)  Funding focus: SDGs: Public Health; Focus areas: climate-health nexus, interoperable data systems, gender-responsive adaptation, surveillance and early warning systems. To conduct applied research at the intersection of climate change and health across West and Central Africa. This grant cycle supports evidence…

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Call for Proposals: Box Impact Fund

Funding Organization: Box.org Funding focus: Transforming child welfare, crisis response, and environmental protection. Eligibility Criteria: legally registered nonprofit organisations around the globe (including Africa), provided their mission aligns with the core focus areas and the proposed project centres on digital transformation Grant Limit:  total fund of USD 150,000 allocated for this grant round, up to…

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Media Grants to Support Coverage of Countries’ Progress Toward the 30×30 Marine Conservation Target 2026

Funding Organization: Earth Journalism Network (EJN) Funding focus: The grants will support projects that both train journalists and generate high-quality coverage related to marine conservation. Eligibility Criteria: Eligibility is limited to newsrooms and media organizations in coastal countries with marine borders. Civil society organizations, NGOs, advocacy groups, and academic institutions are not eligible. Applications from Ghana, Mexico, and the Philippines will…

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