The £3.5 million Wellcome Discovery Awards provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
- 2025, Academic Research, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Innovate Africa Fund backs innovators addressing the world’s most wicked problems through innovative and sustainable solution. This year, they’re pleased to launch the $1,000 annual Wicked Innovation Prize Competition in partnership with the Innovate Africa Foundation.
- 2025, Central Africa, Creative Industry, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
YOUTH IMPACT – BECAUSE YOU MATTER – For Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action is an $8,500 initiative led by UNESCO in collaboration with Nestlé, powered by the Nestlé Youth Entrepreneurship Platform.
- 2025, Agric Business, April, Central Africa, Climate Change, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
The Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a $12,000 quarterly grant program that supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation.The Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a $12,000 quarterly grant program that supports the advancement of wildlife research, habitat monitoring, and environmental conservation.
- 2025, Central Africa, Conservation, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The National Geographic Society is accepting applications for Level I and Level II grants for the $100,000 Spatial Thinking: Inspiring Action with Place-Based Solutions.
- 2025, Central Africa, Conservation, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The £5,000 RSTMH (Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene) Early Career Grants Programme provides awards for those who have not had equivalent research funding in their own name before.
- 2025, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Wellcome is currenlty accepting applications for the £700,000 Mental Health Award to provide funding for validation activities for novel targets with a clear therapeutic concept and strong biological rationale related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or psychosis.
- 2025, Academic Research, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation invite nominations for the third edition of the $10,000 Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
The Sidaction and Aidsfonds are pleased to jointly launch a 2 million euros call for scientific proposals for the year 2025, dedicated to accelerating advances in HIV cure research.
- 2025, Academic Research, Central Africa, Health, HIV, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Applications are now open for the up to $10,000 Black Women Photographers x Nikon Grant Program.
- 2025, Central Africa, Creative Industry, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa