The $1,000 “I AM GASA” (Girl Accelerating Sustainable Action) is an initiative that aims to empower young women (ages 15-32) to accelerate sustainable action, sustainable action and emerge as leaders in their communities.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, STEM, West Africa
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is excited to announce its €60,000 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Women Empowerment
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF), Wellcome, and the Gates Foundation (GF) are jointly launching a new $5,000,000 initiative, Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI), to drive innovation in early drug discovery for Gram-negative pathogens.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking proposals for innovative solutions for the early detection, prevention, and treatment of preeclampsia, with a funding opportunity of $500,000, particularly targeting low- and middle-income countries where maternal mortality rates are high.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The upto €100,000 “Francophonie with Them” Fund is a solidarity mechanism aimed at strengthening the economic and social autonomy of women in the French-speaking world, in vulnerable situations, and with a view to sustainable development.
- 2025, Central Africa, March, North Africa, West Africa, Women Empowerment
The $50,000 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Education, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $100,000 UNICEF Venture Fund is calling for applications from start-ups developing cutting edge tech solutions improving access to quality health care and services, and ensuring socio-economic participation of women and girls.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Health Care, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The ZAR320,000 ICGEB-SAWBP Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme, in partnership with the South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the National Research Foundation will support South African women researchers holding a PhD degree, in Biotechnology or a related discipline, having outstanding ability, and who will perform hypothesis-driven research.
- 2025, Academic Research, April, Fellowship, South Africa
The International Organization for Migration is inviting CSOs, academia, media and women-led organisations in ECOWAS & Mauritania to apply for up to €100,000 grants to support migration-related projects.
- 2025, April, East Africa, West Africa
The Layal Jade Tinubu Unoella Foundation will be disbursing an Empowerment Fund of ₦60 million among select beneficiaries.
- 2025, April, Nigeria, Youth