FUNDRAISING

Calls For Proposals

For support with your proposal, contact the development office  devt@usiu.ac.ke

Advanced Innovation Grants

Deadline: 30th September 2025

Focus Area: Translating validated innovations (technologies, techniques, or methodologies) into actionable clinical use 

Grant Size: $100,000 

Rainforest Trust Funding Programme

Deadline:1st October 2025

Focus Area: Protecting ecosystems in the tropics and subtropics critical to endangered species and climate mitigation 

Grant Size: $10,000 - 250,000

Operational Digital Platforms

Deadline: 16th October 2025

Focus Area: Deploying cross-border digital infrastructure that will accelerate the digitalization of the energy/mobility sector 

Solidarity in Tourism (SST) Grants

Deadline: 24th October 2025

Focus Area: Sustainable Tourism Development

Grant Size: CHF 5,000 - 25,000 

Angelman Syndrome Alliance Grant Program

Deadline: 1st November 2025

Focus Area: Research that can help support a better understanding of Angelman Syndrome 

Grant Size: €120,000 

EIC Pre-Accelerator

Deadline: 18th November 2025

Focus area: Boosting the innovation potential of early-stage deep-tech startups 

Grant Size: €300K - 500K 

Turtle Conservation Fund

Deadline: 1st December 2025

Focus Area: Turtle conservation

Grant Size: $20,000 - 50,000 

Rolling Calls For Proposals

John Templeton Foundation Grant Program

Deadline: Rolling

Applicant Type: Open call

Internet Freedom Fund

Focus Area: Open Technology

Grant size: $10,000 - 900,000 

The Rapid Response Fund

Focus Area: HIV-related human rights

Grant size: $15,000 

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund

Focus area: Young people (14-25) who experience systemic inequity

Grant size: £150,000

Ethereum Foundation Small Grants

Focus area: Open call

Grant size: $30,000 - 100,000

Grants to foster community philanthropy

Focus area: Development of community philanthropy organizations

Grant size: $100,000

Reece Foundation Grant

Focus area: Access to clean water, sanitation or irrigation for food security

Grant size: AUD$5,000 - AUD$30,000

Hayek Fund - Expense Support

Focus area: Research within the liberal tradition

Grant size: $500 -5,000

Opec Fund Grant

Open call

AJA Foundation Grant Program

Focus Area: Creating a sustainable impact 

The Rufford Foundation

Focus Area: Nature Conservation

Grant Size: £7,000 - 18,000 

Fellowships, Residencies & Fundraising Training Opportunities

ARUA’s 2025 Early-Career Research Fellowships

Deadline: December 2025

Applicant Type: 35yrs or younger African nationals within 5 years of completing their PhD 

IBSA Foundation Fellowships

Deadline: 31st January 2026

Grant Size: €32'000 

Applicant Type: PhD students, PhD, Post-Doc and residents with a degree in medicine, biology, pharmacy, biotechnology or bioengineering. Permanent positions such as Professors cannot apply.

Request for Applications: Savvy Fellowship Program

Deadline: Rolling

Focus: Entrepreneurship

OPEN CALL for Story Proposals: Bulgaria International Journalism Fellowship (BIJF)

Deadline: Rolling Basis

Applicant Type:  Journalists, storytellers, and media creators from around the world  

Internships & Traineeships

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Postdoctoral Opportunities

Wellcome Early-Career Awards

Deadline: 30th September 2025

Applicant Type: Early-career researchers

Postdoctoral Position in Economics

Deadline: Rolling

Applicant Type: PhD holders/candidates with a strong interest in public policy and political institutions

Graduate/Post Graduate Scholarships

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Handouts

Donor Mapping 2025

This is a helpful tool for individuals that do not know where to start their grant search, and also helpful for experienced grant writers that need to write proposals.