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Grant Writing Training Toolkit

EIC Pre-Accelerator

Deadline: 18th November 2025

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

Grant Size: €300K - 500K 

Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator

Deadline: 19th November 2025

Focus Area: Education, Technology and Social impact

Grant size: $220,000 

Young Leaders in Research

Deadline: 21st November 2025

Call type: Research Grant for early-career African researchers in economics and related fields

Grant size: $15,000 

Pfizer and the CanAge COLLABORATE Grant Program

Deadline: 24th November 2025

Focus Area: Supporting Ageing Adults Living with Rare Diseases 

Grant size: Up to $25,000 

Turtle Conservation Fund

Deadline: 1st December 2025

Focus Area: Turtle conservation

Grant Size: $20,000 - 50,000 

The F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact

Deadline: 3rd December 2025

Focus Area: Enterprises pursuing strategic pathways to impact at scale 

Grant Size: $150,000 

New Schools Funding Opportunity

Deadline: 8th January 2026

Focus Area: Education innovators and leaders

Grant size: $150,000 - 250,000 

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 

Urgent Action Fund Africa

Applicant Type: Women's rights activists

Accelerator Fellowships for EquityTech, Climate, & Food Security ventures

Deadline: 20th November

Applicant Type: Startup Ventures

Catalyst and Women in AI Fellowships

Deadline: 30th November 2025

Applicant Type: Women in Tech and Leaders in the education sector

LEAD Fellowship for women advancing global health

Deadline: 30th November 2025

Applicant Type: Masters holder working full-time in the field of global health and having at least 10 years of professional experience 

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  

Postdoctoral Position in Economics

Deadline: Rolling

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