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Empowering Kenyan citizens to enjoy political and civic rights

Focus Area: Empowering Kenyan Citizens to Enjoy Political and Civic Rights 

Grant Size: Eur 3,350,000 

Deadline: 8th April 2026

European policy experimentations

Focus Area: Making informed choices on digital education content 

Grant Size: €2,000,000 - 5,000,000

Deadline: 8th April 2026

Childhood Cancer Therapeutic Catalyst

Focus Area: Translation of discovery research into novel therapeutics for children and young people with cancer 

Grant Size: £250K 

Deadline: 10th April 2026

2026 ReGRoW: Funding for Underresourced Researchers in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries

Focus Area: Clinical Repurposing Trials

Grant Size: $70,000 

Deadline: 10th April 2026

Visual Arts Grant

Focus Area: Collaborative visual arts projects that produce publicly presented work 

Grant Size: Up to €20,000 

Deadline: 17th April 2026

Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science to Accelerate Breakthrough Research

Focus Area: Research and Projects in AI for Science 

Grant Size: $500K - 3M

Deadline: 17th April 2026

Aesthetica x Audible Listening Pitch Grant Program

Focus Area: Documentaries on Radical Listening

Grant size: up to £10,000

Deadline: 20th April 2026

AI to Accelerate Charitable Giving Grand Challenge

Focus Area: The use of AI to support donors to give more and give sooner

Grant Size: $150,000 

Deadline: 28th April 2026

Establishment and operationalization of the Capacity Strengthening Hub

Focus Area: Establishment of a hub that will support African SGCs in strengthening their research and innovation management systems, practices and services 

Grant Size: CAD500,000 

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Request for Proposals: ICGEB Biosecurity Grant Program

Focus Area: Strengthening Biosecurity in Healthcare and Research Laboratories

Grant Size: Euro 15,000 

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Joint Innovation Facility (JIF) 2026

Focus Area: Digital innovation and climate positive impact

Grant Size: EUR 200,000 

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Entries open for Jana Robeyst Trust Fund Grants

Focus Area: Study and protection of endangered mammals 

Grant Size: 1,500 euro 

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Request for Applications: EPIC Air Quality Fund 2026

Focus Area: groups to achieve national-level policy impacts through the generation, use, and sharing of open air quality data 

Grant Size: $50,000 - 75,000

Deadline: 30th April 2026

Internet Society Foundation

Focus Area: Developing and expanding Internet access and increase adoption in digitally excluded communities. 

Grant Size: $50,000 - 200,000

Deadline: 7th May 2026

Evaluating Scalability and Impact of GenAI and Agentic AI in the Water and Wastewater Sector

Focus Area: GenAI and Agentic AI integration within the water/wastewater sector 

Grant Size: $200,000

Deadline: 20th May 2026

Water Research Foundation Grant

Focus Area: Alternative Approaches to Water Shutoffs 

Grant Size: $200,000 

Deadline: 20th May 2026

UK National Coordinator and survey data collection for the European Social Survey, Round 13 and 14

Focus Area: Data collection

Grant Size: £2,310,000 

Deadline: 21st May 2026

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

 

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  

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TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme - SSA

Deadline: 15th April 2026

Applicant Type: Postdoctoral researchers living and working in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant Program

Deadline: 1st May 2026

Applicant Type: PhD holder with no more than seven years of work and/or research experience post-degree 

Grant Size: $150,000 

Applications for Global Initiatives Grant

Deadline: 15th May 2026

Applicant Type: PhD holders in Anthropology

Grant Size: $80,000 

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Donor Mapping 2025

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