Funding Friday
Happy Friday!
We have some great opportunities listed below for you this week. We also want to say a big thank you to everyone who visited and applied during the launch of our new Develop Impact Social Lab at Glean.
This lab is designed to inspire and equip young technologists. The program encourages participants to address social issues through technological solutions. It is a five-month, part-time program that includes comprehensive training, engaging hands-on projects, and a stipend to support participants as they transform into catalysts for social innovation.
We would love to see more applications from you. Visit here or spread the word to those you know who would be a great fit.
Have a great weekend!
Jesse Orndorff
Global
🎯 Performance Excellence Grants
📝 The Performance Excellence Grants are designed to support NGOs around the world in improving their operational efficiency and effectiveness. This funding initiative encourages the adoption of innovative practices and technologies that can enhance organizational performance. The goal is to enable NGOs to better meet their missions, increase their impact, and ensure sustainability in their operations.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Operational Efficiency: What are the most effective ways for NGOs to improve their operational efficiency?
Innovative Practices: How can NGOs integrate innovative practices into their daily operations?
Sustainability: What strategies can NGOs employ to ensure long-term sustainability in their operations?
🔗 Applications Open for Performance Excellence Grants
🎨 Creativity Pioneers Fund 2024
📝 The Creativity Pioneers Fund 2024 is an initiative aimed at supporting creative organizations that use culture and creativity as catalysts for positive social change. This fund seeks to empower organizations to innovate, expand their reach, and strengthen their impact on communities. It targets projects that focus on arts, cultural expression, and creative advocacy, enhancing their sustainability and resilience in challenging times.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Role of Culture in Social Change: How can cultural and creative projects contribute to social change?
Innovation in the Arts: What innovative strategies can creative organizations employ to expand their impact?
Sustainability of Creative Projects: How can creative organizations ensure their sustainability and adapt to changing economic conditions?
🔗 Creativity Pioneers Fund 2024
💡 Ernest Solvay Fund 2024
📝 The Ernest Solvay Fund 2024 is dedicated to supporting scientific and technological research and education initiatives. This fund primarily focuses on projects that advance science and technology in ways that can significantly benefit society. It encourages innovation in these fields and seeks to foster a new generation of scientists and technologists with the potential to drive future advancements.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Advancing Scientific Research: What are the key areas where scientific research can have the most significant societal impact?
Technology in Education: How can technological advancements enhance educational practices and access to knowledge?
Supporting Emerging Scientists: What support systems are most effective in nurturing the next generation of scientists and technologists?
🖋️ UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity 2024
📝 The UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity 2024 supports projects that promote sustainable cultural industries in developing countries. It aims to strengthen the cultural sector's legal and policy frameworks and enhance the capacities of cultural policy-makers and cultural entrepreneurs.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Sustainable Cultural Industries: How can developing countries build sustainable cultural industries?
Policy Impact: What impact do enhanced legal and policy frameworks have on cultural industries?
Capacity Building: How essential is capacity building in empowering cultural policy-makers and entrepreneurs?
🔗 UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity 2024
🛡️ USAID Integrated Health Systems Strengthening (IHSS)
📝 The USAID Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Program is aimed at improving health outcomes through a cooperative agreement that seeks to enhance health systems' performance. The focus is on various components such as health governance, service delivery, workforce development, and information systems to ensure a comprehensive approach to health system strengthening.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Health System Components: How do governance, workforce, service delivery, and information systems interact to enhance the health system's overall effectiveness?
Sustainability: What strategies can be employed to ensure the sustainability of health system improvements?
Global Health: How does strengthening health systems in specific countries contribute to global health security?
🔗 USAID Integrated Health Systems Strengthening (IHSS)
Asia Pacific
🗣️ Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund 2024 for Southeast Asia
📝 The Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund 2024 targets journalists and independent media organizations in Southeast Asia. This fund supports innovative journalism projects that focus on underreported issues in the region. The aim is to foster impactful storytelling that can lead to greater public awareness and understanding of critical regional challenges, such as environmental concerns, human rights abuses, and political transparency.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Innovative Journalism: What innovative methods can journalists employ to engage audiences on underreported issues?
Impact of Storytelling: How can effective storytelling influence public perception and policy regarding critical regional issues?
Underreported Issues in Southeast Asia: What are some of the most pressing but underreported issues in Southeast Asia today?
🔗 Pulitzer Center Impact Seed Fund 2024 for Southeast Asia
Africa
👥 The Social Innovators Programme Africa
📝 The Social Innovators Programme in Africa is designed to support social entrepreneurs who are committed to making a significant impact in their communities. This program focuses on providing training, mentorship, and funding to innovative projects that address critical social issues such as poverty, education, health, and environmental sustainability. The initiative aims to empower social innovators to scale their impact and create lasting change across Africa.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Social Entrepreneurship Impact: How can social entrepreneurship be leveraged to address critical issues in African communities?
Training and Mentorship: What are the key elements of effective mentorship and training for social innovators?
Sustainability in Social Projects: How can social projects ensure long-term sustainability and impact?
🔗 The Social Innovators Programme Africa
🧑💻 Siemens Stiftung E-Mobility 4 Impact Call 2024
📝 Siemens Stiftung's E-Mobility 4 Impact Call 2024 seeks to fund innovative e-mobility solutions in East and West Africa that address challenges related to acceptability, affordability, or accessibility. This grant is aimed at organizations and enterprises that are integrating e-mobility into their operations to foster a sustainable, low-carbon transport sector. Key areas of interest include electric vehicles, battery technology, charging or swapping infrastructure, and related sectors like energy (including smart grids and energy storage) and recycling (focusing on e-waste and battery recycling).
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Innovative Solutions: What innovative e-mobility solutions can significantly change the transportation landscape in developing regions?
Sustainability in E-Mobility: How can sustainability be integrated into the core of e-mobility solutions in countries with emerging markets?
Technology and Infrastructure: What are the critical technological and infrastructural advancements needed to promote e-mobility in Africa?
🔗 Siemens Stiftung E-Mobility 4 Impact Call 2024
🌱 Grassroots Innovation Scouting for YAI Programme - Ghana
📝 The Young Africa Innovates (YAI) Programme in Ghana is offering grants to support grassroots innovation scouting. This initiative is aimed at identifying and nurturing young innovators who are developing local solutions to local challenges. The focus is on scalable and sustainable innovations that can have a significant impact on communities across Ghana.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Local Innovation: How can local innovators be effectively supported to scale their solutions?
Sustainable Impact: What criteria should be used to evaluate the sustainability of grassroots innovations?
Community Involvement: How important is community involvement in the scouting and development process of innovations?
🔗 Grants to Support Grassroots Innovation Scouting for Young Africa Innovates (YAI) Programme - Ghana
⚖️ Enhancing Detainees' Rights in Tunisia
📝 This call for applications focuses on projects aimed at enhancing the rights and conditions of detainees in Tunisia. It seeks proposals from NGOs that are dedicated to improving legal aid, ensuring fair trials, and promoting humane treatment within detention facilities. The initiative is part of a broader effort to strengthen human rights adherence and reform the judicial and penal systems in the country.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Legal Aid for Detainees: How can access to legal aid be improved for detainees to ensure fair trials?
Human Rights in Detention: What measures can be implemented to ensure the humane treatment of detainees?
Judicial and Penal Reform: What are the key components needed for effective judicial and penal reform in Tunisia?