Funding Friday...
Develop Impact - Issue 136
Good morning friends!
This is the last 'Funding Friday' piece for 2022. It's been a great year. The best part of writing this is building a community of readers and world-changers, and seeing this community grow. Thank you for being part of this community!
To wrap up this year, we are sharing with you another nine funding opportunities to support your #tech4good work in developing and implementing technological solutions to address challenges and help build a more sustainable and inclusive world.
Please let me know if you have anything you’d like to share with this community, I would love to hear from you!
See you next year!
Jesse
What’s funding this week…
Earth Journalism Network Asia-Pacific Media Grants 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed a human vulnerability to viral spillover and underlines the urgency of addressing intensive farming, encroachment of natural habitats, wildlife trading, and other environmental root causes.
The Earth Journalism Network's Asia-Pacific project has received generous financial support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).
In this round of media grants, we are seeking innovative ideas to strengthen public awareness of the interconnection of human, animal, and environmental health.
Proposed activities should contribute to the following objectives:
Strengthen the capacity of journalists and media organizations to produce high-quality, evidence-based, and engaging environmental stories on the consequences of human impacts on the environment and viable solutions to mitigate and respond to these impacts.
Increase high-quality content and media coverage on key environmental themes to focus public attention on the interdependence of the health and well-being of humans, and their environments.
Increase public attention to the disproportionate impacts of environmental degradation on women, the poor, youth, indigenous peoples, and other vulnerable groups and increase their access to high-quality, publicly available environmental information.
Contribute to positive changes in government policies, businesses’ environmental standards, or consumer habits for a more sustainable way of life.
Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2023 Fellowships for Journalists
The Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2023, and is co-hosted by GIJN, Fojo Media Institute, and Föreningen Grävande Journalister.
GIJC23 will feature over 150 panels, workshops, and networking sessions, including special tracks on climate change, the threat to democracy, data journalism, crime and corruption, teaching and training, and sustainability strategies.
Fellows are required to either produce a story directly related to #GIJC23 or give a presentation based on the knowledge they gained at #GIJC23.
Nominations Open for the 2023 Women in IT Awards
DiversityQ is delighted announce that nominations are open for the 2023 Women in IT Awards, Asia Edition.
The awards, now its fith year, have recognised and celebrated women, allies, and organisations across Asia for their outstanding contribution to the technology industry.
The 2023 Awards wants to shine a light on the impact of all the transformations, innovations, and growth of the past 2 year.
Their judges are looking for individuals, organisations and initiatives that have gone above and beyond, and that have demonstrated a huge impact on businesses, employees, and the wider industry.
Open Call for Bagri Foundation Grant Program
The Foundation provides support, in the form of grants, towards artistic and educational projects. Financial support can be requested by non-for-profit arts organisations actively working in areas listed below.
Areas of interest:
Promotion of arts and culture of all Asia and the diasporas.
Supporting established and mid-career level artists.
Partnerships that explore global topics in creative ways.
Courses, lectures, research projects, exhibitions and symposiums that cover a wide range of topics from Asia.
London is our prime city for showcasing talent. International projects and those in other parts of the UK are considered occasionally.
Grants range from £5,000 – £150,000 and are awarded in two rounds per year.
Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship
With the effects of environmental degradation becoming more apparent, high-quality environmental journalism is more important than ever. However, the availability of resources for reporting has been reduced, and press freedoms have shrunk in many countries.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program has helped dozens of budding environmental journalists gain experience and establish careers as professional journalists.
The Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship Program will support up to 12 fellows per year — six at their global English bureau and six at our Spanish-language bureau, Mongabay-Latam. Each cohort will consist of three fellows per bureau.
Fellows will gain valuable experience working with a range of editors at their international news outlet, develop their environmental reporting skills, and create a portfolio of original publications that should help them advance their careers in journalism.
Second SAAI Factory Hackathon – Apply Now!
SAAI FACTORY is organising its second international contemporary art-based hackathon on artificial intelligence. This call is for hackers, artists, coders, designers, tech evangelists, creatives, and developers from all disciplines to explore artificial intelligence as a means and field of artistic practice. They welcome projects throughout all artistic domains: Text, Writing, Music, Sound, Image, Pictures, Movement, and Motion.
Participants from art and tech will be brought together through online social encounters and match-making to form international teams.Internationally renowned and dedicated mentors in the field will give talks, workshops, and guidance throughout the hackathon.
Four projects will be selected by the jury for post-production. These projects and prototypes from the hackathon will be shown in subsequent showcases and exhibitions around the world.
Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in Malaysia – Journalist Track
This is an opportunity provided by the USAID Asia Countering Trafficking in Persons (CTIP), a regional USAID-funded counter-trafficking project based in Bangkok, Thailand, with support from Winrock International. It is delivered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Thomson Reuters Foundation believes journalists have a vital and powerful role in unpacking the complex issues of human trafficking and modern slavery, informing the wider public on these issues, and keeping actors accountable for their actions through effective, nuanced, and engaging journalism.
They support this by leveraging their world-leading expertise in journalism and adult-based learning to offer this free course for journalists in Malaysia working in this crucial field.
The 5-week workshop series (2 sessions per week) will provide a deep dive into the complex issues of human trafficking and modern slavery to unpack how journalists can better report on issues and solutions in impactful and relevant ways.
2023 REM Asia Awards Application Period Now Open: Granting Multiple Awards!
To be presented at REM™ Asia 2023, the 2023 REM™ Asia Awards recognize individuals and organisations that are building markets or demonstrating leadership in green power procurement in Asia. Applicants may include organisations using renewable energy, project developers, policy advocates, certificate providers, electricity suppliers, or others influential in developing and growing green power markets.
Multiple awards may be granted. An evaluation panel including international green power experts and representatives from the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) will review and evaluate the applications received. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at the REM™ Asia 2023 conference.
3rd Annual “Ambassador for a Day” Contest for Young People in Thailand
The 3rd annual “Ambassador for a Day” video contest is promoting gender equality in Thailand by mobilizing young people to lend their voices to the theme of “Innovation, technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls”—the priority theme of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in 2023.
Ambassador for a Day is an initiative of the informal Women Ambassadors Group in Thailand and the women leaders of the United Nations, initiated by the Ambassadors of Canada and India.
This year, the UN and Australian Embassy are taking the lead in co-organizing the event with the support of host organizations from the diplomatic corps and UN system in Thailand. Young people in Thailand aged between 16 and 25 will be invited to compete for a chance to “shadow” an ambassador or UN women leader in their organizations and attend the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) International Women’s Day commemoration (IWD 2023) on 8 March 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.