Funding Friday...
Develop Impact - Issue 112
Happy Friday!
I hope your week is going well! We are back again with five new funding opportunities for all your innovative and #tech4good work in SE Asia.
As always please let me know if you have anything you’d like to share with this community!
Have a great weekend!
Jesse
What’s funding this week…
Open Call: ICT in Education Projects
Are you an organisation working in Cambodia or Zambia with an idea on how to use ICT to improve education in primary or secondary schools? In this open call, SPIDER’s education programme seeks proposals for projects using ICTs to improve equal access to education and learning through digital tools.
Fintech Innovation Challenge
Through a highly competitive process, Women’s World Banking’s Fintech Innovation Challenge identifies and elevates 4 later-stage fintechs pioneering innovative financial solutions that break the persistent challenges in serving the low-income women’s market. The Fintech Innovation Challenge attracts over 100 fintech applicants from around the world who are developing innovative products to close the gender gap in the low-income women's market.
We are looking for fintechs currently developing innovative products and solutions that address low-income women and their needs.
Western Union Foundation Fellowship
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is for young entrepreneurs and community leaders who are from and working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe.
This 16-week-long program is designed to equip these next-generation entrepreneurs and leaders with the skills and experience to increase access to economic opportunity, have the opportunity to earn seed funding, integrate into their communities, succeed in the evolving nature of work, and transform their communities.
$25,000 in seed funding will be distributed among the Western Union Foundation Fellows based on progress and impact throughout the Fellowship.
Asia Women Exporters Mentorship Program
Gain technical knowledge, digital entrepreneurial skills, and expert guidance to help your business thrive in the global marketplace. With the support from The UPS Foundation, ATCF invites women-owned MSMEs across the region to participate in the Asia Women Exporters’ Mentorship Program 2022. Get close guidance from trusted experts on a broad range of topics including online marketing, e-commerce, financial management, trade compliance, and many more in our six-month program.
OWSD Early Career Fellowship
The OWSD Early Career Fellowship is a prestigious award of up to USD 50,000 offered to women who have completed their PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and are employed at an academic or scientific research institute in one of the listed Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs). The OWSD Early Career fellows are supported to establish environments at their institutions where they can maintain an international standard of research and attract scholars from all over the world to collaborate.