Funding Friday
Funding Friday
10 new funding opportunities for your innovation and technology work!
Asia-Pacific
✈️ AirAsia Foundation Grant
📝 The AirAsia Foundation offers grants to empower social enterprises in ASEAN countries, aiming to scale up their operations and build sustainable livelihoods. These grants support initiatives that define new projects or expand existing ones, with a focus on improving income-generating capacity. The grant encourages innovation, impact, sustainability, and leveraging AirAsia's network strengths.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
ASEAN Social Enterprises: What innovative approaches can ASEAN-based social enterprises employ to empower their communities?
Sustainable Growth: How can these grants help in achieving financial sustainability and long-term impact?
Leveraging Networks: In what ways can social enterprises benefit from AirAsia's extensive network to further their goals?
🌳 Story Grants to Support Coverage of One Health in Asia Pacific - Earth Journalism Network
📝 Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has launched a call for applications for story grants focusing on the One Health framework in Asia Pacific. The grants aim to increase coverage of interconnected human, animal, and ecosystem health issues. Topics for exploration include climate change, biodiversity loss, zoonotic diseases, antimicrobial resistance, and more. EJN emphasizes the urgency of addressing these interconnected health and environmental crises and seeks to support journalism that raises awareness, provides scientific explanations, and explores solutions.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Interconnected Health and Environment: How can journalism help the public understand the complex interlinkages between human, animal, and ecosystem health?
Raising Awareness: What role does media play in highlighting the urgency of One Health issues in the Asia Pacific region?
Explainer and Solutions Journalism: How can journalists effectively communicate the science behind One Health issues and explore solution-based approaches?
🔗 Story Grants to Support Coverage of One Health in Asia Pacific - Earth Journalism Network
🌏 Earth Journalism Network Asia-Pacific Media Grants 2024
📝 Amidst the escalating global environmental crisis, Earth Journalism Network's Asia-Pacific project, supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), offers media grants. The grants aim to enhance environmental reporting, focusing on climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and related issues. This initiative seeks innovative ideas from journalist networks, media organizations, and academic institutions to strengthen audience engagement in environmental journalism and address news fatigue related to climate and environmental topics.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Environmental Journalism in Crisis Times: How can media organizations prioritize long-term environmental issues amidst global crises?
Combatting News Fatigue: What innovative approaches can be used to engage audiences with climate and environmental news?
Amplifying Underrepresented Voices: How can environmental reporting increase awareness about the disproportionate impacts of environmental degradation on vulnerable groups?
🔗 Earth Journalism Network Asia-Pacific Media Grants 2024
🌱 Cambodia: SAAMBAT Digital Accelerator Cohort 2
📝 SAAMBAT Digital Agricultural Business Accelerator is a 6-month business acceleration program in Cambodia designed to support entrepreneurs in the agricultural sector. It aims to strengthen and expand new businesses and innovations in agriculture through a technology-focused curriculum. The program offers various benefits including Bootcamp, Pitch Day, financial support, masterclasses, field visits, one-on-one mentoring, Demo Day, and post-program support. The winning team among 3 to 5 teams will have the chance to receive a share of a total grant of $200,000.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Agricultural Innovation: How can digital innovation transform the agricultural sector in Cambodia?
Support for Entrepreneurs: What role does an accelerator program play in enhancing the growth and stability of startups in agriculture?
Technology in Agriculture: How can technology be effectively integrated into traditional agricultural practices to modernize and improve efficiency?
🔗 Cambodia: SAAMBAT Digital Accelerator Cohort 2
Global
🖊️ Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2024 - IWMF
📝 The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is offering the Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2024, providing $5,000 grants to women or non-binary journalists. This grant aims to fund journalists who report on subculture and rebellion, honoring the spirit of Kim Wall's reporting. It supports those covering stories that provide new perspectives and challenge conventional narratives.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Empowering Underrepresented Voices: How can journalism grants empower women and non-binary journalists in reporting unconventional stories?
Diverse Reporting: What unique insights can be gained from focusing on subcultures and the undercurrents of rebellion?
Impact of Journalism: How can financial support influence the depth and reach of journalistic endeavors?
🔗 Kim Wall Memorial Fund 2024 - IWMF
📰 Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Ventures 2024
📝 The MDIF Ventures 2024 program calls for applications from independent media companies that demonstrate a positive social impact and potential for growth. Successful applicants will receive equity financing and strategic advice to expand their business. This initiative aims to support media projects in countries where free and independent news is under threat, focusing on projects that promote accountability, strengthen public debate, and reduce information poverty.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Supporting Independent Media: How can equity financing and strategic advice help independent media companies scale and make a greater impact?
Media in Challenging Environments: What role can media play in countries where access to free and independent news is under threat?
Promoting Accountability and Debate: How can media projects contribute to fostering democratic practices and institutions, and what challenges do they face in this endeavor?
🔗 Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Ventures 2024
🔍 Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
📝 The Fund for Investigative Journalism offers grants to support reporters producing high-quality, unbiased investigative stories. Freelance journalists, staff reporters, and media outlets are eligible for various types of grants including regular grants, seed funding, expedited grants, follow-up grants, and emergency grants related to threats to democracy in the U.S. The Fund also offers diversity fellowships to increase diversity in investigative journalism.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Investigative Journalism Funding: How can different types of grants support the diverse needs of investigative journalists?
Impact of Investigative Reporting: What role does investigative journalism play in promoting accountability and transparency?
Diversity in Journalism: How can diversity fellowships contribute to enriching investigative journalism and its impact on society?
🔗 Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
🏆 Aurora Tech Award - A Worldwide Prize for Women Founders of IT and Tech Startups
📝 The Aurora Tech Award is a global competition for women founders of IT and tech startups. The award encourages women entrepreneurs leading startups that have not exceeded $4 million in funding and are no more than five years old. Applicants should showcase their startup's achievements, challenges, details, and plans for the prize. The award evaluates applications based on criteria like leadership skills, market potential, scalability, profit generation, product-market fit, and social impact.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Women in Tech Leadership: What are the unique challenges and opportunities for women founders in the IT and tech startup scene?
Evaluating Startup Potential: How can factors like market size, scalability, and social impact be assessed to determine a startup's potential?
Innovation and Social Impact: How do startups led by women contribute to innovation and social change in the IT and tech sectors?
🎮 Venture Z: Startup Competitions | ICSDI 2024
📝 The ICSDI 2024 presents Venture Z, a competition for startups aiming to foster innovative ideas and entrepreneurship. Participating teams are required to submit an application form showcasing their startup's background, idea, target market, and development stage. The competition involves several stages including initial screening, a mentorship program, pitch presentations, and a final round. Startups will be assessed on innovation, market potential, scalability, team capabilities, and alignment with the competition's theme. The top three startups receive financial awards from Prince Sultan University.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Fostering Innovation in Startups: How can competitions like Venture Z encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among startups?
The Role of Mentorship: How important is mentorship in enhancing startup ideas and refining business models?
Pitching and Presentation Skills: What impact do effective pitching and presentation skills have on the success of a startup in competitive environments?
🔗 Venture Z: Startup Competitions | ICSDI 2024
🚀 RESPOND Accelerator 2024
📝 The RESPOND Accelerator is an international program dedicated to advancing the leadership, growth, and scalability of sustainable businesses worldwide. It focuses on developing a more sustainable, regenerative economy by providing entrepreneurs with individualized support, access to a global network of experts, and visibility at global events. The program aims to equip entrepreneurs with skills beyond business and technology development, emphasizing long-term, systemic approaches to positively impacting the planet and society. For 2024, RESPOND has defined three Areas of Actions focusing on regenerative ecosystems, sustainable production and consumption, and innovative solutions for systemic transformation.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Sustainable Business Leadership: How does fostering leadership in entrepreneurs contribute to building sustainable and regenerative businesses?
Regenerative Ecosystems: What role do tech-based innovations play in transitioning to more regenerative ecosystems?
Sustainable Production and Consumption: How can startups reshape industry norms to adopt sustainable practices?