Funding Friday
From combating climate misinformation to empowering youth in food security and advocating for disability rights, this edition features funding opportunities and initiatives across sectors and continents. Explore how your business can collaborate, innovate, and make a meaningful impact through these global and regional calls for proposals.
Happy funding and have a great weekend,
Jesse
Global
☀️ Become a Partner to Tackle Climate Misinformation
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), in partnership with Facebook, is inviting applications for the Climate Misinformation Grant Program. This initiative aims to support organizations worldwide in combating climate misinformation through collaborative projects that strengthen access to authoritative climate science, tailor efforts to specific misinformation trends, and build solutions for vulnerable communities.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Combating Misinformation: How can organizations effectively identify and counteract climate misinformation in diverse cultural and linguistic contexts?
Community Engagement: What strategies can be employed to engage communities most vulnerable to climate misinformation and ensure they have access to accurate information?
Collaborative Approaches: In what ways can partnerships between fact-checkers, climate experts, and local organizations enhance the effectiveness of misinformation countermeasures?
🔗 Become a Partner to Tackle Climate Misinformation
🌐 International Partnership Opportunity for Your Breakthrough Idea
The British Council is inviting applications for the "International Partnership Opportunity for Your Breakthrough Idea" grant. This initiative aims to foster innovative collaborations between UK-based organizations and their international counterparts, supporting projects that address global challenges through creative and sustainable solutions.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Cross-Border Collaboration: How can international partnerships enhance the scalability and impact of innovative solutions addressing global issues?
Sustainable Development: In what ways can collaborative projects contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Cultural Exchange: How does cultural diversity within international partnerships influence creativity and problem-solving approaches?
🔗 International Partnership Opportunity for Your Breakthrough Idea
🌍 Disability Rights Fund
The Disability Rights Fund (DRF) invites Letters of Interest (LOIs) from organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) for its 2025 grantmaking round. This initiative aims to support disability rights movements in advancing the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local and national levels.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Intersectionality in Advocacy: How can OPDs effectively integrate cross-cutting priorities such as gender justice, LGBTQI+ rights, and climate justice into their advocacy strategies?
Post-Global Disability Summit Initiatives: In what ways can organizations build upon commitments made during the Global Disability Summit to drive tangible policy changes?
Expanding Reach: What strategies can OPDs employ to extend their impact to marginalized communities within their regions?
🔗 Request for Letters of Interest: Disability Rights Fund 2025 Grant Round
🔬 Randomized Controlled Trial on STIs and Reproductive Tract Sequelae in Non-Pregnant Women
The Grand Challenges initiative invites proposals for a randomized controlled trial (RCT) focusing on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and reproductive tract sequelae in non-pregnant women. This call aims to fill critical gaps in understanding the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and related sequelae attributable to STIs and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in preventing these outcomes.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Understanding Sequelae: How do STIs contribute to long-term reproductive health complications in non-pregnant women, and what interventions can effectively mitigate these risks?
Designing Effective RCTs: What methodological considerations are essential when designing RCTs to assess the impact of STI interventions on reproductive tract sequelae?
Global Health Implications: How can findings from such RCTs inform global health policies and programs aimed at improving women's reproductive health outcomes?
Asia Pacific
🔍 FutureWORKS Asia Program
LIRNEasia, supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), has launched a call for proposals under the FutureWORKS Asia Program. This initiative seeks gender-responsive, policy-relevant applied research projects that contribute to a sustainable and inclusive future of work in the Asian region. The program aims to build a Southern-led multidisciplinary research network dedicated to addressing the challenges posed by the changing landscape of work across the Global South.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Interdisciplinary Approaches: How can integrating perspectives from technology, climate science, and demography enhance our understanding of the future of work in Asia?
Policy Relevance: What mechanisms can ensure that research findings effectively inform, and influence policy decisions related to labor markets and workforce development?
Gender and Inclusion: In what ways can research projects ensure that the voices and experiences of marginalized groups are central to discussions about the future of work?
🌿 Climate Security Response Program- Bangladesh
The United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) has announced a call for proposals aimed at supporting local, grassroots, women and young women’s civil society organizations in Bangladesh. This initiative seeks to enhance their active participation and leadership in climate security efforts within conflict settings. The program focuses on empowering women to play a pivotal role in preventing climate-related conflicts and injustices, as well as in economic and political decision-making related to climate security and justice.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Women's Leadership in Climate Security: How can empowering women and young women in Bangladesh contribute to more effective climate security strategies and conflict prevention?
Intersectionality and Inclusion: In what ways can this program ensure the inclusion of women and girls experiencing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, such as those based on geography, ethnicity, disability, or migratory status?
Sustainable Impact: What mechanisms can be put in place to ensure the long-term sustainability and impact of the initiatives supported by this program?
🔗 Call for Proposals: Climate Security Response Program in Bangladesh
🌱 Funding Available to Rethink Food- Bangladesh
The GAINS Collective Action Grant in Bangladesh is offering small-scale funding to youth-led groups working to transform food systems. This initiative aims to support innovative projects that address food security, nutrition, and sustainable agriculture, empowering young people to lead change in their communities.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Youth-Led Innovation: How can youth-led initiatives contribute to transforming food systems in Bangladesh?
Sustainable Agriculture: What sustainable agricultural practices can be promoted through these grants to ensure long-term food security?
Community Engagement: In what ways can young people engage their communities to promote better nutrition and food practices?
🔗 Bangladesh: Youth in Action – Funding Available to Rethink Food
📚 Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism Grant- Singapore
The Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism supports proposals that encourage bilingualism and the learning of Mother Tongue Languages (MTLs) as a living language and lifelong endeavour. The Fund aims to promote bilingualism and create platforms for the meaningful use of English and MTLs within Singapore’s multicultural and socio-linguistic environment, particularly among preschool children and youths/young adults.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Cultural Preservation: How can integrating local cultural elements into bilingual education enhance students' connection to their heritage?
Innovative Learning: What novel approaches can be employed to make bilingual learning more engaging for young learners?
Community Involvement: In what ways can community organizations collaborate to promote bilingualism at the grassroots level?
🔗 Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism Grant in Singapore
Africa
🌈 Marang Southern Africa LGBTIQ Fund
Gender Links is inviting applications for the Marang Southern Africa LGBTIQ Fund, aimed at strengthening LGBTIQ organizations in Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Namibia. This fund supports advocacy initiatives across Southern Africa to advance equality and justice for LGBTIQ communities.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Community Empowerment: How can small grants catalyze significant change within LGBTIQ communities in Southern Africa?
Intersectional Advocacy: In what ways can intersectional feminist organizing enhance the effectiveness of LGBTIQ advocacy efforts?
Sustainable Impact: What strategies can organizations employ to ensure the sustainability of initiatives funded by the Marang Fund?
🔗 Applications Open for Marang Southern Africa LGBTIQ Fund
🎭 NAC Annual Project Funding
The National Arts Council (NAC) of South Africa is inviting applications for its 2025–2026 Annual Project Funding. This initiative aims to support individual arts practitioners and registered arts organizations, including community art centers, in implementing projects that contribute to the development and promotion of the arts in South Africa.
🤔 Thought-Provoking Questions and Insights
Cultural Preservation: How can projects funded by the NAC contribute to the preservation and promotion of South African indigenous art forms?
Capacity Building: In what ways can capacity-building initiatives in intellectual property empower artists and organizations in the digital age?
Social Impact: How can arts projects address social issues such as gender-based violence, xenophobia, and substance abuse within communities?