Deadline: April 15, 2021 Applications are open for the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge 2021. The WE Empower Challenge is a global competition for women entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs who are advancing the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and inspiring entire communities to create the world we want by

March 8th Entrepreneurship Programme: The March 8th Initiative is organized to inspire and promote communal, entrepreneurial and public-spirited endeavours within Nigeria in honour of the birthday of His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON. Last year, 100 young entrepreneurs received business-defining grants that helped grow and advance enterprise. Small MSME

Deadline: April 30, 2021 Applications are open for the Siemens Stiftung E-Mobility Innovation Call 2021 for Social Entrepreneurs and Visionary Startups. The Siemens Stiftung’s E-Mobility Innovation Call promotes the most promising, catalytic, and bankable innovations from African countries. Siemens Stiftung is launching its first open, competitive E-Mobility Innovation Call “Electric Mobility Made

Deadline: March 7, 2021 The Call for Expressions of Interest is open for the AFD-GDN Biodiversity and Development Award Program 2021, a global competitive research program jointly launched by the Global Development Network (GDN) and the French Development Agency (AFD). This award aims to support researchers working on an approach that integrates development

Deadline: February 25, 2021 Applications are open for the Earth Journalism Network Ocean Story Grants 2021. Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering reporting grants to support the production of investigative stories that will call attention to critical ocean issues. The world relies on the oceans to support the needs of our

Deadline: February 16, 2021 Applications for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Early Career Conference Grants 2021 are now open. 25 Early Career Conference Grants are available for university staff at ACU member universities. The grants help to ensure that more emerging researchers – and the universities that employ them – can

Deadline: February 15, 2021 The British Council in Morocco is pleased to announce an open call for proposals for Digital collaboration partnership grants under the Leadership for Gender Equality Programme 2021. The Leadership for Gender Equality Programme focuses on addressing the gender gaps in leadership as well as building leadership skills among

Deadline: May 25, 2021 Nominations are open for the Africa Food Prize 2021. The Africa Food Prize is the pre-eminent award for recognizing the extraordinary individual or institution whose contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era of sustainable food security and economic opportunity for all Africans. Building on the

Deadline: April 18, 2021 Proposals are invited for the UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant 2021. The Grant aims to mobilize young researchers for further study of the Silk Roads shared heritage. The Silk Roads Youth Research Grant is a new initiative that UNESCO has organized with the support of the