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Our regional and thematic awards recognize and fund talented impact entrepreneurs from around the world who are leveraging business as a force for good.
The Cartier Women's Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
The Cartier Women's Initiative is an annual international entrepreneurship program that aims to drive change by empowering women impact entrepreneurs. Founded in 2006, the program is open to women-run and women-owned businesses from any country and sector that aim to have a strong and sustainable social and/or environmental impact.
End Date24 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUSD 30k to 100k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderCartier Women's Initiative
Innovation Award
Cartier Women's Initiative
Use digital ID, payments, data exchange among others to solve real-world sustainability challenges.
The DPI for People & Planet COP30 Innovation Challenge invites innovators worldwide to develop groundbreaking solutions leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), including digital ID, digital payments, and data exchange. Innovators are encouraged to address critical challenges across sectors such as energy, transport, forestry, agriculture, and beyond, creating scalable impacts for people and planet.
This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to engage global innovators in designing climate solutions using Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). It is intended to go beyond a one-time competition, with a focus on mission-critical use cases and a showcase at COP30. The ambition is to enable real-world pilot implementations in the months that follow - supported by global funders, implementers, and DPI custodians.
The DPI for People & Planet COP30 Innovation Challenge invites innovators worldwide to develop groundbreaking solutions leveraging Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), including digital ID, digital payments, and data exchange. Innovators are encouraged to address critical challenges across sectors such as energy, transport, forestry, agriculture, and beyond, creating scalable impacts for people and planet.
This first-of-its-kind initiative aims to engage global innovators in designing climate solutions using Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI). It is intended to go beyond a one-time competition, with a focus on mission-critical use cases and a showcase at COP30. The ambition is to enable real-world pilot implementations in the months that follow - supported by global funders, implementers, and DPI custodians.
End Date27 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 100k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderDPI for People and Planet Innovation Challenge
Innovation Award
DPI for People and Planet Innovation Challenge
The Swiss Future Award empowers startups and SMEs leading the way in sustainable transformation across Switzerland. With a focus on innovation and measurable environmental impact, the award highlights businesses that are developing solutions to drive positive change.
Start Date03 Apr 2025 End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountCHF 25k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderSwiss Future Award,B Lab Switzerland Foundation,PETRAM Foundation
Innovation Award
Swiss Future Award,B Lab Switzerland Foundation,PETRAM Foundation
The Interreg IPA ADRION Programme has officially launched its 2nd Call for Proposals, now open until 30 June 2025 at 13:00 CEST (Rome time). The call invites eligible applicants from across the Adriatic-Ionian region to submit transnational cooperation proposals that address shared territorial challenges and deliver sustainable and innovative solutions.
This call aims at fostering a smarter region, enhancing environmental resilience, and promoting carbon neutrality and better connectivity. The total budget available through Interreg funds for this call amounts to approximately MEUR 21,869.
This call aims at fostering a smarter region, enhancing environmental resilience, and promoting carbon neutrality and better connectivity. The total budget available through Interreg funds for this call amounts to approximately MEUR 21,869.
Start Date15 Apr 2025 End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 1.2m Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderInterreg IPA ADRION Programme
Grant
Interreg IPA ADRION Programme
EIT RawMaterials is pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 Call for Proposals under the Skills for Tomorrow Training (S4T) Programme, focused on future-ready upskilling in the Raw and Advanced Materials sectors. This initiative seeks to support the creation of innovative, revenue-generating training programmes that address digital transformation, technological innovation, and strategic workforce needs across the raw materials value chain.
As part of its commitment to equipping Europe’s workforce for the green and digital transitions, EIT RawMaterials invites consortia from academia, research, and industry to design and deliver high-quality training courses targeting professionals, entrepreneurs, and learners in the raw materials sector.
Selected projects will contribute to EIT RawMaterials’ SkillsHub – a pan-European digital marketplace and training ecosystem designed to match talent with sector needs and drive professional mobility.
As part of its commitment to equipping Europe’s workforce for the green and digital transitions, EIT RawMaterials invites consortia from academia, research, and industry to design and deliver high-quality training courses targeting professionals, entrepreneurs, and learners in the raw materials sector.
Selected projects will contribute to EIT RawMaterials’ SkillsHub – a pan-European digital marketplace and training ecosystem designed to match talent with sector needs and drive professional mobility.
End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUr 800k Funding Resource TypeRequest for Proposal (RFP)
Funding ProviderEIT RawMaterials
Request for Proposal (RFP)
EIT RawMaterials
Is your organisation a pioneer in creating a net positive future for travel and hospitality? If so, we invite you to participate in the annual World Sustainable Travel & Hospitality Awards.
Recognising, celebrating and sharing the stories of individuals and organisations accelerating change and making an impactful contribution in sustainable travel and tourism.
Recognising, celebrating and sharing the stories of individuals and organisations accelerating change and making an impactful contribution in sustainable travel and tourism.
End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderWorld Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Award
World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
The Foodtech Frontier Challenge brings together startups, and solution providers from around the world to collaborate with leading food industry players on real-world innovation challenges. This challenge provides a platform for innovators to co-develop breakthrough solutions that push the boundaries of taste, texture, nutrition, and sustainability — and to accelerate their pathway to commercial partnerships and market adoption.
End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountUpto SGD 480k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderEnterprise Singapore,Padang & Co,SG Open Innovation Network
Innovation Award
Enterprise Singapore,Padang & Co,SG Open Innovation Network
The Pioneer Awards celebrate organisations implementing 'Efficient Solutions' across sectors, honouring their pioneering spirit in advancing ecological sustainability. A panel of Experts will confer the Pioneer Awards to the five winning pairs, each composed of an Efficient Solution and its client-adopter, in the sectors of Industrial Processes & Consumer Goods, Mobility, Agrifood & Natural Environment, Building & Construction, and Utilities (Water, Energy, Waste).
It recognises those who challenge the status quo, turning obstacles into opportunities, and inspiring others toward a greener, more sustainable world.
It recognises those who challenge the status quo, turning obstacles into opportunities, and inspiring others toward a greener, more sustainable world.
End Date30 Jun 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeVisibility
Funding ProviderSolar Impulse Foundation
Visibility
Solar Impulse Foundation
One of the challenges facing the implementation of 3Rs approaches is often the initial learning curve that other labs face in changing their standard procedures. There is an understandable concern that a potentially high initial investment may not be successful when applying an approach validated elsewhere. Often undergoing direct training from the institution that developed the novel approach is the best way to gain the expertise and confidence necessary for further implementation.
The Swiss 3RCC aims to provide support at this critical step between successful development of a 3Rs approach to its wider implementation throughout other Swiss institutions or organisations.
The Swiss 3RCC aims to provide support at this critical step between successful development of a 3Rs approach to its wider implementation throughout other Swiss institutions or organisations.
Start Date01 May 2025 End Date01 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUpto CHF 10k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderSwiss 3RCC
Grant
Swiss 3RCC
The AI Opportunity Fund: Asia-Pacific is an AVPN funding initiative with support from Google.org aimed at supporting workers across the Asia Pacific region who are most affected by workforce transitions driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The AI Opportunity Fund: Asia Pacific is expanding with an additional USD 10 million from Google.org to equip even more workers for the AI-powered future, with a particular focus on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Together with Phase 1, we are supporting organisations training 720,000 workers across Asia Pacific and 100,000 MSMEs across the Southeast Asia region.
The AI Opportunity Fund: Asia Pacific is expanding with an additional USD 10 million from Google.org to equip even more workers for the AI-powered future, with a particular focus on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Together with Phase 1, we are supporting organisations training 720,000 workers across Asia Pacific and 100,000 MSMEs across the Southeast Asia region.
End Date02 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUnspecified Funding Resource TypeTraining
Funding ProviderAVPN
Training
AVPN
The EMEA Impact Through Innovation Awards program aims to improve the outcomes for children and young people by seed-funding charities to implement their game-changing ideas. Our goal is to connect much-needed capital with innovative projects in the field of children and young people’s health and education. We also offer expert-led learning opportunities to build capacity for charities.
Start Date05 May 2025 End Date07 Jul 2025 Funding AmountGBP 100k Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderMorgan Stanley
Award
Morgan Stanley
The Coral Innovation Search is a joint initiative by The Earthshot Prize and G20 CORDAP to identify, support, and accelerate promising solutions that can help address the global coral crisis. It is an open call for innovators working on scalable, affordable, and impactful coral-related technologies and interventions
End Date10 Jul 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderG20 Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP)
Innovation Award
G20 Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP)
NAPIC has allocated a pot of £4 million to fund UKRI funding-eligible academic and research organisations to work collaboratively with the alternative protein industry, to facilitate the delivery of a diverse array of innovation challenge-driven projects. This funding will be allocated through several calls over the next 4 years.
Start Date12 May 2025 End Date11 Jul 2025 Funding AmountGBP 5k to 100k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderNational Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC)
Grant
National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC)
SPARK NS invites principal investigators with promising discoveries in Parkinson's disease or autism to apply for the SPARK NS Translational Research Program, 2026 Cohort. Projects selected will receive up to $2,000,000 in milestone-based funding, education, mentoring, and networking opportunities over two years, beginning January 2026
Start Date02 Jun 2025 End Date11 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 2mn Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderSPARK NS
Research Grant
SPARK NS
Enabling and supporting researchers in developing and deploying advanced human-specific cell models for research and testing.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advances human-based science, and InSphero, a global leader in 3D in vitro technology for drug safety and efficacy testing, are pleased to offer the 2025 Human Advanced In Vitro Model Initiative (HUMAIN) Award. The HUMAIN Award recognizes researchers working to expand access to and accelerate the uptake of human-specific nonanimal approaches.
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit that advances human-based science, and InSphero, a global leader in 3D in vitro technology for drug safety and efficacy testing, are pleased to offer the 2025 Human Advanced In Vitro Model Initiative (HUMAIN) Award. The HUMAIN Award recognizes researchers working to expand access to and accelerate the uptake of human-specific nonanimal approaches.
End Date14 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUSD 20k (in technology credits) Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderPhysicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM),InSphero
Award
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM),InSphero
The Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP) seeks to improve health outcomes for Canadians by accelerating precision medicine for cancer and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s. To attain this goal, the DHDP funds groundbreaking projects that:
- Breaking barriers to health data sharing to enable innovation across multiple sites
- Find novel ways to incorporate AI to clinical settings
- Mentor a new generation of scientists and clinicians able to problem-solve in complex environments
- Breaking barriers to health data sharing to enable innovation across multiple sites
- Find novel ways to incorporate AI to clinical settings
- Mentor a new generation of scientists and clinicians able to problem-solve in complex environments
Start Date28 Mar 2025 End Date15 Jul 2025 Funding AmountUSD 1mn to 5mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderDigital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP)
Grant
Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP)
PRIMA 2025’s call is strategically designed to fill gaps identified in previous funding cycles while responding to emerging regional challenges exacerbated by climate change or the COVID-19 pandemic, among other barriers. Recent climate-related events, including flooding in Southern and Eastern Europe, have disrupted agriculture and resource stability, leaving many Mediterranean countries vulnerable.
The programme emphasizes environmental resilience through ecosystem restoration, particularly implementing nature-based solutions in farming and water management. These approaches are vital for supporting biodiversity, regulating water resources, and enhancing climate adaptation in the region’s increasingly threatened ecosystems
The programme emphasizes environmental resilience through ecosystem restoration, particularly implementing nature-based solutions in farming and water management. These approaches are vital for supporting biodiversity, regulating water resources, and enhancing climate adaptation in the region’s increasingly threatened ecosystems
Start Date08 Apr 2025 End Date15 Jul 2025 Funding AmountEUR 1.5mn to 2.7mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderPRIMA Partnership
Grant
PRIMA Partnership
Our mission is to honor the remarkable contributions to environmental stewardship and the tireless efforts of individuals, schools, agencies, and organizations in advocating for sustainability.
End Date15 Jul 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderGlobal Sustainability Awards
Award
Global Sustainability Awards
This EIG CONCERT-Japan joint call for proposals is titled Oceans: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation and focuses on research on climate change mitigation through blue carbon ecosystems for CO₂ removal and understanding ocean processes to enable climate change adaptation in marine environments.
Start Date28 Apr 2025 End Date22 Jul 2025 Funding AmountVaries Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderEuropean Interest Group (EIG) CONCERT-Japan
Research Grant
European Interest Group (EIG) CONCERT-Japan
The theme of ARIA this year focuses on ‘Generational renewal’ and projects that sustain rural economies and actively involve young people in shaping the future of rural communities.
The Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA), is searching out the greenest, smartest, most socially inclusive, innovative and resilient projects funded under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and implemented at the local level.
This year’s competition will continue to spotlight projects funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and/or the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF).
The Awards promote food security, environmental resilience and the socio-economic fabric of rural areas. Additionally, a special Gender Equality Award will be given to a project that contributes to gender equality.
The Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA), is searching out the greenest, smartest, most socially inclusive, innovative and resilient projects funded under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and implemented at the local level.
This year’s competition will continue to spotlight projects funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and/or the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF).
The Awards promote food security, environmental resilience and the socio-economic fabric of rural areas. Additionally, a special Gender Equality Award will be given to a project that contributes to gender equality.
