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[UNESCO] Protect Environmental Journalists and Combat Impunity

UNESCO invites not-for-profit organizations to submit proposals aimed at enhancing the legal protection of journalists covering the environment and reducing impunity for crimes against them. UNESCO is specifically calling for partnerships focused on defending environmental journalism by improving legal protection and reducing impunity for cases of crimes against journalists covering the environment by advancing at least one of the following GMDF Outputs: • Output 2: Reinforcing the operationalization of national safety mechanisms and peer support networks to ensure journalists’ rapid access to legal assistance, bolster their defense and enhance their safety, taking into account the gendered nature of the threats against them. • Output 3: Supporting investigative journalism that contributes to reduced impunity for crimes against journalists by holding the justice system accountable and by pursuing investigative work that risks being censored when journalists are attacked, imprisoned, or murdered; and enhances the safety of those conducting this line of work. • Output 4: Enhancing structures for fostering strategic litigation in order to protect national and regional environments where the legal frameworks are conducive to an independent, free, and plural media ecosystems.

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-launches-call-proposals-protect-environmental-journalists-and-combat-impunity

End Date18 Oct 2024 Funding AmountUSD 15,000 to USD 50,000 Funding Resource Type

Grant

EnvironmentJournalism

[Seedstars] The SEED Inclusivity Program - 2024

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The SEED Inclusivity Program is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs with disabilities and fostering innovative solutions for people in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Our goal is to create a supportive ecosystem that nurtures the growth of businesses led by or focused on assisting individuals with disabilities. A program supported by Visa Foundation and executed by Seedstars. Why should you join the SEED Inclusivity program? • Tailored Support 1-1 mentoring sessions with entrepreneurs and experts in disabilities. • Investment Readiness Participate in investment readiness workshops and pitch competitions to attract potential investors and partners. • Increased Visibility Gain exposure through Seedstars’ global network (+1M across social media channels), increasing your visibility among potential partners, customers, and supporters. • Network Connect with a diverse network of 500+ entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders who are committed to fostering an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem. • Partnerships Partnership opportunities with leading organizations and corporates dedicated to supporting disability-inclusive entrepreneurship and accessibility. • Events Attend exclusive events, webinars, and workshops that provide opportunities for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and growth.

https://seedinclusivity.com/

Start Date03 Aug 2024End Date20 Oct 2024 Funding Resource Type

Innovation Support

Funding Provider

Seedstars,Visa Foundation

Entrepreneurs with DisabilityDiversity and Inclusion

Smart City Open Innovation Challenge 2024

Connect with public and private entities to solve their innovation challenges. (Please refer to list of challenges on the registration website) The Smart Cities’ Challenges is the hugely popular international matchmaking activity providing a unique opportunity to have a series of 30-minute, pre-scheduled B2B and B2P meetings according to your interests and goals, with a view to establishing valuable connections with potential business partners and clients. The event’s aim is to support SMEs, start-ups, entrepreneurs, universities, research groups, corporations and institutions in finding partners for product development, manufacturing, licensing agreements, joint ventures and other types of collaboration. Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona, November 5-7) is the world’s biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation. The event is a premier meeting point where a diverse crowd of industry executives, government leaders, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs gather annually to revisit complex issues at the heart of a new model of city and society.

https://www.smartcityexpo.com/brokerage-event/

End Date25 Oct 2024 Funding Resource Type

Partnerships

Funding Provider

ACCIÓ Catalonia Trade&Investment

Smart City

[L’Oréal] R&I Open Innovation in partnership with VentureLab Switzerland

L’Oréal R&I Open Innovation is looking for pioneering cross-sector technologies that can revolutionize the cosmetics industry and create new partnerships with promising startups! This call for innovation is aiming at searching the best start-ups and academic spinouts to develop the next generation of beauty products. If your startup offers solutions or innovative business models to improve/disrupt the ways corporate businesses work in cosmetics then this is the right opportunity for you. Selected startups/projects will be proposed an agreement to explore further the technology and / or enter a collaboration phase in order to evaluate, develop and eventually adapt the proposed solution to beauty products market. About L'Oréal L’Oréal is the world leader in the cosmetic industry and has been a science and innovation driven company since its creation more than 110 years. The company was created by a startuper, Eugène Schueller, who started in his garage to develop an innovative hair coloration. Innovation and entrepreneurship have been since then in the DNA of L’Oréal with a moto « seize what starts » to Create the Beauty that moves the world. With a world in constant change and evolution, L’Oréal wants to be at the forefront to create the Future of Beauty that will be sustainable, inclusive.

https://www.venturelab.swiss/index.cfm?page=137303&event_id=11201

End Date26 Oct 2024 Funding Resource Type

Corporate Partnership

Funding Provider

L'Oréal

Sustainable Cosmetics

[Bioenterprise] - Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program (SGAP) for Southern Ontario’s Food- and Agri-Tech Businesses

The Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program (SGAP) invites southern Ontario food- and agri-tech businesses to lead projects that accelerate sustainable growth through the adoption and integration of clean technologies, practices, and process enhancements into their operations. Recipients will receive up to $100,000 in non-repayable contributions. SGAP offers non-repayable funding to later-stage food- and agri-tech businesses for projects that enable clean growth, expansion, modernization, and sustainability enhancements in their operations. The objective of the program is to promote sustainability across the value chain by de-risking the adoption of clean technologies and the integration of sustainable practices. Direct support will be provided to companies adopting new technologies or adapting current operations to become greener and more sustainable.

https://bioenterprise.ca/programs/sustainable-growth-and-adoption-program-sgap/

End Date30 Oct 2024 Funding AmountUpto USD 100k Funding Resource Type

Grant

Funding Provider

Bioenterprise

Sustainable AgricultureSustainable FoodTech

[South3E - S3E] - Reverse launches Open Call #2 for scale-ups and SMEs with Deeptech Solutions from Southern Europe

South3E has launched a new Open Call for scale-ups and SMEs from Southern Europe to join S3E Reverse — our brokerage program that connects corporate challenges with deep tech solutions developed by startups, designed upon a successful open innovation methodology. SMEs and scaleups interested in participating are invited to submit a solution to address one of the challenges we’ve received from large organisations. Our deep tech brokers will select the most mature and fitting ‘Solver’, according to the ideas or products submitted, and match them with the challenger organisation. Through S3E Reverse, the selected SMEs and scale-ups will benefit from a customised innovation support program designed specifically for them, which includes 1-1 business coaching and technology brokerage services. The programme will operate on a first-come, first-served basis; when a match is identified by the Broker, the Challenger and the Solver will be notified so they can start working together.

https://south3e.eu/2024/05/02/s3e-reverse-open-call-for-solvers-2024/

End Date30 Oct 2024 Funding Resource Type

Corporate Partnership

Funding Provider

South3E (S3E)

Deeptech

[EU GREEN] - Redesign of existing programs

Are you a visionary EU GREEN academic who would like to be part of an innovative education model? EU GREEN Alliance invites you to submit your proposal for a redesigning of existing programmes! In the EU GREEN Education Strategy, redesign of existing educational programs at any level (bachelor, masters or PhD) are defined as simultaneous changes in the study plan and associated curricular units of similar existing study programs by at least 3 partners. The primary purposes of this redesigning task in EU GREEN are (I) to promote sustainability through alignment with the graduate attributes framework and educational principles and (II) to foster mobility and strong collaboration among the partners involved in the redesign. To achieve the second objective, after the redesign process, the programs of the involved partners must have some common component, however they do not need to become identical.

https://eugreenalliance.eu/call-for-eu-green-redesign-of-existing-programmes-is-open/

Start Date01 Oct 2024End Date31 Oct 2024 Funding AmountEUR 3k Funding Resource Type

Grant

Education

Olympism365 Innovation Hub - Collective365

The Olympism365 Innovation Hub is a collaboration between the International Olympic Committee, Beyond Sport and Women Win designed to support a diverse community of innovators leading new and impactful approaches to sport for sustainable development. Collective365 supports innovations delivered by a collaboration of partners committed to integrating sports-based solutions into non-sport settings, and non-sports-based solutions into sport and sport for sustainable development. NGOs, complementary development sectors (health, education, environmental, humanitarian), public sector and research, policy and training institutions are encouraged to apply.

https://olympics.com/ioc/olympism365/innovation-hub

Start Date01 Oct 2024End Date31 Oct 2024 Funding AmountUpto USD 49,000 Funding Resource Type

Grant

Funding Provider

Olympism365 Innovation Hub

Sports

[Swiss 3RCC] - Culture of Care Award 2024

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The Culture of Care (CoC) Award recognizes an individual or a group of people for their accomplishment to promote and implement a good Culture of Care within a research institution that uses animals for research. The Culture of Care Network of the Swiss 3RCC will grant this prize for the third time in 2024. The award promotes the proactive implementation of a good Culture of Care within Swiss institutions that are conducting or supporting exemplary animal research. As any other culture that defines an organization’s beliefs and behavior, the Culture of Care in laboratory animal science gathers all the values, ideas and actions that allows an institution to go beyond the legal requirements and obligations, and thrive into a positive research environment, for their staff, the animals, and society. Implementing CoC within the organization aims to provide all stakeholders a sense of pride that they are doing their job the right way and doing the right things. Nominees for this award can be any individual or collaborative initiatives that proactively and successfully drive forward the implementation of a good Culture of Care within animal research institutions.

https://swiss3rcc.org/award-call-culture-of-care

End Date31 Oct 2024 Funding AmountCHF 3k Funding Resource Type

Innovation Award

Funding Provider

Swiss 3RCC

Alternatives to Animal Testing

[The Agency Fund] - Call for Applications for Socioeconomic Impact

[UpLink] - 2024 Yes San Francisco, Urban Sustainability Challenge

Supporting the implementation of world-leading innovations in urban sustainability The challenge calls for impactful solutions that are viable, scalable and advance sustainability in San Francisco, such as innovations using AI and solutions for infrastructure, urban green and blue spaces, renewable energy and water and waste management. This challenge supports entrepreneurship that brings innovative solutions tackling sustainability and climate issues to San Francisco, while cultivating an ecosystem of stakeholders whose support can foster a conducive environment for sustainable environmental and social urban development, spurring economic growth and bolstering San Francisco's revitalization efforts.

https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a00TE000003HlAU/2024-yes-san-francisco-urban-sustainability-challenge?activeTab=Challenge-Overview

Start Date12 Sep 2024End Date04 Nov 2024 Funding Resource Type

Visibility

Funding Provider

Citi,Deloitte,Salesforce,San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Urban Mobility TransitionUrban Sustainability

[NCR3s] - CRACK IT Challenge 48 - Wings of Change

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The aim of this Challenge is to develop new approach methodologies (NAMs) to assess acute and chronic avian toxicity for chemical screening and environmental risk assessment. Avian toxicity studies are carried out for internal chemical screening and to meet regulatory requirements for the registration of new pesticides. Large numbers of birds are used and there is a significant unmet need to develop alternative approaches. This is a two-phase Challenge with funding for up to three years. • Phase 1: nine months • Phase 2: up to three years (subject to successful completion of Phase 1)

https://nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/wings-change

End Date04 Nov 2024 Funding AmountPhase1 upto GBP 200k / Phas2 upto GBP 1.5mn Funding Resource Type

Grant

Funding Provider

National Centre for the Replacement,Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)

Alternatives to Animal TestingNew Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

[NCR3s] - CRACK IT Challenge 49 - Rodent Shelter

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Rodents are often singly housed for a period during their recovery and cage enrichment items are removed to avoid injuries. There are opportunities to refine the care of rodents through enhanced monitoring of parameters such as body temperature and improvements to the housing environment after surgery. The aim of this Challenge is to develop a shelter for rodents to provide warmth and a means to monitor the animals to improve post-operative care, which is critical to aid recovery and minimise any pain and distress.

https://nc3rs.org.uk/crackit/rodent-shelter

End Date04 Nov 2024 Funding AmountUpto GBP 150k Funding Resource Type

Grant

Funding Provider

National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)

Alternatives to Animal TestingNew Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

[Uplink] Sustainable Mining: Mining the Unmined

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This challenge calls for groundbreaking technologies across regions and industries to maximize the recovery of metals and minerals from ores and non-primary sources, reducing the need for fresh extraction to meet future raw material demands. The focus of the challenge is on commercializing novel technologies from the mining sector and adapted technologies from other industries by enabling capital infusion, engaging a mission-aligned ecosystem, fostering product-market fit, and shifting perceptions about the industry's role in sustainable global decarbonization and the energy transition. Sample technologies include electrochemical processes – molten salt electrolysis, hydrometallurgy, chromatography, electromagnetic fields-based metal recovery, adsorption & absorption methods, pyrometallurgy, synthetic biology - phyto & bio processes, and electrokinetics.

https://uplink.weforum.org/uplink/s/uplink-issue/a00TE000007dJA1YAM/sustainable-mining-mining-the-unmined?activeTab=Challenge-Overview

Start Date23 Sep 2024End Date06 Nov 2024 Funding Resource Type

Visibility

Funding Provider

Prospect Innovation and ecosystem partners

Sustainable Mining

Animal Free Research UK - Pioneer Awards 2025

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For the third year running, nominations are now open for our Pioneer Award 2025, which celebrates the outstanding contribution of trailblazing scientists who conduct research without using animals. The specially commissioned Pioneer Medal will be awarded to the winner for their contribution in helping to make animal free the gold standard in UK laboratories. They will also receive free attendance and be invited to deliver a keynote speech at our conference, which is taking place over 26-27th March 2025 in York. The winner will be entitled to call themselves ‘Animal Free Research Pioneer 2025’ and will be supported by the charity to promote and showcase their work through a series of talks and other dynamic events to engage and inspire their peers and the public.

https://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/pioneer-award/

Start Date18 Sep 2024End Date08 Nov 2024 Funding Resource Type

Innovation Award

Funding Provider

Animal Free Research UK

Alternatives to Animal Testing

[Innosuisse] Flagship Topic of the Call 2024 - AI in Life Sciences with a Focus on Human Health

DUT Call 2024 – 15-minute City - Topic 2: Reconsidering urban mobility systems: towards system innovation and proximity policies for sustainable city regions

Mobility provides city dwellers with essential opportunities to organise and satisfy their daily needs. However, at the same time, the mobility sector is responsible for several challenges to sustainability, such as high levels of GHG-emissions, air and noise pollution, which are significantly worse in urban areas. In this context, the 15-minute City Transition Pathway in DUT promotes concepts, evidence and interventions that support urban mobility transitions. In order to make our cities more liveable, inclusive and climate-neutral, the focus is set on 15-minute neighbourhoods that recognise different urban contexts. The focus lies on knowledge creation, transferability and implementation. Multiple, possibly diverging pathways are necessary for reaching sustainable mobility and transport in different contexts – applying place-sensitive approaches. The urban mobility system is complex system: Commuters cross municipal boundaries several times daily where local jurisdiction shifts, people often change modes of transport, many levels of governance are involved in regulation, funding and the offer of transport services. In the context of strong population growth in suburban areas, a systemic and dynamic understanding of the urban mobility system is needed, including an analysis of the role of the different actors and level of government involved (e.g. core cities, sub-urban neighbourhoods, peripheral centres, regional level), and the importance of strategic partnerships, considering that city administrations are not always the core decisional level, especially for transport across city boundaries. This topic encourages unravelling the complexity of the mobility system in cities, functional urban areas and city-regions and elaborating cross-sectoral and multi-scalar perspectives on the urban mobility system, in connection to the 15-minute City concept.

https://dutpartnership.eu/dut-call-2024/15-minute-city-call-topics/topic-2-reconsidering-urban-mobility-systems-towards-system-innovation-and-proximity-policies-for-sustainable-city-regions/

Start Date02 Sep 2024End Date14 Nov 2024 Funding Resource Type

Proposal

Funding Provider

Driving Urban Transition (co-funded by the European Union)

Urban Mobility Systems

DUT Call 2024 - Positive Energy Districts (PED) - Topic 3: Managing the urban energy transition: data management and decision support systems

The Positive Energy Districts (PED) Transition Pathway (TP) is aimed at supporting the planning, implementation and replication of PEDs throughout Europe. These activities are meant to contribute to the realisation of at least 100 PEDs by 2025. As a concept, the Positive Energy District supports the vision of future urban energy systems, by both optimising energy efficiency and facilitating the generation of renewable energy, from the scale of city districts down to individual buildings. Moreover, urban districts following the PED approach will be able to support the regional or national energy system through the smoothing of energy production peaks, management of demand and facilitating the exchange and storage of energy. The energy transition requires new ways of urban data management and a sensible use of digital tools for both decision-making and operation. In this regard, this topic focuses on exploring and advancing innovations that enhance the planning, monitoring and optimization of PED that, at the same time, are integrated into city-wide decision-making tools and strategies for energy planning. The key challenge within the PED context is to support situation awareness and decision support to various stakeholders, which has to adequately handle an ensemble of distributed data sources (e.g. from various renewable energy appliances) and dynamic and multidirectional data streams (e.g. in the case of V2G). To account for the systemic character of this challenge, novel approaches beyond energy technology development are required that also enable efficient resource and capacity management, and which allow for the adequate management of data protection.

https://dutpartnership.eu/dut-call-2024/positive-energy-districts-call-topics/topic-3-managing-the-urban-energy-transition-data-management-and-decision-support-systems/

Start Date02 Sep 2024End Date14 Nov 2024 Funding Resource Type

Proposal

Funding Provider

Driving Urban Transition (co-funded by the European Union)

Urban Energy Transition