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This Challenge calls for innovative solutions to enable water resilience across infrastructure, agri-food, tech and energy systems. Ten winners will receive an even share of CHF 1.75 million financial award, generously made available by HCL Group.
Start Date25 Jun 2025 End Date04 Aug 2025 Funding AmountCHF 175k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderHCLTech,WEF uplink and partners
Innovation Award
HCLTech,WEF uplink and partners
The 2025 edition of the World Forum for Democracy will address how the lack of trust in democratic institutions and processes undermines democratic legitimacy, stability, and resilience to both external and internal threats.
Strasbourg, 3-7 November 2025, European Youth Centre, Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg, 3-7 November 2025, European Youth Centre, Strasbourg, France
End Date04 Aug 2025 Funding AmountVaries Funding Resource TypeRecognition
Funding ProviderWorld Forum for Democracy
Recognition
World Forum for Democracy
Supporting women leading deep tech startups from Europe to grow into tomorrow’s tech leaders and putting women at the forefront of deep tech in Europe.
Women TechEU is a 2-year EU-funded project supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe.
Women TechEU is a 2-year EU-funded project supporting women leading deep tech startup companies from Europe.
End Date04 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 75k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Grant
Postdoc.Mobility fellowships are aimed at researchers who have done a doctorate and who wish to conduct a research stay abroad. The objective of a research stay abroad is to enable them to acquire more in-depth knowledge, to extend their scientific network and independence and to enhance their research profile, in view of a future scientific or academic career in Switzerland.
The fellowships include a grant for subsistence costs, a flat-rate for travel expenses and a possible contribution to research and conference costs. In addition, fellowship holders can apply for a return grant to finance their initial period of research after returning to Switzerland. The return grant includes a salary and social security contributions.
The fellowships include a grant for subsistence costs, a flat-rate for travel expenses and a possible contribution to research and conference costs. In addition, fellowship holders can apply for a return grant to finance their initial period of research after returning to Switzerland. The return grant includes a salary and social security contributions.
End Date05 Aug 2025 Funding AmountVaries Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderSwiss National Science Foundation SNSF
Research Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF
CCAC is seeking to fund innovative, cross-sector projects that respond to a specific “challenge” — especially those that unite the super pollutant community around a common goal.
Start Date25 Jun 2025 End Date06 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 2mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderClimate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
Grant
Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
As a technology-first company built around a strong network of partners, Mastercard understands how important partnerships are for growth. By building Lighthouse FINITIV, Mastercard seeks to put their partnership values into practice. Pairing the energy and innovation of fintechs and fintech-enablers with the stability and distribution at large corporates, we believe we can strengthen the entire ecosystem, increasing the size of the industry we all share.
Lighthouse is a collaboration network that fosters symbiotic growth between banks, fintechs and Mastercard. The program takes place over three workshops that exist to bring partnership projects to life. The partnerships that make the most progress will be invited to continue the program for the final event, and the company that makes the greatest improvement overall will be declared the program winner.
Lighthouse is a collaboration network that fosters symbiotic growth between banks, fintechs and Mastercard. The program takes place over three workshops that exist to bring partnership projects to life. The partnerships that make the most progress will be invited to continue the program for the final event, and the company that makes the greatest improvement overall will be declared the program winner.
End Date10 Aug 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeGrowth Acceleration
Funding ProviderMastercard Lighthouse
Growth Acceleration
Mastercard Lighthouse
As part of the Lighthouse Program, MASSIV’s vision is to become an “impact unicorn” factory that makes and scales social impact for more than one billion people by 2025. We’re a partnership-focused program, and we’re looking for the most ambitious companies who want to scale their social impact via partnerships.
Lighthouse MASSIV is an open innovation program that combines proven elements from the Lighthouse Program and applies them to fields beyond fintech. Lighthouse is Mastercard’s open innovation initiative dedicated to creating partnerships between fintechs and banks. The program balances collaboration and competition in its ultimate goal of helping incumbent players bring fintech innovation to the market. Lighthouse MASSIV leverages this “partnership incubation model” and uses it to pursue social impact initiatives beyond fintech. With the help of an advisory board rich in experience inside and outside of financial services, we refine ideas and help them scale through partnerships.
Lighthouse MASSIV is an open innovation program that combines proven elements from the Lighthouse Program and applies them to fields beyond fintech. Lighthouse is Mastercard’s open innovation initiative dedicated to creating partnerships between fintechs and banks. The program balances collaboration and competition in its ultimate goal of helping incumbent players bring fintech innovation to the market. Lighthouse MASSIV leverages this “partnership incubation model” and uses it to pursue social impact initiatives beyond fintech. With the help of an advisory board rich in experience inside and outside of financial services, we refine ideas and help them scale through partnerships.
End Date10 Aug 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeGrowth Acceleration
Funding ProviderMastercard Lighthouse
Growth Acceleration
Mastercard Lighthouse
At Wren, we believe that solving the climate crisis means betting on bold ideas before they’re fully proven. Many of today’s most promising carbon removal pathways are still in the lab, in pilot projects, or the early stages of commercialization. They need catalytic support, not just to survive, but to thrive and scale into the solutions our planet urgently needs.
That’s why The Wren Climate Collective, our fiscally sponsored non-profit, is offering a $100,000 non-dilutive grant to help accelerate early-stage carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
That’s why The Wren Climate Collective, our fiscally sponsored non-profit, is offering a $100,000 non-dilutive grant to help accelerate early-stage carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
End Date11 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 100k Funding Resource TypeInvestment, Grant
Funding ProviderWren
Investment, Grant
Wren
The Vision Grants program funds the collaborative planning of innovative, methodologically diverse, interdisciplinary research on education that contributes to transforming education systems for equity. Vision Grants are research planning grants to bring together a team, for 6 to 12 months, to collaboratively develop ambitious, large-scale research projects focused on transforming educational systems toward greater equity. This program takes as core that visionary, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research projects require time, space, and thoughtfulness to incubate and plan.
Start Date04 Jun 2025 End Date13 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 75k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderThe Spencer Foundation
Grant
The Spencer Foundation
The STREETS Global Awards celebrate outstanding early-stage social enterprises and initiatives driving positive social impact through hospitality and tourism.
Open to mission-driven businesses, non-profits, and NGOs in their first 1–5 years, these awards recognize innovation, sustainability, community empowerment, and impact on a global scale.
More than just an award, STREETS offers a beneficial application process that helps changemakers strengthen their storytelling, clarify impact, and present transparent financials.
Every applicant benefits, whether through recognition, visibility, or valuable feedback to develop their venture.
Open to mission-driven businesses, non-profits, and NGOs in their first 1–5 years, these awards recognize innovation, sustainability, community empowerment, and impact on a global scale.
More than just an award, STREETS offers a beneficial application process that helps changemakers strengthen their storytelling, clarify impact, and present transparent financials.
Every applicant benefits, whether through recognition, visibility, or valuable feedback to develop their venture.
Start Date15 May 2025 End Date15 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUSD 10k Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderSTREETS International
Innovation Award
STREETS International
The Emerging Climate Champions Award is a global open call that will fund youth-led organizations around the world that are focused on addressing a climate issue. Launched on June 26, 2025, this $25M initiative will provide flexible, multiyear gifts of $1 million USD each to awardee organizations.
Start Date26 Jun 2025 End Date15 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUSD 1mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderLever for Change,Enlight Foundation,The Patchwork Collective
Grant
Lever for Change,Enlight Foundation,The Patchwork Collective
The ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI) is thrilled to announce the Call for Research and Innovation 2025!
This is a unique opportunity for passionate researchers, innovators, and organisations across the ASEAN Member States to contribute to a healthier, more inclusive, and productive future for older persons in the region. The Call for Research and Innovation aims to foster actionable knowledge, scalable innovations, and collaborative research that directly address emerging ageing challenges across ASEAN.
This is a unique opportunity for passionate researchers, innovators, and organisations across the ASEAN Member States to contribute to a healthier, more inclusive, and productive future for older persons in the region. The Call for Research and Innovation aims to foster actionable knowledge, scalable innovations, and collaborative research that directly address emerging ageing challenges across ASEAN.
Start Date30 Jun 2025 End Date15 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUSD 50k to 150k Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI)
Research Grant
ASEAN Centre for Active Ageing and Innovation (ACAI)
Elrha is seeking a skilled consultant (or team) to design and deliver a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that translates our AI for Humanitarian Practice learning journey into a scalable, engaging online course
End Date15 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto GBP 15k Funding Resource TypeRequest for Proposal (RFP)
Funding ProviderElrha
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Elrha
The Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP) is Ireland’s flagship initiative supporting the role of the private sector in sustainable food systems development.
It acts as a catalyst to enable Irish and African businesses to explore and seize exciting opportunities to bring their expertise to Africa – to develop new markets and to contribute to strengthening mutual trade between Ireland and Africa.
Through matched grant funding the programme offers Irish and African agri-businesses of all sizes an invaluable opportunity to develop and harness the potential from innovative partnerships with companies in sub-Saharan African countries.
It enables businesses to manage their financial risk and to use their expertise and resources to work on projects jointly, to deliver significant positive impacts for local communities in African countries.
The AADP, which opens once a year for funding applications to support projects and feasibility studies, enables Ireland’s agri-food sector to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals that aim to tackle poverty, eradicate hunger, fight inequality, and make real and sustainable changes that better the lives of the world's most vulnerable communities
It acts as a catalyst to enable Irish and African businesses to explore and seize exciting opportunities to bring their expertise to Africa – to develop new markets and to contribute to strengthening mutual trade between Ireland and Africa.
Through matched grant funding the programme offers Irish and African agri-businesses of all sizes an invaluable opportunity to develop and harness the potential from innovative partnerships with companies in sub-Saharan African countries.
It enables businesses to manage their financial risk and to use their expertise and resources to work on projects jointly, to deliver significant positive impacts for local communities in African countries.
The AADP, which opens once a year for funding applications to support projects and feasibility studies, enables Ireland’s agri-food sector to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals that aim to tackle poverty, eradicate hunger, fight inequality, and make real and sustainable changes that better the lives of the world's most vulnerable communities
End Date15 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 250k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
Grant
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
The goal of the Open call for solution is to identify and elevate innovative, high-impact digital solutions, both proven and emerging, that empower underserved communities and build more inclusive, secure, and sustainable digital economies worldwide, beneficial for all.
End Date18 Aug 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeVisibility
Funding ProviderUNIDO,UNCTAD,UNDCO,ODET
Visibility
UNIDO,UNCTAD,UNDCO,ODET
The Boring Fund supports the essential but overlooked aspects of conservation technology.
The fund supports vital work that makes conservation technology more accessible, sustainable, and effective for everyone. If you have an idea that strengthens the foundations of this field, whether through training, documentation, infrastructure, or beyond, the fund want to hear from you.
The fund supports vital work that makes conservation technology more accessible, sustainable, and effective for everyone. If you have an idea that strengthens the foundations of this field, whether through training, documentation, infrastructure, or beyond, the fund want to hear from you.
Start Date02 Jul 2025 End Date19 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUSD 12.5k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderWILDLABS Community
Grant
WILDLABS Community
The Jacobs Foundation is excited to announce the 2025 Call for Proposals for its flagship initiative, the Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE). This global project aims to discover how individual differences, group dynamics, and contextual factors influence children’s learning and development across various cultures and environments.
End Date19 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 1mn Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderLEVANTE (Jacobs Foundation)
Research Grant
LEVANTE (Jacobs Foundation)
The Refugee-led Innovation Fund proposes a fundamental shift in programme architecture. It takes a grassroot approach whereby people who have experienced forced displacement or statelessness are directly provided with meaningful financial resources and support to implement innovative approaches.
The Fund supports innovation by all organizations led by people with lived experience of forced displacement or statelessness – including refugees, asylum-seekers, the internally displaced, returnees, and stateless people – that are recognized within their communities due to their past significant contributions.
The Fund supports innovation by all organizations led by people with lived experience of forced displacement or statelessness – including refugees, asylum-seekers, the internally displaced, returnees, and stateless people – that are recognized within their communities due to their past significant contributions.
End Date22 Aug 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 45k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderUNHCR
Grant
UNHCR
The Future For Nature Award is a prestigious international award that celebrates tangible achievements in protecting wild species.
The Future For Nature aims to:
• Reward and fund individuals for their outstanding efforts in the protection of wild species
• Stimulate Award winners to sustain their dedicated work
• Help winners to raise their profile, extend their professional network, and strengthen their funding basis
The Future For Nature aims to:
• Reward and fund individuals for their outstanding efforts in the protection of wild species
• Stimulate Award winners to sustain their dedicated work
• Help winners to raise their profile, extend their professional network, and strengthen their funding basis
