Call for Proposals: Grand Challenges Africa

Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Grand Challenges Africa Round 11 Transition to Scale Innovation Call  2  Call opens: 22nd May 2020 at 17.00 East Africa Time  Call closes: 30th June 2020 at 23:00 East Africa Time  Grand Challenges Africa is honored to extend an invitation to ALL groups that meet the eligibility criteria and have proof of concept results for science-based innovations to participate in the Transition to Scale grants call for proposals. Grand Challenges Africa (GC Africa) is a program of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).   This call […]

GBIF’s BID programme: 2020 call for proposals from Sub-Saharan Africa

BID call for proposals: Sub-Saharan Africa 2020 The Biodiversity Information for Development programme aims to enhance capacity for effective data mobilization and use for sustainable development: DEADLINE: 27 AUGUST 2020 GBIF is pleased to invite the submission of concept notes for project funding from sub-Saharan Africa through Biodiversity Information for Development (BID), a programme funded by the Directorate-General for […]

Call for Projects: Global Youth Take Action

For more information and to apply visit website Description As the world faces a global health emergency, 2.2 billion people, or 1 in 3 people, still do not have access to safely managed domestic water supply services and 4.2 billion people, or half of the world’s population, does not have access to safely managed sanitation […]

AIMS NEI Fellowship Program for Women in Climate Change Science

AIMS is pleased to open the second call for application for the AIMS-NEI Fellowship program for Women in Climate Change Science. The application deadline is the 15th April 2020, 23:59 CAT. About The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) is pleased to invite interested female scientists to apply for the third round […]

Innovation Challenge by GIZ

About The global community has set itself the goal to end hunger by 2030. To achieve this, agriculture must become more efficient and sustainable along the entire value chain. Current approaches are not sufficient to achieve this. Practicable and regionally adapted innovations are needed. The Agricultural Innovation Fund aims to promote these. Apply now with […]

MENA-CD Fellowships with IHE-Delft

About This programme aims to strengthen the capacity of professionals and decision makers in the water sector to improve water management in the MENA region countries to better cope with the challenges of stressed water resources including under the impacts of climate change. IHE Delft will provide water professionals from seven MENA countries (Djibouti, Egypt, […]

Funding Opportunities from the U.S. Global Development Lab

Funding Opportunities from the U.S. Global Development Lab Now accepting applications from African Graduate Students and Mentors for land and resource governance research projects in select African countries USAID’s Global Development Lab is pleased to announce the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) Special Call for applications to support graduate students and their mentors interested in […]

Call for the next cohort of the One Planet Fellowship

The call for the next cohort of the One Planet Fellowship is now open for applications and will close on March 31, 2020. The One Planet Fellowship seeks to build a vibrant, highly connected, and inter-generational network of African and European scientist leaders equipped to use a gender lens to help Africa’s smallholder farmers adapt to a […]

Request for Proposals: JRS Biodiversity Foundation

2020 Request for Proposals The JRS Biodiversity Foundation is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for multi-year projects focused upon biodiversity data, knowledge and information services related to (1) freshwater biodiversity, (2) pollinator biodiversity, and (3) biodiversity informatics capacity development. The foundation will award about 1.6 million U.S. dollars among qualifying proposals by July 2020. […]