Funding Opportunities - July 4, 2025

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Featured Grant

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Water Justice Fund - Movement Building Grants. Simavi.
• Support advocacy, campaigns, learning and evidence based research for influencing that advances water justice.
• Strengthen women’s leadership in locally led solutions for climate resilience and water security; Support collective action to put climate adaptation higher on the national and or global agenda; Strengthening participatory management, collective stewardship and multi-stakeholders' accountability.
• Nepal, Bangladesh and Kenya.
• Individual grantees can receive a maximum of €5,000, while organisations, collectives and networks may receive up to €10,000 per year.
• July 4, 2025.

ClimateLaunchpad 2025. Climate KIC. EU.
• Support the earliest stage aspiring entrepreneurs in developing and refining their innovative ideas into solid business plans, ultimately leading to businesses that contribute to a net-zero, resilient future.
• Free boot camp training, coaching and mentoring; Opportunity to pitch your idea at National, Regional and Global Final events; Chance to win a free trip to Vienna, Austria for our Global Grand Final and cash prizes towards your start-up.
• Still accepting applications for: Angola, Argentina, Cape Verde, Israel, Namibia, Singapore, Turkey, Hong Kong, United States.
• July 7, 2025.

FutureWORKS Asia Cycle 2. LIRNEasia and IDRC.
• Gender-responsive, solution-oriented, and policy-relevant applied research that supports a sustainable and inclusive future of work in Asia. Projects should contribute directly to informing and influencing policy and practice in low- and lower-middle-income countries in Asia.
• Research institutions, universities, think tanks, associations, civil society organizations, and non-profit organizations.
• Up to $100k.
• July 9, 2025.

DST-NIDHI Seed Support 2025. SINE.
• Financial assistance to Indian Startups.
• Participants in the program will build a project incorporating Cesium technology with the support of Bentley technical experts and developers to accelerate their product roadmap.
• ~$115k in debt & equity.
• July 10, 2025.

The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – People’s Republic of China (2025). The Embassy of Canada to China.
• All projects must align with at least 1 of the following CFLI thematic priorities: 1) Inclusive governance, including diversity and 2SLGBTQI+, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. 2) Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. 3) Human dignity, covering health, education and nutrition. 4) Environment and climate action focusing on adaptation and mitigation, as well as on water management.
• NGO and Higher Education Only.
• The average CFLI contribution is $10,000 to $40,000 Canadian Dollars. (CAD$100,000 is the maximum allocation amount for a project eligible under CFLI).
• July 11, 2025.

Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards 10th Edition. WECF.
• 3 Winners; one from each category: 1) Technical Climate Solutions: Gender-responsive innovations in areas such as water, renewable energy, food production, digitalisation, and waste reduction. 2) Non-Technical Climate Solutions: Efforts that promote behavioural change, mutual learning, and capacity-building from a gender-responsive perspective. 3) Transformative Climate Initiatives: These projects focus on governance, institutional reform, or social change that challenges patriarchal structures and norms.
• €5,000 cash prize; Fully funded travel for one representative per project to attend the award ceremony at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025; One year of tailored mentorship provided by members of our Women and Gender Constituency.
• July 13, 2025.

TC Battlefield 2025. TechCabal.
• Startup pitch competition: Preseed and Seed.
• Must be registered in an African country and serve customers in Africa. Must have a substantial and functional tech component at the time of the competition. 6 months - 3 years.
• A free booth; Equity-free prize money ($ not specified); Free press credits and features from TechCabal PR.
• July 18, 2025.

PROTEGO Marine Litter Innovation Challenge. BMUV, Germany.
• Support projects in marine plastic pollution and sustainable waste management.
• Legally registered and operating (1 year+) in Ghana or Nigeria (NGOs, companies, research institutions, or community organisations).
• €40,000.
• July 21, 2025.

Fund for Local Cooperation (FLC): Call for Circular Economy Project Proposals, June 2025. Embassy of Finland in Nairobi.
• 1: Strengthening SME Capacity for Circular Economy Transition; One service provider will be selected to receive funding to deliver business development services and technical assistance to SMEs. 2: Raising Public Awareness on Circular Economy and Climate-Smart Solutions for Community-Based Business and Job Creation.
• One winner for each theme.
• Priority given to a project advancing partnership between Kenyan and Finnish companies and/or institutions.
• Between €100k - €120k.
• July 24, 2025.

Aware 2.0. AWE/GIZ.
• Private companies in sustainable value chains interested to establish partnerships with local communities/groups/cooperatives to expand their business and improve market access/ value chain development/ create job opportunities (Window 1) and financial institutions interesting in partnering with green, sustainable SMEs (Window 2) supporting the restoration and protection of degraded landscapes.
• Zambia.
• Up to €90k.
• July 31, 2025

SVRI Research Grant 2026 – Open Grant. Sexual Violence Research Initiative.
• Innovative research that will contribute to the prevention and response of violence against women (VAW), violence against children (VAC) and other forms of violence driven by gender inequality in LMICs.
• Global.
• Between $40k - $100k.
• July 31, 2025.

European Prize for Women Innovators. EU Horizon.
• Awards women founders from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.
• 3 Categories: EIC Women Innovators; EIC Rising Innovators; EIT Women Leadership Award.
• Multiple Prizes in Each Category Up to €100k.
• September 25, 2025.

Funding above $150K

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