Grants &amp; funding

Royal Astronomical Society

Royal Astronomical Society Undergraduate Summer Bursary

Funds six- to ten-week undergraduate summer research projects in astronomy or geophysics.

📍 United KingdomStipendMedium

#grant#astronomy#undergraduate

Apply → ras.ac.uk

Mineralogical Society of America

Mineralogical Society of America Grant for Research in Crystallography

Funds research in mineralogical crystallography, the Edward H. Kraus Fund.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium

#grant#crystallography#mineralogy

Apply → msaweb.org

Geological Society of America

GSA Graduate Student Research Grant

Provides partial support for master's or doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences.

📍 North/Central AmericaPaidEasy

#grant#geology#graduate-research

Apply → geosociety.org

Botanical Society of America

BSA Graduate Student Research Award

Supports graduate student research proposals across botanical sciences, open to students worldwide, not limited to the US.

📍 International (US-based society)PaidEasy

#grant#botany#graduate-research

Apply → awards.botany.org

General

Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism

International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF)

Funds the development of long-form narrative journalism pieces, honoring former Los Angeles Times editor Kari Howard.

#grant#journalism#narrative

Apply → iwmf.org

📍 United States (international projects)PaidHard

Points North Fellowship

Points North Institute

Supports early-to-mid-career nonfiction filmmakers, including an unrestricted grant for a feature documentary in post-production.

#fellowship#documentary#film

Apply → pointsnorthinstitute.org

📍 United States (international applicants)PaidMedium

AXS Film Fund

Supports documentary and nonfiction media creators with disabilities and from underserved communities.

#grant#documentary#disability

Apply → www2.fundsforngos.org

Diversify Photo & Pulitzer Center

Diversify Photo Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant

Supports projects by independent photojournalists from backgrounds historically underrepresented in global media.

#grant#photojournalism#diversity

Apply → pulitzercenter.org

General

Fund for Investigative Journalism Seed and Regular Grants

Fund for Investigative Journalism

Small grants for preliminary and full investigative reporting projects across print, online, broadcast, books, documentaries, and podcasts.

📍 United States (international applicants accepted)PaidMedium

#grant#investigative-journalism#global

Apply → fij.org

Internews (Earth Journalism Network)

Earth Journalism Network Biodiversity Story Grant

Story grants expanding the quality and quantity of biodiversity journalism coverage worldwide.

📍 GlobalPaidEasy

#grant#journalism#biodiversity

Apply → earthjournalism.net

General

Journalismfund Europe Environmental Journalism Grant

Journalismfund Europe

Supports cross-border investigative journalism projects on environmental issues across Europe.

📍 EuropePaidMedium

#grant#journalism#environment

Apply → journalismfund.eu

📍 Sub-Saharan AfricaPaidEasy

Segal Family Foundation Grant

Segal Family Foundation

A trust-based philanthropic funder giving first-time and renewal grants to grassroots, African-led organizations serving youth.

#grant#grassroots#africa

Apply → segalfamilyfoundation.org

Villgro Innovations Foundation

Villgro Incubation Program

India's longest-running social enterprise incubator, providing seed funding and incubation across health, agribusiness, climate action, and gender-inclusion sectors.

📍 IndiaPaidMedium

#accelerator#social-enterprise#india

Apply → villgro.org

📍 Southeast AsiaPaidMedium

AirAsia Foundation Grant Programme

AirAsia Foundation

A grant program funding ASEAN-based social enterprises and community groups with a proven track record of social or environmental impact.

#grant#social-enterprise#asean

Apply → airasiafoundation.com

📍 Netherlands, Germany, UK, Norway, SwedenPaidMedium

Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge

Dutch Postcode Lottery

An annual startup competition for green innovations tackling climate change, plastic pollution, or food waste.

#competition#green-tech#europe

Apply → greenchallenge.info

UNICEF Office of Innovation

UNICEF Venture Fund

An equity-free funding vehicle for open-source, frontier-tech startups improving child health, education, and wellbeing outcomes.

📍 Global (LMIC focus)PaidMedium

#grant#frontier-tech#child-wellbeing

Apply → unicef.org

📍 Global (USA-based)PaidMedium

Women Who Tech FemTech + HealthTech Grant

Women Who Tech

A global grant challenge for women-led FemTech and HealthTech startups addressing healthcare access gaps.

#grant#femtech#healthtech

Apply → womenwhotech.org

Microsoft AI for Accessibility Grant

Microsoft

A twelve-month grant and support program for researchers, startups, and nonprofits building assistive technology using AI.

#grant#accessibility#ai

Apply → microsoft.com

📍 Global (priority Global South)PaidMedium

The Accessibility Fund

A multi-year cohort program funding small, disability-focused organizations, especially in the Global South, with unrestricted grants and a nonprofit accelerator track.

#grant#disability#social-enterprise

Apply → accessibilityfund.org

Efficiency for Access Coalition

Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Challenge

A challenge funding innovative e-waste management approaches within the off-grid solar sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.

📍 Sub-Saharan AfricaPaidMedium

#grant#e-waste#solar

Apply → efficiencyforaccess.org

Milken Institute / Motsepe Foundation

Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy

A competition for scalable, tech-driven African businesses transforming waste into value through circular economy business models.

📍 AfricaPaidHard

#competition#circular-economy#africa

Apply → milkeninstitute.org

Nordic Development Fund-backed initiative

Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa

A results-based financing facility funding off-grid energy access companies serving displacement-affected and underserved communities in Africa.

📍 AfricaPaidHard

#grant#energy-access#africa

Apply → beyondthegrid.africa

📍 Global (USA-based)PaidHard

Echoing Green Fellowship

Echoing Green

An eighteen-month fellowship for early-stage social entrepreneurs, providing a stipend, capacity-building support, and a peer community.

#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#funding

Apply → echoinggreen.org

📍 Canada / Global SouthPaidMedium

Grand Challenges Canada Stars in Global Health

Grand Challenges Canada

A seed funding stream for bold early-stage global health innovations, part of a broader seed-to-scale funding model.

#grant#global-health#innovation

Apply → grandchallenges.ca

UNHCR Refugee-led Innovation Fund

UNHCR Innovation Service

Provides direct funding, mentoring, and expertise to organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless people building community-based innovations.