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African Bird Club Conservation Award

African Bird Club

Funds surveys, research, education projects, and expeditions on African birds and habitats, running since 1996.

📍 Africa (continental and islands)PaidMedium
#grant#ornithology#africa
Apply → africanbirdclub.org
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IDEA WILD Equipment Grant

IDEA WILD

Provides field equipment such as cameras, GPS units, mist nets, and binoculars rather than cash, for biodiversity conservation research and education projects.

📍 International, priority developing countriesPaidEasy
#grant#equipment#conservation
Apply → ideawild.org
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Primate Action Fund

Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation / Re:wild

Catalytic small grants for the conservation of endangered nonhuman primates and their habitats across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

📍 Africa, Asia, Latin AmericaPaidMedium
#grant#primates#conservation
Apply → globalwildlife.org
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Bat Conservation International Student Research Scholarship

Bat Conservation International

Funds master's and PhD bat research addressing human-caused environmental change, human-bat conflict, or the ecology of vulnerable bat species.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium
#grant#bat-conservation#wildlife
Apply → batcon.org
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Early Career

Save Our Seas Foundation Small Grant

Save Our Seas Foundation

Funds short twelve- to eighteen-month projects on sharks, rays, skates, sawfishes, and chimaeras.

📍 InternationalPaidMedium
#grant#marine-biology#sharks
Apply → saveourseas.com
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Society for Marine Mammalogy Small Grants in Aid of Research

Society for Marine Mammalogy

Funds direct field and research costs for marine mammal science projects worldwide, with preference to first-time recipients and early-career researchers.

📍 InternationalPaidEasy
#grant#marine-mammals#conservation
Apply → marinemammalscience.org
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Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund Grant

American Museum of Natural History

Small short-term awards for graduate research on avian evolutionary biology, including specimen-based and expeditionary bird research.

📍 United States/InternationalPaidEasy
#grant#ornithology#museum-research
Apply → amnh.org
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Wilson Ornithological Society Research Grant

Wilson Ornithological Society

Four award programs funding avian research worldwide, from behavioral ecology to conservation.

📍 International (US-based society)PaidEasy
#grant#ornithology#conservation
Apply → wilsonsociety.org
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Roger Conant Grants in Herpetology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR)

Annual grants for herpetological field research, education, and conservation across seven categories.

📍 United States/InternationalPaidEasy
#grant#herpetology#conservation
Apply → ssarherps.org
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Early Career

100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund

Partners of the Americas / U.S. Department of State

A grant program funding partnerships between universities in the US and Latin America to expand student exchange and study-abroad opportunities across the hemisphere.

📍 United States and Latin AmericaPaidMedium
#exchange#south-america#usa
Apply → 100kstrongamericas.org
Africa's Business Heroes Prize Competition at Jack Ma Foundation
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Africa's Business Heroes Prize Competition

Jack Ma Foundation

A pan-African entrepreneurship competition recognizing outstanding African founders across sectors, with a substantial cash prize pool and mentorship from global business leaders.

📍 Africa (all countries)PaidHard
#competition#africa#entrepreneurship
Apply → africabusinessheroes.org
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Early Career

Miles Morland Writing Scholarship

Miles Morland Foundation

A six-month scholarship supporting African writers to complete a book-length work of fiction or non-fiction, with a stipend covering living costs during the writing period.

📍 Any location (remote writing period)PaidMedium
#grant#africa#writing
Apply → morlandwritingscholarship.com
Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme at Tony Elumelu Foundation
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Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme

Tony Elumelu Foundation

A pan-African entrepreneurship program providing seed capital, mentorship, and business training to early-stage African founders across every sector and all 54 countries.

📍 Africa (all 54 countries)PaidMedium
#accelerator#africa#entrepreneurship
Apply → tonyelumelufoundation.org
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Ashton Award for Student Research

Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

A research grant supporting undergraduate and graduate student fieldwork on Asian tropical forest biology, tenable at field sites across Asia.

📍 Asia (fieldwork-based)PaidHard
#grant#research#ecology
Apply → arboretum.harvard.edu
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Visa Everywhere Initiative

Visa

A global startup competition supporting founders building innovative payment and commerce technologies, with cash prizes and mentorship from Visa's innovation team.

📍 Global (regional heats)PaidMedium
#competition#fintech#startup
Apply → visaeverywhereinitiative.com
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Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge

UNDP / Citi Foundation

A regional startup idea challenge for young people building solutions to social problems such as education access, care work, and disability inclusion, with seed funding for finalists.

📍 Asia-Pacific regionPaidMedium
#competition#social-enterprise#youth
Apply → youthcolab.org
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We Empower UN SDG Challenge

UN Women

A challenge recognizing women-led businesses that advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals through their core commercial operations, with a cash grant opportunity for finalists.

📍 Global (regional finalists)PaidMedium
#challenge#women-entrepreneurs#sdgs
Apply → weempowerprogram.org
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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Distinguished Scholars Award

Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

A substantial multi-year research award funding scholars and institutions studying the causes, manifestations, and control of violence.

📍 Global (remote application)PaidHard
#grant#research#social-science
Apply → hfg.org
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Early Career

International Women's Media Foundation Fund for Women Journalists

International Women's Media Foundation

A grant supporting women journalists' reporting projects or professional development, particularly those covering underreported stories of global importance.

📍 Global (remote application)PaidMedium
#grant#journalism#women
Apply → iwmf.org
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Early Career

Future for Nature Award

Future for Nature Foundation

An annual award honoring young conservationists worldwide for concrete, measurable contributions to protecting endangered species and ecosystems, with substantial follow-on funding.

📍 Global (ceremony in the Netherlands)PaidHard
#award#conservation#wildlife
Apply → futurefornature.org
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Early Career

UNEP Young Champions of the Earth

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP's flagship award for environmental entrepreneurship, recognizing young innovators whose ventures address pressing ecological challenges with seed funding and mentorship.

📍 Global (regional finalists)PaidHard
#award#environment#entrepreneurship
Apply → unep.org
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Biomimicry Institute Ray of Hope Accelerator

Biomimicry Institute

A six-month accelerator for early-stage startups building nature-inspired solutions to environmental challenges, pairing founders with biomimicry experts and seed funding.

📍 Global (remote cohort)PaidMedium
#accelerator#climate#biomimicry
Apply → rayofhope.bio
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D-Prize

D-Prize

A competition funding entrepreneurs to distribute proven poverty interventions — like clean water, basic health products, or educational materials — into new communities.

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium
#grant#poverty#social-enterprise
Apply → dprize.org
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MIT Solve Global Challenges

MIT Solve

An open innovation platform that runs annual challenges (health, climate, economic prosperity, learning) and connects selected Solver teams with funding, mentorship, and MIT's network.

📍 Global (online application)PaidMedium
#competition#social-impact#funding
Apply → solve.mit.edu
Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge at Hello Tomorrow
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Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Hello Tomorrow

A global deep-tech startup competition connecting founders working on hard-science solutions (energy, biotech, materials, etc.) with investors, corporates, and a large cash prize pool.

📍 Global (finals in Paris)PaidHard
#competition#deep-tech#startup
Apply → hello-tomorrow.org
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