Covering the systems that sustain us.
Here is a question for the early-career researchers reading this. Have you ever felt like the big grants are only for senior professors with decades of experience and massive teams behind them? The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientist Awards exist specifically to solve that problem. They were created in 1989 over 35 years ago,…
Somewhere in the tropics, there is a forest—500 hectares of native trees, wildlife corridors, and carbon-absorbing biomass. It is threatened by palm oil expansion, illegal logging, and soy plantations. The community living next to it wants to protect it. They have the will. They have the knowledge. What they do not have is money. The Forest Conservation…
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) isn’t some distant donor sitting in an office far away. It is the first pan-African feminist fund on the continent, founded by African women for African women. Since 2000, AWDF has distributed over $68 million to more than 1,500 women’s rights organizations across 47 African countries and 5 Middle Eastern nations. These are not small numbers. And…
Quick question: What do a rainforest in the Amazon, a rice farm in Southeast Asia, and a public health clinic in rural Tanzania have in common? They can all get funded by the same foundation. The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation is one of the most accessible and flexible funders for NGOs working across the Global…
Let’s be honest: the “doom and gloom” about NGO funding drying up is everywhere right now. But here is the truth no one is talking about the Gates Foundation is actively writing checks to solve one of the most expensive problems in global health. We have dug through the official Grand Challenges portal and pulled…
Funding supports community-centered connectivity, affordable access, online safety, and an open, trustworthy Internet. Applications are open now. The Internet Society Foundation’s Beyond the Net Grant Program is now accepting applications from Internet Society chapters worldwide. The program funds innovative, locally-led projects that provide meaningful access to an open, trusted, and globally-connected Internet—while strengthening the chapter’s presence in…
French nonprofits with a general interest mission can apply by June 26, 2026. Every year, we support approximately twenty projects. School canteens do more than fill hungry bellies. They keep children in classrooms, support local agriculture, teach lifelong nutrition habits, and create community around the shared act of eating. But running a sustainable school canteen…
Lecturers, researchers, K-12 teachers, and student groups across Africa can apply by April 15, 2026. The Pulitzer Center is putting money behind the power of education. Through its Impact Seed Funding (ISF) initiative, the organization is offering micro-grants ranging from $2,000 to $3,500 to educators and researchers across Africa who want to bring urgent environmental stories into their classrooms,…
$0 mentioned, but full salary plus expenses covered. Deadline: May 22, 2026. The Pulitzer Center is now accepting applications for the sixth cohort of its Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) —a full-time, yearlong fellowship for seasoned investigative journalists who want to pursue ambitious, impactful projects examining the root causes of deforestation across the world’s three major tropical rainforest…
Finalists pitch on stage in Silicon Valley at the October 15 Summit. Applications are open now. The challenges facing agriculture and food systems have never been more urgent. Climate resilience, food security, sustainability, equitable access—the future of our global food system depends on bold, scalable innovation. Enter the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge, a worldwide search for…
