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The Growing Roots Grant 2026 is now open for applications, offering catalytic funding and structured support to emerging youth-led climate justice initiatives around the world. Designed to strengthen grassroots organizing and community-based solutions, this grant program provides early-stage groups with the financial resources and mentorship required to transform bold ideas into measurable impact. At its core,...
The 2026 Media Studies Grant is now open for applications, offering an important opportunity for researchers, academics, and media practitioners to advance critical scholarship in the field of media and communication studies. Designed to support innovative and impactful research, this grant aims to foster rigorous academic inquiry into contemporary media systems, practices, and transformations shaping societies...
The African Cities Innovation Fund (Urban‑4) is a transformative initiative designed to empower innovators, social entrepreneurs, and urban change-makers to develop sustainable solutions that address pressing challenges in African cities. Rapid urbanization across the continent has created both opportunities and complex problems in areas such as housing, mobility, environmental sustainability, and economic inclusion. Urban‑4 aims to...
The Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation is a leading global venture philanthropy organization dedicated to supporting early-stage social impact ventures. Its mission is to identify innovative, high-potential organizations tackling urgent social and environmental challenges and provide them with the resources, mentorship, and network they need to scale their impact. DRK believes that combining flexible funding with...
The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) has launched its 2026 Media Grants programme, designed to expand and enhance journalism on forest governance issues in targeted countries across Africa and Asia. This strategic initiative seeks to strengthen media capacity and promote high‑quality reporting on forest management challenges, rights of local communities, and equitable conservation solutions. Forest governance has...
Applications are now open for the EMEA Youth Safety and Wellbeing Funding Program 2026, a comprehensive grant initiative designed to advance youth-focused interventions across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This program provides up to €500,000 in total funding to support organizations and research institutions that are committed to enhancing youth safety, wellbeing, and responsible...
The Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES) Grant 2026 is a global funding opportunity aimed at empowering young people to actively participate in environmental research and scientific inquiry. Designed to support educators, schools, and youth-serving organizations, the grant focuses on strengthening youth-led environmental science projects by providing financial resources, technical support, and opportunities for public...
The African continent is currently experiencing a profound digital metamorphosis, driven by a generation of visionary entrepreneurs who are leveraging technology to bypass traditional developmental hurdles. At the heart of this transformation is the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa, a premier three-month, equity-free program specifically engineered to propel high-potential startups toward global excellence. This program is...
The EMEA Youth Safety and Wellbeing Funding Program 2026 is a strategic grant initiative designed to support organisations working to enhance the safety, wellbeing, and developmental opportunities of young people within the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region in the context of advancing artificial intelligence (AI). The programme’s overarching mission is to enable practical, research-driven,...
The Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards 2026 is a pan-African journalism recognition programme created to celebrate excellence in reporting that expands public access to reliable, well-documented knowledge about Africa. The awards honour African journalists whose published work strengthens public understanding, supports accurate storytelling, and contributes to the visibility of African narratives in global knowledge spaces. This...
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