Upcoming Grants In August (Part 4)

  1. VALIDATE YOUR STARTUP IDEA PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $10,000
  • Deadline: August 27, 2025
  • Summary: The program is a 6-week course that offers up to US$10,000 in funding, real customer feedback, and guidance from experienced founders to help test and refine startup ideas.

  1. JWH INITIATIVE GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: €1,500–€7,000
  • Deadline: August 28, 2025
  • Summary: The initiative creates opportunities for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries to unfold their full potential.

  1. SCALING INVESTMENT FOR ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT (CAMEROON)
  • Grant amount: $150,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: This project seeks to develop a comprehensive organic waste management roadmap for Cameroon. This project also aims to identify sources of external funding to implement identified emissions reductions pathways for the waste sector.
  1. PILOT PROJECTS ON CLIMATE RESILIENT VALUE CHAINS OF BIODIVERSITY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
  • Grant amount: up to $20,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The African Forest Forum (AFF) has launched a call for proposals for pilot projects focused on the development of climate-resilient value chains for forest biodiversity products and services across Africa’s biodiversity hotspots.
  1. THYSSEN@KWI FELLOWSHIP 2026
  • Stipend amount: €4,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Thyssen@KWI Fellowship to address excellent researchers from the humanities, cultural studies, and the social sciences.

  1. KWI INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS 2026
  • Stipend amount: €3,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The KWI Fellowship Programme is designed for excellent humanities, cultural studies, and social sciences researchers. They invite applications from research fellows who have completed their PhD and have up to six years of post-doctoral experience.

  1. CFPs: A SUSTAINABLE FOOD BANKING STRATEGY FOR METHANE MITIGATION (KENYA)
  • Grant amount: $500,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Kenya’s Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry to establish a sustainable and scalable food banking system that addresses both environmental and social challenges.

  1. RFAs: INTEGRATING ECOOKING IN NIGERIA’S CLEAN COOKING POLICY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
  • Grant amount: $300,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Climate and Clean Air Coalition is requesting applications to integrate a National eCooking component to the National Clean Cooking Policy Implementation Plan and to develop funding proposals for implementing e-cooking.

  1. THE PURSUIT AWARD
  • Prize Pool: $6,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is thrilled to invite nominations for its Pursuit Award to recognize PhD students and recent alumni from across the globe for their outstanding contributions.

  1. CJIFA’S COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $5,000–$8,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Community Empowerment Grant Program aims to foster local engagement in climate awareness, action, and sustainable development.

  1. THE CARBON TO VALUE INITIATIVE
  • Grant amount: $10,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The C2V Initiative and its Carbontech Leadership Council (CLC) are welcoming applications from startups at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4-7 that are developing carbontech solutions.

  1. GLOBAL RESEARCH OUTREACH PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $150,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The program invites the world’s leading universities to propose innovative research ideas that will be evaluated for their novelty and alignment with Samsung’s various research fields.

  1. GREENTECH4CE PROJECT CALL III FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS (ZAMBIA)
  • Grant amount: €60,000–€150,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: The Green Recycling Enterprises Engaging in New Technology for a Circular Economy (GREENTech4CE) in Zambia is inviting eligible local Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) to submit applications for this expression of interest to provide business development support (BDS) to startups, micro, and small enterprises under the GREENTech4CE Project.

  1. INNOVEST IGNITE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM – COHORT 4 (SOUTH AFRICA)
  • Grant amount: $50,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: Innovest Ignite Accelerator is an 8-week, fully remote program tailored for pre-seed or seed stage startups with potential to scale and to disrupt their local markets with disruptive business models. 

  1. NBA AFRICA’S TRIPLE DOUBLE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM 2025
  • Grant amount: up to $50,000
  • Deadline: August 29, 2025
  • Summary: NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator aims to support the next wave of early-stage African startup businesses transforming the sports and creative sectors.

  1. AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC FINANCE (AICIF) 2025 PITCH COMPETITION
  • Prize amount: ₦5,000,000
  • Deadline: August 30, 2025
  • Summary: The African International Conference on Islamic Finance (AICIF) 2025 Pitch Competition seeks to highlight the transformative power of Islamic finance in driving sustainable economic growth, fostering community development, and creating lasting social impact across Nigeria

  1. ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA-ARMAN SOLDIN PRIZE FOR COURAGE IN JOURNALISM
  • Prize amount: €10,000
  • Deadline: August 30, 2025
  • Summary: This prize aims to recognize the work of journalists and photojournalists who are committed to informing the public, especially in conflict zones and during crises. 
  1. NGM SME PITCH COMPETITION 4.0
  • Prize amount: ₦1,000,000
  • Deadline: August 30, 2025
  • Summary: Open to young Nigerian entrepreneurs with a bold, innovative business idea.

  1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF UGANDA’S AQUACULTURE SECTOR
  • Grant amount: up to €6,000,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kampala (EKN) is initiating and funding a project within its Private Sector Development portfolio, aimed at the inclusive development of Uganda’s aquaculture sector.

  1. STIFTUNG ARTENSCHUTZ AMPHIBIAN CONSERVATION FUND 2025
  • Grant amount: up to €5,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Stiftung Artenschutz Amphibian Conservation Fund supports both direct and indirect actions for amphibian conservation. 

 

  1. HER PERFECT PITCH 2025 (SOUTH AFRICA)
  • Grant amount: R500,000 worth of Advertising
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: Her Perfect Pitch 2025 invites female entrepreneurs across South Africa to enter for a chance to win advertising, mentorship, and business support to elevate their ventures and unlock the next level.

  1. REGIS OHIA FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP GRANTS (NIGERIA)
  • Prize Pool: ₦5 million
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: Open to young Nigerian business owners operating in Agribusiness, Healthcare, Education, and Recycling.

  1. 5TH CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR LIC-BASED RESEARCHERS
  • Grant amount: £10,000–£40,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries invites applications from LIC-based researchers to the fifth of this special ERG call.

  1. TECH4RESILIENCE CHALLENGE: HARNESSING AI TO TACKLE CLIMATE AND HUMANITARIAN CRISES
  • Grant amount: up to $50,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The challenge aims to identify and scale applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that enhance or optimise humanitarian preparedness and response programmes.

  1. JANA ROBEYST TRUST FUND LAUNCHES SMALL CONSERVATION GRANTS
  • Grant amount: €1,500
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The fund provides financial resources to early career biologists/conservationists to carry out vital field conservation and research work on endangered mammals in Africa.

  1. GUPTA FAMILY FOUNDATION GRANT
  • Grant amount: $5,000–$250,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: Their mission is to support organizations that provide focused intervention in the lives of people who have been disadvantaged in some way to help them become self-reliant.

  1. OWSD-ELSEVIER FOUNDATION AWARDS 2026
  • Prize amount: $5,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards are offered to women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

  1. SAHARA IMPACT FUND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME (AFRICA)
  • Grant amount: up to $30,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) is designed to empower young African changemakers, innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs with the right support, a growth-oriented mindset, and the necessary tools to establish and scale sustainable businesses, all geared towards attaining the SDGs in a manner that results in measurable social impact.

  1. LIU SHIMING ARTIST GRANTS
  • Grant amount: $5,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Liu Shiming Artist Grants support early-career visual artists.

  1. GFX CHALLENGE GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $5,000–$10,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The GFX Challenge Grant Program supports aspiring creatives in bringing their imaging projects to life.

  1. ANRYTON GRANT PROGRAM 2025
  • Grant amount: $100,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The Anryton Grants and Incubation Program 2025 is a funding and support initiative designed to accelerate innovation in the Web3 and blockchain space.
  1. “CSOS’ INTEGRITY CLUBS” PROGRAM (KENYA)
  • Grant amount: KES 700,000
  • Deadline: August 31, 2025
  • Summary: The grant aims to empower CSOs to work with universities and colleges, nurturing student-led groups committed to civic engagement and the fight against corruption.

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