Upcoming Grants In September (Part 1)

  1. KING BHUMIBOL WORLD SOIL DAY AWARD
  • Grant amount: £15,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The award encourages individuals and institutions to organize WSD events at all levels that contribute to raising awareness, inspiring action and promoting sustainable soil management through impactful and outstanding celebrations worldwide.

  1. UNESCO PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
  • Prize amount: $50,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: Nominations are open for the UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education to promote the visibility and recognition of projects and initiatives in the field of GCED from around the world.

  1. AFRICA-EUROPE YOUTH AWARDS SCHEME 2025 
  • Prize amount: €10,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: This special call for applications seeks to recognise, support, and amplify the efforts of young people who are driving meaningful cooperation between Africa and Europe.

  1. IMMUNO-INFORMATICS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
  • Stipend amount: $74,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The Cancer Research Institute Immuno-Informatics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program supports qualified young scientists at academic research institutions around the world who wish to receive dual training in immunology and data science.

  1. AUBREY BARKER FUND—URBAN KICKSTART PROGRAMME
  • Grant amount: £15,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The ABF Urban Kickstart scheme aims to improve secure access to land and housing by supporting research and other activity which advances and disseminates knowledge and skills in land management and related disciplines.

  1. AHAC SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM IN AFRICA
  • Grant amount: $1,000–$10,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The program empowers African organizations to lead innovative and culturally relevant projects that promote ethical and sustainable relationships between people, animals, and the environment.

  1. COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: up to $50,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: Pfizer has launched a competitive program that seeks to bridge this data gap and ultimately benefit public health.

  1. HENRY MOORE GRANTS PROGRAMME
  • Grant amount: £2,500–£20,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The Henry Moore Foundation is seeking applications for its grant programme to support the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary registers, and funds research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

  1. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CREATIVE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT FUND (CEDF)
  • Grant amount: $100,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The Federal Government Creative Economy Development Fund offers large-ticket investments of for creative businesses to scale production and access new markets. The CEDF 2025 is open to individuals, businesses, and institutions across the creative and cultural economy.

  1. HALTON FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM 2025
  • Grant amount: $30,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: Grants are awarded to non-profit organizations that research improvements in human wellbeing in indoor environments or develop solutions for enhanced indoor environmental quality.

  1. IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY AND FOOD SYSTEM USING CLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN NIGERIA
  • Grant amount: €1,000,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The European Commission is accepting applications for the Improving Food security and food system Using Climate Smart Technologies for Enhanced Value Chains development in Nigeria.

  1. SUPPORT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ADVOCACY EFFORTS
  • Grant amount: $10,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: Open to organizations based in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria. They support grassroots advocacy efforts aimed at strengthening policies and investments that prioritize the wellbeing of young children across Africa.

  1. “DWABO” SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME IN GHANA (5TH EDITION)
  • Grant amount: €10,000–€15,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The Embassy of France is launching the 5th edition of its “Dwabo” Small Grants Programme, with a focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women (SRHR).

  1.  iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE 2025
  • Grant Pool: €100,000
  • Deadline: September 01, 2025
  • Summary: The iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE supports projects that contribute to improving their society. 

  1. NEUROTORIUM CLINICAL EDUCATION GRANTS WITHIN PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY
  • Grant amount: $14,620
  • Deadline: September 02, 2025
  • Summary: Neurotorium aims to support non-profit educational projects aimed at strengthening clinical competencies within the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders through educational activities aimed at healthcare professionals.

  1. PATRICIA KAILIS FELLOWSHIP 2025
  • Grant amount: $12,000
  • Deadline: September 02, 2025
  • Summary: The Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship returns with an offer for writer connected to the Indian Ocean. It enables an international writer to undertake an eighteen day long paid residency at Centre for Stories in Perth, Western Australia.

  1. AFRICA OPEN LAB INITIATIVE
  • Grant amount: up to £100,000
  • Deadline: September 03, 2025
  • Summary: The program supports early-career African scientists and clinicians by funding impactful research projects and helping to build R&D capacity in the region.
  1. D4D HUB CREATIVE ECONOMY CHALLENGE & AWARD 2025
  • Prize Pool: $30,000
  • Deadline: September 03, 2025
  • Summary: This program is designed to spotlight bold, innovative startups and organisations working at the intersection of creativity, technology, and entrepreneurship in West Africa and beyond.
  1. AI4D INNOVATION SCALING CHALLENGE (AFRICA)
  • Grant amount: $100,000
  • Deadline: September 04, 2025
  • Summary: They  invite eligible AI innovators to express their interest in participating in the AI4D Innovation scaling challenge. 

  1. EBBE NIELSEN CHALLENGE 2025
  • Prize Pool: up to €20,000
  • Deadline: September 07, 2025
  • Summary: The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge is focused on innovative tools, both new and existing, that leverage biodiversity data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) network to advance open science in support of research and policy.

  1. ORANGE CORNERS GHANA ACCELERATOR COHORT 12 PROGRAM
  • Grant Amount: €50,000 (partial grant and loan)
  • Deadline: September 07, 2025
  • Summary: The program aims to support the growth of ambitious entrepreneurs while nurturing Ghana’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.

  1. GET COMPASS GRANT TO SUPPORT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA
  • Grant Amount: up to ₦2 million
  • Deadline: September 07, 2025
  • Summary: The GET Compass Grant Program supports small- and medium-scale businesses in Nigeria.

  1. DISCOVERY RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $200,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: The Discovery Research Grant Program supports established scientists with a history of published work in the maternal and infant health and related fields.

  1. PLAN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CHALLENGE FUND PHASE 4
  • Grant Amount: €5,000–€7,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: A program designed to empower young activist groups in West and Central Africa who are driving change in their communities.
  1. Z4ABC FINANCIAL MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAMME (ZAMBIA)
  • Grant amount: €5,000–€60,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: They support non-public entities in implementing innovative, value-adding activities in key value chains.

  1. CFAs: RESILIENT, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS (RISE) GRANTS CHALLENGE
  • Grant amount: $200,000–$300,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: RISE Grants Challenge offers an ambitious opportunity for organizations working at the intersection of environmental sustainability and gender equality.

  1. CATAPULT DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM
  • Grant amount: $5,000-$25,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: The grant is open to independent filmmakers who have a strong story to tell, have secured access, and are ready to unlock critical production funding.

  1. POWERING HEALTHCARE INNOVATION FUND (ROUND 2)
  • Grant amount: $80,000
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: They seek to address the gap in Healthcare Facility Electrification (HFE) through innovative ideas to help to scale up this important sector that is currently lacking energy access

  1. LAGOS AGRITHON 2025
  • Grant Pool: ₦150 million
  • Deadline: September 08, 2025
  • Summary: They are calling on bold agripreneurs and innovators with fresh ideas to transform Nigeria’s agriculture sector
  1. MENTAL HEALTH SHORT FILM GRANT
  • Grant amount: $7,500
  • Deadline: September 09, 2025
  • Summary: The Voices with Impact is pleased to announce its Mental Health Short Film Grant to seek proposals that explore Coping, Connection, and Community through the lens of mental health.

  1. FISHERIES FUNDING MECHANISM TRUST FUND 2025
  • Grant amount: up to $50,000
  • Deadline: September 09, 2025
  • Summary: The Fish Fund supports these Members with the implementation of the Agreement, and acts as a catalyst for enhancing the sustainability of oceans and marine life.

  1. GOOGLE FOR STARTUPS ACCELERATOR AFRICA TO EMPOWER SEED TO SERIES A TECH STARTUPS (SOUTH AFRICA)
  • Grant amount: up to 350,000 in Google cloud credits
  • Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Summary: The Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa has officially opened applications for its three-month hybrid program designed to empower Seed to Series A technology startups across South Africa.

  1. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR HERITAGE ORGANISATIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
  • Grant amount: €55,000
  • Deadline: September 10, 2025
  • Summary: The Goethe-Institut invites non-profit, non-governmental heritage organisations in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe to apply for grants under the “Africa-Europe Partnerships for Culture: Southern Africa” project.

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