35 Grant, Awards and Fellowships, Call for Applications Opportunities With Deadlines – November 2024 to February 2025

This week’s spotlight shines on a range of exciting grant, award, and fellowship opportunities closing soon! From leadership programs to sustainability initiatives, this diverse lineup offers meaningful ways to make an impact. What are you waiting for? Let’s dive right in and seize these opportunities!

1. One Young World Programmes Fellowship 2025.

One Young World is seeking three new Programmes Fellows to help make their ambitious plans for One Young World 2025 Munich a reality. One Young World Fellows are each assigned to a department for the course of their Fellowship so that they can build their skillset and experience.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 21

2. TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme 2.0. 

The TaRL Africa Fellowship Programme aims to enhance TaRL’s technical capacity on the African continent by supporting the development of Sub-Saharan Africa Leaders of TaRL Practice. These are individuals who can grow and improve TaRL across the continent with the ultimate goal of ensuring all children acquire foundational skills.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 24

3. AlJazeera Fellowship Program 2025. 

Al Jazeera aims to contribute to the ongoing efforts of many Arab and international institutions to improve journalism. To this end, the Fellowship programmes offered by the Al Jazeera Media Institute (AJMI) seek to encourage research in media and other fields of journalism, as well as to provide fellows with the opportunity to learn through practical experience within the Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN).
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

4. Call for Application : Action for Women’s Health 2024/2025

Pivotal, a Melinda French Gates organization, launched Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call that will fund organizations around the world that are improving women’s mental and physical health.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 3

5. Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LeaF II) Programme 2025.

The Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-LeaF Il) is a two-year research-oriented fellowship programme supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and hosted at Future Africa. The programme focuses on future-looking science leadership and developing the next generation of African scientists and academics.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

6. U.S. Department of State TechGirls Program 2025. 

TechGirls is a U.S.-based summer exchange program designed to empower and support young women (ages 15-17) from the United States and select countries around the world to pursue higher education and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields through hands-on skills development training.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 6

7. The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Germany is its 2025 Berlin Fellowship Program 2025 (Funded) 

RSF will invite six journalists from crisis areas to Berlin for a period of six months (May 2025 until the end of October 2025).
 Click here to apply | Deadline: November 24

8. Harrison Middleton University (HMU) Fellowship in Ideas 2025.

 The HMU Fellowship in Ideas is a writing and discussion project in the humanities designed for a recent university graduate from any field who has an interest in the humanities, interdisciplinary dialogue, and intellectual and professional enrichment. The Fellowship offers emerging scholars exposure to the history of ideas in Western civilization, networking opportunities amongst an array of academicians, lifelong learners, readers, and thinkers from a broad range of disciplines, and credited authorship in two university publications.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 15

9.  Peter Cullen Water & Environment Trust Leadership Program 2025 

The Peter Cullen Water & Environment Trust invites applications from people who are actively involved in water and environmental science, systems, advocacy, policy or management, to participate in their unique Leadership Program.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 17

10.  Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowship 2025 ($100,000 Stipend) 

The Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships are a 12-month programme designed to support the professional development of future African leaders. The Fellowship programme invites emerging leaders from across Africa to apply to join the 2025 cohort of MIF Fellows and make the most of this opportunity.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 20

11.   GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2024

Applications are open for the GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2024. In 2015, under the umbrella of its Creativity and Innovation Initiative, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme established a prize in order to recognise deserving individuals or organisations that have an innovative approach to addressing international security challenges.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: November 23

12. Fast Forward Venture Studio Grant for Livestock Startups 2024. 

Africa-focused fund will incubate commercially sustainable livestock startups through its venture studio model. Fast Forward will support a cohort of startups building technology products for Nigeria’s livestock and allied industries.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Ongoing

13.  British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2024-2025.

The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative, cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.

Click here to find out more | Deadline: November 27

14. Sony World Photography Awards 2024. (Up to $30,000)

With its unparalleled reach, the Sony World Photography Awards elevate the careers of photographers to the next level. Since the beginning, the Awards have championed inclusivity and access by being free to enter. Acting as an insight into photography today in all its diversity, the Awards spotlights photographers telling the stories of our time.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Varies by Category

15. Dalai Lama Fellowship Program 2025. 

Dalai Lama Fellows (DLF) offers a one-year fellowship program for emerging changemakers aiming to cultivate leadership practices rooted in awareness, compassion, and integrity. The interdisciplinary and deeply contemplative program provides a curriculum, coaching, group learning, and additional forms of support to help Fellows apply what they are learning in the fellowship to their important work in the world.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 3

16. Vital Voices Grassroots Voices Fellowship 2025 [Cohort 2] 

Calling all young women leaders! Are you driving meaningful change in your community?Join the 2025 Grassroots Voices Fellowship cohort and become part of a powerful network of changemakers! Over 7 weeks, you’ll receive hands-on leadership training, one-on-one mentorship from inspiring women leaders, and have the opportunity to attend an in-person gathering in Washington, DC. Plus, you’ll be eligible to apply for a project grant to help bring your vision to life.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 27

17. Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Awards 2024.

The Fundación MAPFRE Social Innovation Awards were launched in 2017 with the clear goal of promoting projects capable of generating a positive impact on our environment and of being replicated in other contexts, amplifying their scope.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

18. Citizen of the Year Awards 2025 [Australia Only]

The Citizen of the Year Awards are proudly presented by the Australia Day Council of South Australia and administered by local Councils. The Awards acknowledge the unsung heroes of their community who through their contributions make th3 state a better place. These individuals and organisations offer outstanding service each day and enable their communities to be stronger as a result of their tireless efforts.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 15

19. MIT School of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 2025 ($85,000 Stipend) . 

The Office of the Dean, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Science, invites applications for its inaugural postdoctoral fellowship program. This three-year cohort-based program is expected to start September 2025. They seek to assemble a diverse cohort of world-class scientists who are conducting research across disciplinary boundaries.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 15

20. ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants 2025.

The ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants are awarded to member universities to support initiatives addressing climate resilience.
Click here to apply | Deadline: January 9, 2025

21.  Reporters Without Borders Rest & Resilience Fellowship 2025. 

The Rest & Resilience Fellowship is a joint project of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the taz Panter Foundation. Since 2015, two journalists from countries with restricted freedom of the press and information have been invited yearly to Berlin.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 25

22. Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Fellowship 2025. (Fully Funded to New York) 

The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Fellowship is an international year-round program for entrepreneurs and social impact leaders who are in the implementation phase of a social impact initiative, also referred to as a Commitment to Action. This programming is designed to meaningfully engage and unite a select, diverse group of individuals who are actively tackling the world’s most pressing challenges.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 20

23. Mastercard Foundation BRIDGE-in-Agriculture Program 2025. 

Building Resilience and Investing in the Development and Growth of Entrepreneurs inAgriculture (“BRIDGE-in Agriculture” or “BIA”) is a 5-year Mastercard Foundation initiative that aims to make affordable capital and technical support available for SMEs in agriculture and related sectors in Ghana. The program also equips young people and women with skills through training for dignified and fulfilling work.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Ongoing

24. Nigeria Youth Futures Fund Grants 2024/2025. 

At Nigeria Youth Futures Fund, they seek to strengthen youth leadership in Nigeria through outcomes-driven policy engagements and inclusive resourcing that help youth shape the future long-term development plans of the country.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

25. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Award 2025 ($1.15 million grant) 

The award supports principal investigators who are outstanding early- to mid-career biomedical researchers at U.S. universities, medical schools, or nonprofit research institutes who-through their outreach, mentoring, teaching, and leadership-have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their scientific communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 3

26. Welcome Career Development Awards 2025. 

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 26

27. GDPC Small Research Grants Program 2024/2025. 

The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) is pleased to announce the launch of its small research grants program, focused on the theme climate resilience in urban areas. This initiative aims to deepen the understanding of urban Climate resilience by supporting original research in low- and middle-income countries. The program is designed to expand the evidence base and contribute to building more resilient urban environments in the face of climate change.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 12

28. Yves Rocher Foundation Terre De Femmes International Award 2025 (€10,000 prize)

Launched in 2019, the International Terre de Femmes Award is a thematic prize open to all women worldwide. It rewards on-the-ground actions carried out by a woman or a group of women within a non-profit organization.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

29. MASDAR Youth 4 Sustainability Programs 2024/2025. 

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) is a Masdar global initiative that empowers the next generation of sustainability leaders.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

30. Prince Talal International Prize for Human Development 2024 are now open (Up to $1,000,000 in Prizes)

The prize is awarded annually by the Arab Gulf Programme for Development (AGFUND) with the aim of inciting and encouraging innovation and creativity in human development. The idea of the Prize is stemmed from AGFUND’s approach to enhance development performance and support key development projects in order to achieve the goal of sustainability and investment in people.
Click here to apply | Deadline: January 1

31. New York Times Fellowship 2025-2026. 

This is a yearlong work program aimed at cultivating the next generation of journalists for The Times and the news industry at large. The program encompasses reporters, editors and visual journalists who can deliver breaking news and enterprise assignments. In 2025, for the first time, the program will include an Al. Initiatives fellowship and a News Video fellowship. All fellows work full time, in either the newsroom or the Opinion section.
Click here to apply | Deadline: December 2

32. Acumen West Africa Fellowship 2025.

Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, they identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 25

33. Earth Prize 2025 are now open. (Up to $ 100,000 In Prizes)

The Earth Prize is an annual, global $100,000 environmental sustainability competition for students between the ages of 13 and 19, which rewards the teams whose proiects have the most potential to address environmental issues Through The Earth Prize competition, students are inspired, educated, mentored and empowered to solve environmental sustainability problems.
Click here to apply | Deadline: November 30

34. Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IVM) Digital Humanism Fellowship 2025-2026

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