For decades, researchers have relied on innovative tools to uncover the hidden lives of endangered species. Today, a unique opportunity offers support for projects that use advanced transmitters to deepen scientific knowledge, strengthen conservation, and engage the public in protecting biodiversity. This quarterly award provides critical equipment to projects that make significant use of wildlife […]
Unlocking the Future of Health Innovation
Wearable technology is transforming how we understand the human body — and now, researchers worldwide have the chance to explore the next frontier. This opportunity supports groundbreaking studies using continuous physiological data to advance screenless health monitoring, opening doors to new insights and solutions for global wellbeing. Selected awardees gain access to cutting-edge tools: multiple […]
Supporting Indigenous Voices at the UN
Indigenous Peoples worldwide continue to lead powerful advocacy for rights, recognition, and inclusion. This fund ensures that representatives can participate meaningfully in two key United Nations processes in 2027: the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (New York, 10–21 May) and the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Geneva, 12–16 July). Selected participants […]
Youth-Led Innovation for Global Impact
Young founders are reshaping the future with bold solutions to today’s most urgent challenges — from empowering entrepreneurs and SMEs with digital tools, to closing systemic health gaps for women and marginalized groups, to helping vulnerable communities adapt to climate change. This challenge is designed to spotlight and support those ventures, ensuring that youth-led innovation […]
Transforming Research for DIPG/DMG
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG) remain among the most urgent challenges in pediatric oncology. This grant program is designed to support innovative research approaches that can fundamentally change how these tumors are understood, detected, or treated. Proposals may come from individual investigators or collaborative, multi-institutional teams, with a designated Principal […]
Preserving Knowledge, Empowering Communities
Across the world, archives hold invaluable records of culture, history, and knowledge — yet many remain at risk of being lost or inaccessible. This grant supports projects that safeguard and share these materials, ensuring they remain a living resource for future generations. Funding is available for activities such as cataloguing, digitisation, relocation to archives, and […]
Building Africa’s Climate AI Future
Climate change is one of Africa’s greatest challenges, threatening progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet artificial intelligence offers powerful opportunities to strengthen resilience — if innovations can overcome barriers to adoption, implementation, and scale. The RICH Hub is designed to unlock that potential by supporting a pipeline of African climate AI solutions. Through its […]
Advancing Research Toward a Cure for DIPG/DMG
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) and Diffuse Midline Glioma (DMG) remain among the most devastating pediatric brain tumors, with urgent need for deeper understanding and new treatment pathways. This grant program supports early-career investigators committed to tackling these challenges through innovative, evidence-based research. Funding provides up to $400,000 over three years (maximum $135,000 in any […]
Financing Clean Energy Ventures Led by Women
Charm Impact is offering debt facilities to female-led and female-owned businesses in Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda that are driving innovation in solar, clean cooking, mini-grids, productive energy use, and e-mobility. This financing call is designed to help post-revenue companies scale their impact while maintaining financial sustainability. Eligible businesses must have at least two years of […]
AI for Inclusive Cities
Nearly half the world’s population now lives in cities, where access to health, work, safety, and civic participation defines opportunity. This initiative supports bold projects that harness artificial intelligence to improve public services for vulnerable and underserved communities — aiming to reach up to 100 million urban residents worldwide. Applicants can apply through two tracks: […]
