Issue 19 | Volume 11 | May 11, 2023 |
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International Funding Opportunities Update |
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Upcoming events of the
Community of Practice on Global Development
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End of Semester
Networking Event
Thursday (TODAY), May 11
3:30-4:30 PM
Room 201, International Center
Join us for this informal networking event to meet new colleagues who are engaged in global development. Drinks and snacks from around the world will be provided. Bringing snacks to share is welcome, but not required.
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Listed below are international funding opportunities identified in the past week. All other open opportunities may be accessed in a searchable database by clicking on the button to the right. |
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Global IDEAS hosts the International Data Portal where you can learn about MSU's international presence. There is information about past international awards, educational programming, and MSU's international student body. |
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Note: There will be no International Funding Update May 18.
Watch for the next edition in your email on Thursday, May 25.
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The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) seeks individuals or organizations to conduct research assessing examples of pandemic governance best practices with respect to civic freedoms and civil society collaboration. Studies may focus on individual countries, such as New Zealand or South Korea, or may adopt a case study approach and examine multiple countries and examples throughout Asia.
During a pandemic characterized by democratic backsliding and repressive public health approaches, few countries have stood out globally for relatively participatory, successful pandemic management. In the Asia region, examples of good governance have been seen in New Zealand and South Korea, where governments managed to both protect civic freedoms, including public participation and freedom of expression, and manage the pandemic better than many other countries.
Although there has been a fair amount of global coverage around these countries’ public health approaches to COVID-19, attention has focused less on the enabling practices employed by these countries to promote public participation, protect civil society, and ensure civic freedoms remained in place during an unprecedented global emergency. There has also been little exploration of whether government-civil society collaboration and rights-oriented approaches also contributed to better public health outcomes.
In order to promote best practices around pandemic governance and further explore how governments can protect public health while safeguarding human rights and civic freedoms, ICNL aims to commission research reports examining in-depth practices adopted by best practice jurisdictions including (but not limited to) New Zealand and South Korea, that facilitated public participation and protected civic freedoms during COVID-19. Example practices would include South Korea’s facilitation of online and remote voting during its elections, and New Zealand’s creation of an oversight committee to provide independent scrutiny of government measures.
As part of this proposed research, the individual or organizational consultant may apply to complete one or more country studies (with priority given to in-country researchers) covering the following:
- In-depth research on enabling government policies related to COVID-19 that had a positive impact on civic space, or generally complied with international standards on free association, assembly, expression, or public participation.
- Examples of civil society – government cooperation on pandemic and humanitarian policies.
- The use of technology and digital tools in COVID-19 management, and examination of their impact on civic space.
- Assessment of any policies that raised human rights concerns, or failed to protect civic space.
- Overall assessment of the country response, analysis based on international standards around human rights and emergency measures, and recommendations based on the findings of the study, including good practices that could be replicated in other countries, and strategies for promoting rights-respecting approaches to pandemic governance.
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Award size: up to $25,000
Applications accepted on a rolling basis until funds are depleted.
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The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs’ Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) and Embassy Tunis seek proposals to address the vulnerability of Tunisia’s agricultural sector to climate change, as well as increased food security threats, while simultaneously promoting women’s economic security and empowerment.
The project should advance women’s economic future by empowering previously marginalized women working in agricultural cooperatives to use innovative technical and entrepreneurial approaches to mitigate the impacts of climate change, increase profitability, and combat food insecurity. This project will also support women working throughout the agricultural value chain to enhance their business acumen and better access funding.
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Award size: $1.25M up to $1.5M
Deadline: June 15, 2023
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Climate, Water, Environment, & Energy
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The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is seeking proposals from parties and potential partners to execute conservation solutions in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
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Award size: $50,000 up to $250,000
Deadline: June 16, 2023
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The Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) Office of Environmental Quality (ENV) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to improve technical aspects of mercury-free gold processing in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector. The country of focus is Colombia with the potential expansion to Peru and Brazil in following years if funding allows.
Priority Areas within Colombia: Choco, Antioquia, and Bolivar
This project is intended to support the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury by reducing the use of mercury in ASGM through piloting promising technologies for alternative extraction techniques for use in the ASGM context. This includes alluvial and/or hard rock mining and the extraction of mercury and gold from ASGM tailings. The successful application must demonstrate that the technology (or technologies) it is piloting has already undergone significant study and is promising for widespread use in developing countries. This grant opportunity is not intended to fund research but is meant to take technologies from promising small-scale pilots to application in ASGM communities with the potential for broader uptake within those communities.
To achieve the goals and expected results, the program could include activities from the list below. Please note that these are intended to guide the applicant and are not compulsory or exclusive. The applicant may include other activities in its proposal towards this project’s intended goal and is encouraged to provide explanations for its rationale, which will also serve as evidence of the applicant’s experience.
- Demonstrating mercury-free mining processes and equipment to miners, preferably through side-by-side comparisons with processing that uses mercury.
- Train-the-trainer efforts to disseminate how to use the technology, including training for the Colombian government agency responsible for training the ASGM sector or any other equivalent.
- Providing technical assistance to help national/subnational governments and customary leaders establish or improve regulations and/or create national and/or local action plans to control mercury use in ASGM.
- Development of a supply chain for the equipment and supplies needed for the successful technology.
- An analysis of the impact of the successful technology on regulatory frameworks and suggestions for appropriate changes.
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Award size: $400,000
Deadline: July 3, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State (Department of State), Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Office of Environmental Quality (ENV) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications to be the host for a new international public-private partnership, End Plastic Pollution International Collaborative (EPPIC), which aims to significantly reduce plastic pollution by strengthening enabling environments, raising public awareness, and promoting multi-stakeholder engagements that advance solutions to enhance circularity across the plastics lifecycle, particularly with innovation in upstream design and production.
Activities of the EPPIC program include but are not limited to:
- Develop and support technical capacity building activities in developing countries that promote innovation to combat plastic pollution and advance the circularity of plastics;
- Convene governments and stakeholders to highlight action, undertake technical exchanges, build capacity, and secure commitments toward advancing circularity and ending plastic pollution, including an annual high-level meeting that brings together diverse stakeholders and experts from around the world to discuss challenges and ideas, and provides a platform for stakeholders to share successes and make commitments to actions that advance plastic circularity;
- Foster and recognize actions and/or investments made or pledged to advance circularity and reduce, reuse, and recycle plastic waste;
- Develop and administer incentives and prizes for excellence in advancing the circularity of plastics that recognize innovation in design, production, and recycling;
- Identify, share, and assist in the implementation of best practice solutions to plastic pollution across the full life cycle of plastics;
- Encourage behavior change for society and businesses, including through public awareness campaigns that advance circularity for plastics;
- Identify opportunities to support implementation and enforcement of enabling conditions for improved plastic waste management and increased recycling of plastics;
- Identify areas of need and potential sources of financial support for countries and targeted financing to advance the circularity of plastics;
- Identify challenges and opportunities at the national and subnational levels to advance plastic circularity and improve technical capacity for solutions to plastic pollution;
- Facilitate training and technical capacity building, particularly in communities that have been marginalized and disproportionately impacted by plastic pollution, including on national and subnational monitoring and reporting of plastic pollution; and
- Administer innovation “prizes” through a prize competition for projects that encourage innovation to advance circularity and address plastic pollution and will contribute to the overall goal and objectives of the partnership.
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Award size: $14.5M
Deadline: July 8, 2023
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites investigators at U.S. organizations to submit proposals to the Arctic Sciences Section in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) within the Geosciences Directorate, to conduct research about the Arctic region.
The goal of this solicitation is to attract research proposals that advance a fundamental, process, and/or systems-level understanding of the Arctic's rapidly changing natural environment, social and cultural systems, and, where appropriate, to improve our capacity to project future change. The Arctic Sciences Section supports research focused on the Arctic region and its connectivity with lower latitudes. The scientific scope is aligned with, but not limited to, research priorities outlined in the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC) five-year plan.
The Arctic Sciences Section coordinates with programs across NSF and with other federal and international partners to co-review and co-fund Arctic-related proposals as appropriate. The Arctic Sciences Section also maintains Arctic logistical infrastructure and field support capabilities that are available to enable research.
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Award size: $50M total program (for 75-80 awards) annually
Deadline: July 17, 2023
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The John and Alice Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is awarded for scientific work on the environment, energy, and health, resulting in important benefits for humanity. The Prize is endowed by gifts from the John and Alice Tyler Charitable Trusts, and awardees are chosen annually by the Executive Committee. The University of Southern California is the administrator of the Tyler Prize.
The fundamental objective of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is to recognize outstanding contributions to:
- Protection, maintenance, improvement, or understanding of an ecological or an environmental condition;
- Discovery, development, or improvement of sustainable sources of energy; and
- Understanding of, or improvements to, planetary health.
Individuals and public or private institutions are eligible for consideration. Nominations from all parts of the world are welcomed and encouraged.
The work of the nominee(s) is expected to:
- Be based on strong science, including natural and, or social sciences;
- Address global inequalities;
- Demonstrate measurable and scalable impact(s) on policy and/or practice;
- Demonstrate engagement with the younger generation.
Multiple nominations from a single nominator or self-nominations are not accepted.
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Award size: $250,000
Deadline: August 11, 2023
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Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is a science-driven organization and conducts its business in healthcare, life science and electronics. Science and technology are at the heart of everything we do, driving innovations that enable us to contribute to a sustainable future. In this endeavor, we are seeking for research proposals in the field of green hydrogen.
Progress is currently being made in areas such as:
- green hydrogen production e.g. innovative electrolysis technologies
- system and industrial integration of hydrogen technologies e.g. storage, distribution and application areas
- fuel cell development
The submitted proposals should include a proof of concept (Technology Readiness Level 3) in any of the areas above and describe the innovativeness of the proposal as well as the impact on the future implementation of green hydrogen supply to the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
In the first stage of the Research Grants applications process, applicants submit their application containing non-confidential information only. You may apply for more than one grant or submit your application for more than one category. If your application is successful, you are invited to submit a full proposal under confidentiality and join a deep-dive workshop. All applicants are informed about the decision of the selection committee.
The second stage of the Research Grant process is a collaborative step, the deep-dive workshop. Finalists submit their full proposals and then work together with our managers and scientists to jointly optimize submitted project proposals. All teams reaching this stage will be informed in October. The deep-dive workshops will usually take place in November or December 2023. The culmination of the deep-dive workshops will be the selection of the research grant winners.
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Award size: up to 200,000 euro
Deadline: August 31, 2023
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Challenge Programs is accepting applications for the Climate Smart Humanities Organizations program. This program supports comprehensive assessment and strategic planning efforts by humanities organizations to mitigate physical and operational environmental impacts and adapt to a changing climate.
Projects will result in climate action and adaptation planning documents or similar detailed assessments including prioritized, measurable actions and their expected outcomes. Proposals must address how strategic planning for climate change will increase the organization’s resilience and support its work in the humanities over the long term. Projects are financed through a combination of federal matching funds and gifts raised from third-party non-federal sources.
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Award size: up to $300,000
Deadline: September 15, 2023
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This call aims to support validation of biological, psychological, social or digital markers to enable stratification in anxiety and/or depression as early as possible. Stratification will allow targeted treatment and ensure that the right people get the right treatment at the right time.
As part of our new strategic focus, Wellcome aims to drive a transformative change in the ability to intervene as early as possible in the course of anxiety and depression, broadly defined, in ways prioritised by the people who experience them. This work involves advancing scientific understanding of how brain, body and environment interact in the course and resolution of these conditions; finding new and improved ways to predict, identify, and stratify groups of people so that we can provide more timely and personalised interventions; and finding new and improved ways of intervening.
We recognise that to make progress we need to bring together an equitable, ethical, diverse and global research community to focus on the value of stratification for mental health. Through this call, we aim to foster the field of stratification in mental health research by encouraging applications from multi-disciplinary teams from diverse settings, both geographical and in terms of level of resource. We are also looking to encourage equitable collaborations between low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and high-income countries (HICs) so that findings may be applicable globally.
Current mental health diagnostic categories are imperfect, and rely on subjective measures, resulting in significant heterogeneity of people within each diagnostic category, which in turn impacts development and provision of effective interventions. Stratified medicine aims to identify sub-groups of individuals within a heterogenous disease population based upon unique characteristics of each sub-group (strata) such as underlying mechanisms, risk factors, course of disease or treatment responses.
A number of different methods can be utilised to measure the unique characteristics of the sub-groups including, but not limited to:
- genetics
- biochemical
- imaging
- clinical scores
- socio-demographic characteristics
- behavioural or psychological assessments
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Award size: up to $6.3M
Deadline: June 7, 2023
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The overall goal of this activity is to improve maternal, neonatal, and child health (MNCH) outcomes through increasing access to quality MNCH services and strengthening health services in five targeted provinces in Zimbabwe. The intended outcomes of this activity are to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths through improved delivery of quality clinical services in targeted districts.
The Activity has three objectives:
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Strengthen technical capacity of MOHCC at national, provincial and district level to scale up high impact MNCH interventions;
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Enhance planning, distribution, and retention of the MNCH health workforce in implementation areas;
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Reinforce planning, management, coordination of essential commodities and procurement equipment.
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Award size: $16.5M
Deadline: June 13, 2023
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The purpose of the DRRPs is to achieve the goals of, and improve the effectiveness of, services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, by generating new knowledge, or developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a wide range of health and function, community living, and employment outcomes among people with disabilities, especially people with disabilities who have the greatest support needs.
Under this particular DRRP priority, the grantee must conduct research on the international variation in rehabilitation intensity and length of stay following spinal cord injury (SCI), and the relationship between this variation and rehabilitation outcomes.
The U.S. based grantee must have international collaborators, and must explore the experiences and outcomes of people with SCI in the U.S. and other countries. NIDILRR plans to make one grant under this opportunity in FY 2023.
This grant will have a 60-month project period, with five 12-month budget periods.
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Award size: $830,000 up to $840,000
Deadline: July 3, 2023
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This funding call seeks to generate evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV), with a focus on real-world impact and preparing for future preventative vaccination campaigns. Successful teams will support and engage with policymakers and/or implementing partners who are responsible for preventing and controlling cholera.
Cholera is a disease which, if not controlled early and ideally prevented, can lead to large outbreaks and epidemics. Wellcome wants to fund research and support policy-making that will help affected communities prevent infectious diseases from escalating out of control – now and in the future.
The tools to control and prevent cholera exist: surveillance; safe water, sanitation and hygiene; vaccines; and case management – but resources are limited and so more evidence is needed to help decision-makers decide where and how to deploy resources to the greatest effect. The oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is a vital part of the toolkit to both react to and prevent outbreaks, but there is a severely constrained supply, and effectiveness can vary across different populations and settings.
This funding call aims to generate more evidence on three prioritised and connected areas:
- defining hotspots to help target OCV campaigns,
- the impact of different OCV dosing schedules: one dose, two dose and different dose intervals, and
- the subsequent duration of protection provided according to age and pre-existing immunity.
Given the importance of open and timely data sharing for evidence-informed responses to outbreak diseases, successful applicants will be required to share research findings and data relevant to any cholera outbreak or cholera vaccination campaign regularly during the lifetime of the grant and as widely as possible.
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Award size: up to $1.6M
Deadline: July 6, 2023
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This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), issued by the Fogarty International Center (FIC), seeks to stimulate innovative ideas and impactful research to better understand the complexities around developing, testing and implementing appropriate approaches for effective diagnosis, prevention, therapeutic interventions and integrated clinical care for HIV-associated non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
Specifically, this initiative will support research in the following areas:
- Basic sciences to address etiopathogenesis of NCDs in People Living with HIV (PLWH), and the exposed and uninfected population, across the lifespan;
- Aging process in PLWH to understand the early onset of geriatric diseases;
- Diagnostics tools for early detection of NCDs in PLWH;
- Therapeutic interventions to explore optimal drug regimens for PLWH with NCDs;
- Behavioral studies for better quality of life of PLWH with NCDs; and
- Clinical studies for better patient centered care for PLWH with NCDs.
The R21 grant mechanism is intended to encourage exploratory/developmental research by providing support for the early and conceptual stages of project development and assessing feasibility of the proposed studies. It is hoped that this preliminary research will lay the foundation for larger studies that can lead to applications to other organizations or NIH institutes that support HIV-associated NCD research.
Through this initiative FIC seeks to support exploratory research on the interplay between HIV and development of NCDs in PLWH and uncovering to what extent HIV infection influences the pathogenic effects of comorbid conditions. Applicants will also be expected to address the needs of collaborating LMIC institutions to develop capacity for carrying out research in this field.
The FOA is intended to foster partnerships between HIV and NCD researchers to develop interdisciplinary collaborations that may also include basic and clinical researchers, policy makers, health economists, and health systems experts. Research teams should contain an appropriate mix of the relevant disciplines to accomplish the proposed studies. It is expected that this small research grant mechanism will initiate new ideas and determine feasibility of studies of novel approaches to understand and reduce the long-term suffering from the comorbid disorders.
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Award size: $275,000
Letters of intent due: November 8, 2023
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The purpose of this NOFO is to solicit Research Project Grant (R01) applications for up to 3 years of support to develop and test interventions to reduce the impact of HIV-associated stigma on the prevention and treatment of HIV infection and/or AIDS, and on the quality of life of People Living with HIV and/or AIDS (PLWH). The NOFO will also support interventions to address the multiple intersecting stigmas and measurement of the stigmas at individual levels.
Specifically, this initiative will support intervention research on:
- novel stigma reduction strategies that link to increase in care-seeking behavior and/or decrease in transmission,
- reducing the impact of stigma on adolescent and/or youth health,
- strategies to cope with the complex burden of stigmatization due to HIV and one or more comorbidities/coinfections,
- reducing the effects of stigma on, and/or by, family members or caregivers of PLWH and
- development of innovative and improved stigma measurement in the context of implementation of a stigma-reduction intervention.
The overall goals are to understand how to reduce stigma as a factor in HIV transmission, to eliminate or mitigate the aspects of stigma that limit beneficial health outcomes for the infected and at-risk individuals and communities, and to conduct exploratory studies to determine the feasibility of stigma-reduction interventions related to HIV prevention, treatment and/or care in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
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Award size: $400,000 over 3 years
Letters of intent due: November 20, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that integrate child protection and child empowerment into efforts that address conflict prevention, conflict, and post-conflict situations, focusing on promoting knowledge and recognition of grave violations of human rights against children.
Grave violations, as defined by the United Nations, are killing and maiming of children; recruitment or use of children as soldiers; sexual violence against children; abduction of children; attacks against schools or hospitals; and denial of humanitarian access for children. Preventing and punishing grave violations committed against children remains key to U.S. government equities and interests.
The goal of the program is that children affected by armed conflict in Nigeria and/or Ethiopia are better protected from grave human rights violations and abuses and that perpetrators are held accountable for the most serious violations of children's rights, specifically the recruitment or use of children as soldiers and sexual violence against children.
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Award size: $1M
Deadline: June 23, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out programming with youth leaders representing DRC’s political parties’ youth leagues and selected civil society organizations to lead their communities in diffusing tensions and promoting peace and stability in this election year.
Priority cities: Kinshasa, Matadi, Kisangani, Goma, Bukavu, Lubumbashi, Mbujimayi, Beni, and Bandundu.
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Award size: $30,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 5, 2023
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The U.S. Mission to the European Union’s Office of Public Affairs (USEU PA) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program. This is an Annual Program Statement, outlining our funding priorities, the strategic themes we focus on, and the procedures for submitting requests for funding.
USEU PA invites proposals designed for EU audiences that help the U.S Mission to the EU:
- Reaffirm a revitalized U.S.-EU partnership that addresses global and regional threats and challenges;
- Emphasize how the transatlantic economy boasts deeper trade, investment, and energy cooperation, and presents a united front against non-market and coercive economic practices;
- Demonstrate how the U.S.-EU partnership promotes strengthened democracy, human rights, and rule of law globally; align U.S. and EU foreign policy and security goals to counter democratic and rule of law backsliding, rising authoritarianism, malign influence, and disinformation; increase support for independent and plural media ecosystems and civil society engagement;
- Re-imagine transatlantic solutions to secure ambitious climate mitigation and adaptation outcomes in support of the Paris Agreement implementation and transatlantic priorities;
- Stimulate U.S.-EU partnership to set the norms and standards that will govern emerging technologies;
- Demonstrate how the U.S.-EU partnership coordinates transatlantic policies for the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America on shared global challenges;
- Strengthen the transatlantic alliance by ensuring principals of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility are upheld in policy development, programming and hiring to affirmatively advance civil rights, racial justice, gender parity, and equal opportunity.
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Award size: $5,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 7, 2023
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The Dear Colleague Letter invites current NSF grantees to submit supplemental funding requests for research visits to any identified, appropriate European Research Council-funded European research group.
To further scientific and technological cooperation between the United States and the European Community, the National Science Foundation and the European Research Council signed an Implementing Arrangement to enable U.S.-based scientists and engineers with active NSF awards, particularly those early in their careers, to pursue research collaboration with European colleagues supported through EU-funded European Research Council (ERC) grants.
Connecting researchers with complementary strengths and shared interests promotes scientific progress in solving some of the world's most vexing problems. This international research opportunity is mutually beneficial to the U.S. participants and their hosts through cooperative activities during research visits and by establishing international research partnerships to enrich future research activities in the U.S. and Europe.
Under the Arrangement, the ERC Executive Agency (ERCEA) identifies ERC-funded research groups who wish to host NSF grantees for research visits of up to one year within their ERC funding. ERCEA has provided a list of ERC-funded principal investigators (PIs) and research teams interested in hosting NSF grantees. NSF grantees should communicate directly with ERC PIs to ascertain areas of mutual interest and research goals for a visit. NSF grantees then must discuss plans for the visit(s) with the NSF Program Officer managing their award prior to submitting a supplemental funding request.
The European hosts will provide funding to support in-country living expenses during the visits. NSF will provide travel funds to and from Europe. This opportunity is open only to PIs and co-PIs of active NSF awards. Supplemental funding may be used to support travel for the PI, co-PI, postdocs, other Senior Personnel, and graduate students funded on the award. NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellows with active Fellowships also are encouraged to pursue international research opportunities and may be eligible to submit to this opportunity. Fellows must contact their cognizant Program Director before submitting an application.
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Award size: up to $20,000
Deadline: May 26, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy in Iraq of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to reduce increase professional skills and job opportunities among key demographics in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Priority Region: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with particular emphasis on high school and university students in Halabja governorate, and students and recent graduates from the following universities: Koya University, Soran University, University of Halabja, University of Raparin, University of Zakho, University of Garmian, and Charmo University.
Program Objectives: University students and recent graduates from regional universities outside of the main urban centers in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region regularly report that they feel unprepared to enter the job market, despite significant U.S. investment in each university’s career development center. This program will provide job and interview skills training to students from any of the identified demographics above, tailored to the existing job market, ideally in cooperation with the U.S.-funded career development centers at the named universities.
Participants and Audiences: The chosen audience should focus on those described under “Priority Region.” Applicants should make clearly explain their rationale for choosing between a program with few numbers but a presumably more in-depth impact, versus a program with significantly larger number of participants but with less time spent per participant. The minimum number of participants for this program is 25.
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Award size: $35,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: June 12, 2023
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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) announces two open competitions for organizations interested in promoting a just transition for workers as economies shift toward clean energy and sustainable production. Two projects will be awarded - one for Southeast Asia and one for South Asia.
Proposed projects should be designed to achieve the following outcomes:
- Networks of workers and climate advocates, human rights defenders, justice defenders, occupational safety and health advocates, land defenders, and other allies build consensus and develop advocacy strategies around workers’ rights in just transition.
- Collective advocacy by workers and other stakeholders influence the development of national policies related to climate change and the development of clean energy industries.
- Rights to freedom of association for workers are strengthened in order to achieve a more just transition to low-carbon economies.
- Workers receive social protections and skills transfer in climate sustainable and green technology-centered jobs.
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Award size: $750,000 up to $1M
Deadline: June 22, 2023
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Created in 1998, the International Awards L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science honours - every year - 5 eminent women scientists from 5 regions of the world. Alternating every other year, these exceptional researchers are rewarded for their important contributions to the progress of science, either in Life sciences or in the fields of Physical sciences, Mathematics and Computer science.
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Award size: 100,000 euro
Deadline: June 28, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program to train and enhance the capacity of 100 women entrepreneurs across the DRC, targeting women in conflict areas.
By promoting women’s economic opportunities and ensuring that women have the capabilities and resources needed to participate in the economy, the AWE program directly supports the U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality. In the DRC, AWE will harness the power of public-private sponsors, local partnerships and U.S. exchange alumni networks to help women and their business grow, driving localized prosperity.
Priority Cities: Kinshasa, Goma, Lubumbashi, Bukavu and Kisangani.
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Award size: $30,000
Deadline: July 5, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy in Iraq of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to support investigative and independent journalism in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Priority Region: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with particular emphasis on Sheikhan and Halabja governorate, as well as Kirkuk governorate.
Program Objectives: Few media outlets or freelance journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region have the resources to conduct investigative journalism, the practice of which is important to bringing more transparency to governance, the economy, and society, indirectly improving good governance indicators, and creating opportunities for public and government discussion which may ultimately help resolve social, economic, or political issues in the region. The goal of this program is to increase the overall number of non-partisan investigative journalism articles or stories published in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, bolstering the ability of Iraqi Kurdish media to inform the public about issues of import that may not already be covered by mainstream media.
The program would entail a jury of highly experienced Kurdish journalists providing financial awards to journalists or media outlets in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (and Kirkuk governorate) based on a clear and transparent application process, with specific, measurable criteria used to evaluate those applications. Such criteria might include (not an exhaustive list), for example, whether the application is realistic, able to be carried out in a non-partisan fashion, on an issue likely to be of interest to either the general public or specific, specialist audiences, or other factors to be determined in consultation with the U.S. Consulate General in Erbil.
Participants and Audiences: Target audiences receiving sub-awards should have at least two years of full-time experience as working journalists. The minimum amount of sub-awards shall be two.
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Award size: $35,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 10, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy in Iraq of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to build capacity among civil society organizations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk governorate.
Priority Region: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with particular emphasis on civil society organizations headquartered in Sheikhan, Halabja governorate, and Kirkuk governate.
Program Objectives: Civil society organizations across the Iraqi Kurdistan Region depend on an ever-shrinking pool of money, largely from international organizations, Embassies and Consulates, and other foreign donors.
In order to ensure the long-term viability of Iraqi Kurdish civil society, many of these organizations need additional training in fields including:
- management & leadership skills;
- donor development & grant writing;
- budgeting and project management;
- external communications; and
- strategic planning.
Participants and Audiences: The chosen audience should focus on those described under “Priority Region.” The minimum number of participants shall be 20.
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Award size: $35,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 10, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy in Iraq of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to build capacity among journalists or journalism students with fewer than 5 years of professional experience in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Kirkuk governorate.
Priority Region: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with particular emphasis on journalists operating in Sheikhan, Halabja governorate, and Kirkuk governate.
Program Objectives: The vast majority of journalists in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region do not benefit from formal academic training such as journalism school. Editorial and reporting standards need improvement, with neither fact checking nor multiple sourcing being used consistently. This program will target less experienced journalists and journalism students to teach them essential tradecraft, ethics and skills.
Participants and Audiences: The chosen audience should focus on those described under “Priority Region.” The minimum number of participants shall be 20.
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Award size: $35,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 10, 2023
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The U.S. Embassy in Iraq of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to reduce gender-based discrimination in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Priority Region: Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with particular emphasis on Halabja governorate.
Program Objectives: Gender-based discrimination is endemic in Iraq, including the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, with women regularly reporting sexual harassment in public and in the workplace, barriers in access to capital to start their own businesses, and barriers to running for office.
This program would target a specific pathway to reduce gender-based discrimination in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. It need not address all possible barriers, or all possible audiences.
A non-exhaustive list of possible program examples includes:
- professional development training for women;
- training for HR managers, executives, or angel investors;
- skills training for women on running for office;
- discussion programs with families, community leaders, or faith leaders;
- discussions or training for police, Asayish, judges, or others in the criminal justice system.
Participants and Audiences: The chosen audience should be carefully selected to best ensure a credible reduction in gender-based discrimination in specific parts of, or all of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Award applicants should make clearly explain their rationale for choosing between a program with few numbers but a presumably more in-depth impact, versus a program with significantly larger number of participants but with less time spent per participant. The minimum number of participants for this program is 25.
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Award size: $35,000 up to $50,000
Deadline: July 10, 2023
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The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Kuala Lumpur of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to develop and implement the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Malaysia. The program was established by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in 2019 to empower women with the knowledge, network, and access they need to launch or scale up successful businesses. Since the launch of the program, AWE has empowered more than 25,000 women entrepreneurs with nearly 100 cohorts worldwide.
Applicants of this funding opportunity should be aware that the program focuses on two groups of entrepreneurs with a timeline between 6-9 months. A call for applicants to participate in the program needs to be conducted and the selection process is to be done in consultation with relevant embassy officers. Online training will be given by AWE to guide grantee applicants in best practices to conduct the program. Apart from the online modules, other aspects on local training content including relevant talks, networking gatherings and mentorship should be included in the program plan. The program should be carried out in at least 5 states in Malaysia including Klang Valley.
Applicants should assign a facilitator for every state to oversee the progress of the women entrepreneurs and to conduct more state level sessions to build their network. At the end of the program, the applicant should do a closing ceremony to highlight the success stories from the women entrepreneurs. Applicants should also seek buy in from relevant government ministries, agencies and other stakeholders.
Applicants are encouraged to conduct virtual talks by relevant businesswomen and established entrepreneurs for the AWE participants and alumni in the Indo Pacific Region in consultation with the AWE team at the U.S. Embassy.
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Award size: $50,000 up to $80,000
Deadline: July 31, 2023
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The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. The MOU provides a framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and research communities in Switzerland and sets out the principles by which jointly supported activities might be developed.
The MOU provides for an international collaboration arrangement whereby U.S. researchers may receive funding from NSF and Swiss researchers may receive funding from SNSF. Through a "Lead Agency Opportunity", NSF and SNSF will allow proposers from both countries to submit a collaborative proposal that will undergo a single review process at the Lead Agency. The Lead Agency will alternate between NSF and SNSF on an annual basis, and the review process will follow the usual evaluation process for the Lead Agency.
The following directorates are participating in this opportunity:
- Biological Sciences
- Engineering
- Geosciences
- Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
The collaborative opportunity described in this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) remains in effect until archived. This collaboration is intended to cover a 4-year pilot phase.
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Award size: up to $400,000
Letters of intent due: August 2, 2023
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With this Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), in collaboration with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), encourages teams of U.S.-Japan researchers to submit proposals for advancing human-centered data and data-driven science and engineering for disaster resilience.
Both U.S.-based and Japan-based science and engineering communities have separately demonstrated commitment to conducting rigorous, cutting-edge research to support improved policies and practices for disaster risk reduction. This DCL invites teams of U.S. and Japan researchers to propose new data and data-driven research projects centered on human dimensions of disaster resilience.
Proposers are particularly encouraged to submit proposal that exploit special synergies and transfer learning between Japanese and U.S. contexts. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, new measures and data types; new data integration methods; novel approaches to leveraging existing and emerging data sources; and efforts that move beyond discipline-based science and engineering approaches, including multidisciplinary and large-scale simulations. Projects that have potential to advance the four priority areas of the Sendai Framework are of particular interest.
This opportunity invites joint research proposals from U.S.-Japan team. JST will fund the Japan side of selected projects; NSF will fund the U.S. side. NSF encourages proposals from teams that bring together a diversity of expertise and perspectives.
Proposals in response to this DCL are welcomed by the following NSF programs:
- Smart and Connected Communities (Integrative Research Grants, Track 2) in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)
- Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment (HDBE) in Engineering (ENG)
- Decision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS) in Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE)
JST and NSF will each independently review the proposals submitted through their systems using their own review criteria and procedures. Following those reviews, joint decisions will be made regarding funding. Proposals submitted in response to this DCL, and corresponding unattributed reviews and panel summaries may be shared with JST to facilitate joint award decision-making.
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Award size: up to $500,000 for the U.S. portion of the project
Letters of intent due: August 18, 2023
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NSF and the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Research Cooperation. The MOU provides a framework to encourage collaboration between U.S. and Czech research communities and sets out the principles by which jointly supported activities might be developed. Through a "lead agency model," NSF and GACR will allow proposers from both countries to collaborate to write a single proposal that will undergo a single review process at NSF.
Please note that only proposals addressing artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, plasma science, and cybersecurity & privacy currently are accepted under this NSF-GACR collaboration.
This NSF-GACR collaborative research opportunity focuses on discoveries and innovations in the areas of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, plasma science, and cybersecurity & privacy. Proposals will be accepted for collaborative research in these areas at the intersection of GACR’s Call for Proposals and participating NSF programs. Proposals are expected to adhere to the research areas, funding limits, and grant durations for these participating NSF programs and for the GACR programs from which funding is sought. As details vary by NSF program, U.S. PIs are encouraged to contact program directors of pertinent NSF programs for specific guidance.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: varies with participating NSF program
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Scholarships & Fellowships
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On behalf of the National Participant Network, the GBIF Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2023 Graduate Researcher Award. This annual program aims to encourage and recognize innovative research and discoveries in biodiversity informatics made by graduate students whose master's and doctoral studies are based on data from GBIF.
The Science Analytics and Synthesis Program (SAS) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) manages the U.S. Node to GBIF, GBIF-US, to facilitate access to species occurrence data (presence and absence), analyses and investigations of species trends, drivers of change, and potential implications of future changes in biodiversity in the United States and U.S. Territories.
This implementation of a Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) national data portal serves as an access point to U.S. species occurrence data contributed to GBIF. The Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) project provided the foundation for the current implementation of GBIF-US.
The 2023 program will offer a pair of prizes worth €5,000 recognizing the work of two early-career researchers - preferably, a master's candidate and a doctoral student - who receive official nominations from Heads of Delegations or communication node managers of GBIF participating countries.
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Award size: 5,000 euros
Deadline: May 19, 2023
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Much of the success of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (STRI) is due to its ability to attract some of the brightest scholars from diverse fields of tropical research. We invest more than $3 million every year to support creative young researchers at critical stages in their careers. Fellowships range from three months to three years and allow young scholars to explore their own research questions across Panama’s rich tropical ecosystems while based at our state-of-the-art facilities.
STRI’s most prestigious postdoctoral fellowship is awarded once a year to an outstanding candidate in one of the many research fields practiced at STRI. Successful candidate will conduct a three-year research program based at a STRI facility, typically in the lab of a staff scientist who serves as host or advisor on the project.
Eligibility
Researchers whose Ph.D. studies are completed before fellowship begins.
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Award size: $55,000 annual stipend; research budget of up to $16,0000
Deadline: June 1, 2023
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The World Heritage Young Professionals Fora are among the flagship activities of the World Heritage Education Programme, designed to foster intercultural learning and exchange by bringing together young people, educators, and heritage experts from different parts of the world to discover new roles for themselves in heritage conservation. They allow the young professionals to gain local insights on heritage management from the experience of the host country and through site visits to World Heritage properties, and also provide an opportunity for them to meet with the members of the World Heritage Committee and its Advisory Bodies and discuss the 1972 Convention and its implementation in greater depth.
The Forum will address the following sub-themes:
- World Heritage & Climate Change
- World Heritage and Sustainable Tourism
- Diversity & Representation of World Heritage
- The Digital Dimension of World Heritage
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Award Size: RT airfare, local transportation, meals
Deadline: June 4, 2023
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The Short-Term Fellowship Program at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institution (STRI) allows selected candidates to come to STRI at any time of the year and is an excellent resource to provide support for graduate students and introduce them to tropical research. Although focused primarily on graduate students, awards are occasionally given to undergraduate and postdoctoral candidates. These fellowships enable selected candidates to work in the tropics and explore research possibilities at STRI.
Eligibility
Graduate students, undergrads and postdocs.
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Award size: $1,000 monthly stipend; airfare; research budget up to $2,000
Deadline: June 15, 2023
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Schwarzman Scholars supports up to 200 Scholars annually from the U.S., China, and around the world for a one-year master’s in global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University — ranked first in Asia as an indispensable base for China’s political, business, and technological leadership. Scholars chosen for this highly selective program will live in Beijing for a year of study and cultural immersion.
Our cohort of global leaders reflects the diversity, vibrancy and promise of the world at large. Schwarzman Scholars embrace the opportunity to understand other cultures, perspectives and positions.
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Award size: see website
Deadline: September 19, 2023
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Global Innovations in Development, Engagement, and Scholarship (Global IDEAS) catalyzes interdisciplinary thought, research, and action to solve global/grand challenges in an international development context. We facilitate communities of practice; collaborate and engage with external partners and donors; enhance opportunities for faculty and staff to conduct research, education, and engagement; and provide proposal development and project management to support MSU’s international objectives. |
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1405 S. Harrison Rd. Manly Miles Bldg., Suite 308
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: (517) 884-2987
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