Deadline: 4 April 2018

National Geographic Society is seeking proposals for its Conservation Technologies Programme to advance breakthrough technologies that can scale National Geographic’s efforts to explore, visualize, understand, and ultimately protect the planet.

National Geographic, through its engineering team, has a long record of success in developing innovative, cutting-edge technologies that have opened their eyes to different viewpoints, helped them to see the world in a new light and explore it in new ways. From the depths of the ocean, to the top of mountains, technologies such as Crittercam, DropCam, aerial imagery, and camera traps have already demonstrated their ability to transform the fields of exploration, science, and conservation.

Priorities

Priority will be given to projects that use technology to do one or more of the following:

• Develop tools or capabilities needed to generate new data and insights on biodiversity distribution, patterns, and trends
• Inform where future protected areas should be prioritized
• Support integrated multi-sensor monitoring systems for the natural world (including land and ocean), and cultural heritage.
• Advance surveillance/alarm systems for protected areas (natural and cultural) by providing real-time, local-to-global, situational awareness

Funding Information

• Typical proposal requests should be less than $50,000; applicants may request up to $100,000, of which up to 20 percent of the total can be used as a stipend for the applicant or team members, and up to 15 percent of which can be used for institutional overhead (applicable only for awarded grants of at least $50,000).
• All applications should explicitly review what has already been accomplished and state the plan for evaluating the impact of the work.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit Conservation Technologies.

PPIAF’s 2018 Call for Global Knowledge Proposals is seeking submissions on topics pertaining to private sector participation in infrastructure, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and sub-national finance in PPIAF’s priority sectors (Energy, Water and Transportation). Multi-sector proposals related to the general PPP enabling environment are also acceptable.

PPIAF will consider global knowledge products that provide lessons learned or best practices that can be applied across countries and across regions. A total of $1 million has been allocated for this effort. For additional information, please see PPIAF’s Call for Proposals FAQS. Proposals will be accepted for:

• Knowledge Products (e.g., toolkits, guides, manuals, briefs, training seminars and workshops, development of training materials, capacity building)

• Outreach (translation, dissemination, conferences)

Proposals will be accepted for knowledge products and outreach activities on the following topics:

• Best practices to improve national and/or local governments’ capacity, particularly in low-income and fragile countries, to address sustainability issues in infrastructure through private sector participation.

• Innovative financing of infrastructure within the Maximizing Finance for Development agenda, at national and subnational levels.  

• Activities that produce learning on what works and what does not when integrating gender considerations, including prevention and response to gender based violence, in PPP frameworks and/or to promote female entrepreneurs’ participation in the supply chain of infrastructure PPPs.

• Case studies or best practices on incorporating a pro-poor dimension in the design/construction/monitoring of infrastructure projects with private sector participation.

Eligibility:

The call is open to staff at the World Bank Group and other multilateral development banks, donor organizations, non-profit organizations, and academia. For additional information, please see PPIAF’s Call for Proposals FAQS

Selection Criteria:

• Proposals will be evaluated on technical quality, relevance to the proposed topics, and alignment with PPIAF’s strategy. Specifically, proposals will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Potential for Impact

• Target Audience & Dissemination Plan

• Value for Money

• Innovative Approach

• Co-financing

Proposals are strongly encouraged to include co-financing, as this will be considered in the selection process.

Submission Guidelines and Deadline:

• All WBG proposals must identify an accredited TTL to oversee activity implementation. TTLs must have TLAP 2.0 accreditation to implement PPIAF grants.

• All external proposals must include a team leader as the main applicant.

• All knowledge product proposals must use the PPIAF Call for Global Knowledge Proposals Knowledge Product Submission Form.  

• All outreach activity proposals must use the PPIAF Call for Global Knowledge Proposals Outreach Activity Submission Form .  

• Proposals are not to exceed 10 pages.

• Proposals must be submitted as a Word document via email to ppiaf_knowledge@worldbank.org by 5:00 PM (EST) on March 29, 2018.

• Questions can be submitted to ppiaf_knowledge@ppiaf.org 

The 2018 Africa Energy Innovation Competiton is set to accelerate the development of early-stage energy firms across Africa. Across Africa, the main energy challenge is to rapidly deliver modern energy services to millions of households and businesses using sustainable and affordable energy technologies. This competition challenges early-stage energy entrepreneurs from Africa to collaborate with local research institutions or industries to develop a prototype model of a key device/equipment for a social energy enterprise or energy management system using local resources.

Main Grant Application Announcement : January 2018

AWDF invites applications from eligible African women’s organisations under its main grants programme. Applications for the first grantmaking round of 2018 can be sent in under one or more of AWDF’s thematic areas as listed below. These frame AWDF’s current funding strategy Shaping Africa’s Future;

• Body & Health Rights

The focus for this grantmaking round will be on ending violence against women; sexual and reproductive rights including HIV/AIDS; LBT rights; women’s emotional wellbeing and mental health including for women human rights defenders.

• Economic Security & Justice

The focus for this grantmaking round will be on land, property and inheritance rights; food sovereignty and women’s rights in contexts of food production and agriculture; climate and environmental justice; women’s economic security and livelihoods.

• Leadership, Participation & Peace

The focus for this grantmaking round will be on women’s participation in governance and decision-making, including elections; peace and security; defending democratic space and women human rights defenders; building women’s leadership.

AWDF is particularly interested in projects working with young women, women facing multiple discrimination, and approaches that include engaging the arts, culture, sports and technology.

AWDF is looking for innovative and effective projects that address the needs of and involve the women and communities most affected by inequality and injustice in the leadership and implementation of projects.

AWDF particularly encourages women’s rights organisations registered and working in the following countries to apply:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Applications are due 7 March 2018.

Grant Size & Period

Applicants may apply for up to US$50,000 for a one-year grant. Please note that most grants awarded are likely to be lower than the maximum.

Organisations can apply for an amount which is not more than half of their confirmed income as evident in their last audited statement.

Decisions on grants will be announced by June 2018.

Eligibility Criteria

The basic qualifying criteria for applying organisations are as follows:

• Must be led by a woman and have majority of its staff and board being women
• Must be duly registered in an African country
• Must have been in existence for at least 3 years
• Must have the needed organisational structures for effective implementation of the project

• Must have an appreciable financial management system to properly account for funds received
• Must be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
• Must complete the necessary application forms

Please note that AWDF does NOT fund men-led organisations; political parties or campaigning; government agencies; individuals; scholarships; for-profit initiatives and projects aimed at religious conversion or proselytizing.

How to Apply

Interested women’s rights organisations should send in their proposals via email to awdf@awdf.org using the required application guidelines and forms below. The applicant must also complete and include a financial management assessment form and a budget.

NOTE: Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted.

GUIDELINE AND FORMS:

Main Grants Application Form

Application Guidelines 2018

The global objective of this call for proposals is:

To improve working conditions, promote labour and environmental standards and reduce labour rights abuses in the cotton and garment sector value chains.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:

• improving knowledge, awareness and advocacy on social and environmental conditions to promote responsible production and consumption
• enhancing and up-scaling voluntary transparency and traceability schemes through existing multistakeholder initiatives to support sustainable and responsible production

Lot 1 Strengthening knowledge, awareness, and advocacy on social and environmental conditions in the cotton and garment value chains. Indicative allocation of funds EUR 3 500 000. minimum amount: EUR 500 000  maximum amount: EUR 1 500 000

Lot 2 Enhancing transparency and traceability in the cotton and garment value chains. Indicative allocation of funds EUR 2 000 000.  minimum amount: EUR 500 000  maximum amount: EUR 1 000 000

There are three sets of eligibility criteria, relating to:

the actors:

• The lead applicant, i.e. the entity submitting the application form (2.1.1),
• if any, its co-applicant(s) (where it is not specified otherwise the lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) are hereinafter jointly referred as “applicant(s)”) (2.1.1),
• and, if any, affiliated entity(ies) to the lead applicant and/or to a co-applicant(s). (2.1.2);

the actions:

• Actions for which a grant may be awarded (2.1.4)

the costs:

• types of cost that may be taken into account in setting the amount of the grant (2.1.5)

This call will support cutting-edge applied field and/or laboratory research projects with the potential to generate high impact and innovative results with particular impact on the food insecure and poor in eligible eastern and southern African countries. All projects require a sound environmental impact assessment, the consideration of social and gender issues, and an applicability to smallholder farmers. The projects should address real practical development challenges and research needs of the 10 developing countries.

The fund will focus on issues under four key research areas aligned to regional priorities as stated in the Malabo declaration:

1. Improved productivity and incomes for farmers and communities and decreased post-harvest losses;
2. Improved gender equity;
3. Nutrition and human health; and
4. Climate change and sustainable water management.

Of special interest is supporting innovative research with the potential for breakthrough results that can be effectively scaled-up and easily adopted by smallholder farmers, food processors, post-harvest handlers, and other value chain actors to improve food and nutrition security and achieve gender equality.

This call is open to applicant organizations that will work in partnership with others to carry out research in one (or more) of the eligible countries: Burundi; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.

Applicant organizations must be developing country organizations (national agricultural research systems, universities, government departments, NGOs, regional organizations, and Southern-led international organizations) with legal corporate registration in an eligible country. They may work in partnership with Canadian or Australian organizations, but this is not a requirement.

Due date : 1 March, 2018

For more information: https://www.idrc.ca/en

Can your technology contribute to a better environment and help reduce poverty? Do you want to explore a new market for your product? If yes, then apply for the Planning Grants program.

The Demo Environment programme, financed by The Swedish Agency for Development Cooperation (Sida) is seeking applications for its Planning Grants program to strengthen partnerships and explore new market opportunities for their technology or business model.

Focus Areas

• Climate change adaption/mitigation
• Ecosystem services
• Renewable energy
• Water and sanitation
• Urban development

Grant Information

The maximum amount you can apply for as a Planning Grant is SEK 350,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must fulfill the following eligibility requirements:
  • The main applicant must be a company or organisation based outside one of the 14 countries, and its partner organisation (the potential customer) must be legally registered in the project country.
  • The partners must have signed a Memorandum of Understanding or similar agreement before applying.
  • As guiding principle companies or private organizations applying and their partners should have at least 3 employees and have been operating for about 3 years. They particularly encourage applications from small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Both partners must exhibit sound finances and a reasonable turnover.
• Note that no organisation, private or public, is eligible for funds if it is involved in any of the following:
  • The manufacture of arms and/or their components
  • The tobacco industry
  • The alcohol industry

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply online via given website.

Eligible Countries

• Africa: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
• Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia
• Latin America: Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala
• Western Balkans: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
• Eastern Europe: Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

Deadline: 4 March 2018

For more information, please visit Planning Grants.

The CFC is an intergovernmental foundation investing in organisations and enterprises pursuing SDG Agenda in commodity value chains in its member countries. Through a range of financial instruments, the CFC seeks to support business activities in the field of commodity development, including agriculture, minerals and metals in Developing Countries. CFC is an impact investor and expects proposals aiming to generate sound financial return, and provide for a measurable social and environmental impact.

Objectives

• CFC supports activities which promote the contribution of the commodity sector to achieving the SDGs in CFC member countries including the following aspects:
  • Social: Create employment (particularly for youth and women), provide sustained increase in household incomes, reduce poverty, and enhance food security.
  • Economic: Enhance production and productivity, achieve higher local value addition; improve competitiveness of producers, producer organisations and small and medium sized industries, support the financial sector development.
  • Environmental: Enhance production taking into account the environment and its long term possibilities for the same, or increased use of productive resources while maintaining or reducing the impact on the environment.
• The CFC supports implementation of activities along the value chain that:
  • are innovative, scalable and replicable,
  • are financially sustainable,
  • have a potential measurable positive socio-economic and environmental impact on the stakeholders in commodity value chains as compared to the prevailing baseline situation,
  • develop stronger connections with existing markets or create new markets along the value chain,
  • increase financial or other services available for commodity producers and commodity based businesses,
  • enhance knowledge generation and information dissemination, and
  • build effective and cost efficient collaboration between producers, industry, governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders for commodity based development.

Eligibility Criteria

All legal public and private entities are eligible to apply under this Call for Proposals, provided they:

• operate in commodity value chains in CFC member countries (mentioned below) or provide financial services to micro, small and medium sized businesses operating in these value chains,
• have a proven relevant track record of sound financial operations in their current and / or proposed activities over a period of at least 3 years, which can be documented by means of (audited) financial statements, and
• share CFC’s values, including internationally recognized principles concerning human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption as reflected in the United Nations Global Compact.

How to Apply

Applicants can download the application form via given website http://www.common-fund.org/call-for-proposals/

Deadline: 15 April 2018

Due date : 2 February, 2018

Eligible applicants: Scientists, researchers, innovators or entrepreneurs resident in the eastern African countries of Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda and who are not current recipients of a BioInnovate Africa project grant.

Partners per project: Minimum 3 and maximum 5 from at least three (3) of the eligible countries.

Grant period: Up to 3 years (2018–2021)

Grant amount per project: US$ 750,000 for Category 1; US$ 250,000 for Category 2; and US$ 500,000 for Category 3.

                                                                      http://bioinnovate-africa.org

Organizations seeking funding to promote policy change and implementation to promote safer road users will be required to submit a short concept note for consideration. Please carefully read the call for proposals to determine if you are eligible before you apply. Note that applications will not be accepted from all BIGRS priority cities in Round 13. After you log on to our on-line system, select the CN Safer Road User_RD13.

Proposals to promote policy change on vehicle standards will not be considered in Round 13.