a) Innovation Funds
Beyond Covid-19: Global Open Innovation Challenge 2020 : https://bit.ly/3cPvlQ
iF Social Impact Prize 2020 for Projects: https://bit.ly/2wHKIup
InnoCentive Funding Challenge 2020 for Thinkers and Innovators: https://bit.ly/3cSce8a
Clinton Global Initiative University COVID-19 Student Action Fund 2020: https://bit.ly/2WHu0p0
GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion 2020: https://bit.ly/2Kgk2nB
Village Capital/MetLife Foundation Finance Forward MENA 2020: https://bit.ly/2ZrAjPc
UNESCO 11th International Fund for Cultural Diversity 2020: https://bit.ly/39uNjoO
IsDB Group Transform Fund Call for Innovation 2020: https://bit.ly/3fZtCJW
StartupXs COVID-19 Response Fund 2020: https://bit.ly/2TrdYNS
HDIF COVID-19 Response Challenge 2020 for Tanzanians: https://bit.ly/3cMmq1U
NYDA Youth Micro Enterprise Relief Fund for Young South Africans: https://bit.ly/3dscpXt
UNOPS Global Innovation Challenge 2020 to tackle the SDGs: https://bit.ly/2Wiv69b
b) Funds for Non-profits
GlobalGiving Accelerator Program – September 2020 for Nonprofits: https://bit.ly/3cQbtwt
Philip Henman Trust Grants 2020 for UK-based Charities Concerned with Overseas Development: https://bit.ly/2QGAHnO
GRSP Road Safety Grants Programme 2020 for Organizations: https://bit.ly/2LIRofs
c) Funds for Women
UNECA/Standard Bank Group African Women Leadership Fund Initiative 2020: https://bit.ly/2z0Eo1V
United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative 2020: https://bit.ly/2SOYTFv
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science South African National Programme 2020: https://bit.ly/2WB0lwp
Start-Up Chile S Factory Pre-acceleration Program 2020 for Startups led by Female Founders: https://bit.ly/3e8TuRQ
Shecluded ‘One Woman One Laptop’ Initiative 2020 for women-led businesses in Nigeria affected by COVID-19: https://bit.ly/35VE7cN
d) Grants for Journalists
Journalismfund Money Trail Grants for Investigative Journalism 2020: https://bit.ly/3chI8uq
Wits Justice Project (WJP) Criminal Justice Reporting Grants 2020: https://bit.ly/2Sto6oR
Thomson Reuters Foundation’s COVID-19 Crisis Reporting EAP Hub: https://bit.ly/3dWuDka
e) Grants for Photographers
BigPicture Emerging Photographer Grant 2020: https://bit.ly/2Re2XhP
f) Research Grants
Smithsonian ForestGEO Research Grants Program 2020: https://bit.ly/2WHNKca
One Ocean Hub DEEP Fund 2020: https://bit.ly/3bE3aCe
African World Heritage Fund Moses Mapesa Research Grant 2020/2021: https://bit.ly/2Lsc6jI
SSRC Rapid-Response Grants on Covid-19 and the Social Sciences: https://bit.ly/35W14Nb
Microsoft AI for Health COVID-19 Grants 2020: https://bit.ly/2LPdhdg
Merck Foundation Research Grants Program 2020 for Scientists: https://bit.ly/2KD91wI
University of St. Gallen Mobility Grants 2020 for Researchers from Swiss Institutions: https://bit.ly/2VhCQZI
University of St. Gallen Seed Money Grants 2020 for Swiss and Latin American Researchers: https://bit.ly/2RAg3GB
MSIF Du Pré Grants 2020 for MS Researchers and Clinicians from Low- and Middle-income Countries: https://bit.ly/3dZJkUG
Spencer Foundation Research Grants on Education: COVID-19 Related Special Grant Cycle: https://bit.ly/36kUCiP
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