RESEARCH GRANTS CORNER
Research Grants Corner serves as a dedicated platform under the Research, Innovation & Outreach Division to provide timely information on available research funding opportunities. The section is designed to support academic staff, researchers, and postgraduate students by sharing calls for proposals, grant guidelines, deadlines, and relevant updates from local and international funding agencies. Through this platform, the University seeks to promote a strong research culture, enhance grant acquisition capacity, and support innovative, impactful, and community-responsive research initiatives.
Leveraging Genetic Innovation for Resilient African Food Systems in the wake of Global Shocks, Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2023 Date and venue: UM6P, Morocco, 23-26 October 2023.
Title: Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Funder: Simons Foundation
URL: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/targeted-grants-in-mps/
Deadline: Rolling
Title: $10 Million Global Open Call for Proposals for solutions to tackle online child sexual exploitation and abuse
Funder: Safe Online
URL: https://live-safe-online-fund.pantheonsite.io/2023-funding/
Deadline: October 31, 2023
Title: Call for Proposals: TechWomen Program 2024
Funder: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)
URL: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349617
Deadline: October 6, 2023
Title: NGI Search 3rd Open Call
Funder: NGI SEARCH
URL: https://starts.eu/calls/ngi-search-3/
Deadline: October 2, 2023
Title: Call for Applications: Africa Science Journalism Awards (ASJA)
Funder: Science For Africa Foundation
URL: https://scienceforafrica.foundation/funding
Deadline: Thursday, August 31, 2023
Title: The Einstein Starting Researcher programme
Funder: The Einstein Foundation Berlin
URL: https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/programmes/einstein-starting-researcher/
Deadline: November 15, 2023
Title: Invitation to tender – Measurement of social and cultural infrastructure
Funder: The British Academy
URL: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/measurement-of-social-and-cultural-infrastructure/
Deadline: September 20, 2023 – 17:00 BST
Title: T-AP call on Democracy, Governance and Trust
Funder: Trans- Atlantic Platform
URL: https://www.transatlanticplatform.com/activities/democracy-governance-trust/
Deadline: September 15 2023
Title: ESRC working with Luxembourg researchers
Funder: UKRI
URL: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-working-with-luxembourg-researchers/
Deadline: 28 September 2023 4:00pm UK time
Title: U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program
Funder: Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
URL: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=kenya
Deadline: October 19, 2023
Title: Strengthening health and disease modelling for public health decision making in Africa
Funder: Wellcome trust
Deadline: October 23, 2023
Title: Nestle Foundation Pilot Grant
Funder: Nestle Foundation
URL: https://research.
Deadline: January 10, 2024
Title: Alcohol Health Services Research (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-252.html
Submission date: September 16, 2023
Title: Personal Health Informatics for Delivering Actionable Insights to Individuals (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-23-245.html
Deadline: September 05, 2023
Title: Generating evidence for decision-making on the use of the oral cholera vaccine
Funder: Wellcome Trust
Deadline: September 30, 2023
Title: 3rd Share4Rare open call for patient driven Research Projects
Funder: Sant Joan Deu Research Foundation
URL: https://www.sjdrecerca.org/es/fundacion/
Deadline: 30th September 2023
Title: Precision Mental Health: Develop Tools to Inform Treatment Selection in Depression (UG3/UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funder: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-24-120.html
Deadline: September 18, 2023
Title: Melanoma Research Program: Focused Program Award – Rare Melanomas (worldwide)
Funder: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)
URL: https://www.scientifyresearch.org/grant/rare-melanoma-research-award-worldwide/
Deadline: Pre-Application Submission Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET), August 31, 2023. Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. ET, September 22, 2023.
Title: MOMENTUM (Moving Integrated, Quality Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Services, Voluntary Family Planning, and Reproductive Health Care [MNCH/FP/RH] to Scale)
Funder: USAID
URL: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=kenya
Deadline: September 30, 2025
Title: Advancing Methods for Safe, Noninvasive, Real Time Assessment of Placenta Development and Function across Pregnancy (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funder: National Institute of Health
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-236.html
Deadline: October 16, 2023
Title: Grand Opportunity in Medications Development for Substance-Use Disorders (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funder: National Institute of Health
URL: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-202.html
Deadline: Rolling basis upto September 1, 2025
Title: Call for Nominations: Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development 2023
Funder: UNESCO
Deadline: October 31, 2023
Title: Margaret McNamara Education Grant Program
Funder: Margaret McNamara Education Grant
URL: https://www.mmeg.org/apply
Deadline: 14th September 2023
Title: Wildlife Tracking Equipment Grant Programme
Funder: Holohil Systems Limited
URL: https://www.holohil.com/grant-program/
Deadline: 15th October 2023
Title: Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge
Funder: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Key Dates
Informational Webinar: October 3, 2023
Applications Opens: June 12, 2024
Applications Period Closes: August 7, 2024
Title: Submit a Research Concept
Funder: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
URL: https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/submit-a-research-concept/
Deadline: Rolling
Title: 2024 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grant
Funder: Illumina
URL: https://www.illumina.com/areas-of-interest/agrigenomics/community.html
Deadline: September 30, 2023
Title: Harvest for Health Breakthrough Crop Challenge
Funder: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
Key Dates
Informational Webinar: October 3, 2023
Applications Opens: June 12, 2024
Applications Period Closes: August 7, 2024
Title: Submit a Research Concept
Funder: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR)
URL: https://foundationfar.org/grants-funding/opportunities/submit-a-research-concept/
Deadline: Rolling
Title: 2024 Agricultural Greater Good Initiative Grant
Funder: Illumina
URL: https://www.illumina.com/areas-of-interest/agrigenomics/community.html
Deadline: September 30, 2023
Title: Apply for funding through an unsolicited proposal
Funder: Global Affairs Canada
URL: Apply for funding through an unsolicited proposal (international.gc.ca)
Deadline: Rolling
Title: Global Call for Research Proposals: Innovative Veterinary Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance (InnoVet-AMR) 2 in Food-Producing animals: Ruminants and Aquaculture
Funder: IDRC
Deadline: October 30, 2023
Title: Development Innovation Ventures Annual Program Statement (APS)
Funder: USAID
URL: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=344244
Deadline: October 31, 2023
Title: Millennium Technology Prize 2024
Funder: The Technology Academy Finland (TAF)
URL: https://millenniumprize.org/prize/make-a-nomination/
Deadline: October 31, 2023
Title: Exploratory Grants for Climate Change and Health Research Center Development (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funder: NIH
Deadline: November 7, 2023
Title: Kenya Inclusive Governance, Accountability, Performance and Participation (Kenya-IGAPP)
Funder: USAID
URL: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=kenya
Deadline: January 27, 2024
Title: Wellcome Discovery Awards
Funder: Wellcome
URL: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/discovery-awards
Deadline: November 21, 2023
Title: Grants to protect Environment improve Food Production and promote Public Health
Funder: Conservation, Food and Health Foundation
URL: https://cfhfoundation.grantsmanagement08.com/?page_id=6
Deadline: January 1, 2024
Title: ERC Starting grants call
Funder: European Commission
URL: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/africa/news/erc-starting-grants-call
Deadline: 24 October 2023
Title: New grants programme: High Impact Interventions – Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs)
Funder: Burdett Trust for nursing
URL: https://www.btfn.org.uk/new-grants-programme-high-impact-interventions-chronic-respiratory-diseases/
Deadline: 30 September 2023
Title: Mozilla Foundation Data Futures Lab – Infrastructure Fund
Funder: Mozilla Foundation
URL: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/data-futures-lab/grantmaking/infrastructure-fund/
Deadline: August 31, 2023 (Letter of Intent)
Title: Emily’s Entourage Collaborative Grants
Funder: Emily’s Entourage
URL: https://www.emilysentourage.org/collaborative-grants/
Deadline: September 15, 2023 (Letter of Intent)
Title: Responsible AI UK international partnerships
Funder: UKRI
URL: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/responsible-ai-uk-international-partnerships/
Deadline: 14 September 2023
Title: SPRIND Funke Challenge: Tissue Engineering
Funder: SPRIND – German Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation
URL: https://www.myresearchconnect.com/sprind-funke-challenge-tissue-engineering/
Deadline: September 30, 2023
Title: British Academy – ODA International Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Funder: British Academy (BA)
URL: https://www.myresearchconnect.com/british-academy-oda-international-interdisciplinary-research-projects/
Deadline: November 1, 2023
Title: TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training
Funder: The World Academy of Science (TWAS)
URL: TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training
Deadline: October 9, 2023
Title: TWAS Visiting Expert Programme
Funder: The World Academy of Science (TWAS)
URL: TWAS Visiting Expert Programme
Deadline: October 9, 2023
Title: The African Graduate Fellowship at The American University in Cairo
Funder: American University in Cairo
URL: https://www.aucegypt.edu/admissions/fellowships/listings/african-graduate
Deadline: 15th October 2023
The applicable fields are: Application of knowledge and solutions to climate change, natural disasters, climate literacy, afforestation and reforestation, and other relevant areas. The application deadline is 19th May, 2022. The Project duration is 3 years with a budget range of USD 24,000 – 25,000. Find more information about the Call via the link: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-elsevier-foundation-project-grants-gender-equity-and-climate-action
Title: Wellcome Career Development Awards
Funder: Wellcome
URL: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/career-development-awards#key-dates-e35c
Deadline: November 16, 2023
Title: Nestle Foundation Training Grant
Funder: Nestle Foundation
URL: https://www.nestlefoundation.org/research.html
Deadline: January 10, 2024
The applicable fields are: environment, land use and forestry management. The grant budget is $ 5,000. Please find more information regarding the application deadline, project duration, budget and any other information through the link: https://grants.ran.org/protect-an-acre-grant-application/
The applicable field is: management of heat-related health risks in real settings – not under laboratory conditions. The project will run for a duration of up to 5 years with a grant budget of £500,000. The Application deadline is 31st May, 2022. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/heat-adaptation-evaluating-interventions-help-manage-health-effects-heat#call-at-a-glance-bf05
The researchers should develop a proposal that sheds light on the nexus between climate change and the extreme weather events that threaten millions of livelihoods and present ways these populations could be better protected; as guided by the Call. The grant budget will range from EUR2,000 to EUR7,000. The Application deadline is 15th June, 2022. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://www.allianz.com/en/sustainability/sustainability-at-allianz/climate-change/climate-risk-research-award.html
Researchers should respond by developing a proposal designed to support small-scale or pilot project especially on human-wildlife conflicts. The project will run for 12 months and has a grant budget of $ 6,000. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://apply.ruffordsmallgrants.org/help/criteria
Researchers should respond by developing a proposal on impactful programs that combine various sustainable methods to tackle the specific climate change-related challenges of today’s farming communities; as guided by the Call. The application deadline is 30th March, 2022. The project has a grant budget of $20,000 to $300,000. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://www.agcofoundation.org/grants.html
Researchers can respond by developing a proposal on climate change, industrial production, trade and market analysis; as guided by the Call. The application deadline is 31st March, 2022. The project will run for 12 months and has a grant budget of £40,000. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://pedl.cepr.org/content/3rd-special-erg-call-climate-change
Researchers can respond by developing a proposal on carbon neutrality and conservation of biodiversity; as guided by the Call. The project will run for 6 – 24 months and has a grant budget of EUR 20,000 – 200,000. The application deadline is 15th April, 2022. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project-funding/information-for-applicants/iki-small-grants
Researchers can respond by developing a multi-disciplinary 5-page proposal with a social aspect; as guided by the Call. The project has a grant budget of $5,000-10,000. The application deadline is 15th April, 2022. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://ii.umich.edu/asc/asri/asri-grant.html
Researchers can respond by developing a proposal in the field of education; as guided by the Call. The project will run for 5 years and has a grant budget of $500,000 (Ksh. 50 Million). The application deadline is 15th June, 2022. Please find more information regarding the through the link: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/large-research-grant