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Top 40 Funding Opportunities - May 2020

Check out this list of various grant opportunities:

- Innovation Funds for Individuals and Startups
- Funds for Nonprofit Organizations
- Funds for Women and Women-Focused Initiatives
- Grants for Journalists
- Research Grants

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12 INNOVATION FUNDS

1. Beyond Covid-19: Global Open Innovation Challenge
bit.ly/3cPvlQ8

2. iF Social Impact Prize
bit.ly/2wHKIup

3. InnoCentive Funding Challenge
bit.ly/3cSce8a

4. CGI U COVID-19 Student Action Fund
Details: bit.ly/2WHu0p0

5. GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption & Digital Inclusion
bit.ly/2Kgk2nB

6. StartupXs COVID-19 Response Fund
bit.ly/2TrdYNS

7. UNESCO Int’l Fund for Cultural Diversity
bit.ly/39uNjoO

8. IsDB Group Transform Fund
bit.ly/3fZtCJW

9. Village Capital/MetLife Foundation Finance Forward MENA
bit.ly/2ZrAjPc

10. HDIF COVID-19 Response Challenge
bit.ly/3cMmq1U

11. NYDA Youth Micro Enterprise Relief Fund
bit.ly/3dscpXt

12. UNOPS Global Innovation Challenge
bit.ly/2Wiv69b

10 RESEARCH GRANTS

1. Smithsonian ForestGEO Research Grants
bit.ly/2WHNKca

2. One Ocean Hub DEEP Fund
bit.ly/3bE3aCe

3. AWH Fund Moses Mapesa Research Grant
bit.ly/2Lsc6jI

4. SSRC Rapid-Response Grants on COVID-19
bit.ly/35W14Nb

5. Microsoft AI for Health COVID-19 Grants
bit.ly/2LPdhdg

6. Merck Foundation Research Grants Program
bit.ly/2KD91wI

7. University of St. Gallen Mobility Grants 2020
bit.ly/2VhCQZI

8. University of St. Gallen Seed Money Grants
bit.ly/2RAg3GB

9. MSIF Du Pré Grants 2020 for MS Researchers and Clinicians from Low- and Middle-income Countries

Details: bit.ly/3dZJkUG

10. Spencer Foundation Research Grants on Education: COVID-19 Related Special Grant Cycle

Details: bit.ly/36kUCiP

FUNDS FOR WOMEN

1. UNECA/Standard Bank African Women Leadership Fund Initiative
bit.ly/2z0Eo1V

2. UN Secretary-General’s PBF Gender/Youth Promotion Initiative
bit.ly/2SOYTFv

3. L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science SA National Programme
bit.ly/2WB0lwp

4. Start-Up Chile S Factory Pre-acceleration Program 2020 for Startups led by Female Founders

Details: bit.ly/3e8TuRQ

5. Shecluded ‘One Woman One Laptop’ Initiative 2020 for women-led businesses in Nigeria affected by COVID-19

Details: bit.ly/35VE7cN

GRANTS FOR JOURNALISTS

1. Journalismfund Money Trail Grants for Investigative Journalism
bit.ly/3chI8uq

2. WJP Criminal Justice Reporting Grants
bit.ly/2Sto6oR

3. TRF’s COVID-19 Crisis Reporting EAP Hub 2020
bit.ly/3dWuDka

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