Funding Opportunities

Horticulture Innovation Lab offers research grants on nutrition, postharvest, gender

The Horticulture Innovation Lab has announced several new funding opportunities for collaborations between U.S. universities and organizations in developing countries to address the needs of smallholder fruit and vegetable farmers. Researchers at U.S. public universities, along with their partners in […]

InnovATE Call for Concept Notes: Contemporary Challenges in Agricultural Education and Training

The Innovation for Agriculture Training and Education (InnovATE) project released a Call for Concept Notes (CfCN) on August 15, 2014 to address Contemporary Challenges in Agricultural Education and Training. InnovATE is a USAID-funded, Feed the Future initiative with the goal […]

Horticulture Innovation Lab Trellis Fund,
Deadline September 15

The Horticulture Innovation Lab Trellis Fund is currently accepting project proposals.The Trellis Fund provides small-scale, in-country development organizations access to U.S. graduate student expertise, providing benefit to both the student and the in-country institutions. Trellis Fund projects may address irrigation, […]

DFID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Announce to New RFAs

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the publication of two new Requests for Applications: Agriculture-Nutrition Impact Studies: This RFA seeks applications for large-scale, medium- to long-term research studies that will […]

Call for Nominations: BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab

The Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) recently released a call for nominations for the BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence.  The purpose of the BIFAD Awards for Scientific Excellence in a Feed the Future Innovation Lab is to […]

Call for nominations for the Premio Daniel Carasso

The Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation has created the Premio (Prize) Daniel Carasso as an international prize awarded every two years. It is intended to reward and encourage outstanding scientific research into sustainable food systems and diets for long-term health. The […]

French Global Environment Facility (FFEM) – Biodiversity and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa Deadline: 15 June

In partnership with the French Committee of IUCN, the FFEM announces its 2014 call for small-scale initiatives (PPI) addressing biodiversity conservation and the fight against climate change in West Africa, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Priority is for African NGOs, and international […]

BBVA Foundation – Awards in Frontiers of Knowledge

The BBVA Foundation annually makes awards to recognize innovative and fundamental advances in science, culture, and collaboration. Thematic areas include ecology and conservation biology; climate change; and development cooperation (among others). The awards are open to individuals and organizations of […]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Climate Co-Lab 2014

The Climate Co-Lab aims to gather and apply collective intelligence from around the world to address global climate change. The Co-Lab posts contests to invite the best ideas to prevent and adapt to climate change. Some contests pose social and […]

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Science for Peace and Security

NATO’s support for research in peace and security includes aspects of environment and energy in relation to climate change, water scarcity, increasing energy needs, disaster forecasts, and prevention of natural catastrophes (among others). Applications are invited from researchers in NATO’s […]