Closing Date: 30 November 2016.

The HEAD Foundation (THF) is pleased to announce its 2016 Request for Proposals (RFP) for social and education projects. Through this RFP, THF is seeking to provide funding for projects that contribute to knowledge dissemination and societal development, thus allowing the Foundation to fulfil its mission of contributing to Human Capital & Education for Asian Development. As a non-profit organization that enables positive social changes in Asia, we are keen to support projects that.

We welcome proposals for both research and non-research projects.

Eligible Countries: 

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philipines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam

Grant Fund:

The foundation targets to fund projects with a project budget of S$50,000 to S$80,000, and project duration of one year or shorter.

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Closing Date: October 31, 2016.

The CFC (an intergovernmental financial institution) provides financing to organizations and enterprises engaged 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. The intervention should, besides giving a sound financial return, also provide for a measurable social and environmental return.

OBJECTIVES OF CFC'S PROJECT FINANCING 

The CFC supported activities promote the development of the commodity sector in CFC member countries and contribute to sustainable development in the following aspects:

The CFC supports implementation of activities along the value chain that:

ELIGIBLE ENTITIES AND COFINANCING REQUIREMENTS

Eligible to apply under this Call for Proposals are all legal public and private entities that:

The amount of finance requested from CFC should not exceed 50% of the total amount required to execute the project. The balancing amount of co-financing is to be provided by the applicant and/or by other co-financiers. Such co-financing should be relative to the new funding requirement for the (investment) project. Sunk cost are not considered a financial contribution. A thorough assessment of the co-financing available will form part of CFC’s final due diligence verification.

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Closing Date: June 17, 2016.

Toyota makes grants to support environmental activities implemented by nonprofit organizations. The themes are "biodiversity conservation" and "countermeasures to global warming." Grants are made in Japan and internationally. The international program is open to applicants in Japan, and to international partners in collaboration with Japanese groups.

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Closing Date: June 10, 2016.

The grant program focuses on deepening mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among people on the ground in East and Southeast Asia who are finding solutions to shared issues. Through promoting direct interaction among key players, the grant program aims to survey and analyze situations in target countries, obtain new perspectives, and expand the potential of future generations.

With multinational teams comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds, projects can avoid conventional linear relationships, such as “supporter and supported” or “instructor and trainee,” and instead form cooperative and creative alliances that consider, act on, and construct solutions to shared issues. The grant program anticipates that these partnerships, which extend beyond such factors as nationality, age, and organizational affiliation, will produce significant social change through fostering a process of mutual learning.

Project Period:

One year (Nov 2016 – Oct 2017) or Two years (Nov 2016 – Oct 2018)

Expected Output:

Projects are required to;

1) Identify issues and conduct a review by surveying and analyzing the situation in target countries; 

2) Carry out activities aimed at addressing issues;

3) Produce and disseminate tangible output, such as policy proposals, guidelines, photo and video works, and reports; and 

4) Submit the “Record of Change.”

Grant Amount (maximum per project):

Eligible Country:

China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam.

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Closing Date: January 31, 2016.

OPCFHK envisions a world where Asian wildlife remains biologically diverse under the stewardship of humans, corporations and governments.  We are committed to advocating, facilitating and participating in effective conservation efforts of Asian wildlife, with an emphasis on Chinese white dolphins and giant pandas, as well as their habitats.  This will be achieved through partnerships, fundraising, research and education.

With limited available funds and given the urgency of conservation efforts, it is important that research studies are designed to be effective for conservation.  Therefore, we seek proposals with measurable conservation outcomes.

The Foundation solicits projects on threatened animal species in Asia, particularly on the Foundation’s thematic species; giant pandas and Chinese white dolphins.  The outcomes of the studies must contribute to successful conservation and could entail the development of conservation action plans and/or community education programmes.  All proposals must include relevant, specific conservation targets and measurable milestones and evaluation of the programme’s effectiveness with specific and quantifiable indicators.  Projects should focus on one of the areas below:

A. Conservation Research and Management

B. Community Education and Capacity Building

Regular projects last from 1 to 2 years should focus on either one nature of the above.  For multiple-year projects last for 3 to 5 years, both natures can be submitted but in two separate proposals. Applicants shall also explain how resources and the project works are synergised and complementing each other to achieve the overall goal.

Total Funding: 

Majority of successful applications in 2015/16 were one-year projects averaged HK$ 184,000/year (US$23,000).  The funding provided is to cover the relevant project expenses during the approved project period, as stated in the application.  Multiple-year proposals last from 3 to a maximum of 5 years and limited to HK$ 1 million per year will be considered separately based on project conservation impact.

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Closing Date: January 24, 2016.

The World Bank’s Global Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD) is calling for proposals for innovative and transformational ideas that can improve the development response to forced displacement. Displacement tends to be protracted, and development programs in origin, host, transit, and destination countries are urgently needed to complement humanitarian assistance.

Innovative ideas may include analytical work, use of new technologies, or development projects.  Many such ideas are often at the inception stage, requiring further work to be sufficiently detailed and specific for donors or investors to support them. GPFD will provide up to $40,000 for selected teams to develop their idea into a full concept note which would meet World Bank Group standards. 

The Global Program on Forced Displacement (GPFD), housed in the World Bank’s Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, was established in 2009 with support from Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland to enhance the global development response to forced displacement through economically and socially sustainable solutions. GPFD focuses on development responses to situations of crisis, protracted displacement and return, through operational support, partnerships, analytical work, and knowledge dissemination.

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Closing Date: January 11, 2016.

The program supports efforts to bring together scholars whose knowledge, theoretical insight, and methodological expertise can be assembled in ways that build on and reach beyond familiar modes of thinking concerning problems in education research, specifically those related to the area of teaching and learning. Through the program, the foundation aims to encourage the research community to advance new and rigorous research in this sub field and to ultimately increase collaboration within the educational research community.

Conferences should include a broad set of perspectives on topics or problems in education as they relate to the profession and practice of teaching or how students learn in formal and informal spaces.  The foundation is particularly interested in proposals that seek to bridge disciplines, subtopics, or contexts that address how and what people learn, including fields related to teaching and learning. For example, scholars of English education might seek to engage in conversations with science, social studies, mathematics, arts, or additional discipline specific education researchers in an effort to foster greater cross-fertilization within the field. Likewise, scholars who explore themes of culturally relevant or culturally sustaining pedagogy might seek to collaborate with scholars in content-specific fields in ways that support the development of research in both areas.

Eligibility:

Total Grant:

The program will support conference proposals with budgets of up to $50,000.

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Closing Date: December 31, 2015.

The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy during the annual proposal window.

The United Nations Democracy Fund  was established by the UN Secretary-General in 2005 as a United Nations General Trust Fund to support democratization efforts around the world. UNDEF supports projects that strengthen the voice of civil society, promote human rights, and encourage the participation of all groups in democratic processes. The large majority of UNDEF funds go to local civil society organizations — both in the transition and consolidation phases of democratization.

Proposals are subject to a highly rigorous and competitive selection process, with fewer than two per cent chosen for funding. Projects fall under one or more of seven main areas:   

Grant Fund:

Applicants can request a grant of a minimum of 100,000 US dollars and a maximum of 300,000 US dollars.

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Closing Date: December 1, 2015.

The CEPF funds conservation strategies for the Wallacea Biodiversity Hotspot. The current call is for large grants (>US$20 thousand) that conserve key biodiversity areas and species in the Seram and Buru Marine Corridor; the Lake Poso and Malili Lakes System; and the Flores and Solor-Alor Marine Corridor. Eligibility for grants extends to NGOs, community groups, private enterprises, universities, and other civil society organizations. CEPF particularly welcomes applications from organizations that propose to build capacity of local civil society and community groups.

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Closing Date: December 31, 2015.

SEI welcomes concept notes for events in Asia on advancing environmentally sustainable development, gender equality, and poverty reduction. The events should preferably bring representatives from government, the private sector, and civil society together with researchers, and feature active exchanges between participants.

Overall, the programme seeks to change mind-sets and everyday practices to ultimately benefit the citizens of the region, with particular attention to poor and marginalized groups such as, but not limited to, women, children, ethnic minorities and other environmentally vulnerable groups based on their specific contexts.

The programme will seek to strengthen environmentally sustainable development, gender equality, and poverty reduction in the region. Selected events should build new knowledge; leadership; strengthen existing capacity; enhance and foster networks and partnerships; and generate new collaborations and undertakings in ways that are gender-responsive. Special priority will be given to applicants who address gender issues and work towards the advancement of gender equality in innovative ways. There is also scope to consider private-sector collaboration and partnerships for development and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Events should also demonstrate likelihood to change practice and policy.

Criteria for selection:

Due to limited funding, SEI in consultation with SIDA will undertake a selection process of the submitted concept notes on the basis of the following criteria:

Grant Total:

A total of 1,200,000 SEK will be awarded evenly in the 4 quarters of a year to support 4 strategic events each year with the maximum limitation of 300,000 SEK.

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Closing Date: November 19, 2015.

Oxfam UK through the humanitarian evidence programme accepts proposals from researchers based around the world to conduct evidence syntheses on the topics of market support interventions and pastoralist livelihoods in humanitarian crises. The Programme encourages proposals from research teams in low- or middle-income countries, and proposals including such researchers in the team. 

Applicants may apply either individually or form teams, and they will be reviewed based on their:

Humanitarian actors and researchers have amassed evidence about the state of knowledge in the humanitarian sector, including assessments of what works and what does not work. Synthesizing this information and making it readily available to policymakers and humanitarian practitioners remains challenging. 

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GIF is open and accepting applications from social enterprises, for-profit companies, non-profit organisations, government agencies, international organisations, and researchers in any country to apply for funding. We take applications on a rolling basis, with no specific deadline to apply.

GIF welcomes applicants to propose innovative, cost-effective solutions that address any major development challenge in any country (or in multiple countries) in the developing world.

We evaluate our investments within the following criteria:

GIF supports innovations that benefit people living on less than the equivalent of $5 per day (PPP) in developing countries, and we are especially interested in innovations that impact people living on less than $2 per day (PPP). We are also seeking innovations that benefit vulnerable groups such as women and girls, the disabled, minority or indigenous groups, refugees or displaced communities, or other vulnerable populations.

We seek innovations that have potential to eventually scale up and meaningfully improve the lives of millions of people living in developing countries. We ask all of our applicants to share their vision and plans for growing their innovations to a large scale, as we hope that many of the innovations we invest in will eventually reach this goal. Innovations should have strong potential to be politically, logistically, and financially viable at scale, whether they plan to commercialize or attract ongoing public support.

We look for innovators with the relevant expertise and capabilities to achieve success, with clear roles, responsibilities, and time commitments needed to be successful. Teams should be able to demonstrate strong knowledge of the problems they are addressing and what approaches are likely to work in the local environment surrounding their innovation (e.g. operational, geographical, political, or social context).

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Closing Date: December 9, 2015.

Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the greatest social, economic and development challenges facing the world today. At least one-third of women across the globe experience GBV and the health and development consequences that this violence brings. The costs of violence are substantial. Violence against women and girls impedes full participation in society, limits access to education, labor force participation and ownership of assets, to name a few. For intimate partner violence alone, selected country estimates suggest that out-ofpocket expenditures, lost income and reduced productivity can amount to up to 4% of GDPmore than what many governments spend on primary education.

The SVRI and the World Bank Group are requesting proposals for research and interventions or related activities that will contribute to the prevention of gender-based violence in low and middle income countries. Due to high levels of competition and limited funds available, the quality of the proposal submitted will determine success in your funding application. Applications from legally constituted institutions, or organizations that have existing capacity, with high quality proposals are most likely to be successful in this category.

Eligibility of Applications:

Applications for support under this grant should be affiliated with a recognized, legally constituted research institution or non-government organization with existing research or programming capacity.

Project Length and Duration:

The activitiessupported underthis grantshould be for amaximumof 12months duration, with the expectation that the grant will cover all, or the majority of, the costs of the activities specified. The common characteristic of these grants isthe provision of limited funding for a short period oftime with a clear measurable outcome. Grants to a maximum of USD150,000 may be awarded. Any applications with requests exceeding this amount will not be considered.

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Closing Date: November 15, 2015.

The Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF), managed by ELRHA, supports organisations and individuals to identify, nurture and share innovative and scalable solutions to the challenges facing effective humanitarian assistance.

The HIF is pleased to announce that its 10th call for applications is open. Over the past five years we have awarded over 60 grants to organisations working across the humanitarian system, from developing a rapid response wheelchair package to improving menstrual hygiene in emergency contexts.

Total Grant:

Grants from £75,000 to £150,000 are available to develop and/or implement an innovation in humanitarian settings:

The Direct Aid Program (DAP) is a flexible small grants program funded from Australia’s aid budget and managed through 66 of the department’s overseas posts. The management of DAP varies from post to post.

DAP is available on a not-for-profit basis to individuals, community groups, NGOs and other entities engaged in development activities in countries that are eligible for overseas development assistance. The program focuses on supporting small-scale development projects and activities that involve the beneficiaries in the identification, design and management of the projects.

There is no minimum amount that a single DAP project can receive but the maximum is $60,000 over the life of the project. Activities may run up to a maximum of two years.

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Closing Date: September 11, 2015.

The Secretariat of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (10YFP) invites proposals on "Sustainable Lifestyles and Education." The aim is to foster sustainable lifestyles in relation to resource efficiency, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and poverty eradication and social well-being. The current call emphasizes scaling-up and mainstreaming. Eligibility for funding extends to government organizations and non-profit organizations in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Non-profit organizations need to provide a mandatory copy of their proposals to the National Focal Point of their countries. Grants will range from US$100 thousand to US$200 thousand for projects of one or two years.

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Closing Date: September 7, 2015.

The Fund for Evaluation in Employment is an initiative of the International Labour Organization (ILO) aimed at improving the effectiveness of employment and enterprise development interventions in the Middle East and North Africa. Through this call for proposals in 2015, the Fund offers technical assistance and seed funding to project implementers and researchers for impact evaluations and results-based monitoring and evaluation systems. A particular focus lies on generating evidence on labour market outcomes for young people and women. The Fund is supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Silatech and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

Eligible Organizations:

Eligible organizations include research institutions, NGOs, multilateral institutions and governments either implementing labour market and enterprise programmes or conducting research in the Middle East or North Africa. 

What is the support to shortlisted projects?

The Fund delivers two types of support: technical assistance and funding. The technical assistance is delivered through training, expert advice and small cash grants and is mainly directed at practitioners for the establishment and implementation of results-based monitoring and evaluation systems, as well as in some cases for the design of impact evaluations. 

Seed funding of up to US$650,000 is available for the implementation of 3-5 impact evaluations that should be conducted by or in partnership with researchers. According to the stage of the proposal, both support types can be provided, building on each other in a complementary manner.

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Closing Date: October 19, 2015.

The CFC (an intergovernmental financial institution) provides financing to organisations and enterprises engaged 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. The intervention should, besides giving a sound financial return, also provide for a measurable social and environmental return.

The CFC supported activities promote the development of the commodity sector in CFC member countries and contribute to sustainable development in the following aspects:

The CFC supports implementation of activities along the value chain that:

Closing Date: September 28, 2015.

The Adaptation Fund Climate Finance Readiness Programme includes a component aimed at increasing South-South cooperation among accredited National Implementing Entities (NIEs) and those seeking accreditation. Under this activity, developing countries that are Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and do not yet have an accredited NIE may receive support from an accredited NIE in one or more of the following areas: (i) identifying potential NIE candidates; (ii) assisting NIE candidates in the preparation of applications to be submitted to the Fund; (iii) providing support and advice during the application process. It is expected that such peer support will effectively help build national capacity and sustainability.

Eligibility and selection criteria:

NIEs eligible to provide support will be those entities that have tangible achievements with the Fund. The selection will be based on the entity’s experience with the Adaptation Fund, including in project preparation and implementation, and in supporting other countries at different stages of their application processes. 

Eligible NIEs must meet ALL of the following criteria:

The maximum grant is US$ 50,000 per applicant.

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Closing Date: September 18, 2015.

The Cities and Climate Change initiative will support high quality, demand driven, policy relevant action research that engages local authorities, communities, and the private sector. Research will help to meet the adaptation deficit in small to medium sized cities or well defined subdivisions of large cities, where demographic pressure and environmental stresses are particularly acute. Proposed solutions should address climate risk and uncertainty, and inspire innovation in adaptation strategies and technologies.

Proposed research must be gender-sensitive and target one or more of the following themes:

Eligibility:

Duration: Up to 36 months

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