Information on external research grants and opportunities for the week of 20-24 November

The Office of the Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation is happy to announce this week's information on eight external grants and one conference that we have received and gathered. Let us know if you are interested and need assistance in applying for these grants, and we will be more than happy to help you. Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of the Assistant Vice President for Research, Creative Work, and Innovation at research@ateneo.edu.

External Research Grants Opportunities, Conferences, and Fellowships for Ateneo Faculty and graduate students is now being updated

1. Cross-cultural collaborations
2. Economic, education and scientific cooperation and innovation
3. Climate resilience (climate change, clean energy transition and green economy)
4. Regional international relations.

Link to full description: Australia-ASEAN Council Grants

Link to application:  Australia-ASEAN Council Grants application

Maximum funding: 15,000.00 - 50,000 AUD

Deadline: 17 December 2023

Free Stem Fund 

Optiver Foundation is committed to bringing greater diversity to the technology and finance industries around the world. We helped to launch the FREE STEM Fund to create equal opportunity through greater access to STEM education. Read more here.

FREE STEM leverages shared governance and participatory mechanisms to design a fund that is tailored to the needs and gaps within the STEM sector. We also leverage grassroots STEM expertise and voices by investing in projects that prioritize girls, women and other underrepresented groups' access to STEM opportunities.

The Fund will use holistic approaches that take into account their enabling environment, with the objective of narrowing the gender STEM gap and increasing the number of women, transgender and non-binary role models and STEM changemakers.

Link to full description: The Free Stem fund

Link to application: The Free Steam fund application form

Maximum funding: 10,000.00 - 30,000.00 EUR

Deadline: 15 December 2023

UNITY FOR HUMANITY

Maximum funding: 500,000.00 USD

Deadline: 5 January 2024

SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme funds

SWITCH-Asia Grants Programme funds pilot projects helping companies to adopt cleaner technologies and more sustainable industrial practices, as well as helping consumers to act more responsibly in their daily choices and lifestyles. Since 2007, this EU programme has funded projects across a wide range of sectors (energy efficiency in industrial plants and houses, agri-food and fishing sectors, textiles and leather, tourism, logistics and freight) implemented by over 500 Asian and European partners, about 100 private sector associates, indirectly benefitting up to 80.000 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). In 2023, the programme was extended to the Pacific. 

By supporting the sharing of knowledge and developing local capacity for responsible business practices, SWITCH-Asia is a means for local companies to more easily access the supply chains of multinational companies which seek to establish green and fair conduct within their value-chains. The replication and scaling-up effect of project results together with access to finance and public-private investments for green products, services and technologies will be key elements within the programme in the next years in order to have a greater impact in the region. The evidence provided by projects is meant to feed into policy and regulatory discussions with national governments in their transition towards a low-carbon and resource-efficient economy through the improvement of national strategies and action plans with regard to sustainable production and consumption practices.

Link to full description: SWITCH-Asia Grant

Link to application:  SWITCH-Asia Grant application form

Maximum funding: 500,000.00 to 1,500,000.00 EUR

Deadline: 12 December 2023

The Dream Building Fund

The Dream Building Fund powered by GSD is a biennial call for projects aiming to support initiatives that solve societal issues within their communities. The ITTF Foundation and its partner The Foundation for Global Sports Development (GSD):

• Provide financial and knowledge support for changemakers who bring local solutions to humanity's most pressing problems aligning with UN SDGs, through table tennis;
• Offer a grant for individual project ranges from EUR 10,000 – 35,000;
• Will fund five projects starting in May 2024, marking the fourth project cycle of the DBF;
• Support lasts between 2 to 3 years;
• Will communicate during the project lifecycle of the successful applicants in English language.

Link to full description: Call for DBF grants

Link to application:  DBF Application Form

Maximum funding: 10,000.00 to 35,000 EUR

Deadline: 17 December 2023

Sustaining Defenders through Feminist Holistic Security: 2023 open call for subgrants

Building resilience and legitimisation of women and gender-diverse human rights defenders
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is pleased to announce an open call for subgrants to support women human rights defenders (WHRDs)* in their work to promote safety and prevention and protect human rights advocates. These grants are designed to support WHRDs in developing and implementing holistic safety strategies, including training, research, advocacy and lobbying.

This rolling call round is open until 24 November 2023. The amount of funding requested per proposal can range from USD 5,000 to USD 15,000, depending on the scope and scale of the proposed intervention. The activities should be implemented and reported by 31 June 2024.

The sub grants are available to individual WHRDs and WHRD-led organisations from the global South. APC is particularly interested in supporting individuals, collectives and networks from marginalised groups and intersected identities, such as LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, Afro-descendant, land and environment activists, grassroots groups and racial and sexual minorities.

The subgrants are available in three categories:

• Knowledge development grants support research that produces original and rigorous knowledge on the nature, scope and impact of threats and attacks against WHRDs in different contexts, and the effectiveness of strategies for protecting and promoting the safety of WHRDs.
• Policy and advocacy grants support the development and implementation of policies and practices that protect and promote the security of WHRDs at the national and local level.
• Capacity and resilience building grants support training and other capacity-building activities that help WHRDs to develop the skills and knowledge to increase safety and care in order to carry out their work effectively.

Link to full description: APC website

Link to application:  Subgrants application form

Maximum funding: 5,000.00 to 15,000.00 USD

Deadline: 24 November 2023

Climate x Health Small Grant Program

The climate crisis is upending life as we know it. The threat it poses to human health and well-being is making this crisis personal at a scale never seen before.

In the lead up to COP28 and the first-ever Health Day on 3 December 2023, Wellcome Trust, The Rockefeller Foundation, the Global Climate & Health Alliance and Amref Health Africa have convened the Climate x Health initiative to help channel growing interest and engagement in the climate and health landscape toward meaningful joint action for people and planet.

Based on feedback from early consultations (April-June 2023), Climate x Health seeks to build on, complement, and amplify the ongoing efforts of longstanding climate and health actors by:

• Expanding and diversifying participation in the climate x health movement
• Developing a shared big picture narrative to align and inspire action
• Offering forums and support to coordinate strategies and activities across the landscape, particularly as more organizations get involved
• Elevating the work, perspectives, and calls to action of climate x health champions

Join us to urge collective action to mitigate the worst impacts of the climate crisis, adapt systems and societies to safeguard health and wellbeing, and ensure the most affected communities have the resources they need. 

Link to full description: Climate Health website

Link to application:  Climatexhealth application form

Maximum funding: 5,000.00 to 10,000.00 USD

Deadline: 27 November 2023

Awards

2024 Natural Climate Solutions award

Around the world, land stewards, indigenous peoples and local communities hold a unique power to protect and restore essential ecosystems. From forests to wetlands, these ecosystems are a key defence against climate change.  

Indigenous people safeguard 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity. When they are threatened – or denied the chance to make a sustainable living – our climate is threatened too.

The Ashden Award for Natural Climate Solutions will boost the work of Indigenous peoples and local communities carrying out their vision of ecological restoration and territory protection, and strengthening their incomes, wellbeing and security of their communities.

The winner could be turning palm or soy plantation areas into sustainable productive land, helping communities restore degraded or desertified ecosystems, or supporting community agroforestry. The winner’s work will be centered on the needs, priorities and knowledge of indigenous people and local communities. 

Link to full description: The 2024 Ashden Award

Link to application:  Apply for Ashden Award 2024

Maximum funding: 25,000.00 GBP

Deadline: 25 January 2024