Research Grants

Wayfinder Society Student Mini-Grant

These mini-grants are available to students looking for financial support for their personal education, school and community projects, internships, networking events, etc. connected to addressing the plastic crisis.

What’s a mini-grant?
Mini-grants range from $300 – $2000, and must be applied to your education, projects, or other efforts related to addressing the plastic problem. If you are selected as a grantee, you’ll need to report back to us by the end of the grant period sharing what you’ve accomplished. This is not a loan, so the money is yours to keep; you won’t need to pay it back.

• Link to full description: Wayfinder Student Mini Grants
• Link to application:  Mini-Grant Application Form
• Maximum funding:  2,000.00 USD
• Deadline: 15 April 2024

McKinsey & Company: Next Generation Women Leaders (NGWL) Asia–Pacific program

Next Generation Women Leaders (NGWL) Asia–Pacific will begin on Thursday, May 30 with welcome words, an opportunity to ask questions, and ample time to get to know one another in an informal virtual setting. Throughout the next two days, attendees will participate in interactive workshops, hear from inspirational McKinsey speakers, and work with facilitators to further shape their leadership style. During the program, attendees will enhance their leadership skills, and focus on personal and professional development – in particular, confidence and effective communication skills.

Eligibility
To be considered for NGWL Asia–Pacific, you must be currently based in or have very strong ties with the Asia-Pacific region. You must also be:
1. A bachelor’s, master’s, PhD, or MBA student graduating no later than 2025.
or
2. A professional with up to eight years of work experience.

• Link to full description:  McKinsey & Company: Next Generation Women Leaders Asia–Pacific
• Link to application: Next Generation Women Leaders - Asia Pacific 2024 Application portal
• Deadline: 1 May 2024

Leo Foundation Research Networking Grants

The purpose of the Research Networking Grants is to facilitate and augment scientific collaboration and networking as well as enable rapid exchange of knowledge and expertise across the skin research community by supporting events that provide researchers and students with opportunities to present and discuss the newest research within their field. 

Supported events
Topic-centered and research-based conferences, meetings, symposia, or workshops with a main focus on skin and/or skin diseases

• Link to full description: Leo foundation networking grants
• Link to application: Leo Foundation online application system
• Maximum funding:  500,000.00 DKK
• Deadline: 10 April 2024

Spencer Foundation Research Grants on Education

The Small Research Grants Program supports education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived, with budgets up to $50,000 for projects ranging from one to five years. We accept applications three times per year.

This program is “field-initiated” in that proposal submissions are not in response to a specific request for a particular research topic, discipline, design, method, or location. Our goal for this program is to support rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound research that is relevant to the most pressing questions and compelling opportunities in education.

• Link to full description: https://www.spencer.org/grant_types/small-research-grant
• Link to application:https://spencer.smartsimple.us/s_Login.jsp
• Maximum funding: 50,000 USD
• Deadline: 30 April 2024

The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Philippines (2024)

The CFLI is a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada’s thematic priority areas for engagement. The program is directed at projects conceived and designed predominantly by local partners. Projects are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian embassy or high commission. The CFLI also serves to support positive bilateral relations between Canada and recipient countries and their civil societies, by deepening contacts and supporting local endeavours.

Thematic priorities
All projects must have a strong advocacy component and align with at least one of the following CFLI thematic priorities:

1.    Environment and climate action, potential areas include: climate change adaptation and mitigation, coastal biodiversity protection, environmental conservation, and supporting sustainable practices of indigenous peoples.

2.    Inclusive governance, including LGBTQ2 rights, democracy, human rights, and media freedom.

3.    Gender equality, with a focus on supporting women’s political participation and combating gender-based violence.

4.    Peace & security, including upholding the rule of law at sea, and engaging women and youth in peacebuilding; and

5.    Human dignity with a focus oncombatting child sexual abuse and exploitation.

• Link to full description: The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives call for proposals
• Link to application: manil.cfli@international.gc.ca
• Maximum funding: 100,000 CAD
• Deadline: 15 March 2024

Student Workshops

Call for Applications: Asian Girls in Action Project 2024

The aim of the program is to provide support to girls aged 15-19 in accomplishing projects aligned with at least one of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our goal is to equip participants with the skills and mindset necessary to emerge as leaders for the next generation.

To provide participants with the necessary skills to implement their project, the GOH has partnered with iEARN Taiwan to deliver project-based learning (PBL) workshops to participants, offered through both online and in-person sessions. The workshops aim to guide fellows in refining their project proposals. Additionally, participants are invited to join a week-long program (Power Camp) visiting Taiwan in July, where they will engage and co-create with their PBL peers, as well as gain insight into Taiwan’s culture and the initiatives aimed at empowering girls.

• Link to full description: Call for Applications: Asian Girls in Action Project
• Link to application: GOH-Asian Girls in Action Project 2024 Application Form
• Deadline: 29 March 2024

Scholarships

Scholarship for International Students

GlobalScholarships.com $1,000 scholarship is for the Fall 2024 studies and is offered to any eligible prospective or current international student studying in Fall 2024. By international students, we mean students studying in a country where they are not a citizen or permanent resident. This scholarship is offered to all postsecondary degree programs, which are diploma, Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Ph.D, as well as professional programs like law and medicine.

• Link to full description: Wayfinder Student Mini Grants
• Link to application:  Mini-Grant Application Form
• Maximum funding:  2,000.00 USD
• Deadline: 15 April 2024