current funding opportunities

23.09.2004 For the best educational website portals in Latin America. The
winner of the US$4,000 award will be announced in January 2005. Other awards will begiven for the second place ($2,000) and for the third place ($1,000). In addition, a special prize ($1,000) will be given to the best web page for training instructors. Deadline for applications is October 15, 2004.

22.09.2004 Coordinated by Radio Nederland Training Centre (RNTC), the aim of this grant is to provide financial support to a limited number of productions for television, radio and Internet in developing countries.

11.08.2004 This is the third offering of the COL-PROTEIN (Poverty Reduction Outcomes Through Education Innovations and Networks) programme, where COL identifies and supports innovative uses of appropriate information and communication technologies (ICTs) and open, distance and technology-mediated learning methodologies to address challenges confronting the rural poor relating food security, environmental protection, rural development, nutritional education and micro-enterprise.

COL invites proposals for initiatives that need expertise and limited financial support for their success in helping to alleviate rural poverty. For more information visit their website or email: info@col.org.

The deadline has been extended to 15 January 2005

10.11.2003 The Global Fund for Women works to strengthen women's organizations outside the United States by providing small, flexible, and timely general-support grants ranging from $500 to $15,000. It supports organisations that demonstrate a commitment to women's equality and female human rights; show concern about the way women are viewed and view themselves in society; are governed and directed by women; consist of a group of women working together (the fund does not accept requests from individuals); and are based outside the US.

21.10.2003 The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) has formally launched its new ICT Programme Guidelines and has invited organisations to engage with OSISA on developing effective proposals for ICT s and development in Southern Africa. OSISA will support programmes where ICT policy, technologies, networking, literacy and development awareness are not an end in themselves, but where the emphasis is on social action for change. Contact Ashraf Patel at ashrafp@osiafrica.orgfor more information.

15.10.2003 The Gender Unit of IDRC is launching a competitive call for proposals for research investigating whether and how contemporary decentralisation reforms, in practice, contribute to or on the contrary hinder the realisation and protection of women’s and girls’ civil, political, social, economic and/or cultural rights. Up to five grants will be awarded, each with a value of up to CAD $100,000, for projects of 18 months to 2 years. Deadline for submission of applications: December 5, 2003.

02.09.2003 The Open Society Institute's Information Program is seeking project proposals for its ICT Toolsets initiative. This initiative seeks to advance and support open society principles and practices by funding the development of software tools designed to meet the mission objectives of civil society organisations and actors. Deadline for project submissions: 30 September 2003.

28.08.2003 Are you under 30? Do you run a project or company using information and communications technologies for development? The inaugural Global Knowledge Partnership Youth Award aims to reward and bring international recognition to the outstanding work of young people who have used ICT for the promotion of development around the world. Deadline for applications: 31 August 2003

27.08.2003 The Gender and ICT Awards, sponsored by APC Women's Networking Support Programme (WNSP) and the Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), is now receiving applications from projects all over the world. The awards will honour and bring international recognition to the innovative and effective projects by women to use ICTs for the promotion of gender equality and/or women’s empowerment.

14.08.2003 The ICT Entrepreneurs 4D Fund has offered to sponsor selected small and medium sized companies from developing and transition countries to showcase their concepts, services and products in the exhibition at the ICT4D (ICT for Development) Platform. The Platform is being organised at the first World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003. Deadline for applications is 20 August 2003.

04.08.2003 The Open Society Institute's Information Programme has issued a request for project proposals for its ICT toolset initiative. This initiative funds the development of software tools designed to meet the mission objectives of civil society organisations and actors. Deadline: September 30, 2003

17.07.2003 Small grant of a maximum of $30.000 CAD each will be awarded on a competitve basis to successful institutions from the African region. The main objective of the programme is to promote an active ICT research environment in Africa for issues related to ICT based development applications, policy research and their impacts. Deadline: September 2003