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Grant Opportunities: Call for Papers: You are Invited to Submit your Abstracts for INTED2023

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Deadline: 17-Nov-22

Applications are now open for INTED 2022 – the 17th annual International Technology, Education, and Development Conference that will be held in Valencia (Spain) on the 6th, 7th and 8th of March, 2023.

INTED has been running for 16 years and is a renowned global educational conference which allows lecturers, researchers, technologists, and professionals from the educational sector to share their expertise about teaching and learning methodologies and to present their projects. The 2023 edition of INTED is sure to be one of the most successful educational conferences in Europe.

INTED provides an ideal opportunity for international strategic networking and is without a doubt the best place to present your projects and innovations regarding education and technology.

Topics

The scope of INTED2023 includes the following topics:

  • COVID19: Distance Learning in Times of Crisis
  • General Issues
  • Experiences in Education
  • New Trends in the Higher Education Area
  • International Projects
  • Pedagogical & Didactical Innovations
  • Research in Education
  • Virtual Universities
  • Technological Issues in Education
  • Computer Supported Collaborative Work
  • Educational Software and Serious Games
  • Curriculum Design and Innovation
  • Quality assurance in Education
  • University-Industry Collaboration
  • E-content Management and Development
Eligibility Criteria
  • Academics
  • Researchers
  • Primary, secondary, vocational, or tertiary educators
  • Technologists and Scientists
  • School counsellors, principals and teachers
  • Education policy development representatives
  • Lifelong learning educators
  • Education advisers
  • Bridging programme lecturers & support staff
  • Professionals from the private and public sector
  • General personnel from vocational sectors
  • Technical staff
  • Career/employment officers
  • Student Unions
  • Library personnel
  • International support and services staff
  • Open learning specialists and any person interested in Education, Technology and Development.

For more information, visit https://iated.org/inted/

Grant Opportunities: Call for Papers: You are Invited to Submit your Abstracts for INTED 2023

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Deadline: 17-Nov-22

Applications are now open for INTED 2023 – the 17th annual International Technology, Education, and Development Conference that will be held in Valencia (Spain) on the 6th, 7th and 8th of March, 2023.

INTED has been running for 16 years and is a renowned global educational conference which allows lecturers, researchers, technologists, and professionals from the educational sector to share their expertise about teaching and learning methodologies and to present their projects. The 2023 edition of INTED is sure to be one of the most successful educational conferences in Europe.

INTED provides an ideal opportunity for international strategic networking and is without a doubt the best place to present your projects and innovations regarding education and technology.

Topics

The scope of INTED2023 includes the following topics:

  • COVID19: Distance Learning in Times of Crisis
  • General Issues
  • Experiences in Education
  • New Trends in the Higher Education Area
  • International Projects
  • Pedagogical & Didactical Innovations
  • Research in Education
  • Virtual Universities
  • Technological Issues in Education
  • Computer Supported Collaborative Work
  • Educational Software and Serious Games
  • Curriculum Design and Innovation
  • Quality assurance in Education
  • University-Industry Collaboration
  • E-content Management and Development
Eligibility Criteria
  • Academics
  • Researchers
  • Primary, secondary, vocational, or tertiary educators
  • Technologists and Scientists
  • School counsellors, principals and teachers
  • Education policy development representatives
  • Lifelong learning educators
  • Education advisers
  • Bridging programme lecturers & support staff
  • Professionals from the private and public sector
  • General personnel from vocational sectors
  • Technical staff
  • Career/employment officers
  • Student Unions
  • Library personnel
  • International support and services staff
  • Open learning specialists and any person interested in Education, Technology and Development.

For more information, visit https://iated.org/inted/

Grant Opportunities: Cameroon: Countering Disinformation International Leadership Exchange Program

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Deadline: 28-Aug-22

The Embassy of the United States in Yaounde announces an open competition for U.S. based NGOs or non-profit organizations to submit applications to implement the participation of 10 Cameroonians in a 10-day in-person Countering Disinformation International Leadership Exchange Program.

This project for current/rising professionals addresses current trends and technologies to detect and combat disinformation and deceptive news. It will highlight the importance of investigative journalism, fact-checking, and myth-busting in countering misleading information and demonstrate the serious impact of disinformation campaigns on domestic publics.

Participants will examine strategies designed to encourage greater public awareness of the phenomenon of disinformation. They will explore the role of government agencies, NGOs, academia, and traditional and social media in the fight against the proliferation of deceptive media and the dissemination of disinformation. Participants will also examine strategies that support responsible and ethical reporting in an increasingly complex information environment.

Objectives
  • Bring current/rising Cameroonian leaders to the United States to engage with their American counterparts on key policy issues concerning the topic of countering disinformation.
  • Increase understanding on US efforts to counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation through seminars, workshops, site-visits, and other activities.
  • Promote critical and objective analysis to distinguish between information and propaganda.
Federal Award Information
  • Length of performance period: 1 year
  • Number of awards anticipated: 1 award
  • Award amounts: $80,000 to $100,000
  • Total available funding: $100,000
  • Type of Funding: FY22 Smith Mundt Public Diplomacy Funds
Grantee Responsibilities
  • Design and implement a 10-day Countering Disinformation Exchange Program for a maximum of 10 Cameroonian delegates selected by the Embassy.
  • Organize all logistics including travel arrangements and airfares (internationally and domestically in the United States) for the Cameroonian delegates.
  • Conduct needs assessment, pre- and post-evaluation to measure the impact of the program on participants.
  • Provide French interpretation throughout the program as needed.
  • Oversee, monitor, and evaluate a small grants opportunity (maximum $20,000, included as part of the budget) for a group of participants to implement a follow-on project on the theme of countering disinformation upon their return.

The program should be conducted in a format that is compliant with COVID-19 prevention measures.

Eligible Activities

The following types of activities are not eligible for funding:

  • Scholarships for study in the United States or to fund conference attendance or study tours to the United States
  • Activities that are inherently political in nature or that contain the appearance of partisanship
  • Construction activities
  • Programs that support specific religious activities
  • Fund-raising campaigns
  • Cash prizes for participants
Target audience
  • The Embassy will select a maximum of 10 participants (priority ages 25-40 years old).
  • Participants are Cameroonian current/rising leaders who will be influential in shaping the views of others in his/her field, and/or in crafting policy for years to come.
  • Participants may be from various sectors including the media, academia, civil society, and the government.
  • Participants are drawn from different regions of Cameroon and their selection respects the principle of diversity and inclusion.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Registered non-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society organizations based in the United States.
  • International NGOs, U.S. NGOs based in the United States.
  • Public and private educational institutions in the United States.
  • Public international organizations and governmental institutions in the United States. The Embassy will only consider proposals from organizations based in the United States. Priority is given to applicants with proven experience in organizing exchange programs for the State Department.

For more information, visit https://cm.usembassy.gov/countering-disinformation-international-leadership-exchange-program/

Grant Opportunities: Call for Proposals: CHILD Implementation Grants Programme

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Deadline: 8-Aug-22

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched the CHILD Implementation Grants Programme for the first time to strengthen the capacity of civil society to deliver services for children and young adolescents at risk of using drugs.

This global programme focuses on providing technical assistance to national and local authorities working to address the needs of children and young adolescents within a planned system of integrated and mutually reinforcing activities, rather than a series of fragmented and competing initiatives. Further, this includes the implementation of CHILD (Child Intervention for Living Drug-free) curriculum, a six-course curriculum that was developed to reduce and prevent future drug use in children between the ages of 4-14 years old.

The CHILD Implementation Grants Programme seeks to provide funding support to not-for-profit organisations from low- and middle-income countries working in the area of drug use prevention and treatment, care and rehabilitation, having staff trained on the CHILD curriculum and implementing activities for children and young adolescents actively using or at risk of using drugs. This first call for proposal builds on past CHILD capacity-building initiatives in South American, African, and Asian countries and is therefore limited to not-for-profit organizations from these two continents.

Objectives

This Call for Proposals takes into consideration the importance of harnessing all available resources towards the implementation of activities aimed at meeting the objectives of this Grants programme.

The objective of this Grants programme is to strengthen the capacity of civil society to prevent drug use globally using evidence-based drug prevention, treatment, care and rehabilitation interventions with a focus on children and young adolescents at risk of using drugs.

Funding Information
  • Proposals with budgets from USD 10,000 up to USD 50,000, and not exceeding the organization’s annual income from the previous fiscal year will be considered for award.
  • All activities financed by this Grants programme must be implemented within the period in the agreement (from 9 to up to 12 months). Depending on the proposed period in the agreement, the implementation of the activities must be completed latest by 1 December 2023.
Location

Applicants from low- and middle-income countries in South America, Asia, or Africa that seek to implement projects for beneficiaries of the same country are eligible for grant funding. Countries are classified as low-, lower-middle- or upper-middle- income economies as according to the World Bank country classifications.

Eligibility Criteria
  • The applicant is from low- or middle-income country in South America, Asia, or Africa;
  • The applicant must have staff within their organization that have completed all six courses of the CHILD curriculum and at least one course of the CHILD Train the Trainer;
  • The applicant must be a non-profit making organization (CSOs including NGOs, CBOs) registered for not less than two (2) years from the date of application under the relevant Laws of the country where it is registered;
  • The applicant is directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project, i.e. not acting as an intermediary;
  • The applicant has prior experience of at least two years implementing activities in the area of drug use prevention for children at risk of using drugs, treatment, care and rehabilitation for children with drug use disorders, health education, and/or other related field of work;
  • The requested grant amount is less than the organization’s annual income from the previous year;
  • The applicant has a bank account capable of receiving international deposit.

For more information, visit UNODC.

Grant Opportunities: Wellcome Early-Career Awards – fundsforNGOs

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Deadline: 18-Oct-22

Applications are now open for the Wellcome Early-Career Awards to provide funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity.

Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme.

Categories

The award includes:

  • a basic salary (determined by your host organisation)
  • relocation allowance
  • staff
  • continuing professional development and training
  • materials and consumables
  • animals
  • equipment
  • access charges
  • overheads
  • travel and subsistence
  • overseas allowances
  • fieldwork expenses
  • inflation allowance
  • open access charges
  • clinical research costs
  • public engagement and patient involvement costs
  • contract research organisations
  • other costs
Funding Information
  • Your salary and up to ÂŁ400,000 for research expenses.
  • Usually 5 years, but may be less for some disciplines, and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis.
During the award, they expect you to
  • expand your technical skills and/or your experience of different research methodologies or frameworks
  • build a collaborative network with other researchers in your field
  • develop your people management skills
  • advance your understanding of how to complete research responsibly and promote a positive and inclusive culture.
Eligibility Criteria
  • You can apply to this scheme if you are an early-career researcher and you are ready to design, plan and deliver your own innovative research project that aims to:
    • advance understanding in your field
    • develop methodologies, conceptual frameworks, tools or techniques that could benefit health-related research.
  • You must have:
    • completed a PhD (for example, in the life sciences) or an equivalent higher research degree. At the point of application you must have passed your viva examination.
    • if you have not started a PhD or equivalent degree, at least four years’ equivalent research experience (for example, in the humanities and social sciences).
  • You may also have some postdoctoral experience in your proposed field of study, but no more than three years unless you can demonstrate how other factors have impacted on your research career. When they review how much postdoctoral experience you have, they will allow for part-time work, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, career breaks and other significant amounts of time spent outside research, for example clinical training.
  • They will also consider whether you have changed research discipline. For example, moving from astrophysics to computational neuroscience. There may be some crossover, such as in research sites or techniques, but the shift should still be a significant change.
  • They consider postdoctoral experience as any periods spent in research after you passed your PhD/higher research degree viva.
  • You should be able to demonstrate:
    • a good understanding of research methodology
    • evidence of project delivery and analysis.

For more information, visit https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards#how-to-apply-ebb4

Grant Opportunities: CFPs Feminist & Fair: The Future of Agricultural Supply Chains

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Deadline: 1-Aug-22

Are you passionate about sustainable agricultural supply chains? And are you serious about dismantling barriers and increasing equity along the supply chain? Are you driven to lead by example and implement a feminist development policy? Submit your innovative project ideas to build more equitable and sustainable agricultural supply chains & contest existing systemic & normative inequalities!

Feminist & Fair: the Future of Supply Chains is organized by the Global Program “Sustainability and Value Added in Agricultural Supply Chains” (GP AgriChains). The GP AgriChains promotes the sustainability of selected agricultural supply chains on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Feminist & Fair: The Future of Agricultural Supply Chains is a Call for Proposals for consortia aiming to make global agricultural supply chains fair. Participating consortia should be ready to implement transformative pilot projects that challenge existing systemic and normative inequalities throughout agricultural supply chains. Projects align along the 3R‘s – resources, rights and representation – while providing a direct link to sustainable agricultural supply chains.

Objectives

The objective of the Call for Proposals is to make global agricultural supply chains fair. Consortia have the opportunity to realize (gender-) transformative projects and receive up to 50% of the total funds required for implementation. With this Call for Proposals, they invite Consortia to submit their ideas to dismantle systemic and normative inequalities that continue to inhibit equal participation and gains in agricultural supply chains.

Consortia are encouraged to develop projects in cooperation with various players along the supply chain – from the SHELF to the FIELD. Project concepts should use the 3R’s of feminist development policy and the concept of intersectionality to sustainably transform agricultural supply chains.

The 3 R’s of Feminist Development Policy
  • RIGHTS: Projects should help women, girls and/or any other politically marginalized group fully realize their human rights (i.e. freedom of violence, sexual and reproductive health rights). Concrete, measurable actions targeting the barriers and discrimination hampering these groups to realize these rights should be clearly outlined.
  • REPRESENTATION: Project proposals should address unequal structures and power relations within supply chains to improve the representation of women and politically marginalised groups in decision-making processes and to raise awareness of gender-related issues, seeking dialogue with women and representatives of politically marginalized groups at all levels.
  • RESOURCES: Both human and financial resources should be allocated to promote equity along the agricultural supply chains. Targeted measures should contribute to equal access to resources for women, girls, and any other politically marginalised group.
Target Group
  • The beneficiaries of the project can be women, girls and/or any other politically marginalized group of people. Project proposals can target several different groups or just one. Whichever the identified target group is, the project concepts must demonstrate an understanding of the diverse nature of the groups and the fact that they all carry multiple identities. For instance, in a project concept targeting women, additional intersecting identities such as class background, ethnicity, education level, marital status, ability, etc need to be considered.
  • However, the beneficiaries must be directly or indirectly involved at any of the following stages of the below specified agricultural supply chains:
    • Input Production
    • Production of the Specified Agricultural Commodities
    • Processing and/or Manufacturing of the Commodity and/or
    • Local or Regional Trade of the Commodity
Eligibility Criteria

In line with the described objectives of this Call for Proposals, project concepts are expected to meet the following requirements:

  • The beneficiaries of the project are women, girls and/or other politically marginalized groups working in one or several of the specified Partner Countries.
  • The beneficiaries must work in or along at least one of the specified agricultural supply chains.
  • Multi-/Cross-Commodity projects are encouraged. The project serves at least two of the 3R’s of feminist foreign policy and contributes to at least two of the specified indicators.
  • The project must contribute to sustainable agricultural supply chains. The project has a duration of 18 months to three years beginning in the first quarter of 2023. The total volume of the project is between one and two million Euros (including the contribution of all partners).
  • The Consortium contributes of at least and preferably more than 50% of the total volume. The own contribution of the International Company/ies to the Consortium’s share shall be at least 25%. Own contributions can be made financially or in-kind (e.g., by assigning own personnel) and shall be quantified. The project would not take place without the BMZ/GIZ funding (subsidiarity).
  • The content of the project must serve as a purpose other than the mere compliance with legal requirement of the Consortium partner/s. Each Consortium is only allowed to submit one project concept in the same constellation.
  • Activities which are already financed or supported by GIZ, or other donors are not eligible for funding. Purchases of materials and equipment can be foreseen within the project but should not exceed 30% of the total budget.
  • At the end of the project, these purchases need to be handed over to a non-profit or public organisation. In the case of material goods that continue to be available to a private enterprise for economic use after the end of the project, only the depreciation during the contract period is eligible for reimbursement.

For more information, visit https://www.nachhaltige-agrarlieferketten.org/foerderungen/feminist-fair-the-future-of-supply-chains/#c2065

Grant Opportunities: Apply for Wear My Shoes Campaign

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Deadline: 24-Aug-22

Arigatou International is inviting applications for the Wear My Shoes Campaign to mobilize children and adults to respond to the post pandemic impact on their dignity and well-being.

This year, the campaign focuses on children’s dignity including children on the move. As the world continues to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the on-going conflict, climate, and poverty crises, driving factors of forced displacement remain affecting children’s dignity and posing risks to their physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual development, and safety.

With growing global instability and extreme challenges faced by host communities, there is an increased opportunity for faith actors to build social cohesion, promote peace, and address xenophobia through the spiritual support for children, and their unique role in the realm of faith-sensitive psychosocial support.

Benefits

Five winners will be selected for outstanding practices or projects implemented at the grassroots level and each will receive USD $5,000.

Criteria
  • The organization must be legally registered in the country of operation or affiliated with another legally registered organization.
  • Entries must be about grassroots practices or projects implemented in 2021-2022 by local faith-based or faith-inspired organizations/networks and/or religious communities.
  • The practice or project may be led by adults or by children or co-led by adults and children.
  • The practice or project must support children’s rights and well-being through initiatives that:
  • promote children’s dignity including those on the move.
  • promote the rights and well-being of children on the move.
  • Advocate for protection of the rights of children on the move.
  • Submissions must include supporting documents such as reports, video, photographs, data, assessments and/or evaluations, information materials, and tools about the results on children, families, school, and/or communities. Note that video and/or photographic materials are required.
  • Effective and ethical participation of children – the practice or project ensures that the engagement of the children is within safeguarding practices highlighted in the Arigatou International Child Safeguarding Policy.
  • The practice or project should be promising and aim to strengthen opportunities at the level of scope, quality, or outcomes.
  • The practices or projects should be implemented with cultural and religious sensitivity. If the local context is not diverse, it may include interfaith or inter-denominational implementers and beneficiaries.
Notes
  • The selection committee will comprise members of the World Day Organizing Committee.
  • The shortlisted practices and projects will be identified by mid-October
  • The five Award Winners will be notified by beginning of November.
  • The Awards ceremony will be held during the hybrid World Day global event on November 18th, 2022.

For more information, visit:

https://prayerandactionforchildren.org/world-day-of-prayer-and-action/

Grant Opportunities: Grants for Roadmaps Contest for all Early-stage Startups

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Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity

The Grants for Roadmaps Contest is now open for applications – Calling all early-stage startups.

How it works?
  • Milestone Based is DAO platform for startups and investors to collaborate on funding. The top 3 projects listing their roadmap on the platform every quarter starting from Q3, July 2022, will be eligible for a grant of $20K. Up to $250K in grant money will be awarded to 12 startups over the next year.
  • Their judges will be looking at the quality of your roadmap (is it realistic and adding considerable value?), the quality of your idea, and your team’s ability to build/scale it.
Eligibility Criteria

It is open to all startups subject to KYC and other legal requirements that must be abided by in the USA and the State of California. Employees and agents of milestoneBased or Applicature and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, assignees, licensees, and members of their immediate families are ineligible.

Criteria
  • Grants will be awarded at the end of every quarter once the roadmap is complete and the entry form has been filled out. You must do a Twitter and Telegram post stating that you’ve entered, and a “follow” of these milestoneBased channels to be entered (is confirmed as a question in entry form.)
  • The grant will be awarded upon verification that the development goal specified in the roadmap has been completed. Additional confirmation documents for verifying awarding of the grant/transfering of funds must be signed.
Judging Criteria
  • Your Business Idea
    • Does your idea sound attractive just from an initial short description or elevator pitch? Some questions judges will be evaluating are:
      • Have you chosen a great idea that’s original and few have thought of it yet?
      • Do you serve a specific real market need or solve an existing user/business pain?
      • Is the need or pain potentially experienced by a huge number of people/organizations?
      • Would they be motivated to solve it through your solution/giving you their money?
  • Your Project Roadmap and Milestones
    • A roadmap is a visualization of your product development or company development goals/milestones, and important stages plus timelines to achieve them over a future period. The judges will be evaluating the roadmap and milestones you entered on the milestoneBased platform from the point of view of being practical, achievable and logical based on the nature of your business and your current stage of development.
  • Team
    • The project team is one of the most important aspects and predictors of success. The judges will evaluate this based on you/your co-founder or team’s social media or website biography, and may want to understand more in a meeting if you are shortlisted.
  • Ability to scale and grow into a significant business
    • Scaling a startup is not for the weak of heart! If you are shortlisted, their judges will want to meet with you so they may evaluate your potential to scale your company; here’s what they will be looking for.
      • Are you a fast learner, open and keen to grow personally and professionally?
      • Are you strongly driven to succeed and driven to make your business succeed?
      • Are you willing to put in the work and time required to build a significant crypto business?
      • Are you able to convince investors, future team members and others to be part of your project’s vision?

For more information, visit https://milestonebased.com/grant

Grant Opportunities: Applications Open for Wilson Center Fellowship Program

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Deadline: 3-Oct-22

The Wilson Center is pleased to invite scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program.

Through an international competition, the Center offers 9-month residential fellowships. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington and Wilson Center staff and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the United States and the world. 

The Center awards approximately 15-20 residential fellowships each year. Fellows will be affiliated with one or more of the Wilson Center programs/projects and are encouraged to interact with policymakers in Washington, DC, with Wilson Center staff, and other scholars who are working on similar research and topics.

The Center aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting preeminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington. The Center distinguishes itself from policy institutions in its consideration of issues in a broader and more reflective manner beyond a narrow analysis of current crises and policy options. Applicants should think in terms of what they have to say to policymakers in Washington and how they can inform policy decisions through their work.

Funding Information
  • The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine month fellowship.
  • A sabbatical salary or other nonfederal funding can be used to supplement this stipend.
  • Fellows should have enough funds to cover up to the first month after they arrive.
  • Fellows receive their first stipend within 2-3 weeks of their arrival.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Scholars, practitioners, journalists, and public intellectuals with project proposals on global issues are invited to apply. Topics and scholarship should relate to key public policy challenges. Academic applicants must have a doctorate or JD. For other applicants, an equivalent level of professional achievement is expected.
  • Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States).
  •   Please contact the Center if you have any questions about your eligibility to obtain a J1 visa.
  • Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the United States must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the United States).
  • Academic candidates must be at the post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the Ph.D. dissertation.
  • Practitioners or policymakers with an equivalent level of professional achievement
  • English proficiency as the Center is designed to encourage the exchange of ideas among its fellows.
  • You do not need an institutional affiliation to apply. For most academic candidates, a book or monograph is required. Scholars and practitioners who previously held research awards or fellowships at the Wilson Center are not precluded from applying for a fellowship. However, the nature and recency of the prior award may be among the factors considered during the selection process, and by the Fellowship Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Ineligibility
  • Applicants working on a degree (even if the degree is to be awarded prior to the proposed fellowship year)
  • Proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature
  • Primary research in the natural sciences
  • Projects that create musical composition or dance
  • Projects in the visual arts
  • Projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations
  • The editing of texts, papers, or documents
  • The preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations, and memoirs

For more information, visit https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowship-application

Grant Opportunities: OTF launches Rapid Response Fund

Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity

The Open Technology Fund (OTF) has launched the Rapid Response Fund, which aims to resolve threats promptly and comprehensively for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.

To resolve digital emergencies, OTF offers both direct financial support as well as technical services from trusted partners to high-risk people and organizations, such as bloggers, cyber activists, journalists, and human rights defenders.

The Rapid Response Fund offers two types of support to organizations, activists, journalists, and other human rights defenders facing digital attacks and emergencies of various kinds:

  • technological services from trusted service partners and
  • direct financial support for the many needs that cannot be fulfilled by available service partners.

The Rapid Response Fund does not provide support for projects that are long-term in nature or that aim to build digital security capacity among groups or organizations.

Funding Information

They typically provide anywhere from $1 to $50,000 for a period of six months or less for individuals or groups carrying out relevant rapid response activities, although applications in excess of this sum can be considered on an exceptional basis.

Eligibility Criteria

Individuals should meet one of the following criteria in order to be eligible for funding:

  • Individuals of all ages irrespective of nationality, creed or sex;
  • Individuals who demonstrate skill and ability to conduct rapid response work;
  • Individuals who have intimate knowledge of the communities they are working with, and the digital threats they experience.
  • They are not able to support applicants within countries that the United States has trade restrictions or export sanctions as determined by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
  • All payments will be made in U.S. dollars (USD) and will comply with local laws, regulations and ethics rules. Each applicant is responsible for the tax consequences of any support they receive, as determined by the laws of their country.
  • It is each individual and organization’s sole responsibility to comply with any policies any pre-existing employer, etc. may have that would affect your eligibility to receive support from OTF.

For more information, visit here.