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The world’s population and its challenges are growing every day. Food and agriculture are essential for people to survive and tackle these issues. To help address these challenges, here are some opportunities to improve food and agriculture worldwide.
Submissions open for The Livability Challenge 2025
Deadline: 09-Feb-2025
The Livability Challenge (TLC) returns for the eighth edition, seeking submissions for the groundbreaking climate solutions from across the world that push the boundaries of innovation…[more]
Apply for Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge (6th Edition)
Deadline: 27 January 2025
The Enterprise Singapore is pleased to announce the 6th Edition of Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge for startups and SMEs from around the globe who are passionate about driving sustainable change…[more]
Call for Nominations: Achievement Awards 2025
Deadline: 31-Jan-25
The Food and Agriculture Organization with its Achievement Awards Recognizes the outstanding performance of individuals or institutions that have created true impact in the efficient execution of programs related to FAO’s work…[more]
P4G announces Call for Partnerships working on Climate Mitigation/Adaptation Solutions
Deadline: 07-Mar-25
The P4G is now accepting applications for partnerships working on climate mitigation or adaptation solutions in the areas of food, energy and water…[more]
RFAs: Information Measures Relating to the Common Agricultural Policy (IMCAP)
Deadline: 16 January 2025
The European Commission is seeking applications to support for information measures relating to the common agricultural policy (IMCAP)…[more]
Advancing Innovations for Empowering NextGen AGriculturE Initiative
Deadline: 22 January 2025
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation of Australia (CSIRO) are seeking applications for its Advancing Innovations for Empowering NextGen AGriculturE (AI-ENGAGE) Initiative…[more]
Call for Proposals: Common Fund for Commodities
Deadline: 1 April 2025
The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) invites applications for financial support from projects that aim to transform commodity value chains and uplift smallholder and SME-based enterprises in CFC member countries…[more]
3rd Call for Proposals of the Climate Action Window: Apply for Grant Funding
Deadline: 5-Feb-25
Following the launch of the Third Call for Proposals of the Climate Action Window at COP 29, eligible beneficiaries are invited to apply for grant funding under the Technical Assistance Sub-window…[more]
CFAs: Evidence-Informed Policy Making Grants Program
Deadline: 19 February 2025
The British Academy is inviting proposals related to evidence-informed policy-making in Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and/or Least Developed Countries…[more]
Call for Proposals: Innovations Against Poverty Challenge Fund
Deadline: 15 January 2025
The Innovations Against Poverty Challenge Fund is inviting applications to support innovative, inclusive businesses that engage low-income populations in their value chains and provide affordable products and services, addressing the “missing middle” financing gap…[more]
Call for Proposals: Just Rural Transition Support Program 2025 (More than £1,000,000)
Deadline: 28-Jan-2025
Proposals are invited to create and support a global community of practice of non-state actors to engage on issues related to sustainable agriculture and the food systems transition…[more]
Submissions open for European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme
Deadline: 20-Mar-2025
Submissions are now open for the European Food Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme…[more]
UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences 2025
Deadline: 31-Mar-2025
The call for nominations for the ninth edition of the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences is now open…[more]
Apply for Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills
Deadline: 6 March 2025
The European Commission (EC) is inviting applications for its Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills under Alliances for Innovation action to create new strategic approaches and cooperation for concrete skills development solutions – both in the short and the medium term – in areas implementing a major action of the European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience, the Pact for Skills…[more]
Request for Applications: RURACTIVE Innovators Programme
Deadline: 5 February 2025
Do you have the next big solution to help rural areas and become a part of the innovative wave transforming rural Europe? Apply to Open Call for Innovators and get a chance to work closely with rural dynamos and receive training and support to co-develop your solutions that meet real community needs…[more]
Applications open for Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) Programme 2025
Deadline: 31-Jan-25
Applications are now open for PREO to support the implementation of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy (PURE) in sub-Saharan Africa…[more]
Request for Applications: RURACTIVE Innovators Programme
Deadline: 5 February 2025
Do you have the next big solution to help rural areas and become a part of the innovative wave transforming rural Europe? Apply to Open Call for Innovators and get a chance to work closely with rural dynamos and receive training and support to co-develop your solutions that meet real community needs..[more]
Applications open for Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) Programme 2025
Deadline: 31-Jan-25
Applications are now open for PREO to support the implementation of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy (PURE) in sub-Saharan Africa…[more]
CFAs: Structural Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Spaces Fellowship Program 2025
Deadline: 17 January 2025
The Cornell SC Johnson’s STARS Fellowship Program pairs early-career researchers with faculty mentors to advance rigorous, policy-oriented research on the causal determinants of productivity and income growth, asset accumulation, rural employment and risk management in agriculture and rural spaces…[more]
Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge 2025
Deadline: 31-Jan-25
Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), together with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation, invite agricultural innovators in East Africa to apply for the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge…[more]
Call for Proposals: Promotion of Family Farming Program 2025
Deadline: 6-Mar-25
The French Committee for International Solidarity (CFSI) is seeking proposals for the Promotion of Family Farming Program to improve the resilience of local food systems by supporting downstream sustainable local food chains to compete with imported products and the nutrition of the population, including the most vulnerable…[more]
Call for Applications: AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences 2025
Deadline: 12 February 2025
The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is announcing the Call for The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science…[more]
Call for Applications: Travel Grants Program 2025
Deadline: 7 March 2025
The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is pleased to announce its call for Travel Grants Program…[more]
Apply for Tadamon Accelerator on Food Security
Deadline: 20-Jan-2025
Do you represent a CSO with an innovative project aimed at enhancing food security? If so, you are being invited to join the Tadamon Accelerator for Food Security and further develop your innovative solutions to create a more secure and resilient future with sustainable food access…[more]
RFPs: 100K Strong United States-Colombia Grant Competition
Deadline: 16 March 2025
The Partners of the Americas (POA), in coordination with the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State (WHA/DOS), the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), are inviting higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United States and in Colombia to submit proposals for the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Colombia-U.S…[more]
Ethiopia: Affordable Inputs and Efficient Farming Methods in the Agricultural Sector
Deadline: 9-Oct-25
Leverist.de is inviting applications for Affordable Inputs and Efficient Farming Methods in the Agricultural Sector that has full potential of Ethiopian agriculture is not yet sufficiently harnessed…[more]
Development of the Food Processing Sector in Ethiopia
Deadline: 9-Oct-25
The Leverist.de is accepting applications for Development of the Food Processing Sector to support the development of the food processing industry with your expertise…[more]
Agricultural Innovations for the Green Innovation Centre in Ethiopia
Deadline: 10-Oct-25
Leverist.de is seeking applications for Agricultural Innovations for the Green Innovation Centre that Benefit from this large-scale development aid project…[more]
Call for Applications: Fulbright Specialist Program 2025 (Cameroon)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon invites Cameroonian academic institutions to submit proposals for the 2025 Fulbright Specialist Program…[more]
Civil Society Organizations’ Thematic Programme in Indonesia
Deadline: 21-Jan-2025
The European Commission (EC) has launched the Civil Society Organization’s Thematic Programme to strengthen local CSOs as independent actors of good governance and development in their own right in priority areas of EU-Indonesia cooperation…[more]
Entries open for Uganda National Journalism Awards 2025
Deadline: 28 February 2025
The African Centre for Media Excellence is pleased to announce its Uganda National Journalism Awards (UNJA)…[more]
Deji Alli Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) 2025 – Nigeria
Deadline: 14 January 2025
The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims at providing young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop innovative start-up ventures that add sustainable economic value to Nigeria…[more]
Apply for the Fulbright Master’s and PhD Program (Pakistan)
Deadline: 5 March 2025
The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) is seeking applications for its Fulbright Master’s and PhD Program in order to fund graduate student’s studies in the United States…[more]
Open Call: Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program (Burkina Faso)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
The U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso is seeking applications for the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program to develop one’s leadership skills and learn the most recent advances in their field…[more]
Greener Futures: Sustainable Agribusiness and Climate-Smart Agriculture Program in Zimbabwe
Deadline: 17-Feb-25
Through this call for proposals, the EU and the Government of Zimbabwe aim at stimulating the growth of climate-smart agri-business, enhancing the resilience of agricultural value chains, and integrating renewable energy solutions, thereby supporting the sector’s productivity and adaptability to environmental challenges…[more]
Open Call: Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (Armenia)
Deadline: 28-Feb-2025
The Embassy of Japan in Armenia is accepting applications to achieve economic and social development in developing countries based on the philosophy of ensuring human security, and providing the necessary funding for relatively small-scale activities in a way that directly benefit inhabitants at a grass-roots level…[more]
Apply Now: Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (NAVODAYA) – India
Deadline: 20 January 2025
The Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) is aimed at providing an opportunity to students/youth and others to work on their ideas in Animal Science and allied sector by imparting the training cum hands on internship at the respective ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute…[more]
Request for Applications: USDA/FAS Cochran Fellowship Program 2025 (Armenia)
Deadline: 27 January 2025
The US Embassy Yerevan is pleased to announce the opening of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Cochran Fellowship Program (CFP) competition for short-term (2-3 weeks) training in the United States for senior and mid-level women agriculturists, managers and administrators concerned with agricultural development, trade, agribusiness management and marketing from public and private sectors….[more]