Funding and scholarships
Please note that we do not provide funding for organisations or individuals.directly. Here we provide a set of resources which you may find helpful.
- Funding RSS Feed
This features resources on sponsorships and funding opportunities for women and/or gender focused initiatives, with names of organisations, size and scope of the grants and contact details. The space is regularly updated. Please have a look and contact the organisations directly if you are interested.
- Funding Sources for Gender-Equality and Women-focused Projects
Our 2006 online resource is divided into five sections: Women's Funds (those dedicated to gender-equality and women-focused rights projects), Foundations, International Development Agencies, Prizes, and on-line Directories. The Women's Fund section provides website links, contact information for the funder along with information on what types of projects are funded, size of grants and applicant criteria. For the other sections, website links are given as well as a brief description of the type of issues that the funder is interested in.
- Scholarships
This resource seeks to address this gap in knowledge by providing a compilation of a selection of study grants, scholarships and fellowships available around the world. Brief information is given on each funding opportunity and website links provided..
- Useful Resources
A fuller list of useful resources is available from our global resources database.
BRIDGE Funding
The latest items in our funding feed
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10
May
2012
Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) will select five women-led groups working in sustainable development in developing countries for this award. The initiatives may be of any type, but should focus on one of the following categories: Food Sovereignty; Climate Adaptation; Decent Jobs and Health; Water and Sanitation; or Sustainable Energy. The five selected women will present their initiatives at the UN Summit in Brazil, and each will receive US$1 thousand. Applications (English, French, Spanish) are invited before 17 May 2012. Link...
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10
May
2012
The government of the Netherlands funds the MENA Scholarship Program to contribute to capacity building in seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon,Morocco, Oman, Syria, and Tunisia. The grants are to mid-career professionals who are employed by organizations and institutions in professional fields that include water management; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; and geographic information science (among others). Each year, the program aims to support about 120 professionals, half of whom are women. The application deadline is 02 July 2012. Link...
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03
Mar
2012
Rural People`s Sangam is a non profit non governmental organization registered under the Tamil Nadu Society registration Act 1978 on 1991 24 July and obtained FCRA in home ministry of India. We are working for women and children empowerment in Tiruvannamalai District Tamil Nadu India for the past 2o years. Our organization has been working for Eradication of Gender Discrimination and Promotion of Gender Equity in all level. Now we would like to extend our progammes to various level of public sector like Elected Panjayat Governing Members, unorganized sectors, NGOs, Government employs and Trad...
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24
Dec
2011
LAW CHANGES: Prosecution laws for cell tower frequencies Prosecution laws for telecom computer exchange hackers Prosecution laws for service provider impersonators Prosecution laws for illegal implantation
REGARDS: Cyber Security for Software of Wireless Devices.
Audio surveillance of automated I.T. and Data Center Monitoring
CONCERNS:
Operators operating 2 way eye, ear and neuro bionic device without patient or parent consent.
Multi Data and Multi Hosting of Cellular Handovers and SINE function (signal or frequencies layered over a AM or FM signal to these devices.
FORr:
Well being
MENTAL DAN...
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24
Nov
2011
The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women is accepting applications for its 16th grant cycle (2011) from government authorities, civil society organizations and networks — including non-governmental, women’s and community-based organizations and coalitions, and operational research institutions — and UN Country Teams (in partnership with governments and civil society organizations).
The 2011 UN Trust Fund Call invites proposals in the following areas of action:
i. Closing the Gap on the Implementation of National and Local Laws, Policies and Act...
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03
Nov
2011
FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund is a new initiative that funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The Fund is a collaborative effort between the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), The Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres/Central American Women’s Fund (FCAM) and an experienced group of young feminist activists from different regions of the world....
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18
Oct
2011
DEAF WOMEN SOCIETY OF KENYA IS DULY REGISTERED UNDER SOCIETIES ACT LAWS OF KENYA. THE ORG WAS STARTED BY DEAF WOMEN THEMSELVES AND IS MANAGED BY DEAF WOMEN. OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AWARENESS RAISING ON DEAF WOMEN PLIGHT, EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INFORMATION SHARING AMONG OTHER.
WE ARE HINDERED AS WE DO NOT HAVE FUNDS TO RUN OUR ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY HUMAN RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OFFICE OF OUR OWN BUT ARE HOUSED BY A FRIEND.
WE ARE REQUESTING WILLING SPONSORS TO COME TO OUR ASSISTANCE AND HELP DEAF WOMEN DEVELOP THEMSELVES AND THEIR PROJECTS AS THEY HAVE BEEN LEFT O...
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05
Oct
2011
Janvikas is an NGO based in Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It was started in the year 2001. On 23rd April 2003 it was made a Registered Society, under the Madhya Pradesh Societies Registration Act 1973. Janvikas has also been registered under section12-A(a) of The Income Tax Act 1961. It has been awarded the rank of 80-G, recognizing its services in the field of prevention of Child Labour and care to the poor and the marginalized groups of people in Indore. Solidarity with the poor and the marginalized people in the society is a main concern in all our activities. The Aim of...
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11
Jul
2011
The National Council for Research on Women’s Intern Program exposes interns to the inner workings of a nonprofit while providing valuable job training, mentoring, and networking opportunities.
Interns participate in various Council projects and activities involving our network of Member Centers that will expand their awareness of jobs available within the feminist community and may encourage their return to the Council or its Member Centers as future employees. In addition, interns have opportunities to forge connections with other interns and staff at NYC-Area Member Centers, thus initiatin...
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03
Jul
2011
We as a group of five members, we have started an organisation which deal with homeless old people and the needy in Mwanza city, Tanzania. We have some facilities to accomodate them and we have six (6) homeless old people in a boarding house, we wish to accomodate many of them but we lack facilities and permanent house for them. We need your help in this if POSSIBLE and that we can send to you our project proposal...
We hope you find these resources useful. If you are aware of any other
funders, particularly those dedicated to women and women's initiatives,
we would be happy to consider the information for inclusion when we
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