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The Friends of Liberia Small Grants Program provides up to USD 3,000 to support community-led development projects designed and implemented by local communities in Liberia.

The GrowHer Accelerator Program 2026 is a targeted initiative designed to support women entrepreneurs who are running registered, functional businesses and are ready to scale sustainably.

Stay ahead of the competition this January. Explore all opportunities closing between 1st to 31st January with over $33.2 million (more than ₦53 billion) in funding.

Explore 10 funding opportunities for Gen Z innovators, tech startups, SMEs, agribusinesses, educators, sustainability leaders, and women’s empowerment advocates — with a combined funding pool of over $4 million.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Government of Iceland, has opened nominations for the €60,000 2026 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment.

The Foundation S has announced the €100,000Climate Action & Health Resilience Grants Programme to strengthen community health systems against the growing impacts of extreme heat and air pollution in low- and middle-income countries.

The €50,000 FREE STEM Fund presents an important opportunity for organisations and groups dedicated to advancing gender equity within science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The FemFocus 2026–2030 program, administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, offers significant funding to civil society organisations (CSOs) that support women’s entrepreneurship in Africa.

The development Research and Projects Centre is now accepting applications for its ₦5,000,000 NSI grant Round 2.

The UN Women has launched a $100,000 prestigious global award to recognize and celebrate the outstanding efforts of individuals, civil society, public institutions, and private sector actors working toward gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.