Fundraising Opportunities

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We have divided the following list in two sections: 1) Funding opportunities with specific deadlines 2) Funding opportunities received on a rolling basis

Funding Opportunities with Specific Deadlines

Cross-Border Media Literacy Projects

• Deadline: March 6, 2025
• https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/funding/call-proposals-cross-border-media-literacy-projects

Storytelling Data Fellowship

• Equal Measures 2030
• Deadline: March 9, 2025
• https://equalmeasures2030.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Storytelling-with-Data-Fellowship-PDF.pdf

Enabling Women’s Access to Employment Opportunities in STEM, Digital & Clean Energy Sectors (Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra)

• Deadline: March 10, 2025
• https://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/programme-implementation/2025/02/unw-ap-ind-cfp-2025-003-enabling-womens-access-to-decent-and-safe-employment-opportunities-in-stem-digital-and-clean-energy-sectors-with-a-focus-on-the-states-of-madhya-pradesh-gujarat-and-maharashtra

Call for Proposals: We Rise Campaign

• Deadline: March 11, 2025
• https://www.civicus.org/index.php/engage-and-act/campaign-with-us/werise-campaign-call-for-proposals

Call for Proposals: Data Governance in Africa Research Fund

• Initial application account registration: March 11, 2025
• Deadline: March 31, 2025
• https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1trBdzuGlDyss6ikyY-mjCLSoUTplda08

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI

• Registration and eligibility forms deadline: March 12, 2025
• Deadline for submitting pitches: March 19, 2025
• https://www.gsma.com/solutions-and-impact/connectivity-for-good/mobile-for-development/gsma-innovation-fund/the-gsma-innovation-fund-for-impactful-ai

Mama Cash's Resilience Fund

• Deadline: March 31, 2025
• https://www.mamacash.org/funds/resilience-fund/

Connecting the Unconnected Funding Program

• Internet Society
• Deadline 1st window: March 31, 2025
• 2nd window: from 15 July to 27 August, 2025
• https://www.internetsociety.org/funding-areas/connecting-the-unconnected

AI at Work: Field Experiments on the Workforce Effects of New AI Tools

• Deadline: April 1, 2025
• https://www.schmidtsciences.org/ai-at-work/

NGI Zero Commons Fund

• Reclaim the Public Nature of the Internet
• Deadline: April 1, 2025
• https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/

Metascience & AI Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Deadline: April 10, 2025
• https://sloan.org/programs/digital-technology/aipostdoc-rfp

Environmental Justice in Tech Fellowship (EJIT)

• The Rooted Futures Lab launched
• Rolling application until April 15, 2025
• https://www.rootedfutureslab.io/ejit-fellowship

2025 MIT Solve' Global Economic Prosperity Challenge

• Deadline to apply: April 17, 2025
• https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/2025-global-economic-prosperity-challenge

Effects of the Usage of Digital Technology on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Children and Young People

• The Huo Family Foundation
• Deadline: May 23, 2025
• https://huofamilyfoundation.org/our-grants/funding-opportunities

Past Funding Opportunities Archive

Funding Opportunities Received on a Rolling Basis

Global Fund for Community Foundations

• Deadline: Rolling
• https://globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/what-we-do/grants/apply-for-a-grant/

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding Opportunity

• Deadline: Rolling
• https://www.drkfoundation.org/apply-for-funding/

The Bitcoin Development Fund

• Deadline: Rolling
• Human Rights Foundation
• https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/bitcoin-development-fund/

Digital Rights Fund for WANA Region

• SMEX
• Deadline: Rolling Basis

• https://smex.org/digital-rights-fund/

FOSS United

• Deadline: Rolling Basis
• https://fossunited.org/grants

Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship

• Deadline: Rolling
• https://dial.global/apply-to-our-fellows-program/

Sovereign Tech Fund

• Deadline: Rolling

• https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/

Incident Emergency Fund

• Digital Defenders Partnership

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

• https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/  

Safety Net Fund

• Deadline: Ongoing

• https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/

Rapid Response Fund

• Derechos Digitales

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

• https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/    

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

• https://urgentactionfund.org/  

Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific

• Deadline: Rolling

• https://www.uafanp.org/our_grants  

Apoyos de Respuesta Rápida

• Fondo Acción Urgente
• Deadline: Rolling
• https://fondoaccionurgente.org.co/es/que-hacemos/apoyos-de-respuesta-rapida/

Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance

• Deadline: Rolling Basis

• https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/