By fundsforngos, on October 20th, 2011% The Washington Global Health Fund (WGHF) is now accepting proposals for the second round of commercialization grants for global health technologies. The grants seek to support job creation in Washington State. The funding is targeted at nonprofit or for profit organizations working in the state of Washington. . . . → Read More: WGHF Funding Opportunity for Organizations engaged in Development, Production, Promotion, and Delivery of Global Health Technologies and Products
By fundsforngos, on September 7th, 2011% Between research and commercialization lie the critical stages of development and demonstration: the points at which technologies leave the laboratory and undergo conclusive real-world testing.
Traditionally, development and demonstration have suffered from a financing gap, making them a weak link in what’s known as the innovation chain. That gap has proved . . . → Read More: SD Tech Fund seeks Statement of Interest for funding from Canadian Projects focussed on Clean Technology
By fundsforngos, on August 24th, 2011% The United States Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking concept papers from qualified applicants for funding cooperative agreements aimed at funding a limited number of awards through USAID/Washington in collaboration with the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) to support implementation of science research and . . . → Read More: USAID Funding Opportunity: Implementation Science Research to Support Programs under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
By fundsforngos, on July 7th, 2010% The Department for International Development (DFID) has launched the New and Emerging Technologies Research Competition “to identify the key challenges and barriers that may be reducing the impact of these technologies on the lives of poor people and help to identify some of the key technologies that could form the basis of further . . . → Read More: DFID’s New and Emerging Technologies Research Competition Call for Proposals
By fundsforngos, on January 11th, 2010% The deeper penetration of mobile phones in rural areas in developing countries has opened up newer possibilities for organizing various activities for community-based awareness. Ashoka’s Changemakers experimented upon this process in Africa with the support of Hewlett Foundation and carried out outreach interventions. Their experiment led to the creation of an open source . . . → Read More: Free Guide to use Cellphones for NGO Projects for Sustainable Development
By fundsforngos, on January 9th, 2010% According to the ngonewsafrica.org, a new nonprofit venture by the name Kopernik, “which is an online store of innovative technologies for the developing world” is accepting proposals from local NGOs in developing countries. Kopernik works to promote technologies in developing countries for leapfrogging development.
In this call for proposals, Kopernik will . . . → Read More: Kopernik’s Fundraising Opportunity for NGOs to use Progressive Technologies
By fundsforngos, on December 15th, 2009% The Centre for Media and Transitional Societies (CMTS) at the Carleton University in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched a call for concept notes as part of its Radio, Convergence and Development project to undertake research for “examining the impact of convergence between traditional radio and new information and . . . → Read More: A Call for Concept Notes
By fundsforngos, on October 12th, 2009% Local NGOs and international organizations, including US-based agencies can apply for grants between $500,000 and $2.5 million from the United States Department of State under its Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program to implement pilot projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that can put into use innovative and new technologies . . . → Read More: US Funding for Enhancing Communication Technologies in the Middle East and North Africa
By fundsforngos, on September 27th, 2009% Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the call for proposals for the Round 4 of the Grand Challenges Explorations in Global Health Research. The Grand Challenges Explorations initiative provides funding support for “innovative ideas that could lead to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and other technologies targeting diseases that claim millions of lives . . . → Read More: Request for Proposals from Bill Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations in Global Health Research
By fundsforngos, on August 25th, 2009% NGOs, individuals and other institutions can apply for the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for apply Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools and techniques in education. The prize has an award of US $50,000 in addition to a diploma which will be distributed among two final prize winners. The Prize specifically . . . → Read More: $50,000 Award for ICT-based Education work from UNESCO
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