AI4D Innovation Scaling Challenge

Location:: Africa
Grant Size:: USD $100,000
Eligibility:: Eligible applicants include the following: individual researchers and innovators; AI startups and MSMEs/SMEs; research institutions and universities that are engaged in AI research and development; consortia comprising multiple stakeholders working collaboratively on AI solutions.
Status:: Closed
Closing Date:: Thu 4 Sep, 2025

Support for deployed and in-use AI innovations that promise significant social impact and demonstrate readiness to scale. Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) is a programme, supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, that aims to foster safe, inclusive and responsible AI ecosystems that empower people and accelerate progress on critical development challenges. AI4D supports responsible AI ecosystems where experts across Sub-Saharan Africa are enabled to develop their own solutions to these challenges and mitigate AI risks through safe, inclusive, rights-based and sustainable AI applications and policies.

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The Conservation, Food and Health Foundation

Location:: Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Grant Size:: $25,000-$50,000
Eligibility:: The Foundation supports local, state, and regional organizations in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East in the countries where the projects are based. It also supports organizations located in upper-income countries working with local partners in these areas. It does not support projects in post-Soviet states or Balkan states.
Status:: Open
Closing Date:: Tuesday 22 December, 2026

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Oneness Revival Team — SEED & THRIVE Grants

Location:: Global with a focus on low and middle-income countries
Grant Size:: US$25,000–$50,000
Eligibility:: Legally registered grassroots NGOs and civil society organisations.
Status:: Open
Closing Date:: Sunday 20 December, 2026

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Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Medium Grant

Location:: UK & overseas
Grant Size:: GBP £10,001 to GBP £20,000
Eligibility:: Applicants must be organisations registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales or Office of the Scottish Charity Register in Scotland.
Status:: Open
Closing Date:: Thursday 13 August, 2026

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