Funding Opportunities

Country

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FAO-Hungarian Government Scholarship Programme 2021-22
Open until28 Feb 2021
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Halcyon — Support for Early-Stage Social Entrepreneurs
Open until04 Apr 2019
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Association of Commonwealth Universities — Mobility Grants for Early-Career Academics 2021
Open until31 Mar 2019
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U.S. Agency for International Development — Off-Grid Energy Challenge Nigeria
Open until15 Mar 2019
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Global Forest Watch — Small Grants Fund for Civil Society Organizations
Open until15 Mar 2019
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West African Research Association — Ideas Matter Doctoral Fellowships
Open until10 Oct 2018
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Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education — Nuffic Scholarships for Short Courses
Open until21 Mar 2020
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Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture — Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2021
Open until30 Sep 2019
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British Ecological Society — Training & Travel Grants
Open until31 Jul 2020
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Wilson Ornithological Society — Research Grants 2021
Open until01 Feb 2020
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Swedish Institute — Women’s Social Enterprise in the MENA Region
Open until04 Feb 2020
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Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership — Masters Studies in Sustainable Energy
Open until06 Mar 2020
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Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund — Scholarships for Higher Education 2021
Open until15 Mar 2020
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British Ecological Society — Research Grants 2021
Open until09 Sep 2019
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Tony Elumelu Foundation — Entrepreneurship Program for Africans 2021
Open until01 Mar 2019
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Smart farming innovations for small-scale producers
Open until25 Feb 2021
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Climate Technology Initiative — Funding for Climate or Clean Energy Projects
Open until30 Apr 2019
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U.S. Department of Agriculture — International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship
Open until29 May 2020
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Alfred Wegner Institute — Training in Observational Oceanography
Open until01 Mar 2019
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Zebra Foundation — Support for Vets and Vet Students
Open until30 Sep 2019
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Latin America Regional Fund for Agricultural Technologies — Call for Proposals 2021
Open until22 Apr 2019
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Charity Entrepreneurship — Incubation Program on How to Start a Charity
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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund — Biodiversity Conservation in the Mountains of Central Asia (Turkmenistan)
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Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund — Biodiversity Conservation in the Mountains of Central Asia
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Ornithological Society of the Middle East — Bird Conservation 2021
Open until30 Sep 2019
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University of St. Andrews — St. Andrews Prize for the Environment 2021
Open until25 May 2018
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U.S. Department of State — Wildlife Trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Open until03 Jun 2019
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Association of Commonwealth Universities — Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships 2021/2022
Open until26 Jun 2019
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Prince Bernhard Nature Fund — Conservation of Endangered Species (Flora & Fauna)
Open until01 Feb 2020
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University of Queensland Australia — Online Course: Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
Open until04 Mar 2019

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Youth success stories

Youthful passion to contribute to sustainable food systems

Charles Masereka Yoronimu's commitment to contributing to building sustainable food systems drives him to be an active agent of youth engagement in agriculture.

5 years of YPARD: a life-changing journey

"Being a YPARD representative gave me so many empowering opportunities, but also a chance to empower others" Testimonial by Ivana Radic Jean highlighting her experience and journey in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Serbia community since February 2013.

YPARDian bags home the 2017 SFIAR Master Thesis award!

In 2017, YPARD member, Sebastian Mengel, was the recipient of the Master Thesis award for his collaborative research with YPARD, HAFL and CGIAR CRP drylands program on agricultural livelihoods of rural youth in the drylands of Midelt, Morocco.

Good-bye from YPARD Nepal: Creating a space for young leaders

This testimonial by Dinesh Panday highlights his experience in working with youth in agriculture within the YPARD Nepal community since 2012. He is currently a doctoral graduate research assistant (2016-2019) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the former YPARD Nepal country representative.

A season of innovation

The climate-smart irrigation system was designed with the aim of addressing these challenges; by collecting rainwater, transferring it below the soil surface and using it during the time of low rainfall thus making water available and accessible for perennial plants all year round.

Climate resilient agriculture and producer-consumer justice through ICT

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 was created to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts to ensure climate resilient agriculture and ICT based business promotional interventions from producer to consumer level. Youth, therefore, can play a supporting role to increase awareness and promote the agenda of SDG for agricultural sustainability to make sure others are aware of it.

From nowhere to somewhere; YPARD made a way

Marc Ghislain tells about all the changing scenes in his life as a young professional in agriculture: the anxiety in choosing a profession in agriculture and how his engagement with YPARD helped him find his feet in the agricultural sector.

A non-traditional career path

I strongly support and believe in an inclusive and equitable quality education together with lifelong learning opportunities for all. It is very important that we start to facilitate more flexible career paths in science if we want to encourage diversity and creativity. Being a lifelong learner is a value of sustainable self-development. It opens the door to life-changing, rewarding, fulfilling and continuous growth.

Easier said than done: Gender equality and women empowerment

The role of young people in helping shift gender perceptions is paramount. We can no longer employ tradition and culture as excuses for allowing basic inequalities between genders to occur and to keep perpetuating themselves. We need to acknowledge and cherish culture, but also acknowledge that culture is not a static entity and that it can, and must, evolve towards a more equal society.

Believe in sustainability, food security, fight for the hungry: My Credo

In an era where population, technologies and modernization are fast growing, meeting up with the basic food needs of the population worldwide is one of the greatest challenges nations and international institutions are witnessing. Marc Ghislain shares his views on how the young people can be part of the solution and more importantly in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal number two.