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WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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UNLEASH Rwanda
Would you like to make a difference in your community? Are you passionate about the Sustainable Development Goals? Join the next UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Rwanda, a thriving start-up hub on the African continent.
The UNLEASH Innovation Lab in Rwanda will take place from December 2 to December 8, and changemakers aged between 18-35 will have the opportunity to apply for this transformative (and fully-funded!) experience until July 19.
During the Lab, 1,000 young participants from all over the world will come up with new ideas and co-create innovative initiatives through human-centered design thinking – a process that focuses on the real needs of the people that the solution caters to. Experienced facilitators and experts will guide the participants through different stages of the innovation process.
Who can apply?
The Innovation Lab in Rwanda is open to young people between the ages of 18 and 35. We select participants that are:
Passionate and committed to solving the world’s sustainability challenges
Creative and have an innovative mindset
Enthusiastic about working together with peers and experts
Able to understand and communicate in English
Apply Now: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKQHPtjR2UTrJjzxFPhc8MkZOmRMjFeOrp8jac5JQZ4tTNyQ/viewform
Learn More:
https://unleash.org/rwanda/
By:
Raquel Acosta

CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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Call for Proposals: Gender and Youth Promotion initiatives
Deadline: Jun 09, 2023
Donor: Peacebuilding Support Office
Grant Type: Grant
Grant Size: More than $1 million
Countries/Regions: Bosnia And Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo DR, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan
Area: Climate Change, Environment, Natural Resources, Peace & Conflict Resolution, Women & Gender, Youth & Adolescents
The Peacebuilding Fund has launched an open call for the Gender Promotion Initiative (GPI) and the Youth Promotion Initiative (YPI) Program.
For more information, visit https://www.un.org/peacebuilding/content/gypi-en
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By:
Raquel Acosta
AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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Apply for Sustainable Agriculture Challenge
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Agriculture Food & Nutrition, Farming
100+ Accelerator is excited to launch the Sustainable Agriculture Challenge to Help farmers produce sustainable and regenerative high yielding, high quality crops by leveraging science, technology and financing.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/smart-agriculture
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By:
Raquel Acosta
CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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Submit your Solution for Inclusive Growth Challenge
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Accidents & Traffic Safety, Road Safety, Economic Development, Water
100+ Accelerator is inviting applications for the Inclusive Growth Challenge to help create economic prosperity across the entire value chain.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/inclusive-growth
Premium Link: https://grants.fundsforngospremium.com/opportunity/op/Submit-your-Solution-for-Inclusive-Growth-Challenge-
By:
Raquel Acosta
WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
100+ Accelerator: Water Stewardship Challenge
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Business & Industry, Water, Water & Sanitation, Water Conservation
100+ Accelerator is pleased to announce a call for applications to the Water Stewardship Challenge to help optimize the full water process across business operations and help improve water quality and availability in the surrounding communities to build a more water-secure world.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/en/challenge/water
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By:
Raquel Acosta
AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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100+ Accelerator’s Biodiversity Challenge – Apply Now!
Deadline: Jun 30, 2023
Donor: 100+ Accelerator
Grant Type: Awards, Prizes and Challenges
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: All Countries
Area: Business & Industry, Businesses, Companies and Enterprises, Startups, Biodiversity, Information Technology, Science
The 100+ Accelerator is looking for startups that have solutions to protect, renew, and grow the biodiversity of all ecosystems to sustain life on Earth, and maintain the foundation of the supply chains and businesses.
For more information, visit https://www.100accelerator.com/index.php/en/challenge/biodiversity
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By:
Raquel Acosta
WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Scientific Product Grant Program
Deadline: Aug 15, 2023
Donor: Wildlife Acoustics
Grant Type: Grant
Grant Size: $10,000 to $100,000
Countries/Regions: Afghanistan, Aland Islands, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo DR, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote DIvoire (Ivory Coast), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands, Holy See (Vatican City State), Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, South Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia Federated States Of, Moldova Republic Of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Burma(Myanmar), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts And Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre And Miquelon, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome And Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, East Timor (Timor-Leste), Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad And Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks And Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Wallis And Futuna, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Montenegro, Saint Barthélemy, Serbia, Kosovo, South Sudan , Curaçao, Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, Saint Martin (French Part), Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)
Area: Animals & Wildlife, Birds, Habitat, Biodiversity, Conservation, Environment, Scientific Research
Wildlife Acoustics is proud to offer a grant program that provides scientists with products and software to help further their research into the study of bats, birds, frogs and other vocal wildlife.
For more information, visit https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/grant-program
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By:
Raquel Acosta
AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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Call for Papers: Land and Sustainable Food Transformations
GUEST EDITORSAdam Calo, Assistant Professor of Environmental Governance and Politics, Radboud UniversityColine Perrin, Senior Researcher in Geography, INRAEKirsteen Shields, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Food Systems, University of EdinburghSylvia Kay, Researcher, The Transnational InstituteSarah Ruth Sippel, Professor of Economic Geography and Globalization Studies, University of Münster
This Elementa special feature invites articles exploring the role of land in sustainable food transformations. The forthcoming collection provides new understandings on how governance of land (property relations, land access, land tenure, landscape policy) mediates the potential for food system transformations. The special issue goes beyond understanding dynamics of the land food nexus to ask how land relations can be reformed to create favorable conditions for more just and sustainable food systems to emerge. A complete call for proposals can be found here.
Land relations—property, access, tenure, landscape—are a central underlying driver of the material form of food systems, from farm to distribution. Despite their fluidity and historical and geographical diversity, land relations have a tendency to become “normalized” through law, custom, and practice. In particular, the exclusionary private ownership model of property has come to be deeply entrenched in legal systems worldwide, particularly in the Global North. The power of this normalization is evidenced, for example, in how research and practice aimed at reshaping food systems from grassroots movement, policy-level, or biophysical perspectives often omit the role of land relations in bringing about agricultural sustainability and agrarian change. Understanding land relations as “static” thus potentially constrains or directs the kinds of sustainable agriculture and food transformations that can take place.
We thus invite contributions on characterizing the role of land relations in sustainable food production, critiques of existing sustainability interventions in the food system from a perspective of land relations, and socio-legal analysis of pathways to reforming or reimagining synergized land and food system transformations. We aim to highlight the role of land relations and property regimes in a ‘Global North Context’. We call for insights on the power relations embedded in land in both the dominant land regimes that underly the industrial food system but also in the alternative counter movements bubbling up to contest the status quo of the land food nexus.
Articles in this special symposium might examine the following topics or other related issues:
The role of power relations in assembling land for food production of differing forms;
Discourses that shape the legitimacy of strong property regimes and the resulting material influence in institutions, actors, social movements, resources, and technologies;
Cross disciplinary learning from other domains such as housing justice, intellectual property debates, and antitrust applied to understand food system transformations;
Global South—North food system co-learning on alternative land governance for food systems change;
Empirical evidence of the relationship between alternative property regimes and alternative food system practices such as agroecology, diversified or organic farming, local food processing, and/or food sovereignty;
Dominant food system technocratic “solutions” or interventions (such as vertical farming, regenerative agriculture, agricultural easements, payments for ecosystem services, crop biotechnology, alt-proteins and sustainable intensification) and the way they either entrench, challenge, rely upon, or overlook the role of property regimes;
Dominant food system social “solutions” or interventions (such as farmer training programs, capacity building, empowerment campaigns, dietary nudging, microfinance) and the way they either entrench, challenge, rely upon, or overlook the role of property regimes;
Politics of land reform in (seemingly) stable statutory institutions (such as liberal sovereign states in industrialized economies);
Creative imagined or practiced legal or social pathways to reform the norms of property on farmland or other nodes of the food system;
Advancements on access theory with regards to food system transformations;
The above themes relate to questions of how land politics influence food system transformation pathways.
If you wish to submit a paper to the special issue, please submit a 500-word abstract detailing your article’s title, type, purpose, methodology, key findings, and significance to the guest editors at adam.calo@ru.nl by 14th January. Elementa accepts original research articles, reviews, policy bridges, commentary, and other creative multi-media formats such as interviews and podcasts. and discussion papers. All paper formats will be considered although original research articles are preferred. More information about submission criteria can be found here: https://online.ucpress.edu/elementa/pages/submissionguidelines
Deadlines:
Abstracts: 14th January 2023 Authors notified of invitation to submit a paper: 1st February 2023Complete first drafts due to editors: April 28th 2023 (Spring 2023)Reviews sent to authors: Summer 2023
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Raquel Acosta

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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Determinants of Small-Scale Irrigation Use for Poverty Reduction: The Case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Z
Small-scale irrigation is one of the agricultural activities used by rural farmers to improve the overall livelihood of the rural community by increasing income, securing food, meeting social requirements, and reducing poverty. e main objective of this study was to look into the factors that influence small-scale irrigation for poverty reduction among small-holder farmers in theOffa Woreda, Wolaita Zone.
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Elias Bojago

AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS
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Transforming Institutions Strategic Funding Proposals
The Alliance for African Partnership is now accepting proposals for the Transforming Institutions Strategic Funding Program. Successful applicants will receive up to $20,000 in seed funding to develop international strategic partnerships with universities, institutions of higher education and research, and/or organizations in the public or NGO sectors.
The application deadline is August 29th, 2022.
Alliance for African Partnership seeks proposals from AAP consortium members and their partners for activities which directly address AAP's pillar to transform institutions to be better able to participate in sustainable, equitable, and research-driven partnerships that make a broader impact on transforming lives. Travel can include any of the following—within Africa, to Africa from external locations, to the US, or to other locations outside of Africa. Virtual engagement is highly encouraged as it can be cost effective.
Exploratory Projects to support initial-stage partnership development. This funding is meant for new partnerships that have not previously worked together
Proposal Development Projects to support partners to develop a proposal in response to a specific funding opportunity
Pilot Workshop Projects to support short-term training activities or workshops
Proposed partnerships should focus specifically on institutional strengthening and capacity development. This could include projects that aim to build institutional strengths; to contribute to individuals’ capacity development which will lead to institutional strengthening; to plan for new units or institution-wide initiatives; and/or to pilot new approaches to research support, teaching or outreach that can eventually be scaled up across the institution(s).
Proposals that address the following areas will also receive priority in review:
1) building grant proposal development and/or improving grant management,
2)innovative models of joint teaching or degree programs (e.g., COIL courses), or
3) innovative models of research communication and engagement (e.g., building capacity of researchers to engage/communicate with policy makers, communities, etc.)
To learn more about the program, including how to apply, visit:
https://aap.isp.msu.edu/funding/transforming-institutions-call-proposals/
By:
Raquel Acosta
HEALTH AND NUTRITION
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The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE's pioneering global award
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE's pioneering global award for recognising excellence in sustainability. It was established in 2008 to honour the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s legacy of sustainability and commitment to humanitarianism. The Prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools. Through its 96 winners, the Prize has positively impacted the lives of over 370 million people globally. Submissions are open until 6th July 2022 5:00PM EST.
Who should apply?
Nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with sustainable solutions and high schools with sustainable projects.
What are the categories of the Prize?
HEALTH | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000
FOOD | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000
ENERGY | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000
WATER | The Prize fund for this category is US$ 600,000
GLOBAL HIGH SCHOOLS | In each of the following six global regions, one school will win up to US$ 100,000: Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East & North Africa, Europe & Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia & Pacific
What are the eligibility criteria for the Prize?
Innovation, Impact and Inspiration.
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By:
Raquel Acosta

WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Call for Applications for the 2022 Ife Institute of Advanced Studies
Call for Applications for the 2022 Ife Institute of Advanced Studies’ summer institute with doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in the humanities, the social sciences, and STEM affiliated with your institution and related networks.The Ife Summer Institute is an international platform for nurturing a new generation of scholars in the humanities and social sciences held for three years at Ile-Ife in Nigeria, and virtually in 2020-2021 to accommodate COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The institute hosts participants from all over the world and boasts distinguished faculty engaging contemporary scholarly topics.This year’s Institute will be held both in-person and via Zoom. Certificates of participation will be awarded to all registered participants at the end of the Institute.More details about the online application are available on our website: https://www.ias-ife.com/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ias-ife.com/__;!!HXCxUKc!iFM-iw4Hrc2buEwZzpnc791_EE0KuPMSXRZ8ZM5i6kNVTuvob3AJYw2dQVuqTSc$ .We can also be reached for questions or clarification at iiasng.office@gmail.com<mailto:iiasng.office@gmail.com or summerinstituteife.ng@gmail.com<mailto:summerinstituteife.ng@gmail.com>.
By:
Raquel Acosta
