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Our Story

The 1treellion movement mobilize people to cool the Earth. We are building a community for our planet. A community around trees.

We aim to plant trees…trillions of them... to cool the planet.

​We have waited long enough for someone else to repair the damage done to our planet. It is up to us to be the change.

It is not enough to “just” plant a tree. We have to collectively change course, and to do this we need to come together to raise both funds and awareness. There is magic in music, togetherness, and trees (trillions of them). When we intertwine our branches we grow in unimaginable ways.

You don’t have to feel alone in your desire for change, you’ve come to the right place.

Our Mission

Trees are the natural climate solution. It is our conviction that this can be done BUT we need to act with determination NOW.

It is our mission to collectively raise enough funds to make a meaningful global impact by bringing communities together to plant 1 trillion (1,000,000,000,000) trees and cool the Earth.

There are many initiatives and organizations that aims to plant trees. Our lives literally depend on that and only a few of them have succeeded. We plan on doing what we do best - generate a movement and raise a 1treellion.org Global Fund to support those organizations.

1treellion Grant

There are many stories about tree, from the children’s book The Giving Tree written in 1964 by Shel Silverstein, to The Overstory by Richard Powers. They all showcase our relationship we have with trees.

They are an integral part of our planet. In fact, they are the 2nd largest nation on it (counting the ocean as the first). 

Air - trees filtering the air we breathe, by absorbing harmful carbon and releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere.

Water - Trees filter the water we drink. According to the Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations, a mature evergreen tree can intercept more than 15,000 liters of water every year. Their intricate root systems act like filters; removing pollutants and slowing down the water’s absorption into the ground. This process prevents harmful waterside erosion and reduces the risk of over-saturation and flooding.

Shelter - Trees provide animals shelter from the weather and from enemies. It provides us human shelter from the sun on a sunny day. Even dead trees provide shelter and food for many insects. Sustainable tree farming provides timber to build homes and shelter, and wood to burn for cooking and heating.

​Food - Trees provide food in the form of fruits, nuts, leaves, bark, and roots.

Health - Trees are key ingredients in 25% of all medicines. In addition adults with 30% or more of their neighborhood covered in some form of tree canopy had 31% lower odds of developing psychological distress. The same amount of tree cover was linked to 33% lower odds of developing fair to poor general health. Not to mention that the shade provided by tree coverage helps protect our skin from the ever-increasing harshness of the sun.

Climate - Trees help cool the planet by sucking in and storing harmful greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, into their trunks, branches, and leaves, and releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere. In cities, trees can reduce overall temperature by up to eight degrees Celsius. With more than 50% of the world’s population living in cities—a number expected to increase to 66% by the year 2050—pollution and overheating are becoming a real threat. Fortunately, a mature tree can absorb an average of 48 lbs of carbon dioxide per year, making cities a healthier, safer place to live. Don’t just take our world for it, scientists have proven it time after time.

Biodiversity - trees provide habitat to over 80% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. A single tree can be home to hundreds of species of plants, mammals, birds, insects, and fungi. Depending on the kind of food and shelter they need, different forest animals require different types of habitat. Without trees, forest creatures would have nowhere to call home.

Jobs - Trees provide jobs to over 1.6 billion people. From arborists, to loggers, researchers, the job opportunities provided by the forestry industry are endless.

Where We Plant

There is a need for 3.4 trillions of trees to be planted all over the world. From Brazil to America, Canada, Europe… trees are needed everywhere.

Different location has it’s own types of trees.

About Us

The Brutten Family Foundation funds groups and organizations that help expand access to the outdoors, high-quality education, and vital mental health services. We believe that our wellbeing exists at the intersection of these core pillars.

The Brutten Family Foundation, founded by Patricia and Marc Brutten in 1996, is a private U.S. foundation with a nearly 25-year record of philanthropy focused on benefiting San Diego County and global charities. 

Through our family business, Brutten Global, we have spent more than 40 years in the commercial real estate industry, working in the United States and Europe. Brutten Global emerged and flourished in San Diego, and we began the foundation to give back to local organizations and schools. Our work has expanded to nurture both local and global efforts. Now, our children are also involved in giving back to our communities, and as a family, we share a sense of responsibility to positively change people’s outcomes and give individuals the tools they need to create their own impact.

Inspiring a healthier planet and happier lives through environmental, educational, and mental health initiatives.

The Brutten Family Foundation supports organizations and projects that are making a positive difference for our planet, helping individuals find refuge in nature, and creating opportunities for learning and enlightenment. We're establishing equitable opportunities, nourishing minds, and futures, and helping inspire the next generation of our environment’s stewards. 

Our Core Focuses

We partner with driven groups and organizations committed to advancing our collective wellbeing through our core pillars:

Environment

Protecting our environment is the most critical issue we face as a human race, and investing in a sustainable planet is paramount to our future. We focus on efforts to revive ecosystems and expand access to the outdoors for all, especially underserved communities and those who face systemic barriers to spending time in nature.

Education

Through access to education and resources, underserved students have the chance to overcome obstacles and realize their goals. We support programs and institutions that equip and offer young people the resources, support, and financial aid necessary to succeed in and outside of classrooms.

Menatl Health

Millions of people worldwide suffer from mental health conditions, but many go untreated, partially due to stigmas, a lack of access to treatment, or a lack of awareness of solutions. We support projects relating to mental health resources and care to help individuals access what they need and build stronger, safer societies.

Background

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation seeks to dramatically improve the lives of underserved communities across the globe by supporting scalable, innovative, and impact-first solutions that leverage existing systems and stakeholders. Our goal is to find social entrepreneurs with dynamic products or services that have a proven ability to positively impact the lives of underserved people, and nurture those organizations at the early stages by providing capacity, capital, and community.

Our application process is designed to be open and accessible, and we accept applications year round from across our priority geographies and sectors. Borrowing from our venture capital legacy, we find exceptional entrepreneurs and provide them with: 

Capacity

• The core of DRK’s model is deep and extensive operational and technical support for each portfolio organization, both through dedicated hands-on Board service and specialist capacity-building resources for fundraising, board and organizational development, leadership, financial support, and scaling strategy,

Capital

• DRK provides up to $300,000 USD in either unrestricted grant funding or investment capital over a three-year period, and

Community

• DRK convenes our portfolio and alumni annually, facilitating connections and community. 

What We Fund

DRK Foundation funds early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems using bold, scalable approaches.

What stage of growth does DRK Foundation typically fund?

Early stage: Organizations who are early stage, which we define as post-pilot and pre-scale. This typically means: 

• Your program, product or service is already being used in the market or in the field, 
• You have early indication that your model is having its intended impact on the beneficiary populations,
• Your organization is relatively young (ideally between two and five years old, although we will consider both younger and older organizations).

Venture funding: In the case of for profits, we typically support Seed to Series A organizations, and never lead rounds; we also generally but not exclusively refrain from participating in financings exceeding a $15M USD post-money valuation.  

Become a Partner

At the core of our model are our partnerships with courageous, dynamic organizations that are improving the lives of children and youth in the heart of their own communities.

We eagerly look for new groups and individuals to partner with across the globe, based on our regional strategies, and particularly when we launch and expand thematic and regional initiatives. Please explore information about our regional strategies and initiatives in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Eurasia, and Asia.

Global Fund for Children raises all the funds that we use to invest in community-based organizations around the world. We know that organizations spend precious time preparing proposals for prospective funders. We appreciate there are many worthy causes and changemakers that we will not be able to support. As such, we do not ask organizations to submit proposals. We visit organizations in person and build relationships, getting to know possible new partners when we have raised funds. As a first step, we maintain a database of organizations we can get to know if we have just the right opportunity.

Focus Areas

Together with our partners, we are building a future where all young people enjoy equal resources and opportunities in society and can live to their full potential.

Our work advances the rights of children and youth across four focus areas and five regions. We have a deep commitment to courageous organizations that support young people facing poverty, injustice, and discrimination.

We support grassroots organizations that are not afraid to tackle the root causes of poverty with innovative, local solutions. Most offer holistic care to comprehensively address the needs of each child. Many become regional and national leaders in children’s rights—raising awareness, influencing policy, and ultimately impacting thousands of children and youth beyond their doors.

Education

Every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and dream. We work closely with our partners to make sure children across the world can learn, play, and go to school. We are committed to helping every child reach their potential through equal access to quality education.

Gender justice

GFC and our partners promote gender equity, advance girls’ education, inspire healthy masculinities, support the rights of LGBTQ+ youth, and ensure that young people live free from gender-based violence and exploitation.

Safety and wellbeing

We are committed to ending violence and exploitation of children, to helping young survivors rebuild their lives, and to protecting the mental health and wellbeing of every child and young person.

Climate resilience

Young people are mobilizing to address climate change. They are building resilience in their communities, educating their families and communities, advocating for policy changes, and stewarding the environment. We work with young leaders and youth-led organizations finding real solutions for both people and the planet.

Youth power

Young people are achieving incredible things - creating change in the present and shaping the future. We help young people become leaders and changemakers, making sure they have the opportunities, skills, and confidence to tackle the issues central to their lives and their communities.

Solidarity in emergencies

In times of crisis, we are committed to supporting our partners around the world as they respond in their communities. From natural disasters to conflict or health emergencies, our local partners are well-positioned to address emerging challenges. GFC provides emergency grants, technical support, and wellbeing solidarity to our partners as they navigate emergencies impacting their organizations and their communities.

Impact and Learning

Global Fund for Children funds community-based organizations and works closely with them to strengthen their capacity to create change. Our primary impact is on the organizations we support, and by extension, the impact they create with and for children and young people, in their communities.

Every organization has its unique aspirations and approaches, so our work with each organization is unique, tailored, and made possible by trust and understanding of their unique contexts.

We capture global quantitative indicators to capture how organizations change over time, but qualitative stories of change are critical to understanding the impact of GFC’s work. Our impact and learning approach is rooted in feedback, participatory learning reviews, and a commitment to capture only the information GFC and our partners will actually use to deepen our learning and to become more effective in our closely collaborative work.

About Ultragenyx

Ultragenyx is committed to supporting initiatives that provide impactful resources for the rare disease community, healthcare education, STEAM education, and local community organizations.

Independent Medical Education Grants

Ultragenyx offers educational grants for accredited and non-accredited clinical, technical, and scientific programs or continuing medical education activities focused on rare diseases for healthcare providers.

In certain clinical areas, a request for proposal (RFP) will be posted to this site for independent medical education. Please check back for more information or reach out to Ultragenyx Grants Program at grants@ultragenyx.com.

We are currently considering independent medical education in the following areas:

• X-Linked Hypophosphatemia (XLH)
• Tumor Induced Osteomalacia (TIO)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII (MPSVII)
• Long Chain Fatty-Acid Oxidation Disorders (LC-FAOD)
  • Request for Education: Deadline May 15th, 2024
• Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) – ex-US only
• General Gene Therapy Education

Health-Related Grant Funding

Sponsorships and Grants for non-profit patient organizations and for-profit health institutions in support of:

• Patient Advocacy Focused Initiatives
  • Patient Education
  • Patient, Family, and Caregiver Meetings and Events
  • Patient Community Events
• Scientific Meetings (non-accredited)
• Disease Awareness Campaigns
• Research Programs
• Medical Publications (Europe and Latin America only)
• Fellowships
• Sponsorships

We are currently considering Health-Related Grant Funding in the following areas:

• Bone Endocrine: X-Linked Hypophosphatemia, Tumor Induced Osteomalacia, Osteogenesis Imperfecta
• Metabolics: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VII, Long Chain Fatty-Acid Oxidation Disorders, Glycogen Storage Disease (GSD) Type Ia and Type III, Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, Wilson Disease, Creatine Transporter Deficiency, Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)
• Central Nervous System and Neurology: Angelman Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, CDKL5

Charitable Donation Requests

Our global corporate philanthropy program supports public health and wellness, educational and humanitarian initiatives directed towards the rare disease community and other local or at-risk communities. More specifically, we focus on:

• Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education including diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, scholarships, and science events or programs
• Rare Disease Community Support including patient or sibling programs, respite care or support programs for care partners, and awareness initiatives
• Equitable Healthcare including public health initiatives, access to services, and wellness for underserved communities
• Emergency relief aid, including providing immediate assistance during humanitarian crises, particularly in the areas of public health and medical services

Our Mission

To improve the quality of life for families and their communities through support of innovative projects and successful ongoing programs. 

Engaging Individuals, Families, and Communities in Jewish Life

The Foundation seeks to build and sustain vibrant Jewish life and connected communities which are welcoming to all and inspire Jews to explore the richness Judaism offers. This strategic funding area supports both innovative ideas and historic institutions in two primary ways: 

Fostering Jewish Identity

Funding innovative programs that bring together Jews in their 20s and 30s to explore their Jewish identities and form meaningful communities and expanding resources and opportunities that engage families with young children in Jewish life in creative and dynamic ways.

Building & Strengthening Jewish Life in Emerging Communities

Supporting programs that build internal leadership and developing programs that deepen Jewish identity in Central and Eastern Europe. (We are currently phasing down funding and no longer accepting inquiries for organizations and programs aligned with this area.)

Types of Grants Available

Grants are available for general operating and project support, especially for innovative approaches and new initiatives. We are particularly interested in emphasizing long-term impact, encouraging organizational sustainability, and investing in systems-building to strengthen fields. Requests for capital and endowment grants are generally not accepted, but the Trustees may initiate such grants at their discretion.

Grant Philosophy

Since its inception in 2002, The TK Foundation has awarded over $46 million in grants to non-profit organizations and projects to improve the maritime realm and the lives of disadvantaged youth.

Youth Development Grant

The TK Foundation enables disadvantaged youth to maximize their capabilities through pathways such as education, training and life skills with a view to becoming self-sufficient. We do this by supporting programs that:

• Improve educational achievement of disadvantaged youth
• Prepare disadvantaged youth for succeeding in the workforce

The TK Foundation envisions a world where all youth have access to opportunities that lead to employment that allows them freedom, equity, security and human dignity. The TK Foundation’s Youth Development Grant Programs run in three-year cycles in South Africa, The Bahamas, Canada and The United States. 

Priority Sevices

Winning programs will effectively address youth’s current context, identify their needs and barriers to success and will produce effective and innovative solutions, as appropriate, in the service areas listed below: 

• Improve youths’ educational achievement: Programmatic elements can include: Mentoring, tutoring, educational field trips. Increase in GPA, attendance, and/or changes in behavior should be documented and measurable
• Prepare youth for workforce success: Programmatic elements can include: Opportunities to receive job skill training, attend vocational courses, obtain internships, or other types of work-related, hands-on experience
• Provide support services to youth: Programmatic elements can include: Case-management, counseling, financial literacy and/or other life skills courses
• Promote youth leadership skills: Programmatic elements can include: Volunteer opportunities, peer (or adult) mentorships, or advocacy

Client Targeting

We are focused on providing services to youth as described below:

• Disadvantaged- The TK Foundation wishes to target youth that 1) do not have equal opportunities because of circumstances that makes achievement unusually difficult and/or 2) are at risk of social exclusion in accessing school and/or employment.
• Motivated- The TK Foundation wants to support organizations working with motivated youth who attribute their educational results and other accomplishments to internal factors that they can control (e.g. the amount of effort they put in), believe they can be effective agents in reaching desired goals (i.e. the results are not determined by luck), and are interested in being self-sufficient.
• Age- Between the ages of 15 to 24. Applicants are requested to differentiate between “Teen” (15-18) and “Young Adult” (19-24).

Western Balkans Guidelines

The countries of the Western Balkans are still in the process of transformation to truly democratic societies where institutions of governance are transparent, accountable, and responsive, and citizens are empowered and assertive. Some reforms have been achieved, civil society is active, and citizens are more engaged, but many challenges remain. The obstacles reflect the legacy of conflict and unresolved tensions between countries and communities that must be addressed to realize justice, equality, and peace for all people in the region.

Goal: Advance a peaceful, democratic, and European Western Balkans

Strategies:

• Supporting efforts to improve transparency and accountability in governance.
• Strengthening constituencies for reconciliation and enduring peace.
• Advancing sustainable development, focusing on renewable energy and healthy environments.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) supports efforts of civil society groups, governmental institutions, and other partners to strengthen democratic practice, advance reconciliation and durable peace, enable sustainable development, address climate change, and promote a European future for the Western Balkans. The Fund values the richness of the region’s ethnic, gender, age, cultural, and racial diversity and promotes pluralistic and inclusive societies. It supports efforts at the regional, national, and local levels, including grassroots engagement and movement building.The RBF has been engaged in grantmaking in the Western Balkans since 2001, building on 20 years of prior experience in Central and Eastern Europe. The Fund’s work is predicated on the belief that long-term peace and prosperity in Europe can only be achieved with successful post-communist and post-conflict transformations of the countries of the Balkans. Situated physically and politically between global powers, the region will continue to play a significant role in global affairs and security for many years to come.The Fund focuses on Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The interdependence among these countries, the common challenges they face, and the potential they share as a subregion within Europe present a unique opportunity for successful transformation, integration, and long-term peace and prosperity.RBF grantmaking in the Western Balkans aims to nurture healthy democratic processes, support regional initiatives to debunk persistent myths and prejudices, and encourage the development of a vibrant civil society in the region. In today’s unstable world, such progress in the Balkans is important for the region, for Europe, and to improve the prospects for global peace.

World Future Fund Grant

Our planet is a world out of balance. We are borrowing from the future at a pace unprecedented in history. There needs to be a giant change in direction. We need to start building for a real future. We are interested in working with and funding groups that have a similar commitment. Our grant program is aimed at areas where other organizations may be better organized than we are, so a grant is more efficient that a WFF program.

The World Future Fund is a non-profit organization that has been set up to do research and to educate people about the need for a greater commitment to investment in the future. We have been in business since 1995 and have been monitoring long term trends.

Priorities

A key goal is creating a sane society here at home in America. This means creating a social democratic society with basic government services that protect the people. America is nothing short of social chamber of horrors among developed states with astronomical levels of child poverty, millions in jail and no universal health insurance.

We are committed to the creation of a social democratic society like Germany or Norway. A particular priority is the creation of a system which places labor union representatives on corporate boards.

Funding

Cold Noses Foundation receives many requests for aid. While we wish we could help everyone, we have a commitment to our donors to stay within the scope of our mission so that we invest our funds effectively. Therefore, CNF will only provide funding for programs that fall into one of the following categories:

• Domestic Pets,
• Wildlife, and
• Farm Animals.

Our Purpose

The Cold Noses Foundation Inc. Grant program is for the purpose of helping organizations fund special projects relating to humane treatment of animals, finding homes and non-lethal alternatives to euthanasia, veterinary care for needy families or organizations, and humane education. Cold Noses Foundation will grant funds on a case by case basis, to any organization that qualifies that is enhancing the lives of homeless and neglected animals that has an income of $200,000 or less in the last fiscal year. 

Deadlines

• 1st Quarter- Australia, Europe- Opens January 1st Closes January 31st
• 2nd Quarter- Central America, South America - Opens April 1st Closes April 30th
• 3rd Quarter - North America and Territories - Opens July 1st Closes July 31st
• 4th Quarter - Africa, Asia - Opens October 1st Closes October 31st

Our Giving Now program

Our new onsemi Giving Now program drives positivity forward by creating meaningful change for our planet and every community we live and work in around the globe. Together we can make the world a better place in three simple ways:

• Give to Donate
  • Match employee giving and support volunteerism for causes they care about most.
• Give to Educate
  • STEAM education to help students in underserved communities achieve their dreams.
• Give to Help
  • Provide local disaster relief and revitalize communities after emergencies

Our mission is to “Give to Educate” while championing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) Education activities for the underprivileged youth in underserved communities with a goal to launch the next generation of game-changing innovators. This will help and inspire young scholars to get excited about science, technology, engineering, art and math.

About

The ILP Digital Financial Services Grant supports ideas around Interledger-driven business models that seek to build equity and inclusion within a global interoperable payments network. This grant is designed to help the Interledger Foundation’s vision for a world where everyone can send a payment as easily as an email. 

Expanding digital financial inclusion through inclusive systems means advocating for the adoption of an open-source, currency-agnostic payment network powered by the Interledger Protocol (ILP). Through this grant, we want to see the development of digital financial services solutions and products, some of which will participate as Interledger network nodes; including digital wallets, mobile money providers, banks, savings coops, and neo-banks. 

While the grant's core focus remains on becoming a node in the Interledger Network, we are also keen to incorporate the interests of those with innovative ideas that can foster greater adoption and usage within the Network, even if they have no intent of becoming an actual node. This flexibility is reflected in the two tracks we are offering for consideration by applications, empowering you to shape your proposal according to your unique vision and goals.

• Interledger | Enabled - This grant opportunity is for existing digital financial service entities to implement Rafiki into their working financial infrastructure, resulting in a new node on the Interledger Network.
• Interledger | Unlocked - Do you need to expand your payment options in your web-based platform? Then you could use our Open Payment APIs and take advantage of this grant opportunity. A good example of an ideal candidate for this grant is an e-commerce site or donation platform.

Through this grant, we want to ensure that emerging financial services, products, and innovative solutions come from and are created outside of the typical locales and demographics. To this end, we will increase the scoring of the following criteria in our judging process for this grant program:

• Projects are located in and serve geographical locations outside North America and Western Europe.
• Projects where a lead applicant is a person of color or the team represents a diverse group.
• The output of the team benefits communities that have been historically underrepresented.
• Funds are explicitly budgeted to address the increasing participation of historically marginalized and underrepresented communities.
• The project displays an understanding and commitment to using open-source principles, including open-source software adoption.

Clinical Research Grants

The Intuitive Foundation grant program is accepting applications for Clinical Research Grants for Robotic-assisted Surgery in this year.

The purpose of these grants is to support clinical research at non-profit institutions worldwide focused on the field of robotic-assisted surgery. Successful proposals will study important questions related to surgical care and patient outcomes.

Research Areas of Interest

The Intuitive Foundation has identified key research areas of interest for the clinical grant programs. Principal Investigators are encouraged – although not required – to submit proposals that fall into one or more of the following areas:

• Clinical Outcomes-Based Research:
  • Research related to clinical outcomes for robotic-assisted surgical procedures with a particular focus on comparative studies between robotics and alternate surgical modalities, or therapies.
    • Examples include:
      • Assessment of clinical outcome differences (including variation in outcomes) comparing robotic-assisted surgeries vs. other laparoscopic invasive and/or open surgical techniques.
        • For applications from the United States, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery.
        • For applications from APAC (Asia, Australia, and New Zealand),we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Urology, Gynecology, Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery, Head and Neck procedures, Thoracic surgery, and other emerging surgical procedures.
        • For applications from Europe, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Colorectal Surgery, General/Visceral Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, and Urology.
        • For applications from Africa and South America, we are most interested in clinical outcomes related to Colorectal Surgery, General/Visceral Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology, and Urology.
      • Comparison of opioid use and/or pain between robotic-assisted procedures vs. other minimally invasive and/or open surgical techniques.
      • Evaluating the impact of ERAS or similar protocols.
      • Proposals related to public health or other of-the-moment topics.
• Imaging, Vision and/or Navigational Research (all regions):
  • Research focused on enhanced visualization during surgical procedures.
    • Examples include:
      • The application of preoperative imaging modalities during surgical interventions.
      • The use of intraoperative imaging modalities during surgical interventions.
      • Novel use of fluorescence imaging technology. Note that research that has been published or presented by other groups will not be considered.
      • The use of novel imaging modalities during interventions.
      • New techniques to discriminate between healthy and diseased tissues.
• Health Economic and Outcomes Research including Cost-effectiveness and Cost-utility Studies related to Robotic-assisted Surgery (all regions):
  • Research related to local services utilization, clinical and economic burden of the disease, cost of care, and research focused on quality of life or utilities related to surgical care.
    • Examples include:
      • Patient care pathway or epidemiological studies on clinical and economic burden of illness.
      • Patient/clinician-reported outcomes, quality of life, health utilities.
      • Cost-effectiveness modeling incorporated local services utilization and costs from local data sources (not from the literature.)
  • The Intuitive Foundation strongly recommends that research within this category include a health economist as a part of the research team. Please identify this individual in the capabilities section of the grant submission.
• New Procedure Exploration and Development Research (all regions):
  • Research focused on emerging robotic-assisted surgical procedures using existing technologies. Please note that research conducted on human subjects may require applicable authorizations or favorable opinions from any relevant authorities, such as governmental and medical institution authorities, prior to funding.
    • Example proposals may include:
      • Robotic-assisted procedures that do not have a laparoscopic analog.
      • Procedures that benefit from parallel entry of instruments (e.g., da Vinci SP).
      • Development of replicable workflows to achieve critical surgical access in high volume procedures that do not have standardized port placement positions, such as lysis of adhesions. Such workflows should reliably apply to variations in patient body habitus and pathology.

Funding

Applicants may apply for grant funding total costs up to $75,000 (US) per project.

Grant funds can be used to support salaries for statisticians, lab technicians, fellows, research coordinators, and other support personnel. Funds can cover equipment, supplies, and/or travel required to support the proposed research project for a period of up to one year. No more than 20% of the total budget can be allocated for indirect costs. Hard equipment purchases should not exceed $5,000.

About us

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) is the leading Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Europe. ESCMID is proud to unite 12K members as well as 45K affiliated members through 77 national and international affiliated societies. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ESCMID now plays an important role in emerging infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance education and research.

Individual Research Grant

ESCMID Research Grants help nurture the next generation of researchers in CM and ID, by providing an important start in their research funding journey. These grants offer a unique opportunity to explore bacterial infections & diseases or fungal/viral/parasitic infections & diseases in alternating years.

Funding and payment

ESCMID’s research grants offer up to 20K EUR per project. The grant can be used for the entirety or specific aspects of your project. Upon the signing of the grant agreement, 50% of the allocated funds are issued to the grantee’s institution, with the remaining 50% released upon the submission and approval of the final reports (refer to reporting below for more details). ESCMID also reserves up to 50K EUR each for two exceptional projects. Recognised by esteemed reviewers for their outstanding potential, selected projects have the possibility to receive this additional funding to drive their topics further.

Advancing ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.

Grants

With grants, we seek to advance innovative ideas that address shared challenges by high quality regional cooperation projects. Whether you are pursuing arts, work with vulnerable groups or focus on innovative entrepreneurship, we believe regional cooperation can bring positive change to your field or community.

What We Look For

We seek organizations that aim to share knowledge, enhance innovation and engage citizens in the Visegrad region and across Central and Eastern Europe. We want to partner with those that can make a difference—no matter if you are a small civic group focused on the local community, or an experienced, nation-wide organization.

Mission-driven & Aware

Your organization´s project should be based on your core mission and reflect on common regional challenges.

Open & Cooperative

You should be open to leave your bubble and join efforts with actors of diverse backgrounds and complementary skills to benefit those outside of your everyday reach.

Goal-oriented

You should be committed to achieving results that are justifiable and contribute to our objectives.

What We Support

We provide funding to a diverse range of activities in all areas of life. From small cross-border projects that strive to improve mutual understanding in the border areas to multilateral initiatives with potential to benefit people across the whole region.

Culture & Common Identity

We support projects that strengthen regional and European identity through common cultural initiatives in Visegrad region.

Education & Capacity Building

We support projects that raise the Central and Eastern Europe region´s competitiveness through improved skills of citizens.

Innovation, R&D, Entrepreneurship

We support projects that improve the environment for innovation and joint R&D projects and advancement of regional cohesion in economic development.

Democratic Values & Media

We support projects that advance democratic values, support human rights and minorities, contribute to development of civil society, strengthen media freedom and access to information.

Public Policy & Institutional Partnership

We support projects that contribute to good governance and improve the effectiveness of public policymaking in the regional context.

Regional Development, Environment, Tourism

We support projects that advance strategies for environmentally sustainable regional development and tourism.

Social Development

We support projects that strengthen an inclusive society and solidarity in the region.

Visegrad Grants

Visegrad grants support regional partnerships among NGOs and civil society organizations, public institutions and municipalities, private companies and nonprofit organizations as well as education and research centers that contribute to cooperation in the Visegrad region.

BioMarin Grant

Grants provide funding for a variety of events, activities, and projects that benefit patients, the scientific or medical community, and/or public health in areas of legitimate interest to BioMarin.

Areas of Focus

BioMarin is a multinational Biotechnology company that develops and globally markets innovative therapeutics to patients with rare diseases who have serious unmet medical needs.

BioMarin is a world leader in developing and commercializing innovative biopharmaceuticals for rare diseases driven by genetic causes. At BioMarin, we focus on developing first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. BioMarin remains steadfast to its original mission—to bring new treatments to market that will make a big impact on small patient populations.

BioMarin is committed to patients, families, and physicians in providing rapid access to treatments, disease education, and support services.

As part of its commitment, BioMarin supports programs and activities that foster excellences in patient care and provide valuable scientific, medical, and educational information to the medical and scientific communities as well as patient advocacy organizations.

In alignment with BioMarin’s commitment to scientific innovation and addressing areas of unmet medical needs, BioMarin supports donations and grants in the following areas:

• Rare Disease (Generally)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• CLN2 (Batten Disease)
• Achondroplasia
• Hemophilia
• Community Relations Giving

BioMarin Medical Education Grant

Medical education grant funding is available for the following:

• Medical education activities (live, print, enduring and CME or non-CME) which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance of healthcare professionals or patients)
• Fellowships or scholarships to allow an HCP-in-training to attend major scientific and educational meetings of national, regional, or specialty medical associations [review policy language]

Areas of Focus

BioMarin is a multinational Biotechnology company that develops and globally markets innovative therapeutics to patients with rare diseases who have serious unmet medical needs.

BioMarin is a world leader in developing and commercializing innovative biopharmaceuticals for rare diseases driven by genetic causes. At BioMarin, we focus on developing first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases. BioMarin remains steadfast to its original mission—to bring new treatments to market that will make a big impact on small patient populations.

BioMarin is committed to patients, families, and physicians in providing rapid access to treatments, disease education, and support services.

As part of its commitment, BioMarin supports programs and activities that foster excellences in patient care and provide valuable scientific, medical, and educational information to the medical and scientific communities as well as patient advocacy organizations.

In alignment with BioMarin’s commitment to scientific innovation and addressing areas of unmet medical needs, BioMarin supports donations and grants in the following areas:

• Rare Disease (Generally)
• Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS)
• Phenylketonuria (PKU)
• CLN2 (Batten Disease)
• Achondroplasia
• Hemophilia
• Community Relations Giving

Black Feminist Fund

Black feminist activists are changing the world. Yet, Black feminist movements are among the most under-funded. We are here to change that.

The purpose of the Black Feminist Fund is to significantly increase the resources available to Black feminist movements. When Black feminist groups have the resources they deserve, they are strengthened to transform societies. Moving resources over the long term to Black feminist movements unlocks the power and potential of this change. We make grants to Black feminist groups that have bold visions, are using innovative strategies and taking daring action towards self-determination, justice, solidarity and equity.

We support groups that are constituency-led. We aim to put resources in the hands of activists who are advancing their own rights and building their own movements for social change. We work with groups that are led by Black women, girls and gender expansive people.

We provide all of our grantmaking through two participatory grantmaking Funds:

• The Sustain Fund and the
• Solidarity Fund.

The Solidarity Fund

The Solidarity Fund is focused on resourcing solidarity efforts, such as exchanges, spaces of co-creation/strategizing and cross-learning, convening, joint campaigns, solidarity delegations and other similar activities.

FAQ can be found here.

 About the Program

The Modern Endangered Archives Program funds projects that document, digitize, and make accessible endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st centuries.

MEAP is dedicated to:

• Providing open access to cultural and historical materials from around the world as a challenge to politicized and nationalized historical narratives that minimize or silence multiple voices and perspectives.
• Enabling digital preservation of at-risk cultural heritage from parts of the world with limited resources for archival preservation.
• Expanding the capacity for digital preservation around the world and building a culture of open access that can continue after the period of the grant.

Project Eligibility

MEAP supports projects to organize, collect, convert and describe archival materials, existing digital assets or born-digital materials. Materials must fit within the following scope:

• Endangerment
  • Archival content must be imminently at-risk due to environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage and/or communal or social change.
• Age of Material
  • From the early 20th century to the present, preferably with a majority of the material dating from the 1950s or later.
• Content
  • Materials should document history, society, culture and politics, with an emphasis on social justice, human rights and under-documented communities.
• Geographic Focus
  • Materials from regions outside North America and Europe are preferred.
  • We encourage applications from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia and Oceania.
  • Applications from North America and Europe are eligible to apply only if resources are limited for preserving archival material and other avenues for funding have been exhausted.
• Format
  • Materials may be in a variety of formats, including print, audio, video, photographs, ephemera and born-digital files (including but not limited to blogs, cell phone videos, website pages, 3D images, magnetic tape and social media content).

Planning Grants

Planning Grants can be used to evaluate or survey collections for digitization and/or curation. Successful projects create survey reports or item level inventories that document collections and prepare them for digitization.

These grants are funded for up to $20,000 and for up to one year of work.

 About the Program

The Modern Endangered Archives Program funds projects that document, digitize, and make accessible endangered archival materials from the 20th and 21st centuries.

MEAP is dedicated to:

• Providing open access to cultural and historical materials from around the world as a challenge to politicized and nationalized historical narratives that minimize or silence multiple voices and perspectives.
• Enabling digital preservation of at-risk cultural heritage from parts of the world with limited resources for archival preservation.
• Expanding the capacity for digital preservation around the world and building a culture of open access that can continue after the period of the grant.

Project Eligibility

MEAP supports projects to organize, collect, convert and describe archival materials, existing digital assets or born-digital materials. Materials must fit within the following scope:

• Endangerment
  • Archival content must be imminently at-risk due to environmental conditions, political uncertainty, inherently unsustainable media, inappropriate storage and/or communal or social change.
• Age of Material
  • From the early 20th century to the present, preferably with a majority of the material dating from the 1950s or later.
• Content
  • Materials should document history, society, culture and politics, with an emphasis on social justice, human rights and under-documented communities.
• Geographic Focus
  • Materials from regions outside North America and Europe are preferred.
  • We encourage applications from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, South and Southeast Asia and Oceania.
  • Applications from North America and Europe are eligible to apply only if resources are limited for preserving archival material and other avenues for funding have been exhausted.
• Format
  • Materials may be in a variety of formats, including print, audio, video, photographs, ephemera and born-digital files (including but not limited to blogs, cell phone videos, website pages, 3D images, magnetic tape and social media content).

Project Grants

Project Grants can be used to digitize archival content or curate already-digital assets. Grant funded projects should address the full lifecycle of digitization, including imaging, content description (metadata creation) and digital asset delivery.

These grants are funded for up to $70,000 and for up to two years of work.

Projects should be well organized before digitization begins. If you require substantial time to evaluate and survey the archival material, you should consider applying for a planning grant.

The IASLC Young Investigator Grants Program funds the training of early-career researchers who wish to pursue careers in lung cancer diagnosis, treatment, or laboratory research as well as other aspects of the study of lung tumors. The committee aims to select one applicant from each of these regions: Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America & Developing Countries (as defined by World Bank), and Australia/Rest of World.

Applications must be within the scope of the following funding priorities to be considered: the etiology, epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and all other aspects of lung cancer and thoracic malignancies.

Funding

IASLC Young Investigator Grants are in the amount of USD 50,000 and are intended to fund projects that can be completed in a one-year timeframe.The funds are paid in one lump sum directly to the institution for the benefit of the individual who is granted. Funds may be used at the discretion of the recipient for salary, fringe benefits, conference registration, travel, consumables, and other necessary expenses to facilitate his or her research.

Community Investments

While charitable investments are tailored to local needs, Applied Materials and the Foundation provide funding focused on Girls Empowerment, Education, Civic Engagement, Arts and Culture and the Environment. We also contribute to relief and recovery efforts when natural disasters affect our communities around the world.

Focus Areas

We provide funding to organizations providing programs and services in the following focus areas:

• Education, Arts & Culture, Civic Engagement, Environment and Girls Empowerment.

We prioritize projects that address community needs in sites where Applied Materials does business and welcome opportunities to engage employees with local grant recipients.

Education 

Education inspires young minds, opens new doors and paves the way to more promising futures. We recognize that many communities and schools lack the resources and programs required to prepare their students for meaningful careers. For this reason, the majority of our education grants are directed to neighborhoods with the greatest need.

We have a special interest in funding Education grant proposals that:

• Benefit students in grades K-12
• Focus on traditional skills such as reading, writing, math, science and technology, and other subjects that prepare young people for college and career
• Address critical education needs through innovative approaches to learning
• Expand existing efforts in order to reach more students or a wider geographic area
• Actively partner with other nonprofit groups to create, implement or evaluate shared programs

Arts and Culture

Creativity sparks the imagination and drives the development of new ideas that can transform the way we live. We support efforts that bring the full spectrum of artistic expression to the greater community, from visual and performing arts to community events and workshops.

We have a special interest in funding Arts and Culture grant proposals that:

• Have broad community appeal
• Take arts and culture outside traditional settings to reach young people of diverse backgrounds, particularly in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods
• Support nonprofit organizations in bringing the arts to educational programs and organizations

Civic Engagement

When people are actively involved in improving the quality of life in their neighborhoods, they help to create more vibrant, livable communities. With our civic engagement grants, we support organizations that help people find stability in difficult times and develop strength of NGO/nonprofit sector to address community challenges.

We have a special interest in funding Civic Engagement grant proposals that:

• Meet basic needs such as access to nutritional food, clean water and affordable housing
• Support systemic, collaborative approaches to eliminating homelessness
• Stimulate innovations that improve efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery
• Support the infrastructure of the nonprofit sector and its leadership 

Environment

To engage employees and community members in working toward a more sustainable future, we invest in environmental education and community-based projects that demonstrate the importance and value of protecting the environment.

We have a special interest in funding Environment grant proposals that:

• Focus on environmental education for young people, especially in underserved communities
• Encourage hands on opportunities for employee volunteers and their families

Girls Empowerment

See separate grant page here

What is NATIONS Program

Goals: We seek to discover, nurture, and empower talented youth worldwide.

Talent Grants: The NATIONS program provides grants to organizations that identify and nurture school students with the potential to excel in STEM fields.

What Are We Looking For?

We look for proposals where our funding has the potential to make a clear difference in the identification and nurturing of talent. We are particularly interested in proposals that may enable us to learn about the effectiveness of different interventions to identify and nurture talent.

The NATIONS Program

The NATIONS Program offers assistance to international organizations focused on identifying and cultivating talent in STEM fields.

Our support encompasses sponsorships, backing for mathematical training initiatives, and technical aid for national and regional science Olympiad bodies. Through these efforts, we aim to strengthen organizational capacities and lay a strong foundation for the STEM leaders of tomorrow.

Background

The Citi Foundation’s Global Innovation Challenge is an open call for applications or request for proposals (RFP) designed to provide catalytic grant funding to community organizations across the world. This year, the Foundation invites proposals from community organizations developing innovative employment solutions for low-income youth primarily between the ages of 15 and 24.

Funding Overview

Despite recent progress, young people globally continue to experience challenges in their pursuit of employment, including skills mismatch and gaining access to quality jobs. According to the International Labour Organization, 65 million young people globally are unemployed. Since the Citi Foundation’s inception, advancing youth employability has been integral to our mission of supporting low-income communities globally. The Citi Foundation invested more than $300 million over the last decade alone in programs that supported over one million young people in expanding their skills, experience and networks through its Pathways to Progress initiative. Building on our funding journey, this year’s Global Innovation Challenge is focused on youth employability, and we invite proposals from community organizations developing innovative employment solutions for low-income youth primarily between the ages of 15 and 24

These innovative solutions could include, but are not limited to:

• Technical and vocational training programs that upskill or reskill low-income youth and move them into employment, which could include paid internships, apprenticeships or formal employment.
• Entrepreneurship programming that specifically focuses on the incubation or scaling of youth-led enterprises to increase job creation and access to selfgenerated income.
• Efforts to embed financial education programming into workforce development initiatives equipping low-income youth with financial skills and access to safe and affordable financials tools. 

Purpose of the FoundationThe purpose of Ekhagastiftelsen is to promote human health by supporting the development of better food, natural medicines and healing practices, and to support research for a healthier way of life, which in itself may have a disease preventive effect.A central idea is to focus more on preventive active care than reactive care to combat symptoms. The same applies to the agricultural and food areas where the focus should be to find methods that can prevent various problems instead of focusing on their manifestations. The focus should not be on tackling problems, but rather finding ways to prevent their occurrence.Prioritized Research AreasIn accordance with Gösta Videgårds wishes and interests the foundation supports certain specific research areas. Better and Healthier FoodFor Gösta Videgård an important goal was the improvement in quality of agricultural products through agriculture without toxins and artificial substances. The foundation therefore supports research and development based on the principles of organic and biodynamic food production or other methods and orientations that promote this goal. Research should be in line with IFOAMs (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) principles of organic production.Examples of research that can be supported is how such crops that currently require pesticides can be grown organically in a qualitative and efficient way to produce better and healthier food.Research on improved preparation and storage of food, as well as the analysis of food quality can receive support.Nutrition and Way of LIfeGösta Videgård was very interested in significance of the diet for humans. The Foundation therefore supports research into the role of the diet in the treatment of diseases and strengthening the body's resistance.Examples of funding can be research into which type diet and food the body needs, the impact of different food choices on bodily functions and related nutritional issues.Healthier lifestyles, a cleaner environment and a more active outdoor lifestyle was also important to Gösta Videgård and he wished that the foundation should work to promote such development. Ekhagastiftelsen can therefore support scientific research in this area.Complementary Medicine and Natural MedicinesGösta Videgårds had a keen interest in complementary medicine and its goal of curing diseases by using the body's own innate healing abilities and utilize natural healing powers. He appreciated and also practiced the basic idea of avoiding artificial chemicals as far as possible.Ekhagastiftelsen recognizes that today support for this area of research can be extended to include also other medical research where the mindset is to utilize natural methods and medicines, and for example, can go under the names integrative, biological or alternative medicine.There are mental and psychological aspects in complementary medicine, and research in this direction can also be supported. However, our view is that research on the physical impact and bodily functions have higher priority than research on mental health and psychology.Which Applications Can Receive Grants?The main focus should be on scientific research and primarily applied research. Basic research in areas such as for example molecular biology and genetic research can be supported if it clarifies causal relationships that can be considered to be of direct value for further research related to foundation's purpose.In addition to funding scientific research, the foundation can, to a lesser extent, grant funding for projects designed to have research findings put into practice, for example, training activities, documentation projects, book projects or conferences. Such applications must contribute to a development in line with the foundation's purpose.The foundation also welcomes applications for planning grants. These can be for organizing seminars / workshops on the issue that the applicant wants to study, in order to get a better basis for a definite application (which can also be directed to other funding bodies) and as part of a dialogue between scientists and the scientific advisory council.Ekhagastiftelsen wishes primarily to support strategic and innovative projects of a pilot nature, as well as research that is highly newsworthy and that not just confirms previous findings. The foundation also supports participatory research projects, in which, for example, farmers and scientists work together to identify research questions and methods, and jointly evaluate the results.

Black Feminist Fund

The purpose of the Black Feminist Fund is to significantly increase the resources available to Black feminist movements. When Black feminist groups have the resources they deserve, they are strengthened to transform societies.  Moving resources over the long term to Black feminist movements unlocks the power and potential of this change.  We make grants to Black feminist groups that have bold visions, are using innovative strategies and taking daring action towards self determination, justice, solidarity and equity.

We support groups that are constituency-led. We aim to put resources in the hands of activists who are advancing their own rights and building their own movements for social change. We work with groups that are led by Black women, girls and gender expansive people.

We provide all of our grantmaking through two participatory grantmaking Funds: The Sustain Fund and the Solidarity Fund.

The Sustain Fund

The Sustain Fund provides core, long-term, flexible grants to Black feminist groups, collectives, organizations and consortium who work to build collective power, claim justice and create alternatives. From the second year of partnership, we provide grantee partners with opportunities for exchange and learning.

We intend to award at least 15 grants in the first cycle of the Sustain Fund. The amount of awards will vary based on the maximum amount of funding each cycle. The Sustain Fund aims to award a total of $1.5M during its first cycle.

The Sustain Fund which will be open every two years,

A joint effort of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the European Hematology Association (EHA), Translational Research Training in Hematology (TRTH) is a unique, year-long training and mentoring program focused on helping early stage researchers, including senior postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty, gain the tools necessary to build successful careers in blood-related translational research.

Each year, 20 early-career scientists (10 from North America and 10 from Europe) are selected to participate in the prestigious and rigorous training program led by faculty who are international leaders in hematology. Topics covered include biostatistics and biomarkers, genetics and molecular biology, ethics, and phase I clinical study design.