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AcceleratorCloses 16 Nov

Melton Foundation

Melton Foundation Global Solvers Accelerator 2027

A ten month, cohort based leadership and peer learning programme for social impact practitioners aged 20 to 35, bringing 15 to 20 changemakers from around the world together to strengthen the community projects they already lead.

Eligibility: Emerging changemakers aged 20 to 35 who are actively driving social impact in their communities

Deadline
November 16, 2026
Location
Africa
Funding or benefit
Participants pay a programme fee of USD 900, payable only once selected into the programme, and scholarships covering 20, 50 or 80 percent of that fee are available to participants with proven need. The fees strengthen the programme and seed a shared GSA Fund that is awarded to participant projects towards the end of the programme. The week long Global Solvers Co Lab in Germany from 3 to 10 July 2027 is fully funded.
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Graduates of the Tomorrow's Leaders Program at a joint ceremony for the MEPI scholarship cohort
ScholarshipCloses 18 Nov

FHI 360, U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative

Tomorrow's Leaders Program 2027-2028, A Fully Funded Four Year Undergraduate Scholarship With Leadership Training For Young People Across North Africa And The Middle East

The Tomorrow’s Leaders Program is a merit based, fully funded undergraduate scholarship for citizens of ten Middle East and North Africa countries, including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Selected students study for a bachelor’s degree at a partner university, take part in leadership training and may add a semester in the United States, with applications closing on 18 November 2026.

Eligibility: You are a citizen of Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia or Yemen, or you are from the West Bank and currently reside in a third country with legal residency status

Deadline
November 18, 2026
Location
Algeria, Egypt, Iraq
Funding or benefit
A merit based full award rather than a fixed cash grant. Support covers tuition for up to four academic years, university health insurance, entrance visa and residency permit fees, student housing, a monthly living stipend during programme activities, a textbook allowance, a laptop for the duration of the programme and two round trip tickets home each year.
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The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation

Cities Deliver AI for Public Services 2026 by The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation

A USD 50 million initiative funding organisations that use AI to improve public services with city governments, with grants from USD 500,000 to USD 2 million over 24 months. Round 1 closes 29 November 2026.

Eligibility: Eligible organisations working in close partnership with city governments to improve access to and quality of public services related to health, economic mobility, environmental resilience and civic engagement

Deadline
November 29, 2026
Location
Global
Funding or benefit
Grants described as USD 500,000 to under USD 1 million in the Seed track and USD 1 million to USD 2 million in the Scale track, each running 24 months with 50 percent paid at the start and 50 percent after a documented mid term milestone. The initiative as a whole is described as a USD 50 million commitment. Read the official Terms and Conditions on the portal for the binding figures.
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Ashoka and the Andrew Carnegie Foundation

Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership 2027

The Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership 2027 gives young changemakers aged 20 or younger in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, and in the United States, a route to funding for youth led civic projects. Applications are still open and they close on 31 January 2027 at 11:59 in the evening Eastern Time. Across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, 66 winners share awards of USD 250, USD 1,000 and USD 5,000, and 30 of them are invited to an in person convening in Kenya during the week of 26 July 2027 with travel covered.

Eligibility: You are between 5 and 20 years old by the end of the entry period on 31 January 2027

Deadline
February 1, 2027
Location
Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa
Funding or benefit
For Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, 66 winners are distributed equally across the three countries: 30 Civic Promise Awards of USD 250, 30 Civic Impact Awards of USD 1,000 and 6 Civic Leadership Awards of USD 5,000. The early Civic Seed Grant round for African applicants, 25 grants of USD 50 per country, closed on 10 October 2026. US applicants can still receive a USD 100 Civic Seed Grant as one of the first 600 eligible new ideas by 17 November 2026, then a USD 500 Civic Promise Award, a USD 1,000 Civic Impact Award or one of two USD 10,000 Civic Leadership Awards.
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