Grants open to Tanzanians, 2026-27
These are the grants open for applications now that Tanzanians can apply for: ones based in Tanzania and ones elsewhere that accept people from Tanzania. Each is one listing on the organisation's own page, with its own closing date and what it asks for. We checked each one is free to apply for.
48 open now. Soonest deadline first, then the ones with no closing date published.
- AOCA 2027, Appui aux operateurs culturels en Afrique · Institut francais
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Future Conservationist Awards 2027 · Conservation Leadership Programme
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Whitley Awards 2027 for grassroots conservation leaders · Whitley Fund for Nature
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - IFRA-Nigeria Research Grants 2027 (humanities and social sciences) · IFRA-Nigeria (French Institute for Research in Africa)
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - Tender for Provision of School Feeding Programme · Concern Worldwide
Closes 30 October 2026 · Open to all African countries - WomanKind Creative Grant 2027 · WomanKind
Closes 1 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Amazon Research Awards, Fall 2026 call · Amazon
Closes 4 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - UNICEF FemTech Ventures, second call · UNICEF Innovation
Closes 4 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - CONSULTANCY FOR END OF PROJECT EVALUATION FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRENGTHENING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA PROJECT · SADC Secretariat
Closes 5 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Impact Arcade Pilot Funding 2026 · GivingTuesday and Games for Change
Closes 6 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples travel grants for UNPFII and EMRIP 2027 · UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Closes 8 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Creatives For Our Future 2027, 20,000 euro grant for young sustainability creatives · Swarovski Foundation
Closes 9 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - CONSULTANCY FOR ASSESSMENT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SADC REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN (RIDMP) 2012-2027 · SADC Secretariat
Closes 11 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Training and Scaling Machine Learning Models for the Global South (Lacuna Fund dataset utilisation RFP) · African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and Lacuna Fund
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Oklahoma City Zoo Conservation Action Now Grants 2026 · Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden
Closes 13 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Save Our Seas Foundation Ocean Storytelling Photography Grant 2026 · Save Our Seas Foundation
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - UNESCO Science Crisis Response and Solutions Research Continuity Grants for Africa · UNESCO
Closes 15 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - KijaniSpace Space-IoT Innovation Programme (up to EUR 5,000 for agri start-ups in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania) · KijaniSpace (Horizon Europe project)
Closes 16 November 2026 · Open in 3 African countries, including Tanzania - Exploration Co-Lab 2027: Edges of Possibility · Unearthodox
Closes 16 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - TWAS Visiting Expert Programme (natural sciences other than physics and mathematics) · The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Closes 23 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Cities Deliver: AI Solutions for Public Services grants · The Rockefeller Foundation and the OpenAI Foundation
Closes 29 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - Yves Rocher Foundation Terre de Femmes International Award 2027 · Yves Rocher Foundation
Closes 30 November 2026 · Open to all African countries - IHS AI and the Workforce Faculty Research Grant 2027 · Institute for Humane Studies (IHS)
Closes 15 December 2026 · Open to all African countries - IBF Classic, Production and Post-production grant · IDFA Bertha Fund
Closes 10 February 2027 · Open to all African countries - MSC Student Research Grants 2026/27 (up to GBP 10,000) · Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), Ocean Stewardship Fund
Closes 28 February 2027 · Open to all African countries - Ocean and Fisheries Reporting Grant · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Wellcome Career Development Awards · Wellcome
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Wellcome Early-Career Awards · Wellcome
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Machine Learning Reporting Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - Pulitzer Center Underreported Stories in Africa reporting grant · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - RICH Hub Climate AI Innovation Expression of Interest · Research & Innovation for Climate (RICH) Hub, Local Development Research Institute
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Rufford Small Grant (first grant) for nature conservation · The Rufford Foundation
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Internet Freedom Fund · Open Technology Fund
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant · Pulitzer Center
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - The Pollination Project seed grant · The Pollination Project
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - AI Reporting Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Conflict & Peace Reporting Grant · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Data Journalism Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Gender Equality Reporting Grant · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Global Reporting Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Rapid Response Fund · Open Technology Fund
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - Social Impact Funding for Early Stage Enterprises · Draper Richards Kaplan (DRK) Foundation
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Technical consultancy, training and monitoring of an ecological shrimp, crab farming model integrated with mangrove forests in the Duyen Hai area, Vinh Long Province · IUCN
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - Transparency & Governance Reporting Grants · Pulitzer Center
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries - Front Line Defenders Protection Grants (up to EUR 7,500 for human rights defenders at risk) · Front Line Defenders
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - MSC Ocean Stewardship Fund Student Research Grants (2026/27 round) · Marine Stewardship Council
Open. No closing date published. · Open to all African countries - Rapid Response, Defending the Defenders, and Advocacy and Alliance Building Grants · Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa)
Open. Applications taken as they come. · Open to all African countries