Open RFP: Fourth Global Innovation Challenge

Fourth Global Innovation Challenge is sponsored by Citi Foundation. The Citi Foundation's Fourth Global Innovation Challenge offers grants to nonprofit organizations developing innovative solutions that prepare low-income youth for employment in an increasingly AI-driven global economy. The challenge seeks programs that help young people develop technical and human-centered skills needed for the future of work, with priority areas including AI and digital literacy, digital access, youth employability, and stronger NGO capacity and networks. The grants will support the piloting or expansion of ideas and projects that prepare young people for employment in the AI-driven economy.

Rare As One Network is sponsored by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is opening a fourth cycle of its Rare As One Network grants, targeting patient-led organizations focused on rare cancers and pulmonary and immune diseases. The program supports patient-led rare disease advocacy organizations to accelerate research within individual disease areas and develop shared research priorities and proposals. Grantees receive funding, training, community learning opportunities, and mentorship.

Research & Development Grant is a grant from Chicken & Egg Pictures that funds women and non-binary documentary filmmakers during the early research and development phase of their next feature-length film. The grant addresses a critical funding gap: directors often cannot secure investors without sample material, but producing material without external support is difficult. Two award levels are offered: $10,000 Research Grants and $20,000 Development Grants, with $450,000 total awarded per cycle. Supported by Netflix, the program is now in its fourth year. Eligible applicants must have directed at least one prior feature-length documentary. Applications for the 2026 cycle closed February 4, 2026; the next cycle opens tentatively December 2026.

Women TechEU is a grant from the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency that funds deep tech start-ups led by women across EU Member States and Associated Countries. The fourth open call of the Women TechEU project supports women-led ventures developing breakthrough technologies, providing financial support alongside mentorship and business development resources. Eligible applicants are women-led deep tech start-ups located in EU Member States or Associated Countries. Each grant award is EUR 75,000.