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IMPACTSHIP: Grants. Fellowships. Climate Events. Funding.
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We’ve packed this issue with funding, fellowships, accelerator programs, and major climate events happening in 2025.

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THE OPPORTUNITIES DOCK
Your go-to for grants, funding, and investment opportunities- so you don’t waste time searching.

New Profit- Economic Mobility cohort
Funding: $100,000 | Eligibility: U.S.-based nonprofits | Description: Provides funding to organizations working to expand economic mobility. | Deadline: May 30, 2025 | Link: https://newprofit.org/call-for-discovery-submissions-economic-mobility-catalyze-cohort/

CEPI Vaccine Tech Innovation Grant
Funding: Up to $800,000 | Eligibility: Global organizations developing innovative vaccine analytical technologies | Description: Supports cost-effective, scalable tools to accelerate vaccine development and characterization in LMICs. | Deadline: 30 June 2025 | Link: https://cepi.net/calls-for-proposals?selectedProposal=970f6a4c-f3af-5da5-ab8c-52d490d37771&selectedProposal=970f6a4c-f3af-5da5-ab8c-52d490d37771 

Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – ASEAN
Funding: Up to CAD 100,000 | Eligibility: Civil society organizations in ASEAN countries | Description: Supports projects promoting equality, peacebuilding, and democracy across ASEAN nations. | Deadline: 28 May 2025 | Link: https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/funding-financement/cfli-fcil/india-nepal-bhoutan.aspx?lang=eng

Entrepreneurs for Resilience Programme 2026
Funding: Up to CHF 350,000 | Eligibility: Social enterprises in LMICs operating hybrid healthcare models, with 20,000+ served and market-based models | Description: Supports healthcare access for low-income communities with funding, technical support, and global exposure. | Deadline: 1 June 2025 | Link: https://www.swissrefoundation.org/e4r26.html

Together Women Rise – Featured Grants Program
Funding: $35,000–$50,000 | Eligibility: Organizations supporting women and girls in low-income communities in the Global South | Description: Grants aimed at empowering women and girls through various initiatives. | Deadline: 6 June 2025 | Link: https://togetherwomenrise.org/featured-grant-guidelines/

IBF Classic Grant
Funding: Up to €25,000 | Eligibility: Filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania | Description: Production and post-production support for original, urgent, and financially feasible audiovisual projects. | Deadline: 10 June 2025 | Link: https://professionals.idfa.nl/training-funding/funding/about-the-idfa-bertha-fund/#ibf-classic-project-development 

Open Ocean Research Grant Programme
Funding: Up to $20,000 | Eligibility: Researchers collaborating with civil society to study human activity at sea | Description: Supports projects that develop and share data on maritime human activities, fostering transparency and sustainability. | Deadline: 17 June 2025 | Link: https://globalfishingwatch.org/open-ocean-research-grants-program/

The Sustain Fund – Black Feminist Fund
Funding: $50,000–$200,000 | Eligibility: Black feminist groups in the Caribbean, South and Central America, Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Europe | Description: Provides core, long-term, flexible funding to community-led Black feminist organizations. | Deadline: 24 May 2025 | Link: https://blackfeministfund.org/grantmaking/

European Commission LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025
Eligibility: EU-based organizations | Description: Supports sustainability and climate action projects across the European Union. | Deadline: September 23, 2025 | Link: https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/life-calls-proposals-2025_en

Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation: Mental Health Grant
Eligibility: Grassroots U.S. nonprofits | Description: Supports organizations offering mental health programming and services in local communities. | Deadline: July 1, 2025 | Link: https://www.saksfifthavenue.com/c/content/saks-foundation

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🧭 Dispatch from the Deck: The Rise of the Impact Generalist

If you’ve ever tried to explain your job and ended up saying “well…it’s complicated,” this one’s for you.
In the world of climate and social change, linear paths are rare. More often, impact work looks like a tangled web of diplomacy, startup pivots, community-building, funding decks, and late-night Google Docs. It’s not chaos - it’s generalist energy.

And here’s the secret: Generalists aren’t dabblers. They’re system thinkers, bridge builders, and glue people. They translate between sectors, connect the dots, and move big agendas forward.
We’ve met so many of you, climate negotiators who also do grassroots organizing, researchers who run campaigns, and founders who also write strategy memos. You’re not failing at specializing. You’re mastering complexity.

The real flex today? A stack that might include:

• 🌍 Systems-level sustainability

• ✍️ Communications that connect

• 📊 Strategy & biz dev with a mission

• 🧠 AI/data fluency (because it’s here to stay)

• 🤝 Stakeholder navigation with empathy

• 🌿 Justice and equity frameworks

No single role captures it all. But that’s the point. You’re not fitting into a job description, you’re designing your own framework.
And that’s exactly what this space needs.

🌍 Apply for the LPI Planetary Health Summer School 2025: Build Real Solutions, Right from Paris | June 30–July 11
It’s your chance to roll up your sleeves and prototype answers to the world’s biggest sustainability challenges, while working alongside global peers in the heart of Paris.
📝 Deadline: May 30 | Apply Now

LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
Decoding complex policy terms into plain English so you can focus on making an impact.

She Wins Climate Accelerator Program
Funding: Full in-kind support (travel, accommodation, mentorship, networking) | Eligibility: Women founders (21+) in Southeast Asia leading early-stage, legally registered climate-focused startups | Description: A 12-month accelerator by IFC and New Energy Nexus supporting 25 women-led climate startups with mentorship, investor access, and global networking. | Deadline: 13 June 2025 | Link: https://www.newenergynexus.com/she-wins-climate/

Brigade REAP Accelerator Programme (Cohort 15)
Eligibility: Urban Tech startups with MVPs or market-ready products | Description: 16-week program offering mentorship, co-working space, industry workshops, investor access, and tailored support for smart city solutions. | Link: https://brigadereap.com/programme

FELLOWSHIPS FOR YOU !
Your go-to for grants, funding, and investment opportunities- so you don’t waste time searching.

Constellations Fellowship
Funding: $1,000 | Eligibility: Students and recent graduates seeking entry-level climate career experience| Description: 12–14 week remote fellowship connecting emerging professionals to global climate organizations for hands-on development | Deadline: May 18, 2025 | Link: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellations-positions

Stanford Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
Eligibility: Early-career researchers | Description: Two-year fellowship to conduct mentored research addressing human and planetary health challenges. | Deadline: June 20th, 2025 | Link: https://globalhealth.stanford.edu/programs/post-doctoral-fellowship-in-planetary-health/

Green Foreign Policy Fellowship
Funding: 6.000,00 euros | Eligibility: Scholars, practitioners, and policy experts | Description: Supports research and practice on advancing green foreign and security policy globally. | Deadline: May 31, 2025 | Link: https://gr.boell.org/en/2025/05/05/applications-green-foreign-policy-fellowship-are-now-open

Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Fellowship
Eligibility: Foresight professionals aged 18–35 | Description: Offers mentorship, community, and funding for young professionals using foresight for impact. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | Link: https://nextgenforesight.org/fellowship/

World Food Forum: Startup Innovation Awards
Funding: Up to $15,000 | Eligibility: Youth-led startups (ages 18–35) globally | Description: Awards for startups addressing global hunger and improving food systems. | Deadline: 22 May 2025 | Link: https://youth.world-food-forum.org/innovation-lab/startup-innovation-awards/en

Policy Fellow (India – International Team) – LSE CETEx
Funding: Competitive salary (fixed-term contract) | Eligibility: Postgraduate degree in finance, economics, climate/environmental governance, or related fields, experience with environmental policy issues in India | Description: A fellowship at the London School of Economics supporting research and policy engagement on India’s global role, involving collaboration with international stakeholders and contributing to the LSE India Observatory. | Deadline: 25 May 2025, 23:59 UK time | Link: https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/5839/0/450909/15539/policy-fellow-india-international-team?utm_source=pcdn-impact.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=great-event-global-opps-pcdn-weekly-newsletter-may-12-2025

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THE JARGON DECODER
Decoding complex policy terms into plain English so you can focus on making an impact.

📌 Term: Locally Led Adaptation (LLA)  →
Adaptation efforts that are designed, driven, and owned by the people most affected by climate change, local communities themselves.

What it actually means:
LLA shifts power (and funding) away from distant decision-makers to the frontline communities who know their environments best. It prioritizes indigenous knowledge, local priorities, and direct participation in designing climate solutions.

🧭 Real-world example:
The Global Commission on Adaptation and funders like the Climate Justice Resilience Fund are backing community-driven initiatives, like flood defense strategies co-developed with coastal farmers in Bangladesh.

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THE CAPTAIN’S QUARTERS
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