Two international research grants for 2025 are now open:
1. Call for Applications 2025: Social Impact Incentives for water, sanitation, and hygiene enterprises (Deadline: 2 Nov 2025)
2. CIFAR Global Scholars Program (Deadline: 2 Nov 2025)

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1.Call for Applications 2025: Social Impact Incentives for water, sanitation, and hygiene enterprises

Aqua for All’s mission is to mobilise private capital and strengthen enterprises to transform the water and sanitation sector in low- and middle-income countries.
This call supports enterprises in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector to scale their business and impact.

Funding Organization: Aqua for All

Scope: Water, sanitation, and hygiene

Eligibility: Enterprises in the water, sanitation, and hygiene sector.

Maximum Award: Selected solutions will receive time-bound payments for achieving independently verified outcomes.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://form.typeform.com/to/MKFkCylk

Application Deadline: 2 November 2025

Further information: https://aquaforall.org/news/call-for-applications-2025-social-impact-incentives/
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2.CIFAR Global Scholars Program

The CIFAR Global Scholars Program offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop and lead high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research, expand their professional networks and receive focused leadership training in their pivotal first years as independent investigators.

Funding Organization: CIFAR (a Canadian-based global research organization)

Scope:
• Child & Brain Development
• CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human
• Future Flourishing
• Humanity’s Urban Future
• Learning in Machines & Brains
• Quantum Materials

Eligibility
CIFAR welcomes applicants from all countries who:
• Hold a PhD (or equivalent).
• Hold a full-time position at an institution of higher education or research.
• Have started your first position post-PhD, no earlier than July 1, 2021 and no later than December 31, 2025.
• Engage in research that complements the themes and goals of a recruiting CIFAR research program.
• Be available for a virtual interview on March 24-26, 2026.
• Hold a valid passport, and if applicable, be able to obtain travel visas to attend CIFAR meetings globally, approximately two to three times per year.

Benefits:
• A two-year opportunity to collaborate and receive mentorship within a close-knit, interdisciplinary network of leading global researchers in a CIFAR research program.
• $100,000 CAD in unrestricted research support. These flexible funds can be used for research expenses, teaching release, student or postdoc support, conference travel, and more. They are not tied to a specific project or proposal.
• Opportunities to apply for CIFAR seed funds. These time-limited funds support high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary collaborations with Fellows, Advisors and other Global Scholars.
• Membership in the extended community of CIFAR Global Scholars. This network of creative and like-minded peers across cohorts and diverse disciplines offers invaluable support and further opportunity for collaboration.
• Targeted training in essential areas of research leadership, including team leadership, trainee mentorship, science communication and science advocacy.

Application Process: Applications must be submitted online at https://cifar.ca/next-generation/global-scholars/#topskipToContent

Application Deadline: 2 November 2025

Further information: https://cifar.ca/next-generation/global-scholars/#topskipToContent
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For more information, please contact
Ms. Panida Suwannatheerak and Ms. Mananchaya Pissaparn
Tel: 02 470 9654
Email: researchfollowup@kmutt.ac.th