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Let's grow our opportunities together! The community of grant opportunities is constantly expanding, and we advise you not to miss the chances for financial support for your project or initiative. In this article we have gathered for you a selection of the freshest grant competitions that will open new horizons and opportunities for bringing ideas to life. Ready to discover the world of grants? Let's explore together!

1) Grants for mutual-aid groups from the NGO "Southern Development Strategy"

Who it's for:

• community foundations, municipal institutions and community enterprises;

• CSOs and charitable organisations that carry out projects in target communities and have stable relationships with them;

• agricultural and consumer cooperatives, trade unions;

• unregistered citizens' initiatives.

Geography: Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts.

The project's goal is to flexibly support the needs of mutual-aid groups in affected, liberated and frontline communities.

Proposed initiatives may include, but are not limited to, the following ideas:

• meeting housing needs at the household level;

• small projects to restore or develop local infrastructure;

• launching new or developing existing social, administrative and utility services in communities;

• non-formal education for adults and young people;

• rapid response to emergencies caused by military action.

Selected projects will also receive a partnership support package:

• online mentoring support from the organisation's specialists;

• participation in the off-site partners' school.

An information session for potential project participants will take place on 22.01.2024 at 12:00; registration for it is mandatory via the link.

Grant size: $10,000

Deadline: 31.01.2024 by 23:59

Learn more and apply via the link.

2) Grant competition "Strengthening public participation in early recovery processes in liberated territories"

Who it's for: CSOs.

Geography: Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

*In Luhansk oblast this refers to relocated local self-government bodies.

Programme goal: strengthening cooperation between citizens and local authorities within the activities of local self-government bodies on early recovery, which involves engaging citizens.

Competition priorities:

• restoring state services identified as priorities for the community;

• restoring public services in the sphere of culture and sport in war-affected territories;

• planning local self-government recovery processes and conveying the community's early-recovery priorities to the authorities;

• processes to improve public protection;

• providing priority social services;

• establishing interaction with the state emergency services.

Within the competition, priority will mainly be given to projects aimed at creating and supporting the operation of public participation hubs in communities as platforms for establishing dialogue and cooperation between citizens, local self-government bodies and other stakeholders.

Grant size: from UAH 750,000 to UAH 1,500,000

Deadline:

• Round 1-10.01.2024 by 18:00 Kyiv time;

• Round 2 (if funds are available), 24.01.2024 by 18:00 Kyiv time.

Learn more via the link. The competition documentation is available via the link.

3) Don't miss your chance to take part in new grant competitions from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation

1) SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE RECOVERY OF CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

Who it's for: individuals, citizens of Ukraine who have reached the age of 18 and carry out their professional activity in the relevant sectors of culture and the creative industries, and who operate on the territory of Ukraine.

Goals of the programme:

• to help restore the cultural and artistic activity of artists and cultural figures who were forced to scale down or completely stop their work;

• to support artists who suffered as a result of the military actions of the Russian Federation and to give them opportunities to carry out cultural and artistic activity;

• to support the activity of artists and cultural figures who carry out cultural and artistic work aimed at countering the informational and cultural component of Russian military aggression and covering wartime themes.

Scholarship size: from UAH 50,000 to UAH 200,000

Deadline: 15.01.2024 by 18:00 Kyiv time

2) RECOVERY OF CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

Who it's for: a legal entity or sole proprietor registered in Ukraine for at least 1 year as of the start date of the competitive selection and with relevant experience in the field of culture.

Goals of the programme:

• promoting the recovery of cultural and artistic activity through supporting current cultural and artistic projects;

• promoting the implementation of cultural and artistic projects aimed at countering the informational and cultural component of Russian military aggression;

• supporting cultural and artistic projects aimed at raising the morale of the Defenders of Ukraine;

• supporting the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression.

Grant size: from UAH 400,000 to UAH 1,000,000

Deadline: 19.02.2024

4) Creative Europe: European cooperation projects

The chance to receive up to a million euros for a cultural project created in cooperation by at least three organisations from 40 countries around the world. It may relate to several areas of the culture and creative industries at once, or be interdisciplinary.

Who it's for:

- those who represent the culture and creative industries sector;

- those who are a legal entity (a sole proprietor is also eligible);

- those who have been officially registered for more than two years in Ukraine, the EU, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Georgia, Iceland, Kosovo, Norway, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Tunisia or Turkey.

What will I receive?

If your team has three to four organisations from different countries, up to €200,000, which will cover 80% of the costs.

If your team has five to nine organisations from different countries, up to €1,000,000, which will cover 70% of the costs.

Deadline: 23 January 2024.

Details and application: https://bit.ly/3NB2y6f

5) ZMINA: Rebuilding. Second wave of national subgrants

Programme goal: to create and demonstrate at the national level cultural, artistic and creative projects that promote, advance or stimulate public discourse about "rebuilding": of identities, social norms, communities, relationships, infrastructure, and so on.

Who it's for:

• Ukrainian artists and cultural figures with sole-proprietor status who have more than two years of experience in the culture and creative industries and who live in Ukraine or abroad;

• Ukrainian civil society organisations, cultural institutions and local self-government bodies that have more than two years of experience in the culture and creative industries and are located in Ukraine.

*All cultural and creative sectors are eligible to apply.

Areas of funding:

• services for artistic/cultural work;

• travel for artists and cultural figures;

• per diems and accommodation;

• family support for artists and cultural figures;

• visa costs;

• delivery/transportation (of materials, equipment, etc.);

• materials, tools, equipment and other means;

• services needed to implement the project (production services, equipment rental);

• costs for communication, marketing and documenting events, and virtual participation in the project;

• the project's administrative team.

*See the website for funding details and project requirements.

Subgrant size: €10,000

Deadline: 07.02.2024

Learn more via the link.

6) Grant programme "Instrumental" supporting academic musicians who suffered during the full-scale invasion, from KCMD

Who it's for: professionals in the field of academic music (performers, composers, musicologists, teachers, sound engineers, etc.) aged 18 and over who have proven experience in professional academic music in recent years.

The programme will help academic musicians who suffered during the full-scale invasion to purchase musical instruments.

Areas of funding:

• purchasing a new or used musical instrument;

• repairing an existing musical instrument;

• restoring, maintaining or improving an existing musical instrument;

• purchasing accessories for an existing musical instrument.

Applications may be submitted both individually and by a group, with justification of the need to purchase a musical instrument.

Grant size: up to €5,200

Deadline: 15.01.2024 by 23:59 Kyiv time

Learn more via the link. Apply via the link.

7) Grant competition "Brave Ideas" within the USAID "Dream and Act" programme

Who it's for: CSOs, charitable organisations, youth civil society organisations and organisations that implement youth initiatives (YCSOs), Ukrainian representative offices of international organisations, registered as legal entities in Ukraine and holding non-profit status.

Potential applicants are encouraged to go beyond standard ideas and submit:

• bold, innovative and creative projects that match the stated goals and priorities of the "Dream and Act" programme;

• and that foster the development of the potential of young people aged 10-35 and are carried out on territory controlled by the Government of Ukraine.

Preference will be given to new approaches to meeting young people's needs and to innovative solutions based on the principles of positive youth development and taking into account a gender-equality and social-inclusion approach.

*See the priority areas of the competition in the comments to the post.

Grant size: from $25,000 to $80,000

Deadline: 27.05.2024 by 23:59 Kyiv time. Applications will be reviewed regularly, every two months, and once after the final application deadline.

Learn more via the link.

Find your path to success through grant opportunities. Each of the grants listed opens doors for you, giving you the chance to bring your own initiatives to life and contribute to positive change. Don't miss your chance for financial support and development!