Funding agencies

 

Organization Science and Technology Development Fund
(Egypt)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق اﻟﻌﻠﻮم واﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻴﺔ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Governmental Agency

Description The premier governmental funding agency that supports basic
and applied research and also technology and product
development.

Funding Program National Research Grants; Young Researcher Grants,
Reintegration Grants and Basic and Applied Grants

Joint Research Grants; US-Egypt Grants, German-Egyptian
Research Grants, Egyptian-Japanese Scientific Co-operation

Mobility Grants; Junior Scientists visit and German Egyptian
Short Projects

Targeted Research Grants; Innovation Grants, Renewable
Energy Grants and health Grants (HCV)

Fields All fields

Amount Varies

Egyptian Program Administrator

Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF)

Contacts 101 Kasr El Aini Street

12th Floor, Cairo, Egypt

Tel. +20-(2)-27920134 FAX+ 20-(2)-27925079

Email: [email protected] www.stdf.org.eg

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Organization The US-Egypt Joint Science and Technology Funds
(Egypt)

‫اﻟﺼﻨﺪوق اﻟﻤﺼﺮى اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻰ ﻟﻠﻌﻠﻮم و اﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻴﺎ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Research Fund

Description Joint Fund support for research and development cooperation
in areas of mutual benefit for peaceful purposes

Funding Program Joint Research Grants, Workshop Grants, Junior Scientists
Visits Grants

Fields Various

Amount Varies

Contacts Egyptian Program Administrator
Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF)
101 Kasr El Aini Street
12th Floor, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. +20-(2)-27920134 , FAX+ 20-(2)-27925079

Email: [email protected] , www.stdf.org.eg

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Organization Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation
(Jordan)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻋﺒﺪ اﻟﺤﻤﻴﺪ ﺷﻮﻣﺎن‬
(‫)اﻷردن‬

Type Non-Profit Regional Organization

Description Support for scientific research, which includes research
projects of post-graduate students.

Funding Program Abdul Hameed Shoman Fund For Supporting Scientific
Research

Fields Science & Technology

Amount 22,0000 $
Contacts
Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation
Tel.: +962-6-4633627 / 00962-6-4633372
Fax: +962-6-4633565
P.O. Box 940255 Amman 11194 Jordan
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.shoman.org/en/sci_research.aspx

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Organization ‫ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ اﻟﺨﻠﻴﺞ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﻟﺪﻋﻢ ﻣﻨﻈﻤﺎت اﻷﻣﻢ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻹﻧﻤﺎﺋﻴﺔ )أﺟﻔﻨﺪ( )اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬
(‫اﻟﺴﻌﻮدﻳﺔ‬

The Arab Gulf Program for United Nations Development
Organizations (AGFUND)

(Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)

Type Non-Profit Regional Organization

Description support human development efforts, including fighting
poverty, promoting education, improving health standards,
supporting institutional structures and the training of
personnel, as well as all development efforts geared toward
the neediest groups in developing countries, especially
women and children.

Funding Program Grants Programs

Fields Various

Amount No specific amount

Contacts Tel.: +966-1-4418888
Fax: +966-1-4412962-3
P.O. Box 18371 Riyadh 11415 Saudi Arabia
E-Mail: [email protected]
http://www.agfund.org/asp/forms.asp

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Organization ‫اﻟﻤﺮآﺰ اﻻﻣﺮﻳﻜﻰ ﻟﻼﺑﺤﺎث ﺑﻤﺼﺮ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

American Research Center in Egypt
(Egypt)

Type Private, nonprofit organization

Description Offers pre-doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships to Egyptian
researchers

Funding Program Fellowships in Various

Fields Various

Amount No specific amount

Contacts P.O Box: 11461, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: 202 2794 8239
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
www.arce.org/grants/fellowships/overview

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Organization ‫اﻟﻬﻴﺌﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ﻟﻼﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر واﻹﻧﻤﺎء اﻟﺰراﻋﻲ‬

(‫)اﻟﺴﻮدان‬

The Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and
Development (AAAID)

(Sudan)

Type Governmental International Agency

Description Achieving food security in the Arab region, AAAID excels
efforts towards participating in developing the agricultural
sector in the Arab region.

Funding Program Specialized Technical and Technological Programs with the
objective of developing Arab agriculture and contributing in
introducing modern international agricultural technologies at
the field research and testing level and subsequently in
investment in the Arab region.

Fields Agricultural Research and Studies

Amount No specific amount

Contacts P.O. Box 2102
Khartoum - Sudan
Directions: Khartoum East
Osman Digna Street intersection with AlBaladia Street.
Tel : (249) (1) (83) 780777
Fax : (249) (1) (83) 772600
E-Mail : [email protected]

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Organization ‫اﻟﺼﻨﺪوق اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﻟﻺﻧﻤﺎء اﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎدي واﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻲ‬
(‫)دوﻟﺔ اﻟﻜﻮﻳﺖ‬

Arab Fund For Economic & Social Development
(State of Kuwait)

Type Governmental International Agency

Description Provides Arab Ph.D. holders who have excellent academic
track record with opportunities to conduct research and/or
lecture in the best universities of the world.

Funding Program Arab Fund Fellowships Programme.

Fields All fields

Amount No specific amount

Contacts Address: P.O. Box 21923 SAFAT
13080 Kuwait
State of Kuwait
Telephone: (965) 24 95 9000
Fax: (965) 24 81 5750/60/70
E-mail:[email protected], [email protected]
Website:www.arabfund.org

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Organization ‫اﻟﻤﻨﻈﻤﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺰراﻋﻴﺔ‬
(‫)اﻟﺴﻮدان‬

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)
(Sudan)

Type Non Governmental Organization (NGO)

Description Technical and Scientific Cooperation Program to improve
cooperation between Arab, regional and international centers,
authorities, and organizations

Funding Program Applied Agricultural Research

Fields Applied Agricultural Research

Amount No specific amount

Contacts Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
Amarat street 7 P. O. Box 474
Khartoum 11111 - Sudan
Tel: (249 - 183) 472176 - 83
Fax:( 249 - 183) 471402 / 471050
Email: [email protected]

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Organization ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻜﺴﻨﺪر ﻓﻮن هﺎﻣﺒﻮﻟﺪت‬
(‫)أﻟﻤﺎﻧﻴﺎ‬

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Germany)(

Type Non-Profit International Organization

Description Promote academic cooperation between excellent scientists
and scholars from abroad and from Germany.

Funding Program Grants Program or researches

Fields Various.

Amount No specific amount

Contacts Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jean-Paul-Str. 12
53173 Bonn
GERMANY

Phone: (+49) 0228-833-0
Fax: (+49) 0228-833-199
E.mail: [email protected]

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Organization ‫اﻟﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﻌﻠﻮم واﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻴﺎ‬
(‫)دوﻟﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة‬

Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF)
(State of Unite Arab Emirates)

Type Non-governmental, non-profit regional and international
organization

Description Identify and support outstanding scientific research activities
being conducted by women and men of science and
technology from the Arab world.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields All fields, products and/or technologies with commercial
potential, focusing on marketable products in local, regional,
or international markets.

Amount No specific amount

Contacts Arab Science and Technology Foundation
P.O. Box 27272
Sharjah, U.A.E

Tel: + 971 6 5050551

Fax: + 971 6 5050553

Email: [email protected], [email protected], http://www.astf.net/

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Organization Arab Women's Fund
(Egypt)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق اﻟﻤﺮأة اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Non-governmental, Regional Organization

Description Provide support and funding for women’s organizations that
work toward women’s rights.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Various fields

Amount No specific amount

Contacts 4A Maadi Star Towers, Floor 26, Suite 8, Corniche El Nil
Street, Cairo, Egypt.

Email:: [email protected]

http://www.arabwomensfund.org/aboutthefund.php

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Organization The Barakat Trust
(United Kingdom)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق ﺑﺮآﺎت‬
( ‫) اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة‬

Type International Non-Governmental Organization

Description Support is given for a diverse range of projects, programs and
studies. They include financial assistance for Scholarships
towards a MPhil in Islamic Art and Archaeology at the
University of Oxford, Scholarships and grants for post-
graduate and post-doctoral study and research.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Culture and Arts

Amount Up to £18,000

Contacts The Administrator
The Barakat Trust
The Oriental Institute
The University of Oxford
Oxford OX1 2LG
E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.barakat.org/grants.php

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Organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(United States of America)
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﺑﻴﻞ وﻣﻴﻠﻴﻨﺪا ﻏﻴﺘﺲ‬
(‫) اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non-Governmental Organization
Description
Funding Prgram The foundation does not provide funding to individuals.
Fields
Amount Grants Program

Contacts Global Health, Poverty & Development, Education &
Information

Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year.
Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-
on grant of $1 million or more.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
(206) 709-3100
[email protected]
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/grants/Pages/overview.aspx

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Organization Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(United States of America)

Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﺑﻴﻞ وﻣﻴﻠﻴﻨﺪا ﻏﻴﺘﺲ‬
(‫) اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

‫ﻣﺒﺎدرة ﺗﺤﺪﻳﺎت آﺒﺮى ﺗﻮاﺟﻪ اﻟﺼﺤﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non-Governmental Organization

Description Funds for research on scientific problems that, if solved,
could lead to advances against multiple diseases

Funding Program Grand Challenges in Global Health.

Fields All fields

Amount Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded two times a year.
Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-
on grant of $1 million or more.

Contacts Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

PO Box 23350
Seattle, WA 98102
Phone: 206.709.3400

[email protected]

http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/Introducti
on.aspx

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Organization The British Academy
(United Kingdom)
‫اﻷآﺎدﻳﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺒﺮﻳﻄﺎﻧﻴﺔ‬
(‫)اﻟﻤﻤﻠﻜﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة‬

Type Government Agency

Description Research funding to postdoctoral level scholars in all subjects
within the humanities and social sciences. The funding
strategy is focused on supporting ideas, individuals and
intellectual resources.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Humanities and social sciences

Amount Up to £7,500 for collaborative or individual projects to
facilitate initial project planning and development, to support
the direct costs of research, and to enable the advancement of
research through workshops or by visits by or to partner
scholars.

Contacts The British Academy,

10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

Telephone: 020 7969 5217
Fax: 020 7969 5414

Email: [email protected]
http://www.britac.ac.uk/

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Organization Center for Global Development (CGD)
(United States of America)

Type International Non-Governmental Organization

Description The Center for Global Development an independent
Washington-based think tank, invites applications from
leading scholars in developing countries for a visiting fellows
program

Funding Program Visiting Fellowship for Distinguished Developing Country
Candidates

Fields Policy research in aid effectiveness, trade, private sector
development, financial markets, global health, or migration

Amount One-year sabbatical support

Contacts 1800 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Third Floor
Washington DC 20036
Phone: (202) 416-4000
Fax: (202) 416-4050

http://www.cgdev.org/

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Organization Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and
Other Developing Countries (NAM)

(India)

‫ﻣﺮآﺰ اﻟﻌﻠﻢ واﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻴﺎ ﻟﺒﻠﺪان ﻋﺪم اﻻﻧﺤﻴﺎز واﻟﺒﻠﺪان اﻟﻨﺎﻣﻴﺔ اﻷﺧﺮى‬

(‫)اﻟﻬﻨﺪ‬

Type Research Center

Description Provides scientists and researchers of its member countries
an opportunity to affiliate themselves with the scientific
institutions located in another member country for upgrading
their research skills, undertaking short-term joint projects,
delivering lectures, developing linkages and establishing
closer cooperation with the scientists/institutions in their
fields of interest.

Funding Program Several Fellowships

Fields Science and Technology

Amount International airfare

Contacts Centre for Science & Technology of the Non-Aligned and
Other Developing Countries, (NAM S&T Centre),

Core 6A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi - 110003 (INDIA)
Ph.: +91 11 24645134 / 24644974
Fax: +91 11 24644973

E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

http://www.namstct.org/

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Organization The International Development Research Center (IDRC)
(Canada)

‫ﻣﺮآﺰ اﻟﺒﺤﻮث ﻟﻠﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺪوﻟﻴﺔ‬
(‫)آﻨﺪا‬

Type International Organization

Description IDRC funds research activities that are designed to directly
benefit developing countries and their citizens. It receives
unsolicited proposals for small research grants or knowledge-
related activities.

Funding Program Canadian Partnerships, Knowledge-related activities

Fields Globalization, such as socially oriented economic
experiments, new approaches to food security, and the
changing role of civil society

Amount CA $20,000 to CA $30,000.

Contacts Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa
PO Box 14 Orman, Giza, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Street address: 8 Ahmed Nessim Street, 8th floor
Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: (+20-2) 33 36-7051/52/53/54/57
Fax: (+20-2) 33 36-7056
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.idrc.ca/cairo

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Organization Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable
Development in the South (COMSATS)

(Pakistan)

‫ﻟﺠﻨﺔ اﻟﻌﻠﻮم واﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻴﺎ ﻣﻦ أﺟﻞ اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺪاﻣﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺠﻨﻮب‬

(‫)ﺑﺎآﺴﺘﺎن‬

Type Inter-governmental organization

Description COMSATS has been sponsoring workshops/ seminars/
training programmes in its member countries, as well as has
provided research/ study grants and travel grants to
scientists/professionals from these member countries for
participation in international conferences.

Funding Program Research Grants

Fields Science and technology

Amount Varies

Contacts COMSATS Headquarters
4th Floor, Shahrah-e-Jamhuriat, G-5/2
Islamabad - Pakistan
Phone: 92-51-9204900, 9214515-17 Fax: 92-51-9216539
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

http://www.comsats.org/

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Organization Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation
(COMSTECH)

Pakistan

‫ﻟﺠﻨﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﺎون اﻟﻌﻠﻤﻰ و اﻟﺘﻜﻨﻮﻟﻮﺟﻰ‬

(‫)ﺑﺎآﺴﺘﺎن‬

Type International Organization

Description Facilitates regular visits of professors from OIC region to the
Centres of research located in the member states to support
research and development and monitoring of science and
technology activities in high technology areas.

Funding Program Visiting Scientists Program

Fields Science and technology

Amount Varies

Contacts COMSTECH Secretariat,
33-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: 92 51 9220681-3
Fax:92 51 9211115, 9220265, 9205264
Email: [email protected]
http://www.comstech.org

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Organization Community Research & Development Information Service
(CORDIS)

‫ﺧﺪﻣﺔ اﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت اﻟﻤﺠﺘﻤﻌﻴﺔ ﺣﻮل اﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ واﻟﺒﺤﻮث‬

Type Intergovernmental Agency

Description Funding opportunities for international research collaboration

Funding Program Grants programs

Fields Science and technology

Amount Varies

Contacts CORDIS Help Desk
Tel: +352 2929 42210
E-mail: [email protected]

http://cordis.europa.eu/news/calls_en.html

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Organization Council for the Development of Social Science Research in
Africa

(Senegal)

‫ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺗﻨﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﻮث اﻹﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ أﻓﺮﻳﻘﻴﺎ‬

(‫)اﻟﺴﻨﻐﺎل‬

Type Independent Pan-African research organization

Description The different training activities undertaken by the Council are
tailored to serve the needs of specific sections of the social
research community, they also constitute an important
element in the effort to mobilise all the social research
constituencies active on the continent.

Funding Program Small Grants Programme, Advanced Research Fellowships
Programme

Fields Social Sciences

Amount Varies

Avenue Cheikh Anta Diop x Canal IV BP 3304, Dakar, Senegal

Telephone: +221 33 825 98 22/23

Contacts Fax: +221 33 824 12 89

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.codesria.org/training_grants.htm

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Organization Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF)
(United States of America)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ دورﻳﺲ دﻳﻮك ﻟﻠﻌﻨﺎﻳﺔ ﺑﺪراﺳﺔ اﻟﻔﻦ اﻹﺳﻼﻣﻲ‬
(‫)اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non-Governmental Organization

Description The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
is to improve the quality of people's lives through
grants supporting the performing arts, environmental
conservation, medical research and the prevention
of child abuse, and through preservation of the cultural and
environmental legacy of Doris Duke's properties.

Funding Program Grants Programs

Fields Arts, environment, medical research, child abuse prevention

Amount $125,000 - $2 million

Contacts DDCF Headquarters & Grant making Programs
650 Fifth Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone (212) 974-7000
Fax (212) 974-7590

http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=355

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Organization Economic research Forum (ERF)
Egypt

‫ﻣﻨﺘﺪى اﻟﺒﺤﻮث اﻹﻗﺘﺼﺎدﻳﺔ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Research Center/Network

Description ERF carries out a portfolio of activities. These include
mobilizing funds for well conceived proposals; managing
carefully selected regional research initiatives; providing
training and mentoring programs to junior researchers;
organizing seminars and conferences based on research
outcomes; and publishing research output through various
types of publications, including working papers, books and
policy briefs.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Based on annual priority selected themes

Amount Varies

Contacts Mailing Address: 7 Boulos Hanna St., Dokki, Cairo, Egypt -
P.O. Box: 12311
Telephone: (+202) 333 18 600-603
Fax: (+202) 333 18 604
Email: [email protected]

http://www.erf.org.eg/cms.php?id=research_compitition

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Organization Emirates Foundation
(United Arab Emirates)

(‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات‬
(‫)دوﻟﺔ اﻹﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة‬

Type Non Governmental Regional Organization

Description Through institutional grants, fellowships, research awards,
and philanthropy-led initiatives in various key areas, the
Emirates Foundation Supports applied education and science
and technology research

Funding Program Grants Program, All grant proposals must be led by or include
a significant participation of UAE nationals.

Fields Social Development, Education, Arts & Culture, Science &
Technology, Public Awareness and Environment

Amount Applied Education Research - AED 90,000
Science and technology - AED 200,000

Contacts Emirates Foundation

PO Box 111445, Mezzanine Floor, Al Mamoura Building
4th & 15th Streets, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
Tele.: +971 2 404 2900 Fax.: +971 2 404 2901

Email.: [email protected]

http://www.emiratesfoundation.ae/english/GrantScholar/index.
aspx?ef=grt

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Organization The European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)
(Belgium)

‫اﻟﺸﺮاآﺔ اﻷوروﺑﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺪﻳﻤﻘﺮاﻃﻴﺔ‬
(‫)ﺑﻠﺠﻴﻜﺎ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Aims at contributing to the advancement and strengthening of
democracy outside of the European Union, and to
complement existing democracy assistance programmes in
the European Union.

Flexible Funding Facility financed from diverse sources such
Funding Program as charity lotteries and foundations, EU member states and

possibly the EU Commission in the future.

Fields Human rights and democracy promotion

Amount Between 10,000 and 30,000 Euros. Funding of larger projects
is also available.

Contacts EUROPEAN PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRACY
Avenue des Celtes, 20 box 7
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
Tel: +32 2 733 2282
Email: [email protected]
http://www.epd.eu/

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Organization Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
(Italy)

(‫ﻣﻨﻈﻤﺔ اﻟﺰراﻋﺔ واﻟﻐﺬاء )ﻓﺎو‬
(‫)إﻳﻄﺎﻟﻴﺎ‬

Type Intergovernmental Agency

Description FAO is not a donor organization. The request for funding
should be addressed directly to the donors listed in the guide
of Agricultural Research Funding Sources
(http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/KN0104a3_en.htm)

Funding Program Resources for agricultural research scientists

Fields Agricultural research

Amount Varies

Contacts Food and Agricultural Organization
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00153 Rome, Italy
Telephone: (+39) 06 57051
Fax: (+39) 06 570 53152
Email: [email protected]
http://www.fao.org/
Research and Technology Development Service SDRR/FAO
[email protected]

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Organization Ford Foundation
(United States of America)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻓﻮرد‬
(‫)اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Academic quality at national universities, leadership training
and knowledge development. It also helps Arab universities,
operating in an increasingly global and market driven
economy, provide interactive learning and extracurricular
activities opportunities.

Funding Program Higher Education Grants Program, very limited number of
grants to individuals, generally restricted to fellowships for
advanced study. The foundation does not award
undergraduate scholarships or make grants for purely
personal needs.

Fields Higher education quality and knowledge production

Amount Up to $200,000

Contacts Middle East and North Africa, Ford Foundation
P.O. Box 2344, Cairo, Egypt
Tel. (+20) 2-2795-2121 Fax (+20) 2-2795-4018
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.fordfound.org/grants/fellowships/individuals
http://www.fordfound.org/grants/database

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Organization Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty in Egypt
(FNF)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻓﺮﻳﺪرﻳﺶ ﻧﺎوﻣﺎن‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Supporting educative and training programs for journalists,
particularly for professionals working in the electronic media
television and radio.

Funding Program Research Funding

Fields Civic education, international political dialogues, and political
counseling

Amount Varies

Contacts Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty in Egypt

28 Corniche El Nile, Samaa Al Maadi Towers Tower 2/17. Floor
- 11431 Cairo – Egypt

Tel . : (+20)-2-25285286/7, Fax : (+20)-2-25256796
E-mail : [email protected]
Postal Address:
P.O.Box 251 Maadi - 11728, Cairo - Egypt

http://www.fnst-egypt.org/eindex.html

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Organization Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
(Germany)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻓﺮﻳﺪرﻳﺶ إﻳﺒﺮت‬
(‫)أﻟﻤﺎﻧﻴﺎ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description In its graduate and post-graduate programmes the FES
supports students and academics with outstanding
qualifications from Germany and abroad for whom an
academic education is not only a first step in their
professional career but expresses their commitment to
democracy, the State and society.

Funding Program Research Funding

Fields Funds research devoted mainly to economic and socio-
economic subjects

Amount Varies

Contacts Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Presse, Kommunikation und Grundsatzfragen
Online-Redaktion, Godesberger Allee 149, D-53170 Bonn

Tel. 0228/ 883-7034
Fax 0228/ 883-9207

E-mail: [email protected]

http://www.fes.de/

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Organization The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻓﻮﻟﺒﺮاﻳﺖ ﺑﻤﺼﺮ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Provides opportunities for bachelor’s and master’s students
for doctoral studies at U.S. institutions in the fields of science,
technology and engineering and Various.

Funding Program Grants Programs

Fields Various

Amount Varies

Contacts The Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt
21 Amer St., Messaha, Dokki, 12311, Giza, Egypt
Tel: + (202) 33359717 / 33357978 / 37626307 / 37626305 /
37972321 / 37972216
Fax: + (202) 27957893

http://www.fulbright-
egypt.org/programs/view_programstemplate.asp?T=4&C=5

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Organization Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation
(GICDF)

(Libya)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻘﺬاﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﺠﻤﻌﻴﺎت اﻟﺨﻴﺮﻳﺔ واﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﺔ‬

(‫)ﻟﻴﺒﻴﺎ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Gaddafi Foundation carries out developmental and
humanitarian activities in the social , economic, cultural and
human rights fields

Funding Program Grants Programs

Fields social , economic, cultural and human rights fields

Amount Varies

Contacts Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation
(GICDF)

Address: Hay Elandalus - Jian St - Tripoli - Libya
Tel: (+218) 21 477 8301
Fax: (+218) 21 477 8766
PoBox: 1101 - Tripoli - Libya

Research and development office: [email protected],
[email protected]

http://gdf.org.ly/index.php?lang=en&Page=106&CAT_NO=6

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Organization Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis GERPA
Type
Description Project

‫ﻣﺸﺮوع اﻟﺒﺤﻮث اﻻﻗﺘﺼﺎدﻳﺔ اﻟﻤﺮاﻋﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﻮع اﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻲ وﺗﺤﻠﻴﻞ اﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﺎت‬

International Non Governmental Organization

The Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis (GERPA)
project is instituting a fellowship/grant for promising PhD
students originating from the MENA region and who are
planning to conduct their research thesis on a topic related to
gender and economics in MENA.

Funding Program GERPA Fellowship Program

Fields Gender Issues
Amount
Opportunity to benefit from the mentorship/assistance of a
Contacts prominent gender economist at a leading American university.
(Does not cover tuition or fees)

Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis GERPA
CAWTAR, P.O. Box 105, 1003 Cité El Khadra, Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: +216 71 773 511
Fax: +216 71 773 611/ +216 71 780 002
Email: [email protected]
http://www.gerparesearch.org/middle.php?sid=22

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Organization Tropical Diseases Research TDR Programme
(WHO)

TDR ‫ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description TDR, a Special Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases , sponsored by the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and WHO. It helps
coordinate, support and influence global efforts to combat a
portfolio of major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged.
TDR's Empowerment grant and training activities aim to
develop strong leadership in health research and decision
making, so that high quality institutional and national systems
can identify and manage research priorities.

Funding Program Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

Fields TDR's Empowerment grant and training activities aim to
develop strong leadership in health research and decision
making, so that high quality institutional and national systems
can identify and manage research priorities.

Amount Varies

Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical

Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization

Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27,SWITZERLAND

Contacts E-mail: [email protected]

http://apps.who.int/tdr/svc/grants/all-calls

http://apps.who.int/tdr/svc/grants/empowerment

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Organization University of Bergen
Nile Bassin Research programme (NBRP)
Type
Description (Norway)
‫ﺟﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﺑﻴﺮﺟﻦ‬
‫ﺑﺮﻧﺎﻣﺞ ﺑﺤﻮث ﺣﻮض اﻟﻨﻴﻞ‬

(‫)اﻟﻨﺮوﻳﺞ‬

University

Gives researchers from academic institutions in the ten Nile
Basin countries an opportunity to work together in research
groups in a multidisciplinary, fertile academic environment in
collaboration with researchers from outside the Nile Basin.

Funding Program Nile Basin Research Programme

Fields Water resources
Amount
Varies
Contacts
Programme Director, Dr. Tore Satersdal
([email protected]) or
Programme Coordinator, Mr. Bard Hekland
([email protected])

Nile Basin Research Programme, UNIFOB Global
University of Bergen
P.O. Box 7800, 5020 BERGEN,NORWAY

http://www.nile.uib.no/vacancies.php

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  United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
Organization
Type ‫ اﻟﻴﻮﻧﺴﻜﻮ‬- ‫ﻣﻨﻈﻤﺔ اﻷﻣﻢ اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة ﻟﻠﺘﺮﺑﻴﺔ واﻟﻌﻠﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬
Description
International Organization

Fellowships administered directly by the Programme Sectors
or the UNESCO Institutes and other Foundations. UNESCO
fellowships contribute towards the genuine sharing of
knowledge and expertise in which each party, whether teacher
or student, gives and learns.

Funding Program Various Grants Programs

Fields Various
Amount
Varies
Contacts
UNESCO Headquarters is established in Paris. Offices are
located in two places in the same area:
7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France
1, rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France
Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00 , Fax:+33 (0)1 45 67 16 90
E-mail: bpi(at)unesco.org
Website: www.unesco.org,
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-
URL_ID=7981&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-473.html

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Organization The Interacademy Panel on International Issues
(Italy)
Type
Description ‫اﻟﻔﺮﻳﻖ اﻟﻤﺸﺘﺮك ﺑﻴﻦ اﻷآﺎدﻳﻤﻴﺎت اﻟﻤﻌﻨﻲ ﺑﺎﻟﻘﻀﺎﻳﺎ اﻟﺪوﻟﻴﺔ‬
(‫)إﻳﻄﺎﻟﻴﺎ‬

Research Center/Network

Broad regional support for academies/networks and activities
shared across a number of different countries/regions

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Science and technology
Amount
Varies
Contacts
InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
c/o TWAS
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste
Italy
Joanna Lacey, Senior Project Assistant, IAP Secretariat
tel: +39 040 2240-680/681
fax: +39 040 2240-688
e-mail: [email protected] , www.interacademies.net/iap

http://www.interacademies.net/CMS/Programmes/8644.aspx

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Organization The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
(Italy)

‫أآﺎدﻳﻤﻴﺔ اﻟﻌﻠﻮم ﻟﺪول اﻟﻌﺎﻟﻢ اﻟﻨﺎﻣﻲ‬
(‫)إﻳﻄﺎﻟﻴﺎ‬

Type International Organization

Description Encourages the pursuit of scientific excellence in OIC
countries by identifying and supporting the best young
scientists in these countries; reinforcing and promoting
scientific research and strengthening the endogenous
capacity in science and technology; and counteracting the
brain drain and reducing the exodus of scientific talent from
the OIC countries.

Funding Program Joint Research Grants

Fields Science and technology

Amount Maximum of US$15,000

Contacts TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
ICTP Campus, Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste, Italy

http://twas.ictp.it/prog/grants/twas-comstech-joint-research-
grants/

 

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Organization Swedish Institute in Alexandria
(Egypt)

‫اﻟﻤﻌﻬﺪ اﻟﺴﻮﻳﺴﺮى ﺑﺎﻷﺳﻜﻨﺪرﻳﺔ‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Research Center

Description Encourage research cooperation between researchers in
Sweden , on the one hand, and in Asia, the Middle East and
North Africa region (MENA), South Africa, Botswana and
Namibia on the other.

Funding Program Swedish MENA Research Links

Fields All scientific areas, including Humanities and Social
Sciences; basic and applied research

Amount Up to SEK 750,000

Contacts Swedish Institute in Alexandria
P.O. Box 1261
Alexandria
21111 Egypt

Tel:+20-3-485 5113 Fax:+20-3-487 3855

Email:[email protected]

http://www.swedenabroad.com/Page____18269.aspx

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Organization Society for Arabian Studies
‫ﺟﻤﻌﻴﺔ دراﺳﺎت اﻟﺠﺰﻳﺮة اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬

Type Research Center

Description Supports and encourages research in the Arabian peninsula
in the fields of archaeology, history, culture and the
environment. The Society publishes an annual Bulletin,
organizes regular lectures, and supports publications on and
field projects in the region.

Funding Program Research Grants

Fields Archaeology, history, culture and environment

Amount Up to £500

Contacts Address for correspondence:

Dr St J. Simpson,
Assistant Keeper (pre-Islamic Iran and Arabia),
Department of the Middle East,
The British Museum,
London, WC1B 3DG

Charity no. 1003272

Email: [email protected]

http://www.societyforarabianstudies.org/grants.shtml

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Organization Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
(United States of America)
‫ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺑﺤﻮث اﻟﻌﻠﻮم اﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ‬
(‫)اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type Research Center

Description Encourages international multidisciplinary research on topics
of pressing global concern.

Funding Program Abe Fellowship; Dissertation Proposal Development
Fellowship

Fields Human security, multilateralism, bilateralism, U.S.-Japan
relations, transnational economic relations, the empowerment
of peoples and communities, and sustainable development

Amount Varies

Contacts Social Science Research Council
One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA
P: 212-377-2700
F: 212-377-2727
E: [email protected]
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/abe/detailed_app_criteria/

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Organization Sawiris Foundation
(Egypt)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﺳﺎوﻳﺮس‬
(‫)ﻣﺼﺮ‬

Type Regional Non Governmental Oragnization

Description Supports and develops innovative projects that answer socio-
economic needs, demonstrate potential for success, and can
be promoted as a model to be replicated and adapted by other
institutions.

Funding Program Grants Programs

Fields Health, vocational training, education

Amount Varies

Contacts Sawiris Foundation For Social Development
10 El Diwan St., 1st Floor,
Garden City,
Cairo, Egypt.
Telephone : (202) 2792 7660 / 61 / 62
Fax : (202) 2792 7664
e-mail : [email protected]

http://www.sawirisfoundation.org/en/apply.htm

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Organization Safar: Youth Mobility Fund
(Jordan)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق ﺳﻔﺮ ﻟﻠﺘﺠﻮال‬
(‫)اﻷردن‬

Type Regional Non Governmental Organization

Description Provide human, financial and material resources for young
people within the Arab world to search for their own learning
spaces and pursue alternative learning opportunities.

Funding Program Travel Grants (Apprenticeship grants, Visitation grants,
Events grants)

Fields Culture and arts

Amount Varies

Contacts Tel.: +962 6 5687557
Fax:+962 6 5687558
P.O.Box 940286
Amman 11194 , Jordan
[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

http://www.safarfund.org/showContentE.aspx?ContentId=17

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Organization Rockefeller Foundation
(United States of America)

‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ روآﻔﻴﻠﺮ‬
(‫)اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Rockefeller Foundation focuses its resources on five related
issue areas: basic survival safeguards, global health, climate
and environment, urbanization, social and economic security
and funds a portfolio of initiatives that work across these
areas, linking and interlinking, to achieve meaningful and
measurable impact.

Funding Program Grants program

Fields Various

Amount Up to $2 million

Contacts New York Office
The Rockefeller Foundation
420 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10018
Phone: (212) 869-8500
Fax: (212) 764-3468

Email: [email protected]

http://www.rockfound.org/grants/grants.shtml

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Organization Qatar Foundation
National Priorities Research Program (NPRP)

(Qatar)
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻗﻄﺮ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻨﺪوق اﻟﻘﻄﺮي ﻟﺮﻋﺎﻳﺔ اﻟﺒﺤﺚ اﻟﻌﻠﻤﻲ‬

(‫)ﻗﻄﺮ‬

Type Regional Non Governmental Organization

Description Funds research in national priority areas, QNRF actively seeks
internationally recognized researchers however it is dedicated
to funding research that meets the needs of Qatar.

Funding Program Qatar National Research Fund

Fields Varies

Amount From US$20,000 up to US$350,000 per year

Contacts http://www.qnrf.org/fund_program/nprp
http://www.qnrf.org/fund_program/nprp/index.php

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Organization Prince Claus Fund
Type (The Netherlands)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق اﻷﻣﻴﺮ آﻼوس‬
(‫)هﻮﻟﻨﺪا‬

International Non Governmental Organization

Description The objective of the Prince Claus Fund is to increase cultural
awareness and to promote exchange between culture and
development.

Funding Program Grants Program

Fields Culture and arts

Amount Varies

Contacts Herengracht 603
1017 CE Amesterdam
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 020344 9160
Fax: +31 020344 9166
Email: [email protected]
http://www.princeclausfund.org/en/what_we_do/apply/index.s
html

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Organization Poverty and Economic Policy Research Network

Type Research Center/Network

Description An international network of researchers in developing
countries who have the expertise, resources and reputation to
participate in and contribute to national and international
debates on economic policies related to poverty. to poverty.

Awards 20 to 25 grants to teams of researchers originating
from and residing in a developing country.

Funding Program Joint Research Initiative

Fields Poverty and economic policy

Amount CAN $50,000 every 18 months

Contacts African office
PEP African office (General enquiries)
Consortium pour la Recherche Économique et Sociale (CRES)
Rue de Kaolack x Rue F, Point E
Dakar, Senegal
Code Postal 12023
Boite Postale 7988, Dakar, Sénégal
Tel: 221 33 864 7398
Fax: 221 33 864 7758
E-mail : [email protected]

email: [email protected]

http://www.pep-net.org/funding/call-for-proposals/

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Organization Norwegian Human Rights Fund
(Norway)

‫ﺻﻨﺪوق ﺣﻘﻮق اﻹﻧﺴﺎن اﻟﻨﺮوﻳﺠﻰ‬
(‫)اﻟﻨﺮوﻳﺞ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Financial support to projects in low- and middle income
countries where the human rights situation is particularly
difficult.

Funding Program Human rights fund

Fields Human rights

Amount Up to US$ 25 000

Contacts The Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF) P.O. Box 6890 St.
Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway (please do not direct your
letter to a contact person)
The Norwegian Human Rights Fund, c/o Amnesty International
Norway

Email: [email protected]

www.nhrf.no

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Organization National Science Foundation
(USA)

‫اﻟﻤﺆﺳﺴﺔ اﻟﻘﻮﻣﻴﺔ ﻟﻠﻌﻠﻮم‬
(‫)اﻟﻮﻻﻳﺎت اﻟﻤﺘﺤﺪة اﻷﻣﺮﻳﻜﻴﺔ‬

Type International Non Governmental Organization

Description Funding opportunities for international research collaboration

Funding Program Several grants programs

Fields Science and technology

Amount Varies

Contacts The National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, Virginia 22230, USA
Tel: (703) 292-5111, FIRS: (800) 877-8339 | TDD: (800) 281-8749

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

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