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The $50,000 Interledger Foundation’s NextGen Higher Education Grant supports accredited higher education institutions to develop educational opportunities that prepare students for the future of Open Payments, interoperability, digital financial inclusion and fintech.

The £100,000 Endangered Material Knowledge Programme offers documentation grants that support the preservation of living material knowledge systems at risk of disappearing.

The $1,000,000 Global Schools Prize is designed to honour institutions that are redefining what exceptional education looks like, the prize celebrates schools that are innovating, inspiring, and shaping the future of learning.

The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) provides grants of up to $5,000 for specific conservation and research projects focused on highly endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles.

The $3,500 Global Raptor Research & Conservation Grant is an annual funding opportunity that supports local researchers working to improve the conservation of threatened and understudied raptor species around the world.

The $1,000 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry recognizes an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry.

The ₦1,400,000 Sabi Arts Playwright Prize is an annual award for new plays by Nigerian playwrights.

The $90,000 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship is an eight-month residential fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The $87,500 Nieman Fellowship is a full academic-year fellowship at Harvard University for working journalists from around the world.

The $75,000 Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund supports responsible field testing of climate intervention technologies.