Digital Resource Links for Research Councils

Grant Portals & Funding Opportunities

• GrantForward – Comprehensive funding database for research, innovation, and capacity-building grants.
• FundsforNGOs – Global funding updates for NGOs, research institutions, and non-profits.
• Devex Funding Platform – Development and innovation funding opportunities worldwide.
• Science for Africa Foundation – African-focused research grants and calls for proposals.
• African Academy of Sciences (AAS) – Funding Opportunities – Competitive research and innovation calls for African researchers.
• Horizon Europe – EU’s largest R&I funding program, open to global collaboration.

Intellectual Property (IP) Offices & Databases

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) – Global IP registration, treaties, and databases.
• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) – IP services for English-speaking African member states.
• Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI) – IP services for French-speaking African member states.
• Patentscope – Searchable global patent database by WIPO.
• Nigeria Intellectual Property Office – Official IP registration and protection body in Nigeria.
• USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) – US patent and trademark database and registration services.

Donor Platforms & Development Partners

• OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Donor Profiles – Profiles of major bilateral donors.
• African Development Bank (AfDB) – Funding & Tenders – Opportunities and tenders in African development.
• World Bank – Funding & Tenders – Global funding for development and innovation.
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – Grant Opportunities – Funding for global health, agriculture, and education research.
• Global Innovation Fund – Grants, loans, and equity for scalable innovations in low-income countries.
• USAID Development Innovation Ventures – Supports breakthrough solutions to development challenges.