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BATN FOUNDATION FARMERS FOR THE FUTURE (F4F) GRANT

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Application Deadline: Application deadlines vary depending on the specific program cycle. Each application process typically runs for two/three weeks from the date it opens.

LOCATION: Nigeria

Are you a serving NYSC member with a viable business idea in agriculture? Are you ready to bring your agribusiness idea to life? The British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF), in partnership with NYSC, wants to hear from you. Apply for the Farmers for the Future (F4F) grant program. The Farmers for the Future (F4F) Grant is an agricultural entrepreneurship grant designed to support young people with viable agribusinesses with equity-free capital and other associated support they may require to scale their businesses.

ELIGIBILITY:

Submit Your Application

The online application portal will be available for serving NYSC members with a viable business idea in agriculture for you to send in your applications.

Virtual Bootcamp

20 Selected businesses will go through a rigorous virtual bootcamp where they will refine their business thesis and build a compelling pitch.

Pitch Event & Award

The top 10 businesses from the bootcamp will pitch before a panel of expert judges and investors. 6 winners will be selected.

Mentorship

The 6 winners will be given financing to execute, strengthen, advance and scale their businesses under the guidance of seasoned mentors. They will also be connected to the relevant networks they require to make progress.

Join The Farmers For The Future Alumni

Continue to enjoy exclusive access to expert mentorship, insider opportunities and a robust support network that will open doors to follow-on financing, new markets, etc.

BENEFIT:

₦10 MILLION NAIRA: Top 6 finalist will win an equity-free grant of NGN 10 million.

Grant Prizes

1st Cash Prize X 1

₦3,000,000

Equity-free grant funding.

2nd Cash Prize X 2

₦2,000,000

Equity-free grant funding.

3rd Cash Prize X 3

₦1,000,000

Equity-free grant funding.

Access to Finance:

The top 6 finalists will win an equity-free grant of NGN 10 million (₦3m for the first prize, ₦2m for 2nd Prize, and ₦ 1m for 3rd prize).

Linkage to financial institutions and investors for follow-on financing and/or credit facilities

Winners will get technical support to establish their agribusiness

Training & Capacity Building

Participation in an intensive “Think-through-your-business” boot camp

Mentorship under seasoned entrepreneurs and Agric Experts

Membership of the F4F alumni network

Participation in other partner-drive training programs

Support with business registration & other legal & regulatory requirements

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RELX ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE

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Application Deadline: 23:59 GMT on 27 July 2025

LOCATION: USA

Each year the RELX Environmental Challenge is awarded to projects that best demonstrate how they can provide sustainable access to safe water or sanitation. Projects must have clear practical applicability, address identified needs, and advance related issues such as health, education, or human rights.

ELIGIBILITY:

No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win the challenge.

The Challenge is open only to applicants 21 years of age or over at their time of entry with access to the internet and an email account during the Challenge Period (defined below) and subsequent Prize Award Period

Proof of residency and age may be required. Applicants may participate as (i) individuals, (ii) teams of individuals, or (iii) individually or in teams on behalf of an organisation, i.e. an educational or not-for-profit institution or a corporation (the latter category, collectively “Organisations”).

The RELX Environmental Challenge is open to individuals or organisations operating in the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors. Projects must advance sustainable access to safe water where it is presently at risk and/or access to improved sanitation, and include the following criteria:

Be replicable, scalable and sustainable. and set a benchmark for innovation

Have practical applicability

Address non-discrimination/equity of access

Involve and impact a range of stakeholders

Have local/community-level engagement

These are the criteria against which projects will be assessed. Early-stage projects are preferred.

Get in touch at environmental.challenge@relx.com. 

Please read the Environmental Challenge Official Rules before applying.

BENEFIT:

There is a $50,000 prize for the first-place entry and a $25,000 prize for the second-place entry. The winners also receive free access for one year to ScienceDirect, our Scientific, Technical & Medical business’ database of full-text scientific information, including almost 250,000 articles since 2000 in environmental sciences.

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