Gender and Learning Evidence Fund

The Gender and Learning Evidence Fund supports implementation and evidence work that recognises how gender and learning interact during primary and secondary education transitions. The fund is looking for projects that measure learning and gender outcomes together and help close an evidence gap in education programming.

Brink Foundation lists this opportunity for Researchers, implementers & partnerships, Education & Social Sciences, Africa. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.

Applicants should be researchers, implementers, or partnerships able to address both gender and learning outcomes.

The call covers Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania.

Projects should focus on grades and transitions where gendered divergence in learning, schooling, and later outcomes begins.

Interventions or studies that connect foundational learning with gender-related outcomes.

Measurement, longitudinal data, causal design, implementation learning, and practical programme adaptation.

Work that bridges gender-focused and learning-focused education programming rather than treating them separately.

Awards are up to USD 250,000, with up to six awards expected in this first call.

Application deadline: Application deadline: Jun 5, 2026.

Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.

Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.

Download the official request for proposals from Brink Foundation, review the country and project requirements, and submit through the official application form by 5 June 2026.

Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.