Open now fellowship

Emergent Ventures

Mercatus Center grants for "zero to one, highly scalable, meaningfully improving society" projects. Has a dedicated Africa & Caribbean track with its own cohorts.

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The money

Awardno stated range

Cycle rolling

Important dates

DeadlineRolling · no deadline

NoteRolling, no deadline. Africa & Caribbean track runs its own cohorts.

How they pay

The field no other directory carries. Getting it wrong is the most expensive mistake in the whole process.

Methodbank_transfer

Pays individualsyes

Pays internationallyyes

Entity requiredno

NoteMercatus is a US 501(c)(3) that funds African cohorts routinely and wires internationally to individuals. No entity needed - this is a solved problem for them.

Eligibility

Age13+

Countriesanywhere

Student requiredno

Individuals onlyunknown

Entity requiredno

Must leave your jobno

Relocation requiredno

AI policy

Stancethe funder does not say

Where this came from

Field	Source	Verified	Re-checked	Confidence
Award	source	2026-07-29	—	high
How they pay	source	2026-07-29	—	medium
AI policy	source	2026-07-31	—	high
Parallel applications	source	2026-07-31	—	high
Eligibility	source	2026-07-29	—	high

Record status

Last checked

Record reviewed 2026-07-31 · overdue for re-check

No field rechecks recorded

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Dates here say when this named record was reviewed and when the listed fields were last re-read. They are not a guarantee that every funding fact is current, and they carry no claim about which source is official — the actual sources are in the provenance table.

Every field shows when it was last checked. Where nothing has been verified, it says unknown — never a guess.

Payout rail

bank_transfer

How the money actually reaches you — the single highest-consequence unknown, and invisible everywhere else.

Is this you?

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