The International Humanist and Ethical Union is pleased to announce it is now accepting applications for the IHEU-HIVOS Humanist Network and Development programme for 2011. A total of 75,000  Euros is available for grants, with Euro 10,000 per year as the maximum annual funding for any single project. The deadline for applications is September 1, 2011 (but there is an August 1 pre-qualification deadline for groups that are not IHEU member organizations). Detailed information on the programme and the grant application procedures, plus application forms, can be found below.

IHEU is working for a Humanist, rational world in many ways. Our work on Human Rights at the United Nations and other inter-governmental organizations is widely recognised as of fundamental importance. And we are working closely with Humanists in India, Africa and elsewhere to improve education, combat superstition and fight prejudice.  See the “Humanism in Action” box on the front page of http://www.iheu.org for more information on our programmes.

Applications for funding in the IHEU-HIVOS Humanist Network and Development programme for 2010 CLOSED on 1 September 2010. We cannot consider applications received after 1 September. There will be a new funding round in 2011; please watch this web site and sign up for our email newsletters to see the announcement.

The following countries are eligible for IHEU-HIVOS grant funding in 2010. PLEASE NOTE: there are three lists and countries on any of the three lists are eligible.

Humanists have reacted generously to the disaster in Haiti. In response to the disastrous earthquake and ongoing suffering in Haiti, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is partnering with a new disaster relief fund called 'Non-Believers Giving Aid'. Humanists are invited to make humanitarian donations for Haiti through the new fund at: www.GivingAid.RichardDawkins.net.

Blasphemy! It’s a cry as old as freethought, perhaps as old as religion. It’s also a crime wherever religion can get enough control of government to impose it.

And now blasphemy is making a comeback, at the UN of all places!

The deadline for 2009 grants applications has passed and we are unable to consider any further applications. IHEU has received a record number of applications for funding. We hope to tell all applicants the results by the end of November.

IHEU invites applications for funding in the IHEU-HIVOS Humanist Network and Development programme for 2009. Update (1 September 2009): APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED. We are unable to consider any new applications.

Many of us in India have been on the lookout for the best way to carry the message of Humanism and rational thinking to people not exposed to this approach and improve conditions in our society.

IHEU has received a gift of more than US$2.5 million from the estate of the late Victor Kay, a longtime Humanist who lived in Los Angeles, California. The bequest is the largest individual gift in IHEU’s 57-year history. “This is a transformative, momentum-building gift that demonstrates real leadership on behalf of Mr. Kay,” said Sonja Eggerickx, president of the IHEU. “IHEU is extremely grateful, as this underwrites our efforts as the leader in Humanism around the globe.”