If you are not familiar with the Lightstalkers website, I recommend you take a look at it for the ideas and information it provides on a wide range of topics. Their mission statement gives you a taste of what they do.

“We live and work in uncharted, unstable territory, navigating the grey areas of geography and technology. We travel in countries that are still in development or recently destroyed, using gear just barely out of R&D. Lightstalkers helps us to help each other—it’s how we pool our knowledge and experience.”

In full disclosure: Lightstalkers is one of the efforts of a Knight Fellow, Teru Kuwayama

Here is a link to one part of their website that speaks to grants and fellowships.