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2522 opportunities documented Updated Aug 20, 2026
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SparkUp Initiative Fellowship for Women-Led NGOs: The 2026 Cohort Has Closed and No Second Call Is Announced Yet

SparkUp's first fellowship cohort is over: applications closed on 20 December 2025, twelve fellows were named, and the live sessions have finished. No second cohort has been announced, so this page explains what the programme involved, what the selection panel asked for, and how to be ready if the call reopens.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: No cash award is stated. Two months of support through online group sessions, one-on-one … Deadline: Historical reference

South Carolina Tuition Grants

Need-based tuition grants for legal South Carolina residents pursuing an initial undergraduate degree full-time at a participating in-state independent nonprofit college.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to $5,000 for the 2026-2027 award year Deadline: Aug 1, 2026 Location: United States - South Carolina

Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship in Investigative Journalism 2027

Historical reference for the closed 2027 Sir Harry Evans Global Fellowship, a Durham University and Reuters programme offering an early-career journalist a nine-month investigative journalism placement and financial support.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Approximately £4,444/month salary + £1,250/month living stipend + £1,800 one-off travel … Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and Global

SIIT Graduate Scholarships 2026 in Thailand: Fully Funded Master’s and PhD (August Intake)

SIIT Graduate Scholarship Type B for Academic Year 1/2026, the August 2026 intake, supported master’s and doctoral study in engineering and technology fields. The closed round offered full SIIT tuition and educational support, with a 10,000 THB monthly allowance plus travel, visa, and English-test support for EFS applicants and an 8,000 THB monthly allowance for ETS applicants.

Status: Historical Type: Scholarship Amount: Full SIIT tuition and educational support fees excluding specified TU fees Deadline: Historical reference Location: Thailand and Global

She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship 2026 — Historical Reference

Historical reference for the closed 2026 SHEAF Fellowship call run by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) for women professionals in Kenya, Malawi, and Senegal. AWARD has not announced a new application cycle on the verified program page.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: No cash award or stipend is stated in the official 2026 call materials Deadline: Historical reference Location: Kenya, Malawi and Senegal

SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme 2026: Up to ₦5 Million in Business Asset Grants, Plus Masterclasses and Mentorship, for Nigerian Small Businesses

Historical reference for the Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation's 2026 SEEDINVEST cycle, which offered Nigerian nano, micro and small businesses asset grants of up to ₦5 million alongside online training, mentorship, and advisory support. The Foundation says applications will reopen in 2027.

Status: Historical Type: Accelerator Amount: Up to ₦5 million in asset grants delivered as business equipment or machinery; no cash grants Deadline: Historical reference Location: Nigeria

Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program (S10 Clinical Trial Not Allowed): FY 2027 Shared Biomedical Instrument Grant

NIH's Seed Instrumentation Support (SIS) Program funds one new shared commercially available biomedical research instrument for an eligible US institution, with awards from $50,000 to $400,000 and the first current-cycle receipt date on September 25, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $50,000 minimum to $400,000 maximum federal award; no indirect costs Deadline: Sep 25, 2026 Location: United States

Royal Society Darwin Medal 2026 (Historical Reference): Medal and £2,000 Gift for Excellence in Biology

Historical reference for the closed Royal Society Darwin Medal 2026 nomination cycle, which recognised distinguished work in evolution, biological diversity, and developmental, population, and organismal biology.

Status: Historical Type: Prize Amount: Silver gilt medal and £2,000 gift Deadline: Historical reference

Rwanda Housing Finance Project (P165649): Historical US$150M Program

Historical reference for the closed Rwanda Housing Finance Project, a World Bank IDA-financed program implemented by the Development Bank of Rwanda to expand affordable housing finance through participating financial institutions.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: US$150 million IDA credit; US$117 million post-restructuring housing-finance line of credit Deadline: Historical reference Location: Rwanda

Royal Society Athena Prize: Historical Guide to the 2026 £5,000 Team Award

Historical reference for the closed 2026 Royal Society Athena Prize cycle, which recognised UK academic and research teams advancing diversity and inclusion in STEM with a medal and a £5,000 gift.

Status: Historical Type: Prize Amount: Medal plus £5,000 gift Deadline: Historical reference

Royal Academy of Engineering Policy Fellowships 2026–27: Systems Thinking for UK Public-Interest Policy Challenges

An intensive Royal Academy of Engineering development programme for UK-based civil and public servants working on a well-defined policy or service-design challenge. The next announced window opens 4 August 2026, closes 18 November 2026, and leads to a programme starting in March 2027.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: No stipend or grant award is listed Deadline: Nov 18, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

Rockefeller Foundation Big Bets Fellowship 2026 United States: National Fellowship for Leaders Building Economic Resilience (Historical Reference)

Historical reference for the Rockefeller Foundation Big Bets Fellowship: United States (2026), with the official closed-cycle deadline, eligibility, support, selection process, and preparation guidance.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: USD 5,000 stipend after Fellowship Agreement, subject to taxes and withholding Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RioCan and BlackNorth Initiative Bursary 2026-2027

The RioCan and BlackNorth Initiative Bursary provided $5,300 for university education or $2,650 for trades education to eligible Black Canadian students pursuing commercial-real-estate-related fields in the 2026 cycle. Applications closed July 3, 2026, and this page is now a historical reference.

Status: Historical Type: Scholarship Amount: $5,300 (university) or $2,650 (trades) Deadline: Historical reference Location: Canada

Richard Rooney Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies 2026–2027 (Historical Reference): University of Toronto

Historical reference for the inaugural Richard Rooney Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Studies at the University of Toronto: a closed 12-month, full-time postdoctoral appointment paying CAD $70,000 per year plus benefits.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: CAD $70,000 per year, plus benefits Deadline: Historical reference Location: Canada and Toronto

RFA-RM-26-017: Pilot Projects Enhancing Utility and Usage of Common Fund Data Sets (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Common Fund R03 opportunity for one-year pilot projects that use data from at least two eligible Common Fund programs, or substantially use MoTrPAC data, to improve reuse through integration, analysis, and reusable tools; clinical trials are not allowed.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to $200,000 in direct costs (excluding subcontract F&A) for one year Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RFA-OD-25-012: Informatics, Coordination and Service Center for the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (U42)

A historical NIH U42 cooperative agreement opportunity for the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers Consortium’s Informatics, Coordination and Service Center. The FY2026 competition is closed and no successor cycle is announced on the official listing.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $878,000 in program funding listed; one award expected; project period up to 4 years Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RFA-OD-25-008: Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators (R03 Clinical Trial Optional) — Historical Reference

Historical reference for the closed NIH and FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Small Grant Program for New Investigators, an R03 opportunity for early-career biomedical, behavioral, and social science investigators.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Application budgets were limited to $75,000 in direct costs per year for up to two years Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RFA-NS-27-015: BRAIN Initiative Connectivity Across Scales (BRAIN CONNECTS): Specialized Projects for Scalable Technologies (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH's BRAIN Initiative NOFO supports U01 cooperative agreement projects that build scalable technologies for brain-wide connectivity mapping, with an estimated $10M commitment in the first year and approximately 3–6 awards expected.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: NIH intends to commit an estimated $10M in the first year for approximately 3–6 awards Deadline: Feb 8, 2027 Location: United States

RFA-NS-25-017: BRAIN Initiative—Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System

Historical NIH BRAIN Initiative U01 funding opportunity for optimizing instrumentation and device technologies for neural recording and modulation. The final receipt date was June 15, 2026, and the NOFO expired June 16, 2026; no successor cycle is announced on the official notices reviewed.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Estimated $10,000,000 per year for 15–20 awards Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RFA-MH-27-205: Single Source: Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia DPACC

The National Institute of Mental Health published a closed single-source U24 cooperative agreement for Brigham and Women's Hospital to continue the AMP Schizophrenia Data Processing, Analysis, and Coordination Center. The FY2027 cycle had one $5,000,000 award and a June 9, 2026 application deadline.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $5,000,000 (FY2027) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

RFA-MH-26-170: BRAIN Initiative - Development and Validation of Novel Tools to Probe Cell-Specific and Circuit-Specific Processes in the Brain (R01)

NIH BRAIN Initiative reissue NOFO for R01 projects that develop and validate high-impact tools for precise, cell- and circuit-specific neuroscience research without clinical trials.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $8,000,000 total, 6-9 awards expected Deadline: Feb 8, 2027 Location: United States and International (foreign entities eligible)

RFA-JG-26-034: Enhancing Understanding and Preparedness for Public Health Threats Through Research in Kenya

A CDC cooperative agreement to support research, implementation science, and public-health evaluations in Kenya across four required priority areas, while strengthening local research capacity and systems for disease detection, prevention, and response.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $30,000,000 total over five years; $3,000,000-$6,000,000 per applicant per budget period Deadline: Historical reference Location: Kenya and United States

RFA-HL-27-004: Limited Competition: Small Grant Program for NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 Recipients (R03 Clinical Trial Optional)

NIH’s NHLBI RFA-HL-27-004 is a limited-competition R03 small grant opportunity to help current and recently completed NHLBI K01/K08/K23/K25 awardees advance toward independent funding through a short, NIH-funded pilot- to proof-of-concept scale project.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Direct costs up to $85,000 per year; maximum 2-year project period Deadline: Oct 6, 2026 Location: United States

RFA-HL-26-019: Catalyze Product Definition - Medical Device Prototype Design/Testing and Disease Target Identification and Assay Development (R61/R33; Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH NHLBI Catalyze Product Definition NOFO for early-stage device, diagnostic, and research-tool development in heart, lung, blood, and sleep diseases. The next new-application due date is October 21, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: Up to $300,000 in NIH direct costs per year during R61 and up to $300,000 per year during R33 Deadline: Oct 21, 2026 Location: United States, U.S. territories and Foreign components of eligible U.S. organizations