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2522 opportunities documented Updated Aug 20, 2026
Showing 1513–1536 of 2522 opportunities

FY 2027 Fulbright Specialist Program: $4.6 Million Cooperative Agreement for Global One-Way Exchanges

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs sought one organization to administer the FY 2027 Fulbright Specialist Program, which supports short-term exchanges for approximately 400 American academics and professionals worldwide.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Approximately $4,600,000 total available; 1 cooperative agreement Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States and global

FY 2026 YSEALI Academic Fellows Program (DFOP0017934): One Cooperative Agreement to Run 16 Institutes

U.S. Department of State Opportunity: one cooperative agreement for U.S. academic and nonprofit organizers to run 16 YSEALI Academic Fellows institutes in 2027 and support approximately 285 Southeast Asian Fellows.

Status: Historical Type: Cooperative Agreement Amount: Approximately $6,500,000 total (single anticipated award) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States and Southeast Asia

FY 2026 Youth Ambassadors Programs

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced FY 2026 Youth Ambassadors cooperative agreements for U.S. nonprofit and educational organizations to run three-week youth leadership exchanges. The application round closed on July 17, 2026.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $300,000–$2,100,000 per award (approximately $7,954,000 total) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, South Central Asia and Western Hemisphere

FY 2026 Tech Youth Program

Historical reference for the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs FY 2026 Tech Youth cooperative-agreement competition, which sought one organization to run a three-week U.S. exchange for about 96 high-school participants. The application window closed on July 6, 2026, and no next cycle is announced on the official listing.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Approximately $1,100,000 for one cooperative agreement, pending availability of funds Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States and Select partner countries worldwide

FY 2026 Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant

A closed FY 2026 PHMSA grant for national nonprofit fire service organizations to train HAZMAT instructors and, where appropriate, responders; this page is retained as a historical reference because no replacement cycle is announced.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $2,000,000 total; expected grant size $500,000–$1,000,000 per organization Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

FY 2026 Study of the U.S. Institutes Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders Program

A closed U.S. Department of State cooperative-agreement competition offered one organization approximately $1,500,000 to run four Albright Young Women Leaders exchange cohorts for foreign undergraduates in summer 2027.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Approximately $1,500,000 total (anticipated) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States and Global recipients (participant countries worldwide)

FY 2026 Strengthening Talent, Research, Innovation and Vital Engagement (STRIVE) Program — Historical Reference

Historical reference for the closed U.S. Department of State FY 2026 STRIVE cooperative agreement, which offered approximately $2,000,000 for one recipient to administer international higher-education subawards and partnerships.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Approximately $2,000,000 (1 anticipated award) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

FY 2026 Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning

The Federal Transit Administration's FY 2026 TOD Pilot Program funded comprehensive or site-specific planning associated with new fixed-guideway or core-capacity transit projects. The FY 2026 application window is closed, so this page is a historical reference.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: FY 2026 funding pool $28,492,618; no minimum or maximum grant award Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

FY 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program (FTA-2026-009-TPM-RAIL)

Historical reference for the Federal Transit Administration's FY 2026 Competitive Grants for Rail Vehicle Replacement Program, which offered $166,050,322 for competitive replacement of rail rolling stock. The July 6, 2026 application deadline has passed and no next cycle is announced on the official FTA program pages checked.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $166,050,322 total; up to 3 projects; no minimum or maximum grant award Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

FY 2026 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) by USDA-NIFA

The USDA-NIFA FY 2026 BFRDP competition funded collaborative training, education, outreach, and technical-assistance projects for beginning farmers and ranchers. The June 16, 2026 deadline has passed; this page is a historical reference for the closed solicitation.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: FY 2026 anticipated program funding: $44,443,140 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

Future offshore wind technologies: industrial research (research organisations)

Historical Innovate UK competition for UK-registered business collaborations undertaking industrial research in offshore wind. The competition closed on 3 June 2026 and offered a share of up to £10 million across both strands.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to £10,000,000 across both strands Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Future of Work Reporting Fellowship 2026: USD $5,000 Stipend Plus USD $1,500 Reporting Support for Place-Based Journalism

The Future of Work Reporting Fellowship is a 2026 cohort for U.S.-based journalists to produce a place-based reporting project on education, workforce development, and innovation economy impacts, with up to $6,500 total support. The official portal accepts complete applications through September 4, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: USD $6,500 total support ($5,000 stipend + $1,500 expense budget) Deadline: Sep 4, 2026 Location: United States

Future of Work Reporting Fellowship 2026–2027: A $5,000 Stipend Plus a $1,500 Expense Budget for U.S. Journalists Covering Work, Education, and the Innovation Economy

New America's Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative and Work Shift support U.S.-based early- and mid-career journalists with a place-based reporting project on education, workforce development, and technology-driven economic development, providing a $5,000 stipend, a $1,500 expense budget, editorial support, and professional development for a September 2026–August 2027 fellowship.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $5,000 stipend plus a $1,500 expense budget for travel, research, and other reporting expenses Deadline: Sep 4, 2026 Location: United States

Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 11 (UKRI)

Historical reference for UK Research and Innovation’s Future Leaders Fellowships Round 11, a UK-wide personal award for researchers and innovators transitioning to or establishing independence. UKRI now marks the opportunity closed.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Total fund £110,000,000; no minimum or maximum project cost Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Fund for Teachers Fellowship 2026 — Historical Reference

Historical reference for the closed 2026 Fund for Teachers Fellowship, which offered self-designed learning grants of up to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for teams.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Up to $5,000 for individuals; up to $10,000 for teams Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

Full ADOPT Grant: Round Eight

An open Innovate UK ADOPT competition for established farming, growing or forestry businesses in England to fund collaborative on-farm trials with total project costs between £50,000 and £200,000.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Up to £5,000,000 total competition funding Deadline: Aug 12, 2026 Location: England and United Kingdom

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets 2026: Historical Innovate UK Competition for UK AI Benchmark and Dataset Projects

Innovate UK ran a closed 2026 competition for collaborations creating benchmark datasets, curated annotated datasets, and evaluation harnesses for priority AI missions in health, life sciences, and advanced materials.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Share of up to £4.5 million; minimum £4.5 million allocated across the competition Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme 2027-2028

Historical reference for the closed FIAS 2027-2028 Fellowship Programme, which supported international researchers for ten months in one of seven French Institutes for Advanced Study with a net allowance of €2,200/month, research/training support, and relocation assistance.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Minimum net living allowance: €2,200/month; research and training budget: €2,500/year Deadline: Historical reference Location: France

French Tech Tremplin - La mission French Tech

French Tech Tremplin is a Mission French Tech inclusion programme for young French companies whose founders come from under-represented social or geographic backgrounds. The 2026 Incubation cycle offered 12 months of free incubation and startup support of up to EUR 15,000; that cycle is now closed and no next application round has been announced.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: Up to EUR 15,000 for each selected startup, with free 12-month incubation Deadline: Historical reference Location: France

Forrest Research Foundation Fellowships 2026 (Australia Postdoctoral Fellowship Round)

Historical reference for the Forrest Research Foundation's 2026 postdoctoral fellowship round in Perth, Western Australia. The official application page closed submissions on 30 June 2026, and no later postdoctoral round is announced on the Foundation's current fellowship pages.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Salary consistent with a Level A Step 8 appointment (the official page gives AUD $108,362 at UWA … Deadline: Historical reference Location: Perth, Western Australia and Australia

Foresight Institute AI for Science & Safety Nodes 2026: Up to $100,000 Plus Compute and Office Space

Foresight Institute offers grants, private compute, and office or community space in its San Francisco and Berlin AI Nodes for individuals, teams, and organisations building AI-first projects in science and safety.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: Typically $10,000 to $100,000 per grant Deadline: Jul 31, 2026

FY2026 High Priority Program-Commercial Motor Vehicle (HP-CMV)

Historical FY2026 U.S. Department of Transportation grant from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for eligible public, tribal, higher-education, and 501(c)(3) applicants to fund commercial motor vehicle safety projects.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $56,500,000 expected total funding; $2,000,000 maximum award Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

Fleishhacker Foundation Small Arts Grants 2027: $5,000 to $10,000 in Unrestricted Support for Small Bay Area Arts Organizations

The Fleishhacker Foundation's Small Arts program awards $5,000 to $10,000 in general, unrestricted support to eligible Bay Area arts and culture organizations and post-production film projects. The spring 2027 proposal deadline is January 15, 2027.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $5,000 to $10,000 (general operating support) Deadline: Jan 15, 2027 Location: United States and San Francisco Bay Area, California

Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

A National Sea Grant College Program fellowship administered by NOAA for graduate students interested in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes policy, with student applications routed through eligible Sea Grant programs and full proposals submitted by those programs.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: US$97,200 per application package: $79,700 in base funding plus up to $17,500 in travel costs Deadline: Aug 26, 2026 Location: United States