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MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 (HORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01): €593 Million for More Than 130 Consortia to Train Over 1,900 Doctoral Candidates, Closing 24 November 2026
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks call gives international consortia an indicative €593.03 million to build joint PhD training programmes, with proposals due at 17:00 Brussels time on 24 November 2026.
Kone Foundation Annual Grant Call 2026: Personal Working Grants of €2,700–€3,800 a Month and Project Budgets up to €500,000 for Bold Research and Art in Finland, Closing 15 September 2026
Kone Foundation opens its annual grant call from 1 to 15 September 2026, funding academic research in the humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences, artistic research and professional artistic work, with personal working grants set at €2,700, €3,200 or €3,800 a month and multi-year research group budgets typically running €200,000–€500,000.
Conquer Cancer International Innovation Grant 2027: Up to $20,000 for a One-Year Cancer Control Project in a Low- or Middle-Income Country, With Letters of Intent Closing 27 August 2026
Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, is accepting letters of intent for the 2027 International Innovation Grant, a one-year award of up to $20,000 paid to a nonprofit or government organization in a World Bank low- or middle-income country for hypothesis-driven cancer control research, with LOIs due 27 August 2026 and invited full applications due 10 December 2026.
JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan FY2027: ¥387,600 a Month for a 2–10 Month Visit or ¥18,000 a Day for a 14–60 Day Visit, With 145 First-Round Awards Closing 28 August 2026
JSPS funds established overseas researchers to work with a Japanese host on collaborative research, paying ¥387,600 a month for long-term visits of 2–10 months or ¥18,000 a day for short-term visits of 14–60 days, plus economy airfare, insurance, and up to ¥150,000 in research support; the FY2027 first round closes 28 August 2026 at 5 p.m. JST.
Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World 2026: A $10 Million Joint Fund From Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, ARIA and the Cooperative AI Foundation, With Awards up to $1 Million Closing 8 August 2026
A joint $10 million call funding one- to two-year research projects on the safety of large ecosystems of interacting AI agents, with Tier 1 awards up to $300,000 and Tier 2 awards from $300,000 to $1 million, closing 8 August 2026 at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.
adidas Foundation Recovery Through Sport 2026: €6 Million for Up to Three Multi-Year Strategic Partners, Expressions of Interest Closing 30 August 2026
The adidas Foundation has committed €6 million to a new Recovery Through Sport programme and is running an open Expression of Interest to select up to three strategic partner organisations working across humanitarian response, mental health and psychosocial support, child protection and sport for development, with submissions closing 30 August 2026 at 23:59 CEST.
VolkswagenStiftung NEXT 'Dual Use' of Ideas and Concepts from the Humanities and Social Sciences: Up to €650,000 for a Two-Year Team Project on How Academic Theory Gets Repurposed, Closing 6 October 2026
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding two-year exploratory research teams of two or three principal investigators at German institutions, with up to €450,000 for two PIs or €650,000 for three, to study how concepts from the humanities and social sciences are stripped from their original context and used for anti-liberal, anti-scientific and anti-democratic purposes.
Heising-Simons Astronova Fellowship 2027: A Four-Year Postdoc Award Paying $88,527 a Year Plus $70,000 in Discretionary Funds to Build Astronomical Instruments, Closing 2 October 2026
The Heising-Simons Foundation is running the second cycle of its Astronomical Innovation (Astronova) Fellowship, which gives up to two postdoctoral instrumentalists a four-year grant through one of six US host institutions covering a $88,527 starting salary with 4% annual increases, benefits, $70,000 in discretionary spending, and access to a later Innovation Fund grant of up to $150,000, with applications due 2 October 2026 at 2pm Pacific Time.
VolkswagenStiftung Opus Magnum 2026: Up to €220,000 to Buy a German Professor Six to Eighteen Months Away From Teaching to Finish One Major Book, Closing 18 November 2026
The Volkswagen Foundation will fund a substitute professorship for 6 to 18 months, worth up to €220,000, so that an established humanities, cultural studies or social sciences professor at a German university can write a comprehensive scholarly book, with applications due 18 November 2026 at 2:00 pm.
STIAS Individual Fellowship for First Semester 2028: A Funded Five-Month Residency in Stellenbosch for Established Scholars, Closing 31 October 2026
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is accepting applications until 23:59 UTC on 31 October 2026 for its first-semester 2028 Individual Fellowships, which fund a residency from mid-January to mid-June 2028 with a monthly stipend, return economy airfare to Cape Town, accommodation in Stellenbosch, an office at the Wallenberg Research Centre and daily weekday lunch.
British Council Disability Inclusion Partnerships 2026: Up to £25,000 for a 17-Month UK–Overseas University Partnership, Closing 21 September 2026
The British Council's Going Global Partnerships programme is offering grants of up to £25,000 for joint projects between a UK higher education institution and a partner institution in one of ten countries to strengthen disability-inclusive policy and practice, with applications closing at 11:00 a.m. BST on 21 September 2026 and projects running 17 months from 1 January 2027.
RJ Research Initiation 2026: Rolling Grants From SEK 50,000 for Scholarly Meetings in the Humanities and Social Sciences, With a Final Deadline of 30 October 2026
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond funds conferences, workshops and other scholarly meetings that lead to new humanities and social science research, with continuous applications decided six times a year — but 30 October 2026 is the final deadline before the foundation evaluates the whole programme in 2027.
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants December 2026: Up to CAD $78,000 for a One-Year Synthesis on the Changing Nature of Security and Conflict, Closing 3 December 2026
SSHRC, with NordForsk on the international stream, is funding up to 31 one-year grants of CAD $10,000–$78,000 for social sciences and humanities syntheses of existing research on hybrid threats, Arctic security, AI in defence, and whole-of-society resilience, with applications due 3 December 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Innovate Africa Challenge 2026 (3rd Edition): FAO and Smart Africa Will Deploy One Proven AI Climate-Smart Agriculture Solution in a Member State, Closing 31 August 2026
FAO and the Smart Africa Secretariat have opened the third Innovate Africa Challenge, themed 'From Ideation to Deployment', to select and field-deploy one proven AI solution for climate-smart agriculture in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi or Uganda, with applications submitted through the FAO STI portal by 31 August 2026.
UKRI Venture Doctorates 2026: A £25 Million Fund for One to Three Programmes Training at Least 50 Entrepreneurial PhD Students — Mandatory Expression of Interest Closes 21 September 2026
UKRI is investing £25 million in one to three doctoral focal awards that combine rigorous PhD research with hands-on venture creation, with a mandatory expression of interest due 21 September 2026 and outline applications closing 22 October 2026.
CEPF Mediterranean Basin Large Grants 2026: US$50,000–US$180,000 for Traditional Land Use and Threatened Plant Conservation, Letters of Inquiry Closing 18 September 2026
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and BirdLife International are accepting letters of inquiry for large grants of US$50,000 to US$180,000 in eight Mediterranean Basin countries, under two strategic directions covering traditional mountain land-use practices and threatened plant conservation, with a hard deadline of midnight EDT on 18 September 2026.
House of AI Startup Challenge 2026: Six Months of Free Membership at Groupama Immobilier's 14,000 sqm AI Campus in Paris La Défense, Closing 28 September 2026
Groupama Immobilier is recruiting applied AI startups for the House of AI, a 14,000 sqm campus inside Paris La Défense, with the top three winners receiving six months of complimentary membership and finalists fast-tracked into the first resident batch; applications close 28 September 2026 and winners are announced 30 October 2026.
ERC Advanced Grant 2026 (ERC-2026-AdG): Up to €2.5 Million Over Five Years for Established Research Leaders, Closing 27 August 2026
The European Research Council's ERC-2026-AdG call funds established research leaders with up to €2.5 million over five years, plus up to €1 million in additional costs — doubled to €2 million for principal investigators relocating from a non-associated third country — with a hard deadline of 27 August 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time.
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2027: Up to 30 Awards, Five €10,000 Grand Prix and a €10,000 Public Choice Award, Closing 7 September 2026
Europa Nostra and the European Commission have opened the 2027 call for Europe's top heritage honour, with up to 30 awards across five categories, up to five Grand Prix of €10,000 each, a €10,000 Public Choice Award, no entry fee, and a submission deadline of 7 September 2026.
NordForsk Nordic and Baltic Solutions on Food Security 2026: Up to NOK 15 Million per Project From a NOK 115 Million Pot, Closing 2 December 2026
NordForsk has opened a joint Nordic-Baltic call funding around ten research and innovation consortia on food system preparedness, critical infrastructure resilience, and consumer demand for regionally produced food, with applications due 2 December 2026 at 13:00 CET.
BBSRC Brazil Pump-Priming Award (FAPPA) 2026: Up to £35,000 for UK–São Paulo Bioscience Collaborations, Open With No Closing Date
BBSRC and the São Paulo Research Foundation opened the FAPPA pump-priming award on 29 July 2026, offering existing BBSRC grant holders up to £35,000 at 100% full economic costing over two years for travel, exchanges, workshops and limited preliminary research with FAPESP-funded collaborators in Brazil, on a rolling basis with applications due at least twelve weeks before travel.
Together for Service Families Place-Based Grants 2026: Portfolio Awards of Up to £350,000 Over 3.5 Years, With Expressions of Interest Closing 12 Noon on 19 August 2026
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is awarding place-based portfolio grants of up to £350,000 to a lead charity or local authority in each funded location to reduce the impact of service-related separation and relocation on families of serving personnel and reservists.
EPSRC Future Computing Paradigms Network Plus: One £2.8 Million Award to Build the UK's Five-to-Twenty-Year Computing Vision — Mandatory Expression of Interest Closes 11 September 2026
EPSRC is funding a single Network Plus worth up to £2.8 million at full economic cost, over 60 months, to build a whole-systems UK vision for computing technologies five to twenty years out, with a compulsory expression of interest due 11 September 2026 and full applications due 13 October 2026.
UK Obesity Research Institute Full Application 2026: Up to £72 Million From MRC and the British Heart Foundation for One Seven-Year National Institute, Closing 19 November 2026
The Medical Research Council, co-funding with the British Heart Foundation, opened the full application stage for the UK Obesity Research Institute on 30 July 2026, offering a single director-led award of up to £72 million over an initial seven years for mechanistic biomedical research into obesity, with applications closing 19 November 2026 at 4:00pm UK time.
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