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Founders Fund Africa Creative Economy Accelerator 2026: $20,000–$50,000 in Convertible-Note Capital and a Four-Month Lagos Programme for Ten Creative Startups
Chocolate City Group's $1 million Founders Fund Africa, with Argentil Capital Management and Co-Creation Hub, is selecting ten early-stage music, film, gaming, design and creative-tech startups for a Lagos bootcamp and accelerator, investing US$20,000–US$50,000 each via convertible notes, with applications reported to close 28 August 2026.
Portugal + Preparado 2026: One €250,000 Gulbenkian Grant for an 18-Month Earthquake Preparedness Programme, Closing 31 August 2026
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is awarding a single grant of up to €250,000 for a project of up to 18 months that builds a culture of earthquake preparedness and seismic resilience in Portugal, with applications closing 31 August 2026 at 15:00 Lisbon time.
INHABIT Artist-in-Residence 2027 at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics: A €10,000 Four-Month Funded Residency in Frankfurt, Closing 1 September 2026
The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics is recruiting two artists for four-month INHABIT residencies in Frankfurt during 2027, each receiving a €10,000 fellowship paid in four instalments, a project-dependent production budget, travel and a Germany-wide transport pass, and working access to the institute's ArtLab, sound studio and research groups; applications close 1 September 2026 at 23:59 CET.
KWI Essen International Fellowships 2027: €3,000 or €4,000 a Month for Six Months of Humanities Research in the Ruhr, Closing 17 August 2026
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen is recruiting its 14th fellow cohort for a six-month residency from 1 April to 30 September 2027, paying a pre-tax monthly allowance of €3,000 for early-career postdocs or €4,000 for the Thyssen@KWI fellowship, with applications due 17 August 2026.
COST Open Call 2026 (OC-2026-1): Up to 80 New Pan-European Research Networks Funded at Roughly €600,000 Each, Closing 28 October 2026
COST's 2026 Open Call funds up to 80 new four-year pan-European science and technology networks, each receiving approximately €600,000 in networking funding, with a single-stage anonymous submission open from 31 July 2026 until the collection date of 28 October 2026 at 12:00 noon CET.
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Early Career Fellowships 2027/2028: A Salary-Matching Stipend, Subsidized Berlin Housing, and Ten Months of Protected Research Time
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin is accepting applications for its 2027/2028 Early Career Calls, offering researchers a salary-based stipend, a monthly living allowance, subsidized on-campus housing, and covered travel for a residential fellowship in Berlin.
TBAT Innovation Challenge 2026: A £50,000 R&D Cash Prize Plus a £100,000+ Support Package for UK Technology Businesses, Closing 12 August 2026
TBAT Innovation's 2026 Innovation Challenge awards a UK technology business a £50,000 cash prize to spend on R&D, with £5,000 each for two runners-up, a £1,000 Rising Star Award, and a shared support package worth more than £100,000 in legal, IP, accounting, engineering, NHS access and grant-writing services; applications close 12 August 2026 at 11:59pm.
Terra Foundation Convening Grants 2026–2027: $10,000–$25,000 for Symposia, Workshops, and Gatherings on American and Indigenous North American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art awards $10,000 to $25,000 twice a year to nonprofit organizations worldwide that convene conferences, symposia, and workshops advancing interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange on the visual arts of the United States and the Indigenous arts of North America, with the next inquiry due September 28, 2026.
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant For All (AARGA) 2026: Up to $200,000 Over Three Years for Newly Independent Dementia Researchers
AARGA gives assistant professors within seven years of appointment up to $200,000 over two to three years to generate the pilot data behind a future federal grant, with a letter of intent due 14 August 2026 and full applications due 14 October 2026.
Rijksakademie Tech Fellowship 2027: €22,000 for Eleven Months as a Workshop Specialist and Researcher in Amsterdam
The Rijksakademie in Amsterdam is recruiting up to five tech fellows for 2027, each paid €22,000 over eleven months to split their week between learning to run one of six technical workshops and conducting an independent craft-and-materials research project, with applications closing 1 September 2026.
James Castle House Residency 2027: A $4,000 Two-Month or $1,000 Two-Week Funded Residency in Boise, Idaho
The Boise City Department of Arts & History is accepting applications through August 28, 2026 for 2027 residency terms at the historic James Castle House, offering a $4,000 stipend for two-month terms or $1,000 for two-week terms, plus private furnished living quarters and a 275-square-foot live/work studio.
NourishNext West Africa 2026: A US$5,000 Equity-Free Seed Grant, Mentorship, and a Dakar Investor Showcase for Youth-Led Fruit and Vegetable Ventures
GAIN, with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and support from ECOWAS and the SUN Movement, is running a four-country innovation challenge that awards finalists a non-repayable, equity-free US$5,000 seed grant plus mentorship and a place at a Dakar regional showcase, with applications closing 7 September 2026.
Resilient Futures Call 2026: US$10,000–20,000 Ideation Grants From a US$700,000 Fund for Climate and Political Leadership Work
The Better Politics Fund's Resilient Futures Call offers open-application Ideation Grants of US$10,000–20,000 for new or early-stage non-partisan work at the intersection of democratic political leadership and climate resilience, with applications closing at midnight CET on 4 September 2026.
QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship 2027–28: $20,000 and a Debut Solo Museum Exhibition for Two Emerging New York City Artists
The Queens Museum's eighth QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship gives two emerging visual artists living in New York City's five boroughs $20,000 each, a year of curatorial and professional development support, four mentorship sessions with an established artist of their choosing, and a solo project exhibition at the museum in 2028, with applications closing September 28, 2026.
NLnet Foundation Open Calls: €5,000–€50,000 Grants for Free and Open Source Internet Projects, Reopening 3 September 2026 With a 3 November 2026 Deadline
NLnet Foundation pauses submissions until 3 September 2026, when new calls across several of its funds open with a hard deadline of 3 November 2026 at 12:00 CEST, seeking free and open source research and development proposals between €5,000 and €50,000.
Innovation Saskatchewan Innovation Challenge 2026: A $30,000 Grant, a 16-Week Ministry Residency, and Full Commercialization Rights for Stopping Zebra Mussels
Innovation Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment are offering one winning team a $30,000 grant, a minimum 16-week residency with the ministry, and full commercialization rights for a technology solution that prevents aquatic invasive species from spreading into Saskatchewan waters, with Expressions of Interest due August 14, 2026.
FUJIFILM GFX Challenge Grant Program 2026: $10,000 Global and $5,000 Regional Awards Plus a Loaned GFX Camera Kit for Photo and Film Projects
Fujifilm's GFX Challenge Grant Program 2026 awards five $10,000 Global Grants and ten $5,000 Regional Grants to photographers and filmmakers worldwide, each paired with a loaned GFX System camera body, two GF lenses, and technical mentoring, with applications closing August 17, 2026.
FLOSS/fund 2026: $10,000 to $100,000 a Year for Free and Open Source Projects, Applied For With a funding.json File
FLOSS/fund is a $1 million-a-year initiative from Zerodha that awards $10,000 to $100,000 annually to established free and open source projects worldwide, with rolling applications submitted as a published funding.json manifest.
British Council Springboard Research Grants 2026: Up to £10,000 for UK–France, UK–Germany and UK–Spain Early-Career Research Partnerships
The British Council's Springboard 2026 call offers up to £10,000 per project — with a minimum of 38 grants expected — to fund a two-day partnership meeting, optional communication skills training, and optional one-week lab placements for teams of early-career researchers in the UK working with counterparts in France, Germany or Spain, ahead of a 30 September 2026 deadline.
SBA SCALE Program FY 2026: Up to $500,000 for Organizations That Get Small Suppliers Into Critical Supply Chains
The SBA's new Supply Chain Acceleration and Logistics Enablement (SCALE) Program will make roughly 20 grants of up to $500,000 each, over a 24-month period of performance, to organizations delivering accelerator programming and technical assistance to small businesses in six priority supply chains, with proposals due through Grants.gov by 4:00 p.m. ET on August 7, 2026.
Second Nature Catalyst Grants 2026 (Round Seven): Up to $5,000 in Unrestricted Funding to Jumpstart Campus Climate Projects
Second Nature's 2026 Catalyst Grants offer colleges and universities up to $5,000 in unrestricted funding for projects that cut campus emissions, build climate resilience, prepare students for clean energy careers, or advance environmental justice, with applications open July 22, 2026 and closing September 24, 2026.
Berkman Klein Center Fellowship at Harvard: Up to $75,000 for a Year of Public-Interest AI Research
A practical guide to the Berkman Klein Center's annual open-call fellowship at Harvard, covering the up-to-$75,000 stipend, the closed 2026 and 2026-2027 round, the five AI research priorities, eligibility, required materials, and how to prepare for the next cycle.
Newnham College Research Fellowships 2027: Three-Year Stipendiary Posts at Cambridge for Early-Career Women Researchers
Newnham College, Cambridge is inviting applications from women with doctorates for three-year stipendiary Research Fellowships starting 1 October 2027, paying Point 42 on the University Scale (£38,784 for 2025-26) plus a £10,000 research-event award, with September 2026 closing dates.
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Alternative Fuels — UK Grant Guide 2026
Innovate UK and the Department for Transport are offering up to £150 million for collaborative projects that develop, build, and demonstrate alternative-fuel vessels and related port refuelling infrastructure.
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