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2331 opportunities documented Updated Aug 11, 2026
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L'Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents Caribbean for Women in Science 2026: Two US$15,000 Awards for Doctoral, Postdoctoral, and Early-Career Women Scientists Across the Caribbean

A regional For Women in Science program giving two US$15,000 awards to outstanding women researchers based in the Caribbean, open to doctoral students, postdocs, and early-career scientists until 14 August 2026.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Award Amount: US$15,000 per award (two awards) Deadline: Aug 14, 2026 Location: Caribbean

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2027: An Eight-Month Commercialisation Programme and a Share of £85,000 for Sub-Saharan African Engineers

The Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize shortlists up to 16 sub-Saharan African innovators for an eight-month commercialisation programme, then awards £85,000 in prize money — a £50,000 grand prize, three £10,000 runner-up awards, and a £5,000 One to Watch award; the 2027 cycle is open until 8 September 2026.

Status: Open Type: Prize Amount: £85,000 total prize pool (£50,000 grand prize, three £10,000 runner-up awards, £5,000 One to … Deadline: Sep 8, 2026 Location: Sub-Saharan Africa

Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship 2026–2027: A Fully Funded Six-Month Virtual Fellowship With a $2,000 Monthly Stipend for Ten Scholars, Journalists, and Experts Writing About Russia and Eurasia

The Kennan Institute's inaugural Digital Fellowship offers ten remote fellows a $2,000 monthly stipend over six months, mentorship, and a Washington policy platform to research and publish original work on Russia and broader Eurasia.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Fellowship Amount: $2,000 per month for six months (approximately $12,000 total) Deadline: Aug 14, 2026 Location: Remote

Future of Life Institute Digital Media Accelerator 2026: Rolling Support for Creators Making Accessible Digital Content About AI Safety and Risk

A rolling-application program from the Future of Life Institute that funds and supports online creators producing videos, podcasts, and newsletters that explain AI safety and risk to broad audiences.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: Worldwide

Pulitzer Center Rainforest Reporting Grant 2026: Rolling Grants of Roughly $8,000 to $15,000 for Ambitious Journalism on the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia

A rolling reporting grant from the Pulitzer Center's Rainforest Journalism Fund that funds staff and freelance journalists of any nationality — most awards fall between $8,000 and $15,000 — to produce in-depth investigations of tropical forest issues in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia.

Status: Rolling Type: Grant Amount: Most grants $8,000–$15,000 Deadline: Rolling or ongoing Location: Amazon, Congo Basin, Southeast Asia and Global

Milken-Motsepe Prize in Circular Economy 2026: A $2 Million Prize Pool — Including a $1 Million Grand Prize — for Technology-Enabled Circular Economy Companies Operating in Africa

A global innovation competition from the Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation awarding $2 million in total prizes to established, technology-enabled circular economy companies operating on the African continent, with applications due 13 August 2026.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Prize Amount: $2 million total prize pool, including a $1 million grand prize and a $250,000 runner-up prize Deadline: Aug 13, 2026 Location: Africa

The Bennett Prize 2027: A $75,000 Grand Prize and a National Traveling Exhibition for Women Figurative Realist Painters in the United States

A biennial art prize offering $75,000 paid over two years to one woman figurative realist painter based in the United States, plus a $10,000 runner-up award and a ten-artist traveling exhibition, with a September 19, 2026 entry deadline for the fifth (2027) award cycle.

Status: Open Type: Prize Amount: $75,000 grand prize ($37,500 per year for two years) plus a $10,000 runner-up award Deadline: Sep 19, 2026 Location: United States

IBRO Parenthood Grants 2026: Up to $4,000 to Keep an Early-Career Neuroscientist's Lab Running Through Pregnancy, Birth, or Adoption Leave

IBRO offers early-career principal investigators in neuroscience one-time grants of USD 2,000 to 4,000 to sustain their research through pregnancy, birth, or adoption leave, with a second-round deadline of 15 August 2026.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: USD 2,000–4,000 depending on region Deadline: Aug 15, 2026 Location: Worldwide

Vermont Studio Center Fellowships 2027: Fully Funded Residencies Worth More Than $12,000 — Plus Stipends up to $2,000 — for Visual Artists and Writers

Vermont Studio Center awards full fellowships covering a two-to-four-week residency worth more than $12,000, plus named awards carrying stipends of up to $2,000, to visual artists and writers selected by anonymous jury for 2027 residencies.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: Full fellowship covers a residency valued at more than $12,000 for four weeks Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 Location: United States and Johnson, Vermont

Her Agenda Breakthrough Grant 2026: A Community-Funded $5,000 Cash Award for One Woman Entrepreneur, Judged by Dozens of Founders and Executives

Her Agenda's community-funded Breakthrough Grant awards one woman entrepreneur $5,000 in its third volume, with a September 18, 2026 deadline and a small entry fee that goes back into the grant pool.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $5,000 cash award for one recipient Deadline: Sep 18, 2026 Location: United States

Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination Fellowship 2027–2028: A $75,000 Academic Year in Paris With a Private Office at Reid Hall for Scholars, Writers, and Artists

A residential fellowship at Columbia University's Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris, paying $75,000 for the September 2027–May 2028 academic year plus a private office and research support, for a cohort of up to 15 scholars, writers, and artists.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $75,000 for the full academic year (September 2027–May 2028) Deadline: Sep 30, 2026 Location: France and Paris

Purpose Earth Grant Award 2027: $2,000 to $10,000 Plus Mentorship for Environmental, Community, and Cultural Projects Worldwide

Purpose Earth offers grants of $2,000 to $10,000 plus tailored mentorship to purpose-driven individuals and organizations running environmental, community, or cultural projects, with the 2027 application window closing on 10 August 2026 or after the first 200 completed applications.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: $2,000 to $10,000 per recipient Deadline: Aug 10, 2026 Location: Global

Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability 2027: A Three-Year Cornell Appointment Paying $65,000 a Year Plus $12,000 in Annual Research and Travel Funds

A three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University for up to four early-career scholars, pairing a Cornell faculty mentor with an external partner to deliver applied sustainability research on climate risk, energy transitions, food security, or One Health.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $65,000 per year salary, full benefits, and $12,000 per year for research and travel Deadline: Oct 20, 2026 Location: United States and Ithaca, New York

Roddenberry Fellowship 2027: $50,000 and a Year of Coaching, Retreats, and Peer Support for U.S. Social-Change Founders

The Roddenberry Fellowship gives U.S.-based nonprofit founders $50,000 over 12 months, plus coaching, retreats, and a lasting alumni network, to grow an existing initiative or launch a new one advancing a more equitable and just United States, with a next deadline of August 17, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $50,000 over a 12-month fellowship, plus coaching, retreats, and ongoing alumni support Deadline: Aug 17, 2026 Location: United States

Halstead Grant 2027: A $7,500 Cash Award Plus a $1,000 Gift Card and Judges' Feedback for Emerging U.S. Silver Jewelry Entrepreneurs

The Halstead Grant is an annual business-development award giving one emerging U.S. silver jewelry artist a $7,500 cash grand prize, a $1,000 Halstead gift card, a trip to Prescott, Arizona, and a detailed judges' critique, with a May 1, 2027 deadline.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $7,500 cash grand prize plus a $1,000 Halstead gift card and additional benefits Deadline: May 1, 2027 Location: United States

McCloy Program 2027–2029: A Fully Supported Two-Year Master's at the Harvard Kennedy School for Outstanding Young Germans

A German government-linked scholarship that sends up to six graduates a year to a two-year public policy master's at the Harvard Kennedy School, with a monthly stipend, travel and starting grants, and tuition capped at €10,000 a year.

Status: Open Type: Scholarship Amount: USD 2,500 monthly stipend for 21 months, a USD 500 starting grant, a USD 1,000 travel grant, and … Deadline: Nov 1, 2026 Location: United States and Germany

FCDO Senior Research Fellowships 2027: Eleven Two-Year Funded Placements Embedding Senior UK Academics Inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The FCDO, through the GRTD Research Commissioning Centre, is recruiting eleven Senior Research Fellows to work two years at 0.4 FTE inside the department across areas from AI for Development to Global Health, with applications due 30 August 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Deadline: Aug 30, 2026 Location: United Kingdom

Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship 2027: A Fully Funded Four-Year University of Toronto Undergraduate Degree Covering Tuition, Books, Fees, and Full Residence

A prestigious University of Toronto award covering tuition, books, incidental fees, and full residence for four years for exceptional international students entering an undergraduate degree in September 2027.

Status: Open Type: Scholarship Amount: Full tuition, books, incidental fees, and full residence support for four years Deadline: Nov 6, 2026 Location: Canada

Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027: $85,000 a Year for Three Years of Independent Postdoctoral Research in Any Area of the Life Sciences

The LSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship funds three years of early-career research across every field of the life sciences, with the 2027 competition open from August 15 to October 1, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $85,000 per year for three years ($79,000 salary plus a $6,000 research allowance) Deadline: Oct 1, 2026 Location: United States and Worldwide

Hey Helen Grant 2026: A $10,000 Unrestricted Cash Award for U.S. Women- and Nonbinary-Owned Small Businesses

The Hey Helen Grant from Visionaries awards one U.S. woman- or nonbinary-owned, for-profit business $10,000 in unrestricted cash each cycle, with the next deadline on August 30, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: $10,000 unrestricted cash award per cycle Deadline: Aug 30, 2026 Location: United States

Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship 2026: £18,000 Over 12 Months to Give African Writers the Time to Finish a Book

The Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship gives published African writers £18,000, paid monthly across a year, so they can step back from other work and complete a book-length manuscript.

Status: Open Type: Scholarship Amount: £18,000 total, paid monthly over 12 months (up to 18 months for some non-fiction projects) Deadline: Sep 22, 2026 Location: Africa and Global (writers of African origin)

Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant 2026: $5,000 Project Grants for Women, Trans, and Gender-Nonconforming Artists Making Art for Social Change in Greater Philadelphia

The Leeway Foundation's Art and Change Grant provides $5,000 to fund art-for-social-change projects by women, trans, and gender-nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia, with a August 3, 2026 deadline.

Status: Deadline Passed Type: Grant Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Aug 3, 2026 Location: United States and Greater Philadelphia (PA/NJ)

Dan David Prize 2027: Up to Nine $300,000 Awards for Early- and Mid-Career Scholars and Practitioners Who Study the Human Past

The world's largest history prize awards up to nine annual prizes of $300,000 each to outstanding early- and mid-career scholars and practitioners of the human past, with nominations for the 2027 cycle open until October 13, 2026.

Status: Open Type: Prize Amount: $300,000 per winner (up to nine winners a year) Deadline: Oct 13, 2026 Location: Global

Karsh Journalism Fellowship 2027: A $4,000 Stipend, Three Fully Funded U.S. Retreats, and Year-Long Mentorship for Journalists Reporting on Jewish Issues

A nonpartisan U.S. fellowship that gives up to ten early- and mid-career journalists a $4,000 stipend, fully funded retreats in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles, and a year of mentorship to report with depth on Jewish topics.

Status: Open Type: Fellowship Amount: $4,000 stipend plus fully covered travel and lodging for three retreats Deadline: Sep 1, 2026 Location: United States