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2696 opportunities documented Updated Sep 20, 2026
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Earthna Prize 2026 for Traditional Knowledge and Sustainability

Historical reference for the closed Earthna Prize 2026, which offered up to four US$250,000 awards from a US$1 million pool for projects applying traditional knowledge to sustainability challenges.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: US$250,000 per winner; US$1,000,000 total pool Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global and Qatar

Dual-use aviation systems and autonomy 2026: Up to GBP 10 Million in Grant Funding for UK Organisations (Closed)

Historical reference for Innovate UK's closed 2026 competition supporting UK collaborations developing aviation technologies and systems for civil and military use cases.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: up to GBP 10,000,000 total competition funding Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Dual-use Aviation Systems and Autonomy 2026: Innovate UK Grant Competition for Collaborative Delivery

Innovate UK offered collaborative UK projects funding to develop dual-use aviation technologies for civil and defence use, with a competition-wide budget of up to £10 million and project-level grant requests of £300,000–£1.25 million.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Total competition fund £10,000,000; project grant request £300,000 to £1,250,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

DSAC Heritage Studies Bursary 2026: Historical Reference and Eligibility Guide

A verified historical guide to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture 2026 Heritage Bursary, including its closed deadline, funding limits, eligibility rules, documents, and online application process.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to R110,000 per student Deadline: Historical reference

Doctoral Focal Award: Environmental Evidence Synthesis (UKRI NERC/ESRC)

UKRI’s NERC- and ESRC-backed doctoral focal award funded long-cycle training grants in environmental evidence synthesis, with up to two awards supporting 30 notional studentships across three annual intakes.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: £8,144,000 total fund, maximum £4,072,000 per doctoral focal award Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Digital Energy Challenge Call for Projects 2026: Tech Accelerator and Partnership Tracks

Historical reference for the closed Digital Energy Challenge 2026, an AFD-managed program that offered up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator projects and up to €400,000 for a Nigeria Partnership project, including expert support.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to €150,000 for Tech Accelerator; up to €400,000 for Partnership Deadline: Historical reference Location: Africa and Nigeria

Denys Holland Scholarship at UCL 2026: £9,000 a Year Undergraduate Award for Students of Any Nationality

The Denys Holland Scholarship is a UCL undergraduate award for students of any nationality who demonstrate financial need and a serious intention to contribute to university life. The 2026 round is closed and no next cycle has been announced on the public UCL scholarship page.

Status: Historical Type: Scholarship Amount: £9,000 per year, awarded for one year initially and renewable for up to three years in total … Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership 2026: Up to £5,000,000 for UK Farming Innovation with Private Co-Investment

Historical Innovate UK competition that offered a share of up to £5,000,000 for late-stage farming innovation projects, alongside aligned private investment; applications closed on 17 June 2026.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: up to £5,000,000 total competition fund; eligible project costs £750,000 to £3,000,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

DOE Early Career Research Program 2026 (DE-FOA-0003602): Closed Cycle

Historical reference for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science FY2026 Early Career Research Program. The cycle closed on 2026-06-02; awards were expected to be approximately $875,000 for institutions of higher education or $2,750,000 for DOE/NNSA national laboratories and SC scientific user facilities over five years.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $875,000 over five years for an Institution of Higher Education Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

DARPA Bio-Attribution Challenge (2026)

A completed DARPA prize challenge in which teams developed computational methods to detect, characterize, and attribute biological sequence signals in a secure virtual evaluation environment.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $180,000 total prize pool Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship at SAIS Johns Hopkins 2026-2027: Historical Funding and Application Reference

A verified historical reference for the closed 2026-2027 DAAD Postdoctoral Fellowship at Johns Hopkins SAIS, covering the official deadline, funding, eligibility, residency, and application materials.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Monthly salary up to $6,000 minus U.S. taxes; research funding up to $3,000 for a 12-month stay Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global

CSR-Hub Cohort IV: Civic Space Protection and Regulatory Compliance Programme (2026 Historical Reference)

The Civic Space Resource Hub Cohort IV programme supported legally registered CSOs in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal with civic-space protection, regulatory compliance, governance, and organisational capacity-building. The published 2026 application round is closed.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: No cash award amount is stated. Support is a 12-month programme of tailored training, … Deadline: Historical reference

Critical Minerals and Materials Accelerator (DE-FOA-0003589): DOE Cooperative Funding for Prototype and Pilot Technologies

A U.S. Department of Energy cooperative agreement opportunity for domestic teams developing bench-scale critical-minerals processing technologies toward prototype and pilot readiness across three topic areas. The completed round offered up to $69 million, with Phase 1 cost share and a possible Phase 2 pilot down-select.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $69,000,000 total across all topic areas; possible Phase 2 awards up to $8,000,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United States

Creative Industries Clusters Round 2 (Invite Only)

Historical AHRC grant programme that invited eligible teams to establish four new Creative Industries Clusters focused on place-based or sector challenges, applied R&D, creative-industry partnerships, skills, inclusion, sustainability, and regional growth.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Total fund: £27,000,000. Maximum AHRC award: £6,750,000 per application. AHRC funds 80% of full … Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

UK Counter UAS Technologies Grant (Innovate UK): 2026 Historical Reference

Historical reference for Innovate UK's closed 2026 competition funding collaborative UK projects developing dual-use counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems technologies for civil and military settings.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to £5,000,000 total competition fund Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

PROCOMER Impulso Tecnologico Costa Rica: Up to CRC 7,000,000 Seed Capital for TIC Exporters

PROCOMER, SBD and INA offered Costa Rican TIC MIPYMEs non-reimbursable seed capital of up to CRC 7,000,000 plus 12 hours of advisory. The first-edition call closed 7 November 2025; 24 companies were ultimately selected, and no second edition has been announced.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: Up to CRC 7,000,000 per company, covering at most 80% of the project budget Deadline: Historical reference Location: Costa Rica

Coronation 2026 Graduate Trainee Programme Academy Cohort I — Historical Reference

Historical reference for Coronation Group's closed 2026 Graduate Trainee Programme Academy Cohort I, which offered nine entry pathways for eligible graduates in Lagos.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: Not specified on the official listing. Deadline: Historical reference

Contracts for Innovation: FOAK26 (DFT Rail Innovation, 2026-27)

Historical reference for Innovate UK and Department for Transport's closed FOAK26 Contracts for Innovation competition, which offered up to £4.3 million across eight rail challenges for high-maturity prototypes, field testing, and demonstrations.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: £4,300,000 total programme funding; contracts up to £210,000 per project (inclusive of VAT) Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Contracts for Innovation: Cyber Scale in Critical Sectors (2026)

Historical reference for Innovate UK's closed 2026 Contracts for Innovation competition, which offered up to £3.5 million for cybersecurity solutions at TRL 7 to demonstrate, improve, and commercialise them in real critical-sector environments.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to £3,500,000 total; contracts up to £300,000 per project inclusive of VAT Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance: Accelerator for Climate Finance Instruments in Emerging Markets

Annual development program for early-stage climate-finance vehicles, combining technical analysis, financial modeling, investor engagement, and implementation planning.

Status: Historical Type: Accelerator Amount: USD 250,000 in-kind analytical and communications support for selected ideas Deadline: Historical reference Location: Emerging Markets and Global

Start-Up Chile Ignite (Former Seed): Historical Guide to Equity-Free Funding for Tech Startups

A historical reference for the closed Start-Up Chile Ignite call, the successor to the former Seed line, with verified eligibility, funding, and application requirements from the official call documents.

Status: Historical Type: Accelerator Amount: Closed BIG 11 terms: up to CLP 30,000,000, plus a possible CLP 20,000,000 extension Deadline: Historical reference Location: Chile

CfI: Boosting Fathers' Engagement to Improve Child Outcomes

Innovate UK ran a phase 1 Contracts for Innovation competition for evidence-based interventions, products, tools, or service models that increase fathers' engagement in learning and child development. The closed cycle offered up to £2,000,000 in total, with individual phase 1 contracts between £200,000 and £500,000 inclusive of VAT.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: £2,000,000 total programme budget; £200,000 to £500,000 per phase 1 contract inclusive of VAT Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills

Closed EPSRC grant call for one UK centre that strengthens quantum commercialisation skills over four years, with an award range of £10,000,000 to £11,300,000 in non-FEC eligible costs.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: £10,000,000 - £11,300,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

CDTI NEOTEC Technology Startup Grant

Historical reference for CDTI's closed NEOTEC 2026 grant call for small, innovative Spanish technology companies developing research-based technology projects.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to €250,000 per beneficiary at 70% of eligible costs, or up to €325,000 at 85% when the … Deadline: Historical reference Location: Spain