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Rory Peck Trust Freelance Assistance Programme: Grants and Support for Freelance Journalists in Crisis
The Rory Peck Trust runs an ongoing Freelance Assistance Programme offering needs-based grants and practical support to freelance newsgatherers and their families facing crisis, injury, persecution or hardship linked to their journalism, alongside safety training bursaries.
Ernst Mach Grant Worldwide: OeAD Austria Research Scholarship for PhD Students, Postgraduates and Postdocs
The Ernst Mach Grant worldwide is an OeAD scholarship funded by Austria's federal ministry that supports international PhD students, postgraduates and postdocs for research stays of one to nine months at Austrian universities, paying a monthly rate of EUR 1,300.
IWMF Howard G. Buffett Fund and Reporting Grants for Women Journalists 2026
The International Women's Media Foundation offers reporting grants and fellowships for women and non-binary journalists worldwide, anchored by the Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, funding ambitious reporting projects, professional development, safety training, and mentorship.
Rotary Peace Fellowship 2028-29: Fully Funded Master's and Certificate in Peace and Conflict Studies
A fully funded Rotary Foundation fellowship covering a master's degree or a professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at Rotary Peace Centers worldwide.
Resolution Project Social Venture Challenge 2026: Win a Resolution Fellowship With Seed Funding and Mentorship
The Resolution Project awards Resolution Fellowships to undergraduate students who win a Social Venture Challenge, providing seed funding of up to $5,000, mentorship, and access to a global fellow network.
Prototypes for Humanity 2026: A $100,000 Prize Pool and Fully Subsidized Dubai Showcase for Student and Recent-Graduate Innovations
A free-to-enter global competition (formerly Global Grad Show) inviting university students and recent graduates worldwide to submit research-driven prototypes, with a $100,000 prize pool and fully subsidized travel and accommodation to Dubai for 100 selected projects.
The Acumen Fellowship 2026: A Fully Sponsored Leadership Program for Social Change Leaders (Pakistan Cohort Open, Deadline August 14, 2026)
Acumen Academy's regional Fellowships are fully sponsored, part-time leadership programs for experienced social change leaders working to reduce poverty, with the Pakistan 2026 cohort currently open.
Gruber International Prizes 2027: Three Unrestricted $500,000 Awards in Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience — Nominations Close 15 December 2026
The Gruber Foundation at Yale University is accepting nominations for the 2027 Cosmology, Genetics, and Neuroscience Prizes, each carrying an unrestricted $500,000 cash award and a gold medal, with nominations for all three closing on 15 December 2026.
Jonathan Larson Grants 2026: Five Unrestricted Awards of $20,000 — Plus a $2,500 Recording Grant and a Joe's Pub Showcase — for Emerging Musical Theatre Composers, Lyricists, and Librettists, Closing Friday 4 September 2026
The American Theatre Wing's annual Jonathan Larson Grants give a small group of early-career musical theatre writers an unrestricted cash award — $20,000 each in the 2025 cycle — along with a Saw Island Foundation recording grant and a public showcase concert, with 2026 applications closing on Friday 4 September 2026.
Business Finland Challenge Competition for Leading Companies 2026: An €80 Million Round Awarding Up to €20 Million to a Single Company and Around €50 Million to Its Ecosystem — First-Phase Proposals Close 11 September 2026
Business Finland's two-phase challenge competition invites companies to promise a large, measurable increase in R&D spending in Finland in exchange for leading company funding of up to €20 million plus roughly €50 million of partnership funding for the ecosystem they build; first-phase proposals are due 11 September 2026 at 23:59.
NNF-IAS Fellowships in Health and Sustainability 2027: Five Fully Salaried 23-Month Residencies at Nordic Institutes for Advanced Study, Each With a €20,000 Research Budget, on the Theme of Inequity in Health — Applications Close 1 October 2026
The Novo Nordisk Foundation and four Nordic Institutes for Advanced Study are funding five two-year interdisciplinary fellowships starting 1 September 2027 on the theme Inequity in Health, open to researchers of any nationality and any discipline who are two to ten years past their PhD, with applications closing 1 October 2026 at 12:00 CEST.
Creative Australia Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups: A$10,000 to A$50,000 for Australian Artists Across Nine Peer Assessment Panels — Applications Close 3pm AEST Tuesday 1 September 2026
Creative Australia's flagship project grant for individual artists and unincorporated groups, offering A$10,000 to A$50,000 for creative development, new work, touring, residencies, publishing, and community engagement, assessed by peers across nine art form panels.
STFC PATT Travel Grants 2026: Two Years of Travel and Subsistence at 100 Percent Full Economic Cost, From a £15,000 Minimum, for UK Astronomy Groups Spending More Than £7,500 a Year on Observing Runs — Applications Close 15 October 2026
The Science and Technology Facilities Council funds travel and subsistence for UK-based astronomers travelling to telescopes for competitively awarded science observation time, with two-year group grants starting 1 April 2027 at 100 percent full economic cost and a minimum award of £15,000.
South Arts Arts in Community Grants FY2027: $2,000 to $10,000 Toward the Fee of a Southern Artist Working Outside Their Home State, Matched Dollar for Dollar — Applications Close 1 September 2026
South Arts is accepting FY2027 Arts in Community applications from nonprofits and government units in nine Southern states to cover up to 50 percent of the fee for a Southern artist presenting and teaching outside their home state, with a deadline of 1 September 2026.
William T. Grant Foundation Institutional Challenge Grant 2026: $650,000 Over Three Years — Including a Funded Mid-Career Fellowship and a $60,000 Planning Period — for Universities Willing to Change Their Own Promotion Rules to Support Research-Practice Partnerships — Closing 9 September 2026
The William T. Grant Foundation is awarding at least two Institutional Challenge Grants of $650,000 over three years to university-based research institutes, schools, and centers that build a sustained partnership with a public agency or nonprofit serving youth aged 5 to 25, and that make structural changes to how their own institution rewards engaged scholarship; applications close 9 September 2026 at 3:00 pm EST.
Nederlands Letterenfonds Fellowship 2026–2027 at NIAS: €3,500 a Month for Five Months in Amsterdam, Plus Return Flights and Subsidised Housing, for One Established Writer From the Caribbean Parts of the Kingdom — Applications Close 25 August 2026
NIAS and the Dutch Foundation for Literature are offering one established literary fiction or non-fiction writer based in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius or Sint Maarten a five-month residency in Amsterdam from February to July 2027, with a €3,500 monthly stipend, an international return ticket, an office at the institute and subsidised accommodation.
Al-Sumait Prize for African Development 2026 — Education Cycle: A US$1,000,000 Annual Award, Plus Gold Medal, for Research and Initiatives That Have Measurably Changed Education in Africa — Nominations Close 31 August 2026
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences has opened nominations for the 2026 Al-Sumait Prize, a US$1 million annual award whose 2026 subject is Education, recognising peer-reviewed research or initiatives applied in African countries within the past ten years — nominations close Monday 31 August 2026.
Biodiv'Sport Grant Programme 2026: Up to €5,000 From Play for Nature for Conservation NGOs Using Sporting Events to Protect an IUCN Red List Species — Applications Close 16 August 2026
Play for Nature's Biodiv'Sport fund awards grants of up to €5,000 to civil society conservation organisations running sporting events that raise community awareness and protect at least one threatened species on the IUCN Red List, with the 2026 application window running 15 July to 16 August 2026 for projects starting in 2027.
A Guide for the Commercialisation of Creative Industries Research: One £250,000 AHRC and Research England Award at 100 Percent Full Economic Cost to Write the Sector's Missing Spin-Out Playbook — Closing 15 October 2026
AHRC and Research England are funding a single 12-month project worth up to £250,000 at 100 percent of full economic cost to co-develop a creative industries specific spin-out and investment guide, with applications closing at 4:00pm UK time on 15 October 2026.
Copyright Agency Author Fellowship 2026: A Single $80,000 Award Giving One Established Australian Novelist, Playwright, Poet, or Children's Writer a Full Year on a Major New Work — Closing 1pm AEST Monday 17 August 2026
The Copyright Agency Cultural Fund awards one $80,000 Author Fellowship each year to an established Australian creative writer with at least five published or performed full-length works and a publishing contract or letter of intent, to write a significant new work over up to 12 months starting after 2 November 2026.
MEPRD FY 2027 Grant Cycle: $8.43 Million Across Four First-Come, First-Served Programs for Parks, Trails, Master Plans, and Outdoor Events in Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois — Open Until 31 May 2027
The Metro East Park and Recreation District has committed $8.43 million to four FY 2027 grant programs — Park and Trail, Priority Paths, Community Planning, and Event Sponsorship — awarded first-come, first-served at up to 40 percent of eligible costs from 15 July 2026 until 31 May 2027 or until funds run out.
Advanced Connectivity Technologies: New Innovators 2026 (Innovate UK Competition 2513): £25,000 to £50,000 at 100 Percent Funding, Reserved for UK Micro and Small Businesses That Have Never Held an Innovate UK Grant — Closing 5 August 2026
Innovate UK and DSIT are sharing a £500,000 pot in grants of £25,000 to £50,000, covering 100 percent of eligible project costs, for three-to-six-month connectivity projects led by UK micro and small businesses that have never received direct Innovate UK funding.
Fondazione Prada Film Fund 2026: A €1.5 Million Annual Fund Awarding €15,000 to €250,000 per Independent Feature — Production Projects Close 6 August and Development and Post-Production Close 10 September 2026
Fondazione Prada has allocated €1,500,000 for its 2026 Film Fund call, awarding €15,000 to €250,000 per project to independent producers of feature films of at least 65 minutes, with no restriction on genre, theme, language, or territory.
AHRC Design Generators Round Two: A £1 Million Fund Awarding £150,000 to £200,000 per Project for Design-Led Green Transition Research — Applications Close 29 September 2026
The Arts and Humanities Research Council is offering £1 million in total for 9-to-12-month design-led projects that intervene in existing systems to support the green transition, with each award worth £150,000 to £200,000 at 80 percent of full economic cost and a mandatory non-academic co-lead.
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