Innovation

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2026 UN STI Forum Call for Innovations — Historical Reference (Deadline January 18, 2026)

Historical reference for the closed 2026 UN Call for Innovations, which sought breakthrough and scalable solutions for critical challenges in low-resource settings.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: No fixed cash award stated Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6 (AKT 6) 2026 — Closed: £35,000 Eligible Grant Costs per Project

Archived Innovate UK competition that closed on 15 July 2026, offering £35,000 in eligible grant costs for three-month projects led by UK knowledge bases with eligible UK business partners.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: £35,000 eligible grant costs per project; share of up to £2.5 million overall Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6 (AKT 6) 2026 (Closed)

UK Research and Innovation lists Innovate UK's Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Partnerships 6 (AKT 6) as closed after 15 July 2026. The historical call offered a share of a £2.5 million total fund for eligible UK academic institutions, RTOs, or Catapults working with a UK business that contributed at least 10% of project costs.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Share of £2,500,000 total fund Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

Activate AI Economic Opportunity Challenge 2026: Awarded Projects and Historical Grant Reference

Historical reference for data.org and Zoom Cares’ 2026 Activate AI challenge, which closed its application window and announced six awardee organizations working on economic opportunity, financial inclusion, workforce resilience, and climate resilience.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $115,000 total grant funding pool + technical assistance and mentorship (historical cycle) Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global

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

African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE): Historical 2020 Edition

Historical reference for the African Union's 2020 Continental and Regional Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence; no newer public call was identified on the official AU pages reviewed.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: 2020 published amounts: USD 100,000 for each of two continental awards and USD 20,000 for each … Deadline: Historical reference Location: Africa

AgriScale: Accelerating Agri-tech Manufacturing, Experimental Development

Innovate UK’s closed AgriScale grant competition supported collaborative UK projects that moved late-stage agri-tech products toward manufacturing readiness, production at scale, and market adoption.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to £8,000,000 competition total Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom

AI for Canadian Energy Innovation: Get Up to $1.5M for Your Tech

A closed Natural Resources Canada contribution call for applied artificial-intelligence research, development, and demonstration that accelerates Canadian energy innovation.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $500,000 - $1,500,000 Deadline: Historical reference Location: Canada

Alliances for innovation - Erasmus+

Historical Erasmus+ grant action for transnational partnerships between higher education, VET, enterprises, and the wider socio-economic environment to improve skills, curricula, and innovation.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Up to EUR €4,000,000 (depending on lot and project duration) Deadline: Historical reference Location: Erasmus+ Programme Countries and European Union

Apply for Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency (ZEVI 2)

UKRI and Innovate UK, with Department for Transport support, are funding up to £150 million in real-world clean maritime development projects focused on vessel energy efficiency, requiring collaboration, UK operations, and a three-year post-build demonstration.

Status: Open Type: Grant Amount: up to £150,000,000 (competition pot) Deadline: Sep 16, 2026 Location: United Kingdom