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2026 UN STI Forum Call for Innovations — Historical Reference (Deadline January 18, 2026)

Historical reference for the closed 2026 UN Call for Innovations, which sought breakthrough and scalable solutions for critical challenges in low-resource settings.

Status: Historical Type: Funding Opportunity Amount: No fixed cash award stated Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global

A*STAR International Fellowship: Overseas Postdoctoral Research and Innovation Support

The A*STAR International Fellowship supports early-career researchers with up to two years of overseas postdoctoral training through Research and Innovation tracks, plus living, travel, settling-in, conference and insurance allowances.

Status: Historical Type: Fellowship Amount: Allowance rates vary by country and host university or laboratory Deadline: Historical reference Location: Singapore and Overseas host university, research institution or eligible deep-tech startup

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

Historical Innovate UK AKT 6 competition, closed on 20 July 2026 at 12:00pm. It offered up to £35,000 grant funding for three-month innovation projects led by eligible UK Knowledge Bases with 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Historical Type: Grant Amount: £35,000 eligible grant costs per project; share of up to £2.5 million overall Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom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Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: Share of £2,500,000 total fund Deadline: Historical reference Location: United Kingdom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 — Awarded Projects and Historical Grant Reference

Historical reference for data.org and Zoom Cares’ Activate AI: Economic Opportunity Challenge. The application window is closed; data.org announced six awardees selected from 500 applications across 76 countries.

Status: Historical Type: Grant Amount: $115,000 combined grant and in-kind award package per selected winner (historical cycle) Deadline: Historical reference Location: Global

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2027: Closed Cycle Historical Reference

Historical reference for the closed 2027 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation call run by the Royal Academy of Engineering. Cycle 13 closed on 8 September 2026. The Academy says applications for the 2028 Prize will open in 2027; dates and guidance for that call are not yet published.

Status: Historical Type: Prize Amount: 2027 cycle: £85,000 total prize money (£50,000 overall winner, three £10,000 finalists, and … Deadline: Historical reference 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: Closed Call for Proposals

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