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FY 2026 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Public Transportation on Indian Reservations (Tribal Transit) Program
Federal Transit Administration competitive grants for federally recognized tribes and Alaska Native communities to support planning, capital, and operating assistance for rural tribal transit services, with applications due August 25, 2026.
Dual-use Aviation Systems and Autonomy 2026: Innovate UK Grant Competition for Collaborative Delivery
Innovate UK is funding collaborative UK projects to develop dual-use aviation technologies for civil and defence use, with a competition-wide budget of up to £10 million and expected project-level requests of £300,000–£1.25 million.
MSCA Choose Europe for Science 2027 (HORIZON-MSCA-2027-COFUND-02-01): 24/36 + 24 month postdoctoral recruitment
EU postdoctoral co-funding pilot for institutions that recruit researchers with clearer long-term career prospects, combining a 24–36 month EU-funded phase with a guaranteed 24-month beneficiary-funded phase.
FY 2026 Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) Grant
A federal train-the-trainer grant for national nonprofit fire service organizations to build HAZMAT response training capacity, with an application deadline of June 22, 2026, and up to $1,000,000 per award.
Connect Talent to Opportunity Challenge 2026–2028: Build State-Led Talent Marketplaces for Education-to-Workforce Alignment
The U.S. Department of Education’s Connecting Talent to Opportunity (CTO) Challenge funds state-led systems that connect learning, credentials, and jobs through interoperable Talent Marketplaces across the education-to-workforce path, with up to $15,000,000 in total prizes.
RFA-OD-27-003: INCLUDE Project: Exploratory/Developmental Research Awards for Down syndrome (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
This NIH NOFO funds high-risk, high-reward R21 projects focused on Down syndrome and co-occurring conditions through the INCLUDE Project in the 2026–2028 cycles.
Net-Zero AI4Permitting (PPPA-2026-NETZERO): EU Grant for AI-Powered Industrial Permitting Authorities
A European Union Pilot Projects & Preparatory Actions call for public permitting authorities in Net-Zero Acceleration Valleys to deploy AI- or digital-based systems that speed up industrial permitting processes.
Isambard-AI and Dawn AIRR supercomputers: Gateway route
An open UKRI compute-access route that awards up to 10,000 GPU hours on Isambard-AI or Dawn for early-stage AI research and development, without a direct grant budget.
USDA Rural Development Distance Learning & Telemedicine Grants (FY 2026)
A competitive USDA Rural Development grant program to improve rural education and healthcare access through telecommunications infrastructure and equipment, with an ongoing May 1–June 30 2026 intake window.
Funded Traineeships for Young Graduates at the EU Delegation to the United Nations and Other International Organisations in Geneva (2026)
The EU Delegation in Geneva is offering paid 3–6 month traineeships for young graduates in 2026 across multiple policy sections, with a monthly living allowance, subject to budget availability and section fit.
FY 2026 Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Planning
FTA is offering competitive grants for planning around new fixed-guideway and core-capacity transit projects to integrate transit, land use, and local development outcomes.
RFA-NS-25-023: HEAL Initiative Studies to Enable Analgesic Discovery (R61/R33, Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH HEAL funds preclinical translational work to build stronger evidence for non-addictive analgesic discovery through a two-stage R61/R33 mechanism with no clinical trials and strict peer-review criteria.
Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) Fellowship 2027
The AFSE Fellowship is a 2027 Indigenous- and Pacific-centred social change leadership program based at the University of Melbourne, delivered as a Foundation Year with formal coursework, in-person modules, and a global fellowship network.
USDA NRCS Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP), FY 2026
A USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service competitive grant for state and tribal governments to expand voluntary public access to private lands for wildlife-dependent recreation while improving habitat and conservation outcomes.
HORIZON-MISS-2026-03-OCEAN-02: Addressing aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss through nature positive solutions from source to sea
Horizon Europe Mission Ocean and Waters call that funds nature-positive solutions to reduce aquatic pollution and biodiversity loss across linked freshwater-to-sea systems in participating eligible countries.
NSF Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) Meta-Program for 2026–2027
The NSF CDS&E meta-program is a cross-program mechanism for proposals with a strong computational and data-science component that goes beyond normal disciplinary program scope, with recurring annual submission windows through 2026 and 2027 across multiple NSF directorates.
Harvard Kennedy School Public Policy Leadership Conference 2026 (Fully Funded Undergraduate Weekend in Massachusetts)
Harvard Kennedy School is accepting applications for its 2026 Public Policy Leadership Conference, a fully funded 4-day undergraduate experience with complete cost coverage and a July 10, 2026 application deadline.
Trust by Design Fintech Challenge 2026: Women-Focused Financial Inclusion Prizes
Global fintech challenge offering a $50,000 grand prize and three $10,000 finalist awards for live solutions that improve safety, transparency, and trust for women customers in underserved markets.
NIH Complement-ARIE NAMs Reduction-to-Practice Challenge (3-Phase, 2025/2026-2027)
The NIH Complement-ARIE challenge supports teams building combinatorial new approach methodologies (NAMs) over a multi-phase route, with up to $7,000,000 in prize funding and phase-based milestone payouts.
RFA-DE-27-002: Accelerating Product Excellence in Innovation and for Clinical Adoption (APEx) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
NIH Notice of Funding Opportunity to build a U24 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Resource Center with an initial cohort of Interdisciplinary Translational Projects focused on pre-clinical de-risking and FDA-oriented readiness.
HORIZON-CL4-2026-SPACE-03-61: Scientific analysis and exploitation of space data
A Horizon Europe RIA topic funded at €3,920,000 that supports analysis, validation, and exploitation of data from European space science and exploration missions.
DOE DE-FOA-0003612: The Genesis Mission: Transforming Science and Energy with AI (FY26–FY27)
Federal solicitation for interdisciplinary teams to use AI to accelerate DOE national missions in energy, science, and security, with FY26 Phase I and Phase II pathways plus an ongoing FY27 continuation path for Phase II continuation.
Future offshore wind technologies: industrial research (research organisations)
UKRI/Innovate UK is running an open competition for UK-registered businesses and partners to deliver industrial research in offshore wind, with up to 70% funding support for micro and small enterprises and total eligible project costs between £150,000 and £1.5 million.
Future of Work Reporting Fellowship 2026: USD $5,000 Stipend Plus USD $1,500 Reporting Support for Place-Based Journalism
The Future of Work Reporting Fellowship is a 2026 cohort for U.S.-based journalists to produce a place-based reporting project on education, workforce development, and innovation economy impacts, with up to $6,500 total support.
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