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A Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program, 2027 Cycle: Six Charities Fund Childhood Cancer Grants of Up to $50,000 or $100,000 a Year, With Letters of Intent Closing 14 September 2026
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research administers a six-organisation collaborative that funds Fellow, Independent Investigator, Consortium and Outside the Box grants worth up to $50,000 or $100,000 per year for one or two years, with the 2027 cycle letter of intent open since 3 August 2026 and closing 14 September 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT.
Fundación MAPFRE Ignacio H. de Larramendi Research Grants 2026: A €265,000 Worldwide Call Paying Up to €30,000 for Health Promotion and €15,000 for Insurance and Social Protection Projects, Closing 22 October 2026 at 14:00 CEST
Fundación MAPFRE's 2026 Ignacio H. de Larramendi call offers a maximum total of €265,000 in research grants worldwide, with individual awards of up to €30,000 gross for health promotion projects and up to €15,000 gross for insurance and social protection projects, submitted online in Spanish, English or Portuguese by 14:00 Spanish peninsular time (UTC+2) on 22 October 2026.
Lantmännen Research Foundation Call 2026: SEK 25 Million for Farming, Food and Bio-Based Materials Research, Open to International Applicants and Closing 30 September 2026 at 14:00
The Lantmännen Research Foundation, funded by a Swedish farmer cooperative owned by 17,000 members, is distributing SEK 25 million in its 2026 annual call across agriculture and machinery, food and health, and bioenergy and green materials, with applications open from 17 June to 14:00 on 30 September 2026 and decisions in early December.
RAMP Joint Transnational Call 2026: Around €40 Million From 39 Funders Across 27 Countries for Raw Materials Research, With Pre-Proposals Closing 22 September 2026
The Raw Materials Partnership's first Joint Transnational Call commits close to €40 million from 39 national and regional funders in 27 countries to transnational consortia working across the raw materials value chain, with pre-proposals due at 15:00 CEST on 22 September 2026 and invited full proposals due 15 February 2027.
Interledger Foundation Local Impact Mini-Grants 2026: $500 to $3,000 for Community-Led Open Payments Meetups, Workshops and Research, With Rolling Review Through 11 November 2026
The Interledger Foundation is awarding mini-grants of $500 to $3,000 USD on a rolling basis until 11 November 2026 for community-led meetups, workshops, hackdays, research and storytelling that expand digital financial access and open payments.
DSTI–NRF Honours Student Funding 2027: R180,000 a Year at Full Cost of Study or R140,000 at Partial Cost, Plus a R10,000 Device Allowance, Closing 23 November 2026
South Africa's Department of Science, Technology and Innovation and the National Research Foundation are funding one year of full-time honours study at a South African public university, paying R180,000 a year at Full Cost of Study or R140,000 at Partial Cost of Study, with applications on NRF Connect closing 23 November 2026.
Merck KGaA Research Grants 2026: Five Topic Calls Worth Up to €250,000 a Year for Two to Three Years, Plus SYNTHIA® Licenses, Closing 31 August 2026
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is running its 2026 Research Grants call across five named topics, with awards of up to €250,000 per year for up to three years plus three SYNTHIA® Retrosynthesis Software licenses, and a non-confidential first-stage application closing 31 August 2026 at 23:59 CEST.
W. M. Keck Foundation Research Program: $1 Million to $1.3 Million Over Three Years for High-Risk Basic Science, With the New Single-Phase Application Closing 7 December 2026
The W. M. Keck Foundation has replaced its multi-stage concept-and-proposal process with a single-phase application on a six-month cycle, awarding typically $1 million to $1.3 million over three years for pioneering basic physical, life, and biomedical science at US STEM PhD-granting institutions, with each institution allowed up to three submissions per cycle.
Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences 2027: Up to $2 Million a Year for Four Years, Extendable to Seven, With Letters of Intent Closing 29 October 2026
The Simons Foundation expects to fund up to three new collaborations in 2027 at up to $2 million per year for an initial four years, inclusive of 20 percent indirect costs, with letters of intent due 29 October 2026 at noon Eastern time and full proposals due 24 February 2027.
2027 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences: A $250,000 Biennial Award for Chemical Probes of Biological Systems, With Nominations Closing 3 December 2026
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation awards its $250,000 biennial Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences in 2027 for major contributions to the design and use of chemical probes of biological systems, with third-party nominations closing 3 December 2026.
Granada Foundation Grants, November 2026 Round: £500–£10,000 for Arts and Science Projects in the North West and High Peak, With Invited Applications Due 1 October 2026
The Granada Foundation funds charitable and not-for-profit organisations in Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Lancashire, Cheshire, High Peak, Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland with grants of £500–£10,000 for arts and science projects; its Advisory Council meets on 3 November 2026, and applicants invited past the enquiry-form stage must return a full application by Thursday 1 October 2026.
Delaware EDGE Grant Fall 2026 Competition: $1.15 Million Split Between $50,000 Entrepreneur Awards and $100,000 STEM Awards, Closing 11 September 2026 at 4 p.m.
The Delaware Division of Small Business has reopened its EDGE Grant Competition with $1.15 million available — a $400,000 Entrepreneur pool paying up to $50,000 and a $750,000 STEM pool paying up to $100,000 — for Delaware businesses under seven years old with 15 or fewer full-time employees, with applications due by 4 p.m. on 11 September 2026 and a live pitch event on 10 November 2026.
Cyprus RIF PRE-SEED 2026 (PRE-SEED/0526): A €1 Million Call Offering Up to €119,999 per Early-Stage Startup, Closing 11 September 2026 at 13:00
The Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus has opened the PRE-SEED/0526 call, a €1,000,000 programme awarding up to €119,999 per project to startups still shaping a business idea or in the earliest stages of product development, with proposals due through the IRIS portal by 13:00 on 11 September 2026.
#BeActive EU Sport Awards 2026: €125,000 in Erasmus+ Prize Money Across Five Categories, With €15,000 per Winner and €5,000 per Finalist, Closing 17 September 2026
The European Commission and EACEA have opened the ERASMUS-SPORT-2026-EU-AWARDS call for the #BeActive EU Sport Awards, offering a €125,000 prize pot split across five categories — Physical Activity, Inclusion, Volunteering, Across Generations and Peace — with one €15,000 winner and two €5,000 finalists in each, and a submission deadline of 17 September 2026 at 17:00 CEST.
Research Ireland Defence Innovation Challenge 2026: Up to €220,000 for Ten Teams and a €1 Million Prize for the Winner, Closing 29 October 2026
Research Ireland, the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces are funding ten interdisciplinary research teams with up to €220,000 each across a four-month Concept phase and a nine-month Seed phase, with a €1 million Prize award for the team showing the greatest transformative potential; full proposals close at 13:00 Dublin time on 29 October 2026.
Frontiers in T1D Cure 2026: Two €100,000 DiabetesCERO Grants for Preclinical and Translational Type 1 Diabetes Cure Research, With Letters of Intent Closing 31 August 2026
Fundación DiabetesCERO's second Frontiers in T1D Cure call awards two grants of €100,000 each over 24 months to established PhD-holding researchers at non-profit institutions in the European Union working on curative preclinical and translational approaches to type 1 diabetes, with first-stage Letters of Intent due 31 August 2026.
Sydney Brenner Research Fellowship 2026 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Up to $5,000 for Archival Research in the History of the Life Sciences, Closing 31 August 2026
The CSHL Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology awards stipends of up to $5,000 to scholars at any career stage, journalists and writers pursuing ambitious original projects in the history of the life sciences, covering travel, lodging, translation, oral history recording and microfilming at the CSHL Library & Archives and other relevant repositories, with applications due 31 August 2026 and decisions in September.
CETPartnership Joint Call 2026: Over €84 Million From Around 35 Funding Organisations for Transnational Clean Energy Projects, With Pre-Proposals Closing 8 October 2026
The Clean Energy Transition Partnership's Joint Call 2026 offers a total indicative budget of over €84 million across 11 call modules, funding transnational research and innovation consortia through national agencies, with 10-page pre-proposals due 8 October 2026 and full proposals due 11 March 2027.
FNR ATTRACT 2027 Call: Up to €2 Million Over Five Years to Build Your Own Research Group in Luxembourg, With Pre-Proposals Closing 17 November 2026
Luxembourg's National Research Fund has opened the 2027 ATTRACT call, offering researchers 2–8 years past their PhD a five-year grant of up to €1.5 million (Starting) or €2 million (Consolidating) to establish an independent research team at a Luxembourg host institution, with pre-proposals due 17 November 2026 and full proposals due 16 February 2027.
Innovate UK Quantum Computing Applications for Large Scale Impact: £13 Million for Collaborative Quantum Software Projects Worth £300,000 to £4 Million, Closing 16 September 2026
Innovate UK is investing up to £13 million in collaborative R&D projects that build and validate quantum computing software for real industrial and public sector problems, with grant requests between £300,000 and £4 million, projects of 24 to 36 months, and applications closing at 11:00am UK time on 16 September 2026.
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Private Higher Education 2026–2027: $25,000–$300,000 for Liberal Arts Advocacy and Civil Discourse, With Letters of Inquiry Closing 27 August 2026
The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations run one open-submission program — Private Higher Education — awarding grants that typically range from $25,000 to $300,000 to private colleges, universities and consortia working on liberal arts advocacy and civil discourse, with letters of inquiry due by 5:00 pm ET on 27 August 2026 for the 2026–2027 review cycle.
FWF–ISF Austrian–Israeli Joint Projects 2026: Uncapped 36- to 48-Month Bilateral Research Funding Decided by a Single FWF Lead-Agency Review, Closing 10 December 2026
The Austrian Science Fund and the Israel Science Foundation are jointly inviting bilateral research proposals in all scientific disciplines, with one integrated 20-page proposal reviewed by the FWF as acting Lead Agency for 2026, due to the FWF by 10 December 2026 at 2:00 pm Vienna time and to the ISF by 13 December 2026 at 1:00 pm Jerusalem time.
New Zealand Transition Research Fund 2027: Up to NZ$84.8 Million a Year Replacing Marsden and Endeavour, With Programme Registrations Closing 9 December 2026
MBIE's 2027 Transition Research Fund consolidates the contestable funding that would have run through future Marsden and Endeavour rounds into a single investigator-led fund worth up to NZ$84.8 million a year, with Programmes registrations opening 30 September 2026 and closing 9 December 2026.
Stephen L. Tadlock Veteran Business Grant 2026: A $1,000 Micro-Grant Plus a Free Accelerator Seat Worth Up to $1,699 for 20 Veteran-Owned Businesses, Closing 15 October 2026
Founders First CDC will award 20 U.S. military veteran business owners a $1,000 micro-grant and a no-cost seat in either Passport Community or Zebra Leadership, from a $20,000 national fund; the full application opens 15 September 2026 and closes 15 October 2026.
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