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Canada–Japan 3+2 Call on AI and Automation for Agriculture 2026: Up to ¥58.5 Million per Japanese Team and CAD $600,000 per Canadian SME, With Canadian Registration Closing 26 August 2026
JST's SICORP programme and the National Research Council of Canada will fund about three Japan–Canada industry–academia consortia to apply AI, robotics and automation to agricultural productivity and resilience, with Canadian registration closing 26 August 2026 and the joint consortium proposal due 30 November 2026.
Villum Investigator 2026: Up to DKK 30 Million Over Six Years From a DKK 300 Million Call for Denmark's Most Established Technical and Natural Scientists, Closing 20 August 2026 at 14:00
The Villum Foundation's 2026 Villum Investigator call opened on 26 February 2026 and closes at 14:00 on 20 August 2026, allocating DKK 300 million in total and up to DKK 30 million per applicant for a six-year appointment at a Danish university or GEUS, for experienced technical and natural science researchers with at least ten years of excellent track record.
Fund for Investigative Journalism Summer 2026 Cycle: Up to $10,000 for Investigative Reporting and $1,000–$2,500 in Seed Funding, Closing 14 September 2026
The Fund for Investigative Journalism reviews proposals three to four times a year and its next deadline, covering both regular grants of up to $10,000 and seed funding of $1,000 to $2,500 for preliminary reporting, is Monday 14 September 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern, with decisions about six weeks later.
NCN MAESTRO 18: A PLN 30 Million Call for Pioneering Basic Research Led by Poland's Most Established Scientists, Closing 15 September 2026
Poland's National Science Centre has opened MAESTRO 18, a PLN 30 million call for basic research projects of 36, 48 or 60 months led by well-established and outstanding researchers, with proposals due through the OSF system by 15 September 2026 at 2 pm CEST.
ESF+ Inclusive Incubation and Finance for More Entrepreneurs (ESF-2026-SE-INCUBATION): Two Grants of Around €750,000 at an 80% Funding Rate, Closing 2 September 2026
The European Commission's EaSI strand call ESF-2026-SE-INCUBATION will fund about two 18-to-24-month consortium projects of roughly €750,000 each, reimbursed at 80%, to build and test incubation and financing models for entrepreneurs from under-represented groups, with submissions closing 2 September 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time.
51 Pegasi b Fellowship 2026/2027: Up to $492,000 Over Three Years for Six to Eight Planetary Astronomy Postdocs at 28 Host Institutions, Closing 1 October 2026
The Heising-Simons Foundation is running the tenth cycle of its 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarding six to eight early-career planetary astronomers a three-year grant of up to $492,000 covering salary, benefits, indirect costs and highly flexible discretionary research spending at one of 28 participating host institutions, with applications and two letters of recommendation due 1 October 2026 at 2pm Pacific Time.
Carlsberg Foundation Autumn Call 2026: Nine Open-Competition Instruments From DKK 300,000 Equipment Grants to DKK 25 Million Semper Ardens Advance Projects, All Closing 1 September 2026
The Carlsberg Foundation's Autumn Call 2026 opened on 29 May 2026 and closes at 16:00 on 1 September 2026, funding basic research in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities at Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese institutions through nine themeless instruments including Semper Ardens Advance (DKK 15–25 million over five years), Semper Ardens Accelerate (up to DKK 7 million), Monograph and Reintegration Fellowships, research infrastructure, field trips and science communication.
Supporting STISA 2034: SGCI Multilateral Research Call 2026 — CAD $50,000 to CAD $300,000 per Consortium Member for Multi-Country African Research, Expressions of Interest Closing 25 September 2026
The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, managed by IDRC, is accepting expressions of interest for collaborative research consortia spanning at least three of nineteen participating African countries, with CAD $50,000 to CAD $300,000 available per consortium member across five thematic streams, closing 23:59 EDT on 25 September 2026.
MSCA Doctoral Networks 2026 (HORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01): €593 Million for More Than 130 Consortia to Train Over 1,900 Doctoral Candidates, Closing 24 November 2026
The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks call gives international consortia an indicative €593.03 million to build joint PhD training programmes, with proposals due at 17:00 Brussels time on 24 November 2026.
Kone Foundation Annual Grant Call 2026: Personal Working Grants of €2,700–€3,800 a Month and Project Budgets up to €500,000 for Bold Research and Art in Finland, Closing 15 September 2026
Kone Foundation opens its annual grant call from 1 to 15 September 2026, funding academic research in the humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences, artistic research and professional artistic work, with personal working grants set at €2,700, €3,200 or €3,800 a month and multi-year research group budgets typically running €200,000–€500,000.
Conquer Cancer International Innovation Grant 2027: Up to $20,000 for a One-Year Cancer Control Project in a Low- or Middle-Income Country, With Letters of Intent Closing 27 August 2026
Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, is accepting letters of intent for the 2027 International Innovation Grant, a one-year award of up to $20,000 paid to a nonprofit or government organization in a World Bank low- or middle-income country for hypothesis-driven cancer control research, with LOIs due 27 August 2026 and invited full applications due 10 December 2026.
JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan FY2027: ¥387,600 a Month for a 2–10 Month Visit or ¥18,000 a Day for a 14–60 Day Visit, With 145 First-Round Awards Closing 28 August 2026
JSPS funds established overseas researchers to work with a Japanese host on collaborative research, paying ¥387,600 a month for long-term visits of 2–10 months or ¥18,000 a day for short-term visits of 14–60 days, plus economy airfare, insurance, and up to ¥150,000 in research support; the FY2027 first round closes 28 August 2026 at 5 p.m. JST.
Scaling AI Safety for a Multi-Agent World 2026: A $10 Million Joint Fund From Schmidt Sciences, Google DeepMind, ARIA and the Cooperative AI Foundation, With Awards up to $1 Million Closing 8 August 2026
A joint $10 million call funding one- to two-year research projects on the safety of large ecosystems of interacting AI agents, with Tier 1 awards up to $300,000 and Tier 2 awards from $300,000 to $1 million, closing 8 August 2026 at 11:59pm Anywhere on Earth.
adidas Foundation Recovery Through Sport 2026: €6 Million for Up to Three Multi-Year Strategic Partners, Expressions of Interest Closing 30 August 2026
The adidas Foundation has committed €6 million to a new Recovery Through Sport programme and is running an open Expression of Interest to select up to three strategic partner organisations working across humanitarian response, mental health and psychosocial support, child protection and sport for development, with submissions closing 30 August 2026 at 23:59 CEST.
VolkswagenStiftung NEXT 'Dual Use' of Ideas and Concepts from the Humanities and Social Sciences: Up to €650,000 for a Two-Year Team Project on How Academic Theory Gets Repurposed, Closing 6 October 2026
The Volkswagen Foundation is funding two-year exploratory research teams of two or three principal investigators at German institutions, with up to €450,000 for two PIs or €650,000 for three, to study how concepts from the humanities and social sciences are stripped from their original context and used for anti-liberal, anti-scientific and anti-democratic purposes.
Heising-Simons Astronova Fellowship 2027: A Four-Year Postdoc Award Paying $88,527 a Year Plus $70,000 in Discretionary Funds to Build Astronomical Instruments, Closing 2 October 2026
The Heising-Simons Foundation is running the second cycle of its Astronomical Innovation (Astronova) Fellowship, which gives up to two postdoctoral instrumentalists a four-year grant through one of six US host institutions covering a $88,527 starting salary with 4% annual increases, benefits, $70,000 in discretionary spending, and access to a later Innovation Fund grant of up to $150,000, with applications due 2 October 2026 at 2pm Pacific Time.
VolkswagenStiftung Opus Magnum 2026: Up to €220,000 to Buy a German Professor Six to Eighteen Months Away From Teaching to Finish One Major Book, Closing 18 November 2026
The Volkswagen Foundation will fund a substitute professorship for 6 to 18 months, worth up to €220,000, so that an established humanities, cultural studies or social sciences professor at a German university can write a comprehensive scholarly book, with applications due 18 November 2026 at 2:00 pm.
STIAS Individual Fellowship for First Semester 2028: A Funded Five-Month Residency in Stellenbosch for Established Scholars, Closing 31 October 2026
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is accepting applications until 23:59 UTC on 31 October 2026 for its first-semester 2028 Individual Fellowships, which fund a residency from mid-January to mid-June 2028 with a monthly stipend, return economy airfare to Cape Town, accommodation in Stellenbosch, an office at the Wallenberg Research Centre and daily weekday lunch.
British Council Disability Inclusion Partnerships 2026: Up to £25,000 for a 17-Month UK–Overseas University Partnership, Closing 21 September 2026
The British Council's Going Global Partnerships programme is offering grants of up to £25,000 for joint projects between a UK higher education institution and a partner institution in one of ten countries to strengthen disability-inclusive policy and practice, with applications closing at 11:00 a.m. BST on 21 September 2026 and projects running 17 months from 1 January 2027.
RJ Research Initiation 2026: Rolling Grants From SEK 50,000 for Scholarly Meetings in the Humanities and Social Sciences, With a Final Deadline of 30 October 2026
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond funds conferences, workshops and other scholarly meetings that lead to new humanities and social science research, with continuous applications decided six times a year — but 30 October 2026 is the final deadline before the foundation evaluates the whole programme in 2027.
SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants December 2026: Up to CAD $78,000 for a One-Year Synthesis on the Changing Nature of Security and Conflict, Closing 3 December 2026
SSHRC, with NordForsk on the international stream, is funding up to 31 one-year grants of CAD $10,000–$78,000 for social sciences and humanities syntheses of existing research on hybrid threats, Arctic security, AI in defence, and whole-of-society resilience, with applications due 3 December 2026 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Innovate Africa Challenge 2026 (3rd Edition): FAO and Smart Africa Will Deploy One Proven AI Climate-Smart Agriculture Solution in a Member State, Closing 31 August 2026
FAO and the Smart Africa Secretariat have opened the third Innovate Africa Challenge, themed 'From Ideation to Deployment', to select and field-deploy one proven AI solution for climate-smart agriculture in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi or Uganda, with applications submitted through the FAO STI portal by 31 August 2026.
UKRI Venture Doctorates 2026: A £25 Million Fund for One to Three Programmes Training at Least 50 Entrepreneurial PhD Students — Mandatory Expression of Interest Closes 21 September 2026
UKRI is investing £25 million in one to three doctoral focal awards that combine rigorous PhD research with hands-on venture creation, with a mandatory expression of interest due 21 September 2026 and outline applications closing 22 October 2026.
CEPF Mediterranean Basin Large Grants 2026: US$50,000–US$180,000 for Traditional Land Use and Threatened Plant Conservation, Letters of Inquiry Closing 18 September 2026
The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund and BirdLife International are accepting letters of inquiry for large grants of US$50,000 to US$180,000 in eight Mediterranean Basin countries, under two strategic directions covering traditional mountain land-use practices and threatened plant conservation, with a hard deadline of midnight EDT on 18 September 2026.
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