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House of AI Startup Challenge 2026: Six Months of Free Membership at Groupama Immobilier's 14,000 sqm AI Campus in Paris La Défense, Closing 28 September 2026
Groupama Immobilier is recruiting applied AI startups for the House of AI, a 14,000 sqm campus inside Paris La Défense, with the top three winners receiving six months of complimentary membership and finalists fast-tracked into the first resident batch; applications close 28 September 2026 and winners are announced 30 October 2026.
ERC Advanced Grant 2026 (ERC-2026-AdG): Up to €2.5 Million Over Five Years for Established Research Leaders, Closing 27 August 2026
The European Research Council's ERC-2026-AdG call funds established research leaders with up to €2.5 million over five years, plus up to €1 million in additional costs — doubled to €2 million for principal investigators relocating from a non-associated third country — with a hard deadline of 27 August 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time.
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2027: Up to 30 Awards, Five €10,000 Grand Prix and a €10,000 Public Choice Award, Closing 7 September 2026
Europa Nostra and the European Commission have opened the 2027 call for Europe's top heritage honour, with up to 30 awards across five categories, up to five Grand Prix of €10,000 each, a €10,000 Public Choice Award, no entry fee, and a submission deadline of 7 September 2026.
NordForsk Nordic and Baltic Solutions on Food Security 2026: Up to NOK 15 Million per Project From a NOK 115 Million Pot, Closing 2 December 2026
NordForsk has opened a joint Nordic-Baltic call funding around ten research and innovation consortia on food system preparedness, critical infrastructure resilience, and consumer demand for regionally produced food, with applications due 2 December 2026 at 13:00 CET.
BBSRC Brazil Pump-Priming Award (FAPPA) 2026: Up to £35,000 for UK–São Paulo Bioscience Collaborations, Open With No Closing Date
BBSRC and the São Paulo Research Foundation opened the FAPPA pump-priming award on 29 July 2026, offering existing BBSRC grant holders up to £35,000 at 100% full economic costing over two years for travel, exchanges, workshops and limited preliminary research with FAPESP-funded collaborators in Brazil, on a rolling basis with applications due at least twelve weeks before travel.
Together for Service Families Place-Based Grants 2026: Portfolio Awards of Up to £350,000 Over 3.5 Years, With Expressions of Interest Closing 12 Noon on 19 August 2026
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is awarding place-based portfolio grants of up to £350,000 to a lead charity or local authority in each funded location to reduce the impact of service-related separation and relocation on families of serving personnel and reservists.
EPSRC Future Computing Paradigms Network Plus: One £2.8 Million Award to Build the UK's Five-to-Twenty-Year Computing Vision — Mandatory Expression of Interest Closes 11 September 2026
EPSRC is funding a single Network Plus worth up to £2.8 million at full economic cost, over 60 months, to build a whole-systems UK vision for computing technologies five to twenty years out, with a compulsory expression of interest due 11 September 2026 and full applications due 13 October 2026.
UK Obesity Research Institute Full Application 2026: Up to £72 Million From MRC and the British Heart Foundation for One Seven-Year National Institute, Closing 19 November 2026
The Medical Research Council, co-funding with the British Heart Foundation, opened the full application stage for the UK Obesity Research Institute on 30 July 2026, offering a single director-led award of up to £72 million over an initial seven years for mechanistic biomedical research into obesity, with applications closing 19 November 2026 at 4:00pm UK time.
Founders Fund Africa Creative Economy Accelerator 2026: $20,000–$50,000 in Convertible-Note Capital and a Four-Month Lagos Programme for Ten Creative Startups
Chocolate City Group's $1 million Founders Fund Africa, with Argentil Capital Management and Co-Creation Hub, is selecting ten early-stage music, film, gaming, design and creative-tech startups for a Lagos bootcamp and accelerator, investing US$20,000–US$50,000 each via convertible notes, with applications reported to close 28 August 2026.
Portugal + Preparado 2026: One €250,000 Gulbenkian Grant for an 18-Month Earthquake Preparedness Programme, Closing 31 August 2026
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is awarding a single grant of up to €250,000 for a project of up to 18 months that builds a culture of earthquake preparedness and seismic resilience in Portugal, with applications closing 31 August 2026 at 15:00 Lisbon time.
INHABIT Artist-in-Residence 2027 at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics: A €10,000 Four-Month Funded Residency in Frankfurt, Closing 1 September 2026
The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics is recruiting two artists for four-month INHABIT residencies in Frankfurt during 2027, each receiving a €10,000 fellowship paid in four instalments, a project-dependent production budget, travel and a Germany-wide transport pass, and working access to the institute's ArtLab, sound studio and research groups; applications close 1 September 2026 at 23:59 CET.
KWI Essen International Fellowships 2027: €3,000 or €4,000 a Month for Six Months of Humanities Research in the Ruhr, Closing 17 August 2026
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen is recruiting its 14th fellow cohort for a six-month residency from 1 April to 30 September 2027, paying a pre-tax monthly allowance of €3,000 for early-career postdocs or €4,000 for the Thyssen@KWI fellowship, with applications due 17 August 2026.
COST Open Call 2026 (OC-2026-1): Up to 80 New Pan-European Research Networks Funded at Roughly €600,000 Each, Closing 28 October 2026
COST's 2026 Open Call funds up to 80 new four-year pan-European science and technology networks, each receiving approximately €600,000 in networking funding, with a single-stage anonymous submission open from 31 July 2026 until the collection date of 28 October 2026 at 12:00 noon CET.
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Early Career Fellowships 2027/2028: A Salary-Matching Stipend, Subsidized Berlin Housing, and Ten Months of Protected Research Time
The Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin is accepting applications for its 2027/2028 Early Career Calls, offering researchers a salary-based stipend, a monthly living allowance, subsidized on-campus housing, and covered travel for a residential fellowship in Berlin.
TBAT Innovation Challenge 2026: A £50,000 R&D Cash Prize Plus a £100,000+ Support Package for UK Technology Businesses, Closing 12 August 2026
TBAT Innovation's 2026 Innovation Challenge awards a UK technology business a £50,000 cash prize to spend on R&D, with £5,000 each for two runners-up, a £1,000 Rising Star Award, and a shared support package worth more than £100,000 in legal, IP, accounting, engineering, NHS access and grant-writing services; applications close 12 August 2026 at 11:59pm.
Terra Foundation Convening Grants 2026–2027: $10,000–$25,000 for Symposia, Workshops, and Gatherings on American and Indigenous North American Art
The Terra Foundation for American Art awards $10,000 to $25,000 twice a year to nonprofit organizations worldwide that convene conferences, symposia, and workshops advancing interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange on the visual arts of the United States and the Indigenous arts of North America, with the next inquiry due September 28, 2026.
Alzheimer's Association Research Grant For All (AARGA) 2026: Up to $200,000 Over Three Years for Newly Independent Dementia Researchers
AARGA gives assistant professors within seven years of appointment up to $200,000 over two to three years to generate the pilot data behind a future federal grant, with a letter of intent due 14 August 2026 and full applications due 14 October 2026.
Rijksakademie Tech Fellowship 2027: €22,000 for Eleven Months as a Workshop Specialist and Researcher in Amsterdam
The Rijksakademie in Amsterdam is recruiting up to five tech fellows for 2027, each paid €22,000 over eleven months to split their week between learning to run one of six technical workshops and conducting an independent craft-and-materials research project, with applications closing 1 September 2026.
James Castle House Residency 2027: A $4,000 Two-Month or $1,000 Two-Week Funded Residency in Boise, Idaho
The Boise City Department of Arts & History is accepting applications through August 28, 2026 for 2027 residency terms at the historic James Castle House, offering a $4,000 stipend for two-month terms or $1,000 for two-week terms, plus private furnished living quarters and a 275-square-foot live/work studio.
NourishNext West Africa 2026: A US$5,000 Equity-Free Seed Grant, Mentorship, and a Dakar Investor Showcase for Youth-Led Fruit and Vegetable Ventures
GAIN, with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and support from ECOWAS and the SUN Movement, is running a four-country innovation challenge that awards finalists a non-repayable, equity-free US$5,000 seed grant plus mentorship and a place at a Dakar regional showcase, with applications closing 7 September 2026.
Resilient Futures Call 2026: US$10,000–20,000 Ideation Grants From a US$700,000 Fund for Climate and Political Leadership Work
The Better Politics Fund's Resilient Futures Call offers open-application Ideation Grants of US$10,000–20,000 for new or early-stage non-partisan work at the intersection of democratic political leadership and climate resilience, with applications closing at midnight CET on 4 September 2026.
QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship 2027–28: $20,000 and a Debut Solo Museum Exhibition for Two Emerging New York City Artists
The Queens Museum's eighth QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship gives two emerging visual artists living in New York City's five boroughs $20,000 each, a year of curatorial and professional development support, four mentorship sessions with an established artist of their choosing, and a solo project exhibition at the museum in 2028, with applications closing September 28, 2026.
NLnet Foundation Open Calls: €5,000–€50,000 Grants for Free and Open Source Internet Projects, Reopening 3 September 2026 With a 3 November 2026 Deadline
NLnet Foundation pauses submissions until 3 September 2026, when new calls across several of its funds open with a hard deadline of 3 November 2026 at 12:00 CEST, seeking free and open source research and development proposals between €5,000 and €50,000.
Innovation Saskatchewan Innovation Challenge 2026: A $30,000 Grant, a 16-Week Ministry Residency, and Full Commercialization Rights for Stopping Zebra Mussels
Innovation Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment are offering one winning team a $30,000 grant, a minimum 16-week residency with the ministry, and full commercialization rights for a technology solution that prevents aquatic invasive species from spreading into Saskatchewan waters, with Expressions of Interest due August 14, 2026.
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