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2026 to 2027 strategic Longer and Larger (sLoLa) outlines: UK bioscience discovery grants
Open 2026/27 BBSRC sLoLa outlines call for large, high-risk team science in bioscience discovery with a minimum full economic cost of GBP 2,000,000 and a two-stage UKRI funding process.
HORIZON-CL5-2026-04 (Two-Stage): Next Generation of Renewable Energy Technologies
A Horizon Europe 2026 Cluster 5 energy call for renewable energy technologies in a two-stage format, with an overall indicative budget of €23.50 million and a first/second stage deadline in March and October 2026.
TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science 2026
TWAS and the Chinese Academy of Sciences are accepting nominations for the 2026 TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science, a USD 10,000 recognition in Astronomy and Cosmology for young scientists in developing countries.
NSF 26-1517: Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices (EPMQD)
NSF’s Electronic, Photonic, Magnetic, and Quantum Devices program supports fundamental device research on electronic, photonic, magnetic, and quantum systems with improved performance, integration, or new functionalities, with full proposals currently accepted on a rolling basis.
UKRI Metascience Scientometrics for Research Assessment (Invite-only) 2026
UKRI is funding a second-stage, invite-only phase to turn projects from the UKRI Metascience sandpit into funded research on novel scientometric indicators and research-assessment methods.
DARPA Bio-Attribution Challenge (2026)
A two-round DARPA prize challenge that funds teams developing AI, machine learning, or computational methods to identify, characterize, and attribute modified biological sequence data using secured cloud-scale testing environments.
Title III, Part A: Strengthening Institutions Program (84.031A)
Federal grant competition for Institutions of Higher Education to strengthen academic quality, institutional management, and fiscal capacity while supporting low-income student outcomes, with FY 2026 funding posted as an open competition.
NSF 25-548: Accelerating Research Translation (ART)
NSF funding solicitation supporting institutions of higher education to build and strengthen research translation ecosystems through five tracks focused on technology transfer, translation capacity, regional resource support, education, and cross-program coordination.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Just Tech Fellowship 2027
A one-year unrestricted fellowship for researchers, artists, and practitioners at the intersection of technology and society, with up to $60,000 in support and a full-application window running April 27 to June 28, 2026 for the 2027 cohort.
HORIZON-WIDERA-2027-04-WIDENING-01: Excellence Hubs
A Horizon Europe WIDERA destination call to build innovation ecosystems in less R&I-advanced regions through teaming of academia, business, governments, and civil society, with an indicative budget of EUR 100 million.
Strategic infrastructure outlines – EPSRC strategic infrastructure funding
An EPSRC-managed UKRI grant call for UK institutions to submit infrastructure outlines for strategic, non-research grants that raise UK scientific capability through high-priority engineering and physical science capability.
RFA-HD-27-012: Limited Competition: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Centers 2027 (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
A limited-competition NIH renewal for existing NICHD IDDRCs, this NOFO funds interdisciplinary P50 centers advancing translational, biomarker, and real-world research for intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund round 5 Discovery C6
Collaborative Discovery Phase funding for UK electricity and gas network operators to test solutions across seven grid and system innovation challenge areas, with round funding up to £30 million and up to £200,000 requested per Discovery project.
FY 2026 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) by USDA-NIFA
USDA-NIFA’s FY 2026 BFRDP call (USDA-NIFA-BFR-011336, Assistance Listing 10.311) funds collaborative programs that support education, outreach, and technical assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers, with a June 16, 2026 application deadline and estimated total funding of $44,443,140.
RFA-OD-25-010: Resource-Related Research Projects for Development of Models and Related Materials for Studying Human Health and Diseases (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NIH/ORIP’s NIH-wide R24 opportunity funds development and improvement of broadly useful biomedical models, methods, and biological materials that can serve multiple NIH Institutes and Centers across multiple organ systems.
Autonomous Ground Vehicles for Steep Terrain Wildfire Logistics Prize Challenge 2026
Federal prize competition for autonomous and semi-autonomous ground vehicle solutions that improve logistics, safety, and operational endurance for wildland firefighters in steep terrain.
Heirs Insurance Teachers’ Insurance Awareness Prize 2026
Heirs Insurance Group offers a Nigeria-only teachers’ competition that rewards a proven insurance-awareness activity with ₦1,000,000 for the top teacher and a ₦500,000 school grant.
Fiscal Year 2027 National Sea Grant College Program Dean John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship
A NOAA-linked Sea Grant fellowship for graduate students in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes policy, routed through state Sea Grant offices and completed with federal submission preparation in 2026/2027.
Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power
UKRI and the Department for Transport are funding innovative 100% battery electric vessels and modern shore-power infrastructure through a three-year real-world demonstration model, with up to £150,000,000 allocated and a total project grant cap of £30,000,000 per application.
RFA-DK-27-126: Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases - Fostering the AdvanceMent of an Interactive Learning Community (KUH-FAMILY) (U24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed)
NIH is seeking one RFA-DK-27-126 cooperative agreement to establish a coordinating center that builds a sustained translational learning ecosystem for kidney, urologic, and hematologic disease research through shared clinical and data infrastructure.
RFA-NS-25-017: BRAIN Initiative—Optimization of Instrumentation and Device Technologies for Recording and Modulation in the Nervous System
The NIH BRAIN Initiative FOA supports U01 projects that optimize existing neural recording and modulation technologies for use in behaving animals, with recurring application cycles through 2026 and 2027.
HORIZON-MISS-2027-05-SOIL-05-two-stage: Innovative biotechnologies to restore soil health and improve agricultural competitiveness and resilience
A Horizon Europe Mission Soil Innovation Action to scale soil-health biotechnology solutions for remediation, climate adaptation, and agricultural competitiveness, with a total topic budget of €12.8 million and two-stage submission deadlines in 2027.
Emerging Global Leader Award (K43): PAR-24-296
Fogarty International Center career-development support for LMIC junior faculty, providing salary and research-development support with a 3–5 year term to build independent health-research leadership.
The NIDDK Disorders of Gastrointestinal Interoception Consortium Clinical Centers (DGIC) (RFA-DK-27-117)
NIH has issued a forecasted RFA to fund up to six GI interoception clinical research centers plus a scientific data center to expand mechanisms-based work on gastrointestinal motility and interoceptive dysfunction beyond gastroparesis.
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