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The African Researcher’s Small Grants Program supports African researchers conducting implementation and operational research to improve neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination efforts across Africa, with up to $65,000 in funding.

The €3,200 Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships are offered by the European University Institute (EUI) to support established scholars who wish to pursue advanced research within an international academic environment.

The €30,000 K4GGWA Innovation Facility is looking for practical tools, implements, and simple machines that can help restore degraded land across Great Green Wall countries.

The $50,000 Innovate Africa Challenge (3rd Edition) is an innovation challenge to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that address Africa’s agricultural and climate challenges.

The $250,000 Alzheimer’s Association Clinician Scientist Fellowship for All provides support to early-career clinician scientists conducting research on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

The FRIAS Early Career Fellowship Programme 2027/28 supports early career researchers from all nationalities and academic disciplines to conduct independent research projects within the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) at the University of Freiburg.

The International Innovation Grant (IIG) provides up to $20,000 in funding for one-year innovative cancer research projects in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The $20,000 Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026 supports early-stage teams building artificial intelligence solutions that can run efficiently on everyday laptops and other resource-constrained devices.

Explore more than $27M (₦39B) in grants, prizes, fellowships, and seed funding available this August 2026, across sectors such as technology, health, education, agriculture, research, sustainability, arts, and social impact.

The $2,000,000 Build with Gemini XPRIZE is a global innovation competition that challenges entrepreneurs, developers, and innovators to create AI-powered businesses using Google’s technology stack.