Call for proposals-December 2025
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| Name of call | Wellcome Discovery Awards (2026 round) |
| Funding agency | Wellcome Trust (UK) |
| Amount | £3.5 million. |
| Deadline | 31 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | This scheme provides funding for established researchers and teams from any discipline who want to pursue bold and creative research ideas to deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. |
| Link | https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/wellcome-discovery-awards?utm_source=chatgpt.com |
| Name of call | EU4H-2026-SANTE-PJ-08 Health Data / Biotech Innovation Grant |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | €14.4 million |
| Deadline | 6 January 2026 |
| Grant Summary | The call supports health-data, biotechnology innovation and may include data sharing, digital health, biotech solutions; possibly open to global or associated partners |
| Link | https://www.eibir.org/open-funding-calls/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |
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| Name of call | Joint Canada‑Israel Health Research Program Phase II (JCIHRP‑II) |
| Funding agency | International Development Research Centre (IDRC) + Azrieli Foundation + Canadian & Israeli research agencies |
| Amount | CAD 1,478,000 per grant |
| Deadline | 06-Jan-2026 |
| Grant summary | Phase II of the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program is inviting applications for cutting-edge research in biomedical sciences, and global health. This third call under Phase II focuses on Human Developmental Biology and aims to strengthen research capacity in Canada, Israel, and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) |
| Link | https://idrc-crdi.ca/en/funding/call-proposals-research-teams-human-developmental-biology-joint-canada-israel-health |
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| Name of call | Metabolic Health and Longevity Grant Program |
| Funding agency | The AXA Research Fund in partnership with Swiss Re |
| Amount | 30-Jan-2026 |
| Deadline | €150,000 |
| Grant Summary | Research should leverage genomics, metabolomics, behavioral science, and digital health tools to optimize health outcomes, assess cost-effectiveness, and inform tiered interventions. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/science/3rd-call-for-proposals-on-metabolic-health-and-longevity-grant-program/ |
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| Name of call | Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund |
| Funding agency | The CIEIF |
| Amount | $75,000 |
| Deadline | 15 March, 2026 |
| Grant summary | The initiative seeks to encourage innovative, transparent, and socially responsible approaches to field testing climate intervention technologies, ensuring that both environmental and societal implications are well understood before large-scale implementation. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/information-technology/rfps-climate-intervention-environmental-impact-fund/ |
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| Name of call | Innovation Fund 2025 Call for Net-Zero Technologies (IF25 NZT Call) |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | up to €2.9 billion |
| Deadline | 23 April 2026 |
| Grant Summary | The IF25 NZT Call will allocate up to €2.9 billion to innovative projects with significant potential to reduce GHG emissions across 5 topics. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/INNOVFUND-2025-NZT-GENERAL-MSP?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43089234&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate |
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| Name of call | Developmental pathway funding scheme |
| Funding agency | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Amount | £11,000,000 |
| Deadline | 18 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Apply for funding to develop and test novel therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and other interventions. Your project can start and finish at any stage on the developmental pathway from prototype development, through pre-clinical refinement and testing to early-phase clinical studies and trials (up to phase 2a). |
| Link | https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/developmental-pathway-funding-scheme/ |
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| Name of call | Innovation Fund 2025 Auction for Industrial Process Heat (IF25 Heat Auction) |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | 19 February 2026 |
| Deadline | €1 billion |
| Grant Summary | The first European-wide auction for decarbonising industrial process heat will support electrified and direct-renewable heat production across 3 topics. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/INNOVFUND-2025-AUC-HEAT-MEDTEMP-ABOVE5MW?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43089234&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDate |
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| Name of call | Innovation Fund 2025 Auction for Hydrogen Production (IF25 Hydrogen Auction) |
| Funding agency | European Union |
| Amount | €1.3 billion |
| Deadline | 19 February 2026 |
| Grant Summary | the IF25 Hydrogen Auction will support the production of renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) hydrogen or electrolytic low-carbon hydrogen across three topics, including a topic for producers of hydrogen with maritime and aviation off takers. |
| Link | https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/INNOVFUND-2025-AUC-H2-RFNBOLOWCARB-MAR-AVI?isExactMatch=true&status=31094501,31094502,31094503&programmePeriod=2021%20-%202027&frameworkProgramme=43089234&order=DESC&pageNumber=1&pageSize=50&sortBy=startDatek |
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| Name of call | Gap Fund: single-step support for medical product development |
| Funding agency | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Amount | £3,000,000 |
| Deadline | 11 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Apply to the MRC ‘Gap Fund’ for single-step support in developing a new or repurposed medicine, medical device, diagnostic, or other medical product. Projects must target a high-risk development step backed by prior funding, generating critical data to de-risk onward progression or determine failure. |
| Link | https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/gap-fund-single-step-support-for-medical-product-development/ |
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| Name of call | AGRO-WELL Open Call for Smart Farming Innovation |
| Funding agency | The AGRO‑WELL |
| Amount | €37,500 |
| Deadline | 04-Feb-2026 |
| Grant summary | The AGRO‑WELL open call presents a compelling opportunity for innovators in agricultural technology to engage in a cutting-edge initiative aimed at transforming farming through modern solutions. The focus areas include developing and demonstrating Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR) and sensor-based solutions for better working conditions in agriculture |
| Link | https://www.agro-well.eu/open-call |
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| Name of call | Applications open for FIFA Global Citizen’s Education Fund |
| Funding agency | The Global Citizen |
| Amount | USD 50,000 to USD 250,000 |
| Deadline | 31-Dec-2025 |
| Grant summary | The Global Citizen Education Fund, in partnership with FIFA, is now inviting applications from grassroots and community-based organisations worldwide that aim to expand access to quality education and sports for children in underserved communities. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/children/applications-open-for-fifa-global-citizens-education-fund/ |
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| Name of call | Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2026 |
| Funding agency | The Johns Hopkins University |
| Amount | $5,000 |
| Deadline | 01-Feb-2026 |
| Grant summary | The Johns Hopkins University has launched its Healthcare Design Competition for student-led teams from around the world to showcase their creative solutions for improving healthcare. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/open-call-johns-hopkins-healthcare-design-competition-2026/ |
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| Name of call | Strengthening Heat Resilience of Health Products Under Climate Change |
| Funding agency | Unitaid |
| Amount | USD 10 million, |
| Deadline | 23-Jan-2026 |
| Grant summary | Unitaid is seeking proposals for investigating the heat stability of health products in the context of climate change. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/cfps-strengthening-heat-resilience-of-health-products-under-climate-change/ |
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| Name of Call | Unitaid Funding for Integrated Health Diagnostics |
| Funding agency | Unitaid |
| Amount | US$25 million. |
| Deadline | 19-Jan-2026 |
| Grant summary | Unitaid has announced a global Call for Proposals to expand access to innovative diagnostic tools and integrated testing services that strengthen health systems, improve disease detection, and optimize the use of existing diagnostic infrastructure across multiple disease programs. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/health/unitaid-funding-for-integrated-health-diagnostics/ |
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| Name of call | Research & Innovation Action (RIA) — TB drugs (therapy & chemoprophylaxis) |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | €10 million |
| Deadline | 4 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Apply research funding of Preclinical and/or clinical drug development; pharmacokinetics; safety and efficacy studies; chemoprophylaxis trials; partnerships with African health institutions; capacity-building for regulatory, ethical, and clinical trial infrastructure; possibly leveraging co-funding via “global collaboration action. |
| Link | https://www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/document/download/ac35d806-6ce5-4158-8486-9bfd9ae3275b_en?filename=Global_Health_EDCTP3_Work_Programme_2026.pdf |
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| Name of call | HORIZON‑JU‑GH‑EDCTP3‑2026‑01-HIV-03-two-stage — HIV co-infections / co-morbidities (prevention, treatment, clinical management) in SSA |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | €10 million |
| Deadline | 4 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Apply research funding of Clinical or implementation research addressing HIV-related co-infections/co-morbidities (e.g. TB/HIV co-infection, opportunistic infections, integrated HIV care, treatment optimization, adherence, new therapeutics or combination regimens, co-morbidity management, health systems strengthening). Could involve multi-country African cohorts, health services research, capacity strengthening |
| Link | https://www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/document/download/ac35d806-6ce5-4158-8486-9bfd9ae3275b_en?filename=Global_Health_EDCTP3_Work_Programme_2026.pdf |
| Name of call | Wellcome Early-Career Awards |
| Funding agency | Welcome |
| Amount | £400,000 |
| Deadline | 17 February 2026 |
| Grant summary | This scheme provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity. Through innovative projects, they will deliver shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing. By the end of the award, they will be ready to lead their own independent research programme. |
| Link | https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/wellcome-early-career-awards |
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| Name of call | HORIZON‑JU‑GH‑EDCTP3‑2026‑02-CH-01-two-stage — Climate & Health (climate-sensitive infectious diseases in SSA) |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | € 25 million |
| Deadline | 4 March 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Research should address health risks driven by climate change — especially climate-sensitive infectious diseases — in sub-Saharan Africa; improving health outcomes, community & primary health care engagement under shifting climate-related disease burdens |
| Link | https://www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/document/download/ac35d806-6ce5-4158-8486-9bfd9ae3275b_en?filename=Global_Health_EDCTP3_Work_Programme_2026.pdf |
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| Name of call | Genomics in Context Awards: collaborative research at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics |
| Funding agency | Wellcome |
| Amount | £500,000 |
| Deadline | 16 March 2026 |
| Grant summary | These awards will support transdisciplinary teams to catalyse research discoveries at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics. Funded projects will be given the time and resources to create new research agendas and explore innovative ways of working. |
| Link | https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes/genomics-in-context-awards |
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| Name of Call | Strengthen integrated, resilient, and sustainable health, laboratory, and information systems for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) epidemic control in Kenya under the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) |
| Funding agency | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HQ) |
| Amount | USD 10,000,000 |
| Deadline | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Grant summary | General Information Document Type: Grants Notice Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-JG-26-0146 Opportunity Title: Strengthen integrated, resilient, and sustainable health, laboratory, and information systems for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) epidemic control in Kenya. |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1549589/strengthen-integrated-resilient-and-sustainable-health-laboratory-and-information-systems-for-hiv-an |
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| Name of call | HORIZON‑JU‑GH‑EDCTP3‑2026‑03‑SERP-01 — CSA: Training & innovation networks for ethics, regulatory, pharmacovigilance & digital regulatory platforms |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | € 33 million |
| Deadline | 31st August 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Research conducted is expected to build and sustain capacity (networks) related to ethics, regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance including digital regulatory platforms to support clinical research and health interventions in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Link | https://www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/document/download/ac35d806-6ce5-4158-8486-9bfd9ae3275b_en?filename=Global_Health_EDCTP3_Work_Programme_2026.pdf |
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| Name of call | HORIZON‑JU‑GH‑EDCTP3‑2026‑03-DIGIT-02 — CSA: Digital innovation & Artificial Intelligence for integrated research & healthcare in SSA |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | € 2.25 million |
| Deadline | 31st August 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Digital health projects expected: e.g. AI-based diagnostics for infectious diseases, predictive modelling of disease outbreaks, health data platforms, digital surveillance systems, mobile health interventions, digital tools for patient management, integrating AI in health service delivery; capacity building for data science, health informatics, regulatory compliance for digital health; implementation research on deployment in SSA health systems; partnerships between tech institutions, health institutions, regulatory bodies. |
| Link | https://www.global-health-edctp3.europa.eu/document/download/ac35d806-6ce5-4158-8486-9bfd9ae3275b_en?filename=Global_Health_EDCTP3_Work_Programme_2026.pdf |
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| Name of call | Doctoral Programmes for Healthcare Professionals |
| Funding agency | Wellcome |
| Amount | £12 million. |
| Deadline | 10 February 2026 |
| Grant summary | This call will fund doctoral programmes for healthcare professionals registered in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The funded programmes will provide outstanding research training in supportive and inclusive research environments, with a focus on innovative approaches to career progression. |
| Link | https://wellcome.org/research-funding/schemes |
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| Name of call | CFAs: International Climate Initiative Large Grants |
| Funding agency | The International Climate Initiative (IKI) |
| Amount | EUR 12 million to EUR 20 million |
| Deadline | 17-Feb-2026 |
| Grant summary | The International Climate Initiative (IKI) supports large-scale climate and biodiversity projects in developing and emerging countries, aiming to limit global warming to 1.5°C and halt biodiversity loss. IKI Large Grants fund ambitious interventions that strengthen legal frameworks, advance NDCs and NBSAPs, and mobilize communities and resources for sustainable, low-emission development. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/environment-2/cfas-international-climate-initiative-large-grants/ |
| Name of Call | Horizon Europe Energy: €84 million available for projects supporting efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use. |
| Funding agency | European Commission |
| Amount | €84 million. |
| Deadline | 17 February 2026 |
| Grant summary | Following the adoption of the Horizon Europe 2025 work programme, the European Commission has launched a new call for project proposals to support research and innovation contributing to using energy in buildings in an efficient, affordable and sustainable way. |
| Link | https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/funding-opportunities/calls-proposals/horizon-europe-energy-eu84-million-available-projects-supporting-efficient-sustainable-and-inclusive_en |
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| Name of call | Mitigation Action Facility (MAF) Program |
| Funding agency | Mitigation Action Facility (MAF) |
| Amount | EUR 25 million |
| Deadline | 25th February 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Facility supports initiatives in energy, transport, and industry sectors, integrating policy, finance, and technical assistance to accelerate Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and sustainable development. |
| Link | https://www2.fundsforngos.org/environment-2/call-for-projects-mitigation-action-facility-program/ |
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| Name of call | Live Action Program (Africa) |
| Funding agency | The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) |
| Amount | Not specified |
| Deadline | 01-Feb-2026 |
| Grant summary | The Durban FilmMart Institute (DFMI) invites African filmmakers to apply for its Live Action Program, offering mentorship, masterclasses, and in-person pitching at the annual Durban FilmMart event. Projects must have African producers, directors, or writers, and selected participants receive travel and accommodation support for one representative |
| Link | https://durbanfilmmart.co.za/pitch-and-finance-forum-application/#animation |
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| Name of call | Europe-Africa Research and Innovation call on Sustainable Energy – 2026 |
| Funding agency | Horizon Europe |
| Amount | EUR 14,529,000 |
| Deadline | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Europe-Africa Research and Innovation call on Sustainable Energy – 2026 Type of grant: Cascade funding Opening date: 19 November 2025 Deadline model: multiple cut-off Deadline dates: 05 February 2026 16:00 (Brussels time) Status: Open for submission |
| Link | https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1572316/europe-africa-research-and-innovation-call-on-sustainable-energy-2026 |
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| Name of call | LEAP-SE Joint Call 2026 |
| Funding agency | LEAP-RE AU-EU Programme (multiple research agencies incl. EU & African funders) |
| Amount | €16.5M |
| Deadline | 24 June 2026 |
| Grant Summary | Funds collaborative research on sustainable energy, technology innovation and policy between African and European universities/research institutions. Kenya is an eligible participating country. |
| Link | https://www.leap-re.eu/leap-se-call-2026/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |