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The $6,000 Halcyon House EquityTech Fellowship is open to for-profit startups worldwide that leverage technology to increase social and financial inclusion and close equity gaps in education, wealth, and accessibility.

The $6,000 Climate Resilience & Food Security in Africa Fellowship invites African entrepreneurs to accelerate solutions that strengthen climate adaptation, resilience and food security through high-impact ventures.

The AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya aims to promote agricultural innovation among Kenyan youth and contribute to the country’s food security through technology-driven entrepreneurship.

The Circular Lab, has launched the Open Call for Waste Management Startups 2026 — an international innovation challenge designed to identify, support, and accelerate breakthrough ideas that can transform how cities manage waste.

The JournalismAI, a global initiative based at LSE in partnership with the Google News Initiative, has opened its $100,000 Innovation Challenge programme designed for small and medium-sized news publishers exploring the potential of artificial intelligence.

The $5,000 competition is designed to support African-based ventures with investment readiness and exposure.

Discover research and fellowship funding open to scholars, academics, and researchers worldwide — with deadlines from November 2025 to January 2026.

The Foundation S has announced the €100,000Climate Action & Health Resilience Grants Programme to strengthen community health systems against the growing impacts of extreme heat and air pollution in low- and middle-income countries.

The $17,000 Microsoft Research Fellowship creates opportunities for academic scholars (faculty, PhD students, and postdocs) to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance scientific understanding, drive innovation, and deliver societal benefit.

The $4,500 Houghton Library Visiting Fellowship Program is inviting applications for scholars at all stages of their careers to pursue projects that require in-depth research on Houghton Library’s holdings, draw on staff expertise, and participate in intellectual life at Harvard.