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Over $320,000 up for grabs! Don’t miss these 7 funding opportunities for women in tech, science, entrepreneurship, and research—closing between September and November 2025

The Schlumberger Foundation is gearing up to open applications for its distinguished Faculty for the $50,000 Future fellowships, offering funding for PhD and post-doctoral research to women engineers and scientists from developing and emerging economies.

The $85,000 Aurora Tech Award is an annual global prize created and supported by inDrive to empower women entrepreneurs in IT by providing financial support, mentorship, and opportunities to expand their ventures.

The £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation. 

Serava Cares believes in the power of small businesses to create jobs, drive innovation, and transform communities. That’s why Serava Cares is offering a business grant of ₦1 Million Naira each to 10 outstanding businesses in Africa.

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies is offering $5,000 fellowships to support significant research and writing about the Holocaust and related topics for projects that will benefit from a period of residence at the Museum and access to its resources.

Discover 20 diverse fellowship opportunities for African researchers, postdoctoral scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs, journalists, writers, and artists — with stipends ranging from €3,000 to $145,000 and deadlines closing between August 2025 and January 2026.

Cure Parkinson’s is inviting applications for its £250,000 Quarterly Research Grant Funding Programme, offering support for preclinical and clinical research aimed at slowing, stopping, or reversing Parkinson’s disease.

The £3,500,000 Wellcome Discovery Awards 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.

The Zonta International is pleased to announce its $10,000 Amelia Earhart Fellowship to carry out its mission to provide women access to resources and represent them in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men.