Professional, scientific and technical activities

The L’Oréal Green Sciences Incubator 2026 is now open for startups developing sustainable, bio-based, and green science innovations aimed at transforming the cosmetics industry. The programme is delivered in collaboration with L’Oréal Research & Innovation, Genopole, and Hello Tomorrow, providing startups with incubation, technical expertise, and potential collaboration opportunities. 

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This global Grand Challenge seeks innovative solutions to significantly reduce the cost of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) used to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 

The objective is to enable more children to access life-saving treatment by improving cost-efficiency across formulation, production, and supply systems. Proposals must demonstrate a minimum 30% reduction in the ex-factory unit cost of RUTF, while maintaining nutritional quality and regulatory compliance. 

This global Grand Challenge seeks to fund breakthrough innovations that significantly reduce the cost of diagnostic and screening tools for use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The focus is on developing scalable, high-impact technologies that can deliver diagnostic results at approximately USD 1 per test or near-zero incremental cost, while maintaining quality, speed, and usability in low-resource settings. 

This global Grand Challenges call for proposals focuses on leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to transform how individuals and institutions engage in charitable giving.

The initiative seeks innovative, AI-driven solutions that can help donors make better decisions, increase the volume and speed of giving, and strengthen the overall philanthropic ecosystem. The goal is to move donors from intent to action by improving discovery, trust, and ease of giving, particularly in areas aligned with global health and development. 

This global Grand Challenges call for proposals seeks to accelerate the development of innovative interventions targeting placental and maternal gut inflammation and oxidative stress to improve fetal growth outcomes.

Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR) remains a major contributor to neonatal mortality and long-term health complications, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This call aims to support scalable, science-driven solutions that can generate decision-grade evidence and advance toward clinical application.

The Grand Challenges initiative has launched a global call for proposals seeking breakthrough innovations that can significantly reduce the cost of treating Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) while maintaining or improving treatment outcomes.

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research is inviting proposals for applied policy and political economy research to accelerate the implementation and expansion of health taxes.

This call aims to fund up to three country teams to conduct real-time policy analysis and strategy co-production that directly supports national-level health tax reform. The focus is not academic theory alone, but actionable insights embedded within ongoing national policy processes.

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), has issued a Call for Expressions of Interest (EOI) to appoint Seed Fund Implementing Partners under its Seed Fund Programme (SFP).

Up to US$30,000 for Community-Led Environmental Solutions

The Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP), implemented by UNDP, has launched its 2026 Call for Proposals under GEF-8 to support innovative, community-driven environmental initiatives in Ghana 

This funding window focuses specifically on communities along the Black Volta Basin, targeting environmental resilience, inclusive development, and locally led sustainability solutions.