The Scaling Circular Solutions Programme is designed for growth-stage circular economy businesses and organisations that have moved beyond the idea or early-development phase and are ready to expand their solutions and impact.

The programme is intended to help participants address practical growth barriers, strengthen their business model, improve investment readiness, build new partnerships and accelerate their scaling journey.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme 2027 is seeking leading researchers to form interdisciplinary research consortia capable of addressing a major global health challenge: the development of next-generation antimicrobial resistance (AMR) diagnostics for lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs).

The Carbon to Sea Initiative has launched two 2026 Open Calls designed to advance the scientific, technical and practical understanding of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE) as a potential carbon dioxide removal and climate mitigation approach.

Funding Available

Innovators with the most promising solutions may receive award funding from a total pool of up to USD 350,000.

The award is subject to the applicable QuickFire Challenge terms and conditions and execution of an award agreement.

Overview

This is an academic conference and publication opportunity rather than a grant or financial-support programme.

Organisation

AfriquEurope

Conference Partners

The conference is jointly organised with:

Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny

and coordinated with:

• Delegation of the European Union to Côte d’Ivoire
• Delegation of the European Union to the African Union in Addis Ababa

Conference

AfriquEurope 11th Conference

Type of Funding Available

Procurement Contract / Paid Professional Services

This is not a grant, loan, equity investment or funding call for businesses to finance their own projects. MGCA is procuring the services of a qualified professional service provider to undertake a defined consultancy and business-development assignment. Payment will be made in accordance with the Service Level Agreement and is subject to satisfactory delivery and acceptance of agreed milestones.

Issuing Authority

Funding Available

• Indicative topic budget: EUR 20 million
• Indicative EU contribution: EUR 20 million for the project
• Indicative number of projects: 1
• End Technology Readiness Level: TRL 8. 

The EUR 20 million is the indicative EU contribution, not necessarily a guaranteed amount that every application can request. The work programme states that proposals may request a different amount where justified.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Challenge Programme is designed to support leading researchers in forming collaborative research consortia around major scientific challenges of strategic importance.

This particular Challenge focuses on understanding the interaction between extreme heat and hypertension, with the aim of improving clinical management and reducing complications and mortality associated with heat exposure in people with hypertension.

Funding Available

• Total amount available: DKK 56–117 million
• Up to DKK 1.2 million per grant
• Grant duration: Up to 1 year. 

Overview of the Opportunity

The Pioneer Innovator Grant is designed to accelerate the commercialisation of research findings and the development of novel technologies within: