The Commonwealth Foundation Open Grants Call 2026–2027 supports civil society organisations, grassroots communities and creative actors working to advance meaningful social, cultural and political change across eligible Commonwealth countries.

The programme funds projects that influence public policy, strengthen civic participation and promote accountability through constructive engagement with governments and other decision-makers, or through creative advocacy that uses arts and creative practices to influence public discourse, policies and behaviours.

The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) is inviting proposals from individual consultants or multidisciplinary teams to conduct a study examining African seed systems, the financial flows shaping them, and the economic and wider benefits of farmer-managed seed systems (FMSS) and agroecology.

The assignment aims to strengthen the evidence available to donors, development finance institutions (DFIs) and philanthropic foundations when determining funding priorities and investment approaches for African agriculture.

UNICEF Femtech Ventures is inviting applications for its second annual cohort of companies developing technology-driven solutions to improve the health, wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women.

The Agrifood Roadmap to Market is a free programme designed by BGI Sustainable Ventures and supported by EIT Food to help agrifood innovators, entrepreneurs and researchers bridge the gap between technology validation and market adoption.

The programme targets innovations at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 4–7, supporting participants to assess their market readiness, identify gaps in their development pathway and build a structured roadmap towards commercialisation and future investment.

Restack is a funding programme supporting the development, improvement and scaling of open technologies that strengthen the internet's foundational infrastructure. The programme aims to establish a secure, interoperable and sustainable Open Internet Stack built on shared digital resources, free and open-source software, open hardware, open standards and open data.

EIT Culture & Creativity is inviting proposals for high-impact, close-to-market innovations that can progress from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 to TRL 9 and full market deployment across the Architecture, Audio-Visual Media and Fashion sectors. The call uses a two-stage process combining concept validation, commercialisation planning and project implementation.

The opportunity is designed for innovations that are sufficiently mature for market deployment and demonstrate a clear pathway to commercialisation, revenue generation and scalable impact.

The VICTAM Foundation Call for Funding 2027 is inviting researchers, organisations, innovators and eligible commercial companies to submit proposals for projects that contribute to the development of the animal feed and flour milling industries.

The Foundation supports innovative projects that advance technology, sustainability, efficiency, animal nutrition and knowledge development across the global feed and flour milling sectors.

Funding Available

The Just Energy Transition (JET) Funding Platform is inviting Expressions of Interest for community-led agriculture and food-system projects with an integrated circular economy dimension.

Window 4 aims to support projects that create sustainable livelihoods and jobs in communities affected by South Africa’s Just Energy Transition, while strengthening agricultural value chains and embedding practical waste-to-value solutions.