Opportunities

The Circular Bioeconomy Education Centre (CBEC) is offering a free Bio-based Product Innovation course designed to respond to identified skills needs within Ireland's emerging circular bioeconomy.

The course is particularly relevant to industry practitioners and professionals looking to:

• Upskill in

The Sorghum Trust provides financial support for projects that benefit the South African sorghum industry, with a particular emphasis on sorghum research and development and the maintenance and dissemination of information required by the industry.

The Trust's application process is designed for

The GEF Small Grants Programme is inviting eligible organisations in Botswana to submit proposals for innovative, inclusive and scalable community-led projects that promote environmental conservation, sustainable development and local partnerships.

The programme is specifically seeking projects that

The HealthTech Investor Summit (HIS) 2026 is opening its Phase 2 Pan-European Pitching Selections, giving HealthTech companies with significant activities in Europe an opportunity to be selected to pitch at the HIS 2026 event in Bruges, Belgium, from 30 November to 2 December 2026.

The selection

The Circular Innovation Challenge 2026 is seeking innovative businesses in Southern Africa with solutions that are beyond the ideation stage and ready to move into testing, implementation or scaling.

The challenge is focused on circular solutions that:

• Reduce waste.
• Keep materials in use.
• Regenerate

The MENA Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme is designed to empower and upskill scientists, researchers and students working on agricultural challenges relevant to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

The programme is aimed at researchers and innovators who have developed research-

Takealot Group is inviting suitably qualified organisations to express interest in providing entrepreneurship-focused training and support to participants in its Personal Shoppers Programme.

Personal Shoppers are described as community-based micro-entrepreneurs who help customers access e-commerce by

Type of Funding Available

Grant funding

Funding is provided by the participating Funding Partner Organisations (FPOs) according to their respective national or regional funding rules. There is therefore no single universal grant amount per applicant.

Programme

Water4All European Partnership

Pillar

Pillar

Rainforest Trust welcomes applications from eligible organisations seeking support to create or expand protected or conserved areas on land or at sea.

The programme is centred on establishing areas that can deliver lasting conservation benefits for Species, Climate and Communities, rather than

The Entrepreneurs for Resilience (E4R) 2027 programme is the 10th edition of the Swiss Re Foundation's programme supporting entrepreneurial solutions that strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities.

This edition focuses specifically on scaling access to affordable, quality primary healthcare

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

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.

OAE works by adding alkaline materials to seawater to