Opportunities

Regenerative Emerging Agriculture Challenge

Advancing Climate-Smart, Off-Grid and Regenerative Farming Systems for Limpopo’s Emerging Agricultural Sector

Limpopo is one of South Africa’s most important agricultural provinces, contributing over 40% of the country’s citrus production. Yet its semi-arid

The iLCT Pipeline Research Acceleration Programme is a targeted funding call launched by Cure Parkinson’s to accelerate high-priority therapeutic candidates toward clinical trials for Parkinson’s disease.

This programme forms part of the International Linked Clinical Trials (iLCT) initiative, a

The 2026 Zayed Sustainability Prize has officially opened its global call for applications, inviting innovators, entrepreneurs, NGOs, academic institutions, and impact-driven enterprises to apply for one of the world’s most prestigious sustainability awards.

The Prize recognises and funds scalable

The AEDIB Joint Innovation Facility (JIF) 2026 is a strategic Africa–Europe funding mechanism designed to scale digitally enabled, commercially viable innovations through strong cross-border partnerships.

Implemented under the Africa–Europe Digital Innovation Bridge (AEDIB) and aligned with the EU

EUROGIA2030 Call 30 is now open for international collaborative research and development (R&D) projects focused on low-carbon technologies and climate innovation. This call forms part of the Eureka Clusters framework and supports transnational projects aimed at accelerating the development and

The CELTIC-NEXT Spring Call 2026 is part of the Eureka Network Cluster programme supporting collaborative, market-driven R&D projects in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). CELTIC-NEXT is dedicated to advancing next-generation communications for a secure, trusted, and sustainable

Eurostars is an international funding instrument supporting innovative SMEs and their partners to collaborate on market-driven R&D and innovation projects. The programme is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs and is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.

The March

The Genomics in Context Awards 2026 support transdisciplinary research teams working at the intersection of genomics, humanities, social sciences and bioethics. These awards are designed to catalyse bold, discovery-led research agendas that integrate diverse disciplinary expertise and wider societal

The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) has opened applications for the 2026 Collaborative Research Programme (CRP) – ICGEB Research Grants, a long-standing international funding mechanism designed to support high-quality, original research projects in ICGEB Member

The SASUF–NRF Seed Grants fund 2‑year collaborative research projects that link academia, industry and society in South Africa and Sweden, with a strong focus on real‑world impact and researcher mobility.

The SASUF–NRF Seed Grants are part of the SASUF+ (2025–2028) phase and are implemented jointly

The Local AIMday Grants support the organisation of Academic Industry Meeting Days (AIMdays) within the South Africa–Sweden University Forum (SASUF) network. AIMday is a structured dialogue format where researchers meet with industry, government and civil society to discuss concrete, real‑world

EIC Pathfinder Open is a Horizon Europe call under the European Innovation Council (EIC) that funds early‑stage, science‑towards‑technology research aimed at radically new future technologies capable of creating new markets, addressing major societal needs and tackling global challenges. The call is