Opportunities

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Open Call 2026 invites researchers and innovators to propose new COST Actions, collaborative science and technology networks designed to advance knowledge and strengthen international research collaboration.

COST Actions are bottom-up and open

The TEEEM Foundation Community Impact Grant Program supports nonprofit and charitable organisations developing sustainable, community-driven solutions through education, empowerment, innovation and service.

The programme seeks organisations that understand the needs of their communities and can

The EIT Higher Education Initiative (EIT HEI) Call for Proposals 2026 will support higher education institutions and their innovation ecosystem partners in strengthening the capacity to transform STEM talent, research and knowledge into deep-tech and manufacturing innovation and entrepreneurship.

The

MANTRA 2nd Open Call – Support for Manufacturing SMEs

Overview

The MANTRA (Sustainable and Innovative Manufacturing by Ensuring Digital, Green, and Social SME Transformation) 2nd Open Call supports European manufacturing SMEs undertaking practical green, digital and social transformation projects.

The

The ICC TradeRoots Africa Programme, led by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Centre of Entrepreneurship, is designed to help African SMEs build the knowledge, tools, connections and capabilities needed to expand into African markets under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

The FORTIS Open Call #2 is inviting universities, research organisations, SMEs, start-ups and mid-caps to develop, integrate and validate technologies that advance Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), collaborative robotics, AI and digital environments.

The call provides access to the 10-month FORTIS

The PtX Grant Competition, launched by GIZ South Africa, Lesotho & eSwatini, provides grant funding for tangible, operating demonstrations of green hydrogen and Power-to-X (PtX) applications in South Africa.

The competition is focused on projects that can contribute to job creation, skills

The KijaniSpace Innovation Program is an innovation support programme under the Horizon Europe project “Empowering Climate-Smart Agriculture with Copernicus and IoT Innovations for Smallholder Farmers in Africa.”

The programme aims to support innovative SMEs and start-ups in the Lake Victoria region

The Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) is a flagship innovation initiative of The Innovation Hub designed to identify, support and accelerate high-potential innovations with the potential to become viable, market-ready solutions.

Through its innovation competitions and development platforms, GAP

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

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

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
• Del