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Up to $5,000 · Career stage: Master’s, PhD, Postdoc, Early independent researcher
Psychology graduate students or qualifying recent doctorate holders with ethics approval.
Career stage: Postdoc, Early independent researcher, Mid-career researcher, Established researcher · Host: Ukraine
Non-retired PhD-level scholars in Ukraine, at any career stage and in any discipline; first-time VUIAS recipients only.
A$1,000 · Host: Australia
PhD completed no more than three years, or equivalent full-time years, before the deadline. Research must have been mainly undertaken in Tasmania or under a Tasmanian organisation. Anyone may nominate another person; self-nominations are excluded.
Applicants to the TTP-T and TTP-P tracks must follow the current NSF 25-540 organizational and submission requirements.
Up to €1,000,000 · Career stage: Early independent researcher · Host: Austria
An Austrian research institution applies for a researcher whose ERC Starting Grant 2026 proposal with that institution received an A rating but was not funded for budgetary reasons. Permanent professors or equivalent leaders, accepted permanent-professorship appointees, and former FWF START, ASTRA or ERC Starting Grant recipients are ineligible. ASTRA application rules also apply.
Host: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
At least three independent entities in three different EU Member States or Horizon Europe associated countries, including at least one EU Member State. Austria is eligible. This call is for organisations, not individual students. Doctoral recruits must meet the programme’s degree and mobility rules.
Host: United Kingdom
Applicants for research funding must meet UKRI individual eligibility and be based at an EPSRC-eligible UK research organisation. Industry can join the sandpit as partners but cannot receive EPSRC funding through this call. International collaborators can be project partners; Norway-based international co-leads are not supported through the usual Money Follows Cooperation agreement in this opportunity. Submit the EOI by 26 November 2026, 4 pm UK time, and commit to the entire residential and virtual programme. Selected eligible participants must inform their research office before attendance; successful hosts cover 20% of FEC. Only proposals developed/recommended at the sandpit proceed to invited full applications.
SEK 750,000 · Career stage: Postdoc · Host: Sweden
Doctoral degree (or foreign equivalent) by the award decision; priority to doctorates completed within three years of the deadline, with exceptions for special reasons; apply to the advertised scholarship.
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Career stage: PhD, Postdoc · Host: Japan
Swedish citizens or permanent residents who received a doctorate within the past six years, or doctoral students expecting the degree within two years, may apply through this route. A host researcher at an eligible Japanese university or research institution is required. All academic fields are eligible.
Career stage: Postdoc, Early independent researcher, Mid-career researcher · Host: Germany
Postdoctoral applicants normally within four years of the doctorate; experienced researchers within twelve years, with an independent publication record and a leadership role. German host agreement, facilities confirmation and assessment required. Prior Humboldt sponsorship excludes this route. Apply under the joint CAPES-Humboldt procedure.
Up to €40,000 · Host: Austria
The coordinator must hold a PhD and work at an Austrian member institution. Include at least one Austrian and one African member, all with 2026 fees paid. Participants must be PhD students or graduates. One proposal per coordinator; institutional endorsements and own funding are required.
Up to $500,000 · Host: Worldwide
Established institutes or research centres with a physical space apply as institutions; single-university faculty hubs, experimental national labs and institutions in China are excluded.
€50,000 – €100,000
Women founders or co-founders apply as individuals. Both residence and company establishment must be in an EU member state or Horizon Europe associated country. The company must have been incorporated before 1 January 2025. Only one prize category may be entered.
Up to £250,000 · Host: United Kingdom
Lead applicants must be based at an eligible UK research organisation. International co-leads are restricted to the UKRI–RCN or UKRI–IIASA agreements; other collaborators join as project partners. The research office submits the application.
CA$27,000 · Career stage: Master’s, PhD · Host: Canada
Canadian citizens, permanent residents or Protected Persons; eligible research graduate programme at an allocated Canadian institution. Normally 0–12 months of study by December 31; specific transition rules apply. First-class grades normally required, with institutional discretion. Prior agency master’s awards and specified Indigenous master’s awards exclude eligibility; only one CRTAS application per academic year.
Career stage: Early independent researcher, Mid-career researcher, Established researcher · Host: United States
The lead principal investigator must hold a tenure-track or tenured faculty position at Columbia University, Cornell University, CUNY, SUNY, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York University, the University of Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology or the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Additional principal investigators may participate through subcontracts from eligible U.S. or non-U.S. nonprofit or public research organisations. All applicants and key collaborators must hold a PhD, MD or equivalent degree and a faculty or equivalent research position.
Up to $15,000,000 · Host: United States
US accredited higher-education institutions with undergraduate, master’s and doctoral computing programmes may lead. US nonprofit research or education organizations may receive subawards. Other partners require independent support. Each person may participate in one proposal per competition.
Career stage: Undergraduate, Master’s · Host: United Kingdom
First-class or strong 2:1 degree in engineering, computer science, physics or mathematics; excellent English; graduate admission to the Oxford DPhil in Engineering Science quoting 27ENGCO_TB.
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£500,000 – £4,000,000 · Host: United Kingdom
A UK-registered business of any size must lead. The consortium must include at least one UK-registered micro, small or medium-sized enterprise claiming grant funding; academic institutions cannot lead. Funded work must be carried out mainly in the UK and the results exploited in the UK.
Up to £70,000 · Host: Worldwide
Reputable research and development establishments or other organisations worldwide proposing a relevant short-term applied-research project. The 2027 competition funds projects only; the PhD funding route resumes with the 2028 award.