1. Al2 EarthRanger Conservation Tech Award 2024 (Up to $15,000)
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Al2’s EarthRanger program is committed to helping protected areas and conservation organizations safeguard wildlife and their habitats through the advancement of technology.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 23
2. UNIDO Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) 2024
GCIP is a programme led by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF). GCIP promotes cleantech innovation and entrepreneurship in emerging market and developing economies to address climate challenges and foster sustainable development.
Click here for details | Deadline: Deadline: Varies by Country
3. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Technical Fellowship 2024
UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. This specific fellowship opportunity was originally launched in 1976 and was called the International Cancer Research Technology Transfer awards (ICRETT) and has facilitated knowledge exchange for the last four decades.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: August 12
4. Future of Capitalism Tech Startup Competition 2024-2025 (up to $1,000,000)
Does your technology transform how businesses operate – such as improving productivity, safety, logistics, sustainability, customer experience or something else? Could your Fintech startup boost efficiency, save costs, improve security, or spending behaviour? If you’re a founder looking for funding to grow your startup, and want to make a positive impact, this contest is for you. Apply for the Future of Capitalism Tech Startup Competition 2024-2025.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 30
5. Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program 2025
Launched in 1997, the Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program is a full-time, hands-on training and educational program that provides early career individuals with the opportunity to spend 12 weeks at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC learning about science and technology policy and the role that scientists and engineers play in advising the nation.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 9
6. AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge 2024
Are you developing a science-based and tech-driven solution to food insecurity and climate impacts in Kenya? Apply for the AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge 2024. The AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge is a program designed specifically for agri-tech innovators with early-stage solutions that are rooted in, or applicable to, Kenya’s agricultural sector.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 28
7. CivicHive CivicTech Fellowship 2024
This is a 20-week bootcamp and implementation program designed for early-stage Civic innovators with tech-enabled ideas that cansolve social problems.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 15
8. Fintech Cadence Ascension Program 2024 for Startups in Canada.
This is an 11-week program dedicated to founders who are fundraising. Securing funding as a startup is crucial for building a strong foundation and scaling up, but the process can be overwhelming. To succeed, you need a comprehensive understanding of the funding landscape and the ability to maximize available opportunities.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 15
9. EQUALS in Tech Awards 2024
The EQUALS Global Partnership invites nominations for the 2024 EQUALS in Tech Awards. They want to hear about initiatives, projects, movements, organizations and institutions around the world working to bridge the digital gender divide.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 1
10. Zendesk Foundation Tech for Good Impact Award 2024
Applications for the Zendesk Foundation Tech for Good Impact Award 2024 are now open. The awards provide free software and multiple grants to global nonprofit organizations.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 15
11. GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2024
In 2015, under the umbrella of its Creativity and Innovation Initiative, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme established a prize in order to recognise deserving individuals or organisations that have an innovative approach to addressing international security challenges.
Click here for details | Deadline: November 23
12. Lineage Food Chain Innovation Challenge 2024
Calling all innovators, developers, designers and entrepreneurs! Apply for the Lineage Food Chain Innovation Challenge 2024. Lineage is inviting forward-thinking students and startups from across the world to help address the complexities of the food supply chain, explore new perspectives, and propose innovative solutions that can reshape how we feed the world.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 30
13. Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize 2024
The Post Harvest Loss Innovation Prize is seeking innovative solutions that reduce post-harvest loss for smallholder farmers in emerging markets. Funding from the prize is unrestricted.
Click here for details | Deadline: August 14
14. Mellon/ALS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship 2024/2025
The Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships provide a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. This program is made possible by a grant from the Mellon Foundation.
Click here for details | Deadline: October 30
15.WFP Innovation Challenge: Relief & Resilience 2024
They launched the latest World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Challenge in search of game-changing innovations that offer relief, foster resilience and end hunger.
Click here for details | Deadline: Ongoing
16. British Academy Innovation Fellowships Scheme 2024-2025
The Innovation Fellowships scheme will provide funding and support for established early-career and mid-career researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences to partner with organisations and business in the creative, cultural, public, private and policy sectors, to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.
Click here for details | Deadline: November 27
17. Climate Change Al Innovation Grants 2024
Proposals are invited for the Climate Change Al Innovation Grants 2024. Climate Change Al is a nonprofit initiative to catalyze impactful work at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. Since it was founded in 2019, CCAI has inspired, informed, and connected thousands of individuals from 4 across academia, industry, and the public sectors, through its foundational reports on Al and climate change, networking and knowledge-sharing events, educational initiatives, and global grants programs.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 15
18. BIND Open Innovation & Acceleration Program 2024
The BIND Open Innovation and Acceleration Program connects dynamic startup teams with well-established companies, to provide external solutions for their internal digital transformation challenges while promoting the development of commercial skills and encouraging the immersion of startups in the local ecosystem, catalyzing new business opportunities.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 6
19. Global Innovation Fellowships: The German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) 2025 (up to £150,000)
The programme is supported under the UK Government’s International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF). The £337m fund is designed to enable potential and foster prosperity. It puts research and innovation at the heart of British Academy’s international relationships, supporting UK researchers and innovators to work with peers around the world on the major themes of our time: planet, health, tech, and talent. The fund is managed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and delivered by a consortium of the UK’s leading research and innovation bodies.
Click here for details | Deadline: Sept 25
20. ODA Global Innovation Fellowships 2024
The objective of the ODA (Official Development Assistance) Global Innovation Fellowships is to provide opportunities to UK-based early-and mid-career researchers from across the humanities and social sciences to develop their skills, networks and careers in the creative and cultural, public, private and policy sectors to address challenges that require innovative approaches and solutions.
Click here for details | Deadline: November 6
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