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Explore opportunities for women entrepreneurs, creatives, and scientists, including grants, fellowships, prizes, accelerators, and mentorship programs designed to support women-led businesses, innovation, research, and creative work globally. Total Funding Available: $191,000+

The $150,000 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant Program is accepting applications to support an early-career scientist conducting impactful research projects focused on biodiversity and conservation in Africa.

The Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award offers up to £8,000,000 to support transdisciplinary teams from Africa, South Asia, or South-East Asia to conduct randomised controlled trials aimed at optimising licensed pharmaceutical interventions for infectious diseases.

The L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa Programme 2026 is requesting applications to support women researchers across the region with up to €15,000 to become part of a prestigious scientific community.

The Holberg Prize is a prestigious international award recognizing outstanding scholarly contributions in the humanities, social sciences, law, and theology. The €530,000 Prize honors researchers whose work has had a decisive and lasting impact on international research and academic thought.

The Spencer Foundation Racial Equity Research Grants Program 2026 provides funding of up to $75,000 for research addressing racial inequality in education.

The £250,000 Quarterly Research Grant Funding Programme is inviting applications for preclinical and clinical research aimed at slowing, stopping, or reversing Parkinson’s disease progression.

Explore 6 unique opportunities for researchers in Africa with more than $500,000 in funding. Deadlines are between March and May 2026

The Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Award 2026 is a prestigious biennial international award recognizing outstanding contributions in translational cancer research and compassionate oncology care. The award provides €100,000 in research funding

The Post-Doctoral Study Grants 2026 provide up to €45,000 per year for researchers to advance their careers through focused post-doctoral projects. Funding supports researchers in fields such as Ethology, Paleontology, Archaeology, Anthropology, Psychology, Epistemology, Logic, and Neuroscience, either in France or abroad.