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Calls for proposals, jobs and funding opportunities in our network.

Deadline 15 March 2026

Opportunity

Postdoctoral Researcher (Brazil), TABLE & the University of São Paulo, Brazil

Project HAM is a new three year project starting in Brazil in 2026. Funded by the Wellcome Trust, this project is a collaboration between the University of São Paulo, the University of Oxford and...

Deadline 23 March 2026

Opportunity

Urban Urgencies Funding: A Major Research Grant Opportunity for Global Urban Scholars, 2026

The Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is pleased to launch a new research funding initiative to seed-fund collaborative primary research proposals that engage with the theme Urban Urgencies. Up to...

Deadline 30 March 2026

Opportunity

Call for research grant proposals under the support to Regional Multi-Actor Research Network Project

1.0 Background Agroecology has emerged as a critical and transformative approach for addressing Africa’s persistent food and nutrition security challenges while simultaneously safeguarding...

Deadline 30 March 2026

Opportunity

FONTAGRO: 2026 Call for proposals

FONTAGRO was created in 1998 with the objective of establishing a sustainable financing mechanism for the development of agricultural technologies in LAC, and a forum to discuss priority issues of...

Deadline 30 March 2026

Opportunity

Open Innovation Challenge: Moonshots for Development (M4D) Global Open Innovation Challenge

The Moonshots for Development Open Innovation Challenge is an initiative powered by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the IDB Lab, the...

Deadline 6 April 2026

Opportunity

African Scholarship Programme 2027

The purpose of the African Scholarship Programme is to provide opportunities for early career researchers based in Africa to work and develop their ongoing research at the Nordic Africa Institute....

Deadline 14 April 2026

Opportunity

Horizon Europe – Cluster 6: “Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment”

The first 2026 call for research proposals under Horizon Europe's Cluster 6 is now open It makes available up to €166.4 million in EU funding for food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture...

Deadline 14 April 2026

Opportunity

The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship

The Mandela Rhodes Scholarship is built on their founding principles of reconciliation, education, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and a belief that leadership begins with inner transformation....

Deadline 14 April 2026

Opportunity

Horizon Europe (HORIZON): Green Transition Food Processing Africa

Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes: food processing facilities in Africa which target underutilized crops to deliver safe and healthy...

Deadline 14 April 2026

Opportunity

Horizon Europe (HORIZON): Leveraging R&I knowledge on microbiome

Microbiome research, adopting a holistic approach through a One Health perspective, has gained traction recently but research remains fragmented and there is a need for a coordination body that...

Deadline 14 April 2026

Opportunity

Horizon Europe (HORIZON): Advanced innovative solutions for improved competitiveness and sustainability in controlled environment agriculture (CEA)

Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) refers to any form of agriculture that controls and optimises environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, light or nutrient...

Deadline 26 April 2026

Opportunity

The Hoogenboom Scholarship

The Hoogenboom Scholarship programme will provide 6 of the brightest female students from selected countries in Africa with a full scholarship to undertake a master’s degree in the Lyell Centre....