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Nature Awards — Global Grants for Gut Health 2026

Nature Portfolio / Yakult · United Kingdom / Japan

Grants for researchers investigating the gut microbiota and its role in human health. The Global Grants for Gut Health is a competitive funding initiative that supports innovative, investigator-led research focused on the human gut microbiota. Jointly supported by Yakult and Nature Portfolio, the program aims to advance scientific understanding of the critical role the gut microbiome plays in human health.

Deadline: Closes 14 July 2026Due today
Value: Up to US$100,000 per grant (max 3 grants); one-year project; overhead up to 10% of direct costs, capped at US$10,000
Focus: Medicine & health · Public health

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ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship 2026

African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) · Africa (HQ Ghana / South Africa)

Up to 42 fellowships across ARUA Centres of Excellence and Africa-Europe Clusters, spanning agriculture, health, climate, governance, energy, education and ICT.

Deadline: Closes 15 July 20261 day left
Value: Monthly stipend of US$2,000, plus accommodation and return travel; extra adjustment support for eligible women (e.g. childcare)
Focus: All disciplines

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Leakey Foundation Research Grants 2026 (Spring cycle)

Leakey Foundation · United States

The Leakey Foundation funds research on human origins, including paleoanthropology, primatology, evolutionary behavioural ecology, and cultural anthropology. It is one of the few funders focused explicitly on understanding what makes us human.

Deadline: Closes 15 July 20261 day left
Value: Up to US$30,000 (doctoral students up to US$20,000; most awards US$3,000–US$15,000)
Focus: Social science · Science & technology

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Wellcome Career Development Awards

Wellcome Trust · United Kingdom

This scheme provides funding for mid-career researchers from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding related to human life, health and wellbeing.

Deadline: Three times a year. This round -full application: 17 November 2026126 days left
Value: Annual expenditure usually below £250,000 (excluding salary)
Focus: All disciplines

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Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation

The Rufford Foundation · United Kingdom

Long-running scheme funding practical nature-conservation fieldwork in developing countries. Designed for early-career conservationists; small, fast and renewable across four funding stages as a project matures.

Deadline: Rolling - no deadlines
Value: Staged: 1st Grant up to £7,000; 2nd up to £8,000; Booster up to £12,000; Completion up to £18,000. Fieldwork costs only
Focus: Environment & climate

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LEO Foundation — Strategic Research Grants 2026

LEO Foundation · Denmark

LEO Foundation’s Strategic Research Grants are multi-year, large-scale awards for biomedical research focused on skin diseases, dermatological conditions, and skin biology. This is distinct from the LEO Serendipity Grants (exploratory; May 21 deadline): these are hypothesis-driven, multi-year strategic projects. LEO funds international applications with strong scientific foundations in dermatology and adjacent biomedical fields.

Deadline: Closes 25 August 202642 days left
Value: DKK 2–4 million per project
Focus: Medicine & health · Biomedical

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