African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) · Pan-African (HQ Cairo)
Invites original postgraduate research (Master’s or PhD) on African trade, finance, regional integration, and sustainable development. Papers of 3,000–5,000 words are submitted and judged by an independent jury. Top papers are presented to Afreximbank leadership and published as policy briefs.
RSF funds research in economics, sociology, political science, demography, and psychology, particularly work using rigorous methods (randomised evaluations, natural experiments, large datasets) to understand social inequality, poverty, and labour markets. Open to USA and international researchers
Deadline
Rolling - Check Funder website106 days left
Value
Up to $200,000 incl. 15% indirect costs (Trustee grants); up to $75,000 (Presidential-authority grants)
Supports post-doctoral anthropological research, ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, collaborative community research. Open to all sub-disciplines: cultural, social, biological, linguistic, and archaeological anthropology. Particularly strong for global South researchers.
Provides funding for early-career researchers from any discipline who are ready to develop their research identity and drive shifts in understanding of human life, health, and wellbeing. By the end of the award, recipients should have the research maturity to lead their own independent research programme. No co-applicants accepted. This is a sole investigator award.
Deadline
Three rounds per year - Next round: 10 November 2026, 15:00 GMT119 days left
Value
Lead researcher’s salary plus up to £400,000 research costs
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)
Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) · United States
Funds research on solid waste management, recycling, landfill technology, circular economy, and environmental management. EREF supports applied research with clear industry and policy implications, including in developing-country settings where waste management is an urgent challenge.
Deadline
Closes 1 December 2026140 days left
Value
Up to USD 500,000 (most awards USD 50,000–200,000)
Fogarty International Center (FIC), NIH · United States
The goal of the Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award is to provide research support and protected time (three to five years) to a low- or middle-income country (LMIC) early career research scientist who holds a junior faculty position at an LMIC academic or research institution. This intensive, mentored research career development experience is expected to lead to an independently funded research career at the LMIC institution or in another LMIC. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)invites applications from LMIC scientists from any health-related discipline who propose career development activities and a research project that is relevant to the health priorities of their country under the mentorship of LMIC and U.S. mentors. The K43 does not permit an independent clinical trial.
Deadline
Closes 3 December 2026142 days left
Value
Salary (Up to $100,000 per year) and up to $40,000 per year (Research development support)
Annual prize for outstanding scientific work that makes a significant contribution to understanding environmental and sustainability issues. Self-nominations and nominations by others are both accepted.
Deadline
Closes 20 January 2027190 days left
Value
SEK 1,500,000 (~€135,000 / US$142,000), plus a diploma and glass sculpture
Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) · United Kingdom
Supports SEB members undertaking projects that advance the teaching and learning of biology at the university level, curriculum innovation, assessment design, student engagement, or pedagogical research. Ideal for UNIMA Biology faculty developing new teaching methods.
Deadline
Rolling (Every year 31 January and 30 June)201 days left
Value
Up to £2,000 (SEB members) or up to £200 (non-members)
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
The Humboldt Research Fellowship enables you to conduct your own research at various stages of your career in collaboration with a host at a German research institution of your choice. Hosts may apply for a subsidy towards research costs. Fellows can stay 6 to 24 months.
Prestigious award for highly experienced researchers from developing countries with outstanding academic records. Recipients collaborate with German research institutions.
Deadline
Rolling — nomination period usually ends on 31 October of each year.
Value
€60,000 (one-time award) plus funded research stays in Germany
