Closed grant calls — page 16
Grant calls that have closed in the last 12 months. Each one keeps its funder, award size and original deadline, so you can see which programmes recur and roughly when they reopen. Closed calls drop out of this archive after a year. 833 in the archive across 18 pages. Browse live grants instead.
EV Chargepoint Innovation Funding
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This grant funds cutting-edge technology projects to advance electric vehicle charging infrastructure across England, supporting innovation that futureproofs the EV chargepoint supply network. Eligible applicants include technology developers, infrastructure providers, and innovators working on next-generation EV charging solutions.
Enterprise Development in Renewable Energy
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This grant funds commercially-driven renewable energy projects (on-grid and mini-grid) in ODA-eligible developing countries, supporting project development, grid infrastructure, and financing guarantees to reduce investment risk. Eligible applicants are commercial enterprises in the renewable energy sector operating in Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries, with grants ranging from NOK 5M+ prioritized for the 2026–2029 period.
Seed-Fund Collaborative Primary Research Proposals
••••• Foundation
The funder is funding up to six collaborative primary research projects (up to £35,000 each) that address urgent urban challenges through innovative, rapid-response research aligned with the theme 'Urban Urgencies'. Eligible applicants must be academic researchers partnered with at least one non-academic organisation, conducting rigorous urban studies research on topics like climate, housing, public health, democracy, conflict, AI, and technology.
PwC Student Challenge for Innovative Operations Solutions
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This is a student-led innovation challenge seeking solutions to transform operations across product development, supply chains, manufacturing, and customer experience through AI, automation, digitalization, and sustainability innovations. Eligible student teams must demonstrate innovation, feasibility, and measurable business impact on operational efficiency, resilience, and value creation.
Agriculture: Propose Your Own
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The funder is seeking proposals for evidence-based agriculture interventions not yet listed in their portfolio, offering up to $20,000 in seed funding to support distribution and implementation. The grant targets innovators and organizations working to scale proven agricultural solutions in developing regions.
Water Filters
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The funder is running a challenge to commercialize and sell ceramic water filters to underserved populations in areas without access to clean water. The grant provides up to $20,000 to support entrepreneurs and organizations bringing this water treatment solution to market.
RKVY RAFTAAR Scheme (India)
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The RKVY RAFTAAR Scheme supports early-stage agritech startups in India through structured incubation, mentorship, and financial support (up to INR 25 lakhs for seed-stage) to develop and scale innovation-driven agricultural solutions. The program targets 40 startups annually across agriculture technologies, agri-biotech, AI in agriculture, farm mechanization, and related sectors, with partnerships enabling real-world deployment and validation.
Post-Harvest Support
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This grant funds organizations that provide post-harvest loans and storage technology solutions to smallholder farmers, with awards up to $20,000. It targets proven interventions that reduce post-harvest losses and improve farmer livelihoods through financial and technological support.
Road Safety
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This grant supports organizations that reduce road deaths by replicating a proven public transport safety campaign, with seed funding up to $20,000. It targets nonprofits and social enterprises working on road safety interventions in the transport sector.
Quality Inputs
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The funder is challenging innovators to develop and deliver quality agricultural inputs and training programmes that help smallholder farmers increase crop yields. The grant supports solutions that improve agricultural productivity in developing regions, with awards up to $20,000.
The funder Innovation Challenge for Startups
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The funder is running an innovation challenge for B2B startups to develop data and AI solutions addressing operational challenges in event management, visitor analytics, lead scoring, and market intelligence. Eligible startups must be France-based, demonstrate solution maturity with proven use cases, and meet strict GDPR, security, ethics, and technical feasibility standards.
Freshwater x AI Program
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The Freshwater x AI Program supports mission-driven ventures using AI, machine learning, and advanced data tools to address freshwater challenges including water access, quality monitoring, WASH, climate resilience, and water governance. Selected ventures receive coaching, capacity-building, investor readiness support, and access to a global network of investors and water-sector stakeholders.
Accelerating Low-Carbon Entrepreneurs for Growth and Investment (India)
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This grant supports low-carbon entrepreneurs and project developers in India to strengthen investment readiness and connect with climate-focused investors. The program provides coaching, networking, and visibility support to help climate mitigation businesses scale solutions in energy transition, electric mobility, and sustainable cooling.
Recognizing Transformative AI Solutions
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The funder Impact Awards recognize innovative AI solutions that create measurable benefits across three categories: AI for People (health, education, digital inclusion), AI for Planet (climate, biodiversity, water), and AI for Prosperity (economic growth, governance, infrastructure). The award is open to SMEs, large enterprises, nonprofits, academic institutions, government bodies, startups, and individuals.
Equity-Free Green Chemistry Innovation Program
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The funder offers equity-free funding and lab-embedded validation for green chemistry innovators to transform sustainable chemistry ideas into market-ready ventures over 12 months in Berlin. The program supports researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs at different stages—from those with unexploited patents to aspiring founders—with stipends, technology development budgets, lab access, and mentorship.
The funder Women Entrepreneurs Award 2026
••••• Foundation
A 6-month accelerator programme for women founders in health and food security ventures operating in low- and middle-income regions, offering business mentorship, investor readiness training, and tailored support. Eligible ventures must be beyond idea stage with revenues up to USD 1M, operating as social enterprises in Asia, Latin America, Africa, or the Middle East.
Scaling Investable Solutions for Water and Ocean Resilience
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This grant funds impact fund managers scaling innovative investment solutions for water security, ocean resilience, and climate adaptation in ODA-eligible countries, with up to CHF 7.25M available for up to three awardees. Eligible thematic areas include sustainable aquaculture, nature-based coastal protection, water efficiency, ocean monitoring, and climate risk finance, with strong preference for locally-led fund management teams in Asia and the Pacific.
Grants for Climate Resilience
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Funds community-based climate adaptation projects led by teams combining an adaptation practitioner, community-based organization, and local/regional government partner. Supports projects that build resilience to climate change impacts in vulnerable US communities.
Driving Co-Creation Between Thai Corporates and Global Startups
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Corporate Spark connects international startups (Seed to Series B) with Thai corporations to co-develop and validate market-ready innovations in priority sectors including food tech, clean energy, circular economy, AI, and robotics. Startups gain access to Thai corporate partners, grants up to 5 million Baht, and structured support for market entry and localization.
Accelerating Startup Innovation in Finance, Data, and LegalTech
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The funder awards grants (€20K–€80K) to startups and innovators developing solutions in fintech, legal tech, and process automation, with a focus on risk management, contract lifecycle, compliance, and regulatory monitoring. Applicants at any stage from ideation to early product can apply and gain access to acceleration support and real-world deployment opportunities within the Caisse des Dépôts Group.
Empowering Local Solutions for Coral Conservation
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This grant funds innovative R&D projects for coral conservation and restoration in developing countries, with up to $100K for 1-2 year initiatives. It targets local scientists and organizations in LMICs to develop scalable, affordable solutions across priority areas including assisted evolution, aquaculture, cold-water coral preservation, and reef restoration.
The funder UN SDG Challenge
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This challenge supports women-led social enterprises and nonprofits advancing UN Sustainable Development Goals through innovative solutions to social and environmental challenges. Applicants must be established organizations (3+ years, 3+ employees, $75k+ annual revenue) led by women entrepreneurs aged 21+.
Bio‑based Climate Solutions to Empower Climate Innovation (India)
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This grant funds Indian biotech startups and companies developing climate solutions at the intersection of biotechnology, health, and agriculture, with up to ₹50 Lakhs in investment support plus six months of incubation and mentorship. Focus areas include reducing greenhouse gas emissions through biotech, climate-resilient healthcare, and sustainable agriculture.
Pillar 2 – Call for Project Concepts: Enhancing Climate-Smart, Gender-Responsive Public Governance in the Caribbean
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This is an open call for project concepts under the funder's Pillar 2, funding improvements to public governance for private sector development and climate action with explicit gender-responsive design. Eligible applicants are government line ministries and public agencies in the Caribbean region.
The funder Offers Agribusiness Exchange for Indian Entrepreneurs
••••• Foundation
The funder is offering a week-long exchange programme for young Indian agribusiness entrepreneurs and business leaders to visit New Zealand, attend the Mystery Creek Field Days, and build international industry connections. The programme targets entrepreneurs under 40 with leadership potential and working-level English proficiency, including both established leaders and early-stage entrepreneurs.
Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge 2026 (India)
••••• Foundation
Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge 2026 invites young innovators in India to develop solutions in sustainable textiles, circular economy, and food/water systems aligned with Mission LiFE. Selected startups receive seed grants, capacity-building through a 6-8 week virtual programme, mentorship, and investor connections, with top performers advancing to an in-person bootcamp in Hyderabad.
The funder Scaleup Program
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The funder's Scaleup Program supports innovative clean energy startups ready to scale by providing mentorship, industry introductions, investor access, and market expansion support in Australia and New Zealand. The program is designed for growth-stage startups with decarbonization technologies to accelerate their path to market and impact.
2026-02: Emergency Coffee Farm Recovery Assistance
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Emergency grant funding recovery efforts for coffee farms in Peru damaged by hurricane-force winds, covering labor, tree clearing, saplings, nursery setup, and agricultural supplies. Eligible applicants are coffee farmers or farm organizations in affected regions seeking up to $6,500 in aid.
Emergency Agricultural Recovery Programme – Peru Regional Initiative
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Emergency grant to restore coffee plantations, shade trees, fruit trees, and food crops damaged by hurricane-force winds in Peruvian communities. Funds cover labor, saplings, nursery preparation, and agricultural supplies for affected farming communities.
Youth Climate Justice Fund Grants
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Funds emerging youth-led climate justice and socio-environmental groups through participatory decision-making, with local groups eligible for up to $20,000 and national groups up to $40,000. Open to applicants across East Asia, Pacific, MENA, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, South Asia, Europe, Central Asia, and North America.
Accelerating Innovation for Deep-Tech and FoodTech Startups
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The funder accelerates early-stage and growth-stage FoodTech, AgriTech, and deep-tech startups through mentorship, lab access, industry collaboration, and connections to VC/government funding. The program targets innovations in food systems, sustainability, and advanced technologies with a focus on regional and global scaling.
IITK FinTech Spark Program (India)
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The IITK FinTech Spark Program provides ₹4 lakh (~$4,800 USD) in quarterly milestone-based funding to undergraduate student teams to develop market-ready FinTech prototypes and early-stage ventures. Eligible applicants are teams of 2–3 students from any department who have completed at least their 4th semester, with support including mentorship, masterclasses, industry immersion, and potential incubation center access.
Miller Center Accelerator Program
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The Miller Center Accelerator is a six-month program that equips social enterprise leaders with strategy, networks, and investment-readiness to scale ventures addressing poverty through women's economic empowerment and/or climate resilience. The program is open to established social enterprises generating at least $50,000 USD annually, with a focus on safe water/sanitation, renewable energy, and regenerative agriculture in climate-vulnerable contexts.
The Blue Catalyst Programme
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The Blue Catalyst Programme supports innovators developing technology solutions to overcome technical and operational barriers in blue carbon projects, offering mentorship, commercialization support, and access to a global network. Eligible applicants include startups, researchers, and project developers working on solutions for GHG measurement, geospatial mapping, biodiversity monitoring, carbon modelling, and community engagement in blue carbon initiatives.
Pioneering Green Steel Innovations in India
••••• Foundation
The Greenovation Challenge funds innovations to decarbonize India's steel industry through energy efficiency, renewable energy integration, scrap recycling, and breakthrough technologies like hydrogen-based production and carbon capture. Eligible applicants include innovators, researchers, startups, and enterprises at any stage, competing for non-dilutive prizes up to INR 12 lakhs with pilot-to-scale support across Indian industrial states.
Venture the funder Program Supporting ClimateTech Entrepreneurs
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This grant accelerates climate technology startups through up to $100K in non-dilutive funding, mentorship, and ecosystem support to validate market opportunities and scale high-impact innovations. Eligible entrepreneurs receive customer discovery tools, business coaching, and pathways to manufacturing and production within the New York State climate tech ecosystem.
PFRDA Hackathon 2026-Innovating India’s Digital Pension Ecosystem
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This hackathon invites Indian innovators to develop fintech solutions for the National Pension System, addressing digital onboarding, user engagement, retirement planning tools, and multilingual support. Winners receive cash prizes up to ₹10 lakh, mentorship, and collaboration opportunities within India's pension ecosystem.
Accelerating Next-Generation Cleantech Solutions
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This $2M Canadian innovation fund accelerates cleantech solutions for the natural gas industry across upstream, midstream, and downstream applications, with emphasis on low-emission and sustainable energy technologies. Startups and SMEs can access up to CAD $500K in non-dilutive funding to validate and commercialize technologies at TRL 5–9, alongside industry partnerships and demonstration sites.
Supporting DeepTech Startups for Innovation-Led Growth (India)
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The ELEVATE program funds innovative deeptech startups in India with grant-in-aid support to validate proof of concept and scale solutions in priority sectors including quantum, AI, energy, climate, mobility, fintech, space, aerospace, agritech, biotech, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing. Eligible startups must be incorporated entities within 10 years of founding with turnover under ₹100 crores.
Construction Tech Startup Forum
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A competitive forum and showcase for construction technology startups developing innovative solutions to decarbonize, improve efficiency, and promote circularity in the building sector. Eligible startups leverage advanced technologies or new business models addressing areas like Construction 4.0, new materials, refurbishment, and sustainable building practices.
WE-Escalate Acceleration Program to Empower Women Entrepreneurs (India)
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WE-Escalate is a six-month acceleration program for women-led or women-founded startups in HealthTech, AgriTech, FoodTech, Climate Tech, and Industry 5.0 sectors operating in Karnataka, India. The program provides mentorship, investor readiness support, and connections to funding to help early-stage and growth-stage ventures scale.
Catalyst Grant Program (India)
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This grant funds collaborative research projects between University of Toronto researchers and Indian partner organizations to address urban sustainability and climate resilience challenges in Indian cities. Funding of approximately CAD $15,000–$25,000 per project supports fieldwork, local staffing, capacity-building, and dissemination activities focused on air quality, water, energy, mobility, housing, waste, and related urban sustainability themes.
HDFC Parivartan StartUp Grants Program in India
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HDFC Parivartan provides grant funding up to INR 10 Lakhs to Indian social impact startups addressing climate innovation, AI for social good, financial inclusion, agriculture, education, and gender inclusion. The program combines grants with mentorship and network access to help founders scale sustainable and inclusive solutions.
Empowering Startups Towards Innovation and Commercialization (India)
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HP Udgam is an equity-funding initiative by the funder supporting early-stage Indian startups with validated proof-of-concept solutions in energy transition, digitalisation, sustainability, and deep-tech domains. The program provides up to Rs. 2.5 crore (approximately $300K USD) in equity funding, mentorship, and guidance to commercialize innovations aligned with HPCL's strategic priorities.
Innopreneurs Startup Contest (Season 12) - India
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Innopreneurs is a startup contest supporting innovators and entrepreneurs across multiple focus areas including deep tech, agri-tech, sustainability, energy, and health tech with up to INR 15 lakh in funding plus mentorship and non-fiscal support. The 12-season programme offers cash prizes, cloud credits, expert mentoring, and networking opportunities across 50+ pitching rounds over 8 months.
Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge for Ocean Innovators
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An international business-plan competition for students, graduates, and young entrepreneurs to pitch innovative concepts, products, or startups aimed at ocean preservation and marine conservation. Winners gain mentorship, visibility, and potential funding/acceleration support from a network of academic and environmental institutions.
Climate software data accelerator programme from an organisation
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A national innovation acceleration programme powered by Ericsson and the Nigerian Federal Government that identifies and scales early-stage African technology startups building solutions to pressing continental challenges. Selected startups receive 8 weeks of intensive mentorship, investor access, and Demo Day pitch opportunities across sectors including fintech, healthtech, agritech, edtech, IoT, cleantech, and AI-ML.
The Liveability Challenge 2026 – Decarbonisation Theme
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The Liveability Challenge 2026 invites global innovators to submit deep-tech decarbonisation solutions (renewable energy, waste-to-resource, energy efficiency) at TRL 6+ for substantial grant and development funding. Top solutions receive up to S$1 million in grants or S$2 million in development funding, with showcase at Singapore's Ecosperity Week.