Closed grant calls — page 6
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. 835 in the archive across 18 pages. Browse live grants instead.
An Open Innovation Programme for Smart Industry Startups
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The funder Open Innovation Programme connects early-stage startups with established industrial partners in the Basque ecosystem to validate and commercialize smart industry solutions through paid innovation contracts. The programme funds startups with MVP or market-ready products in sustainability, digitalization, automation, advanced manufacturing, data intelligence, and connectivity to solve real B2B efficiency and competitiveness challenges.
Strategic Nature Projects
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Strategic Nature Projects funds large-scale integrated conservation and biodiversity initiatives across Europe, supporting habitat protection, ecosystem restoration, and nature-based solutions to environmental challenges. The grant targets public bodies, NGOs, research institutions, and consortia working on strategic nature conservation aligned with EU environmental policy.
Strategic Integrated Projects - Environment
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This is a large-scale EU funding call for strategic integrated environmental projects that combine nature conservation, biodiversity protection, and sustainable land/water management across multiple sectors. It targets public and private organizations, consortia, and research institutions working on integrated environmental solutions with budgets up to €58 million.
Strategic Integrated Projects - Climate Action
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This is a large-scale EU funding call for strategic integrated climate action projects, offering up to €30 million to support comprehensive, multi-actor initiatives that advance climate mitigation and adaptation across sectors. Eligible applicants include public authorities, nonprofits, research institutions, and private entities working on integrated climate solutions within the EU.
Ensuring Resilient Seafood Supply Chains: Countering Forced Labor and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
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This grant funds projects that strengthen seafood supply chain resilience by combating forced labor and illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. It targets organizations working on labor rights, fisheries governance, and sustainable ocean resource management.
Renewable energy financing mechanism technology specific
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This grant funds technology-specific renewable energy financing mechanisms and investment infrastructure, supporting the deployment and scaling of renewable energy projects through innovative financial instruments. It targets organizations developing or implementing financing solutions for renewable energy technologies.
Safeguarding U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains—Tunisia
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This grant supports initiatives to safeguard and strengthen U.S. critical minerals supply chains with a focus on Tunisia, likely addressing mineral sourcing, processing, or strategic partnerships for energy transition and defense applications. Eligible applicants may include government agencies, private sector partners, research institutions, and organizations working on supply-chain resilience and sustainability.
Call for applications to a Danish green-research innovation programme
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Green Labs DK funds the establishment of large-scale demonstration and testing facilities for climate technologies under realistic conditions, enabling companies to validate and deploy new climate solutions. The programme targets organizations seeking to build world-class test infrastructure for climate technology innovation.
Safeguarding U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains - Tunisia
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This is a commercial diplomacy initiative supporting private-sector investment in Tunisia's phosphate and critical minerals development, with emphasis on transparent practices, downstream processing optimization, and trade linkages with the U.S. The program targets companies and consortia seeking to develop or process critical minerals while meeting international standards and strengthening U.S. supply-chain security.
Safeguarding U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains in North Africa
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This is a commercial diplomacy initiative supporting private-sector investment in Tunisia's phosphate mining and mineral processing sectors to strengthen U.S. critical minerals supply chains. Applicants will advance Tunisia's economic development and export capacity while meeting international standards for downstream processing.
Call for research and innovation projects under an international energy-agency 2026 framework
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EUDP grants support Danish participation in International Energy Agency technology networks to systematize and share energy technology knowledge across IEA member countries. Eligible applicants compete for funding to acquire and bring home expertise in technology areas of strategic interest to Denmark.
Safeguarding U.S. Critical Minerals Supply Chains—Tunisia
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This is a commercial diplomacy initiative supporting private-sector investment in phosphate development and downstream mineral processing in Tunisia to strengthen U.S. critical minerals supply chains. The program targets transparent, standards-compliant mineral projects that advance Tunisia's economic development while securing trusted mineral sources for the U.S.
Increasing Market Opportunities in Vietnam for U.S. Innovative Biofertilizer Exporters
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This funder grant supports U.S. exporters of innovative biofertilizer products to expand market opportunities in Vietnam. It targets companies seeking to increase sales and market penetration for sustainable fertilizer solutions in Southeast Asia.
Invitation to a Danish energy research and innovation call 2026-II
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EUDP 2026-II funds development and demonstration of innovative green energy technologies, with 240 million DKK in general funding and 61.3 million DKK dedicated to pyrolysis projects. The programme is open to companies and researchers in Denmark developing energy technologies aligned with strategic priorities.
A UK Water Utility's Community Investment Fund
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A grants programme offering £10,000–£100,000 to support environmental and social projects across Anglian Water's region in England. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, charities, community groups, and social enterprises working on environmental and community-development initiatives.
Catalyst Grant for Research AI Innovation
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This grant supports early-stage innovation in AI agents and software tools designed for research workflows, with a focus on trustworthiness through provenance, governance, and accountability. Awards up to £25,000 for promising ideas that embed agentic AI into research practices.
Opportunity Fund for Lead Poisoning Prevention
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The funder's Opportunity Fund supports short-term, strategic projects addressing lead poisoning prevention in low- and middle-income countries across Asia, Africa, and South America. Eligible activities include lead exposure source assessment, market screening, detection technology pilots, awareness campaigns, policy analysis, and research to advance understanding and prevention of lead poisoning.
Bear Projects
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The funder funds conservation, education, and welfare projects addressing wild bear populations, human-bear conflict, captive bear rescue, and illegal trade in bear parts across multiple continents. The programme supports research, sanctuary improvements, and conservation education initiatives led by NGOs, universities, and governmental institutions.
Agricultural Research Infrastructure Programme
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The funder's Research Facilities Act Program funds the construction, renovation, and improvement of agricultural research facilities to support climate-resilient and sustainable food and agricultural systems. The program is open to eligible institutions conducting USDA-mission-aligned research.
Call 2026 for Urban Sustainability Research and Innovation
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A transnational funding call for research and innovation projects helping cities transition to climate neutrality and resilience through three pathways: 15-minute cities, circular urban economies, and positive energy districts. Eligible applicants include research institutions, local authorities, SMEs, and consortia working on urban sustainability challenges.
Grounding Zone Processes: Request for Proposals
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This RFP funds research to improve understanding of glacier grounding zone processes, particularly in West Antarctica, to better predict ice-sheet behavior and sea-level rise. It targets scientists and research teams studying subglacial hydrology, ocean-driven melting, ice dynamics, and related mechanisms that govern glacier retreat and stability.
Early-Stage Research Funding: Glacier Intervention Technologies Request for Proposals
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This RFP funds early-stage research and development of glacier intervention technologies designed to increase subglacial friction and slow ice-sheet collapse, with a focus on moving concepts from laboratory testing toward real-world glacial deployment. Eligible applicants include researchers and organizations developing passive heat pumps, thermosyphons, subglacial water extraction, and related modeling approaches.
Fiscal Year 2026 United States Marine Highway Program
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This grant funds projects that develop, expand, or promote Marine Highway Transportation as an alternative to landside freight, reducing road congestion and emissions. Eligible applicants can receive funding to implement marine shipping routes and infrastructure using documented vessels.
Innovative Approaches to Economical Remediation of Contaminated High Volume Materials
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Merck is funding research proposals for innovative, scalable, and economically viable remediation technologies targeting high-volume, low-contaminated soils and water, with focus on chloro-organic pollutants and hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH). Eligible applicants should demonstrate practical feasibility for large-scale deployment and contribute to advancing environmental remediation science.
Early-Stage Climate Observation Technologies: Request for Proposals
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This RFP funds development and testing of early-stage observational technologies (sensors, drones, radar/seismic systems, monitoring platforms) that measure glacier and ice-sheet processes to improve sea-level rise modeling and forecasting. It targets researchers and technology developers working on climate adaptation and ice-dynamics monitoring.
Annual Program Statement for Middle Eastern Development
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This is an open competition for foreign assistance programs in partner countries that advance U.S. commercial diplomacy and economic interests through sectors including energy, digital connectivity, AI, 5G, agriculture, and economic recovery. Eligible organizations can submit statements of interest for innovative projects that leverage assistance to promote American enterprise and private capital investment.
Promoting Responsible Investment and Rights-Respecting Production Models
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This grant supports responsible businesses that compete against exploitative production models by promoting worker upskilling and rights-respecting supply chains in critical industries. It funds private-sector workforce development programs and practices that strengthen labor standards and resilience across global supply chains.
EU-Africa Union – food safety
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FS4Africa Open Call 2 funds innovation hubs across Africa and EU partners working on food safety improvements and supply chain resilience. The call targets early-stage innovators and entrepreneurs developing solutions to enhance food safety standards and reduce foodborne disease risk in African food systems.
Climate Change Programme - Climate Mobility
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This grant supports Pacific partner organizations to address climate mobility—helping communities adapt to climate-driven migration and displacement, or to remain in place. Funding flows to NGOs, governments, regional bodies, researchers, and UN agencies working at community, national, and regional levels across the Pacific.
Biocultural Conservation and One Health Initiatives in the Colombian Amazon
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This grant funds biocultural conservation and One Health integrated approaches in the Colombian Amazon, combining biodiversity protection with indigenous territorial rights and health resilience. It targets organizations working on ecosystem preservation, indigenous land stewardship, and climate-health linkages in the Amazon region.
Fund Managers
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The funder is calling for impact-driven fund managers to receive catalytic funding (€1–5M per fund plus up to €150K technical assistance) to scale private investments in water, sanitation, and sustainable water management across emerging markets. The programme targets fund managers with proven track records in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and nature-based solutions who can mobilise additional private capital and deliver measurable environmental and social outcomes aligned with SDG 6.
Older Adults Home Modification Grant Program
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This HUD grant funds nonprofit organizations, state/local governments, and public housing authorities to make home safety and accessibility modifications for low-income seniors, enabling them to age in place and avoid institutional care. The program prioritizes fall prevention, safety improvements, and functional accessibility through low-cost, high-impact home repairs.
Fiscal Year 2026 National Dam Safety Program - Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams (HHPD)
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FEMA's National Dam Safety Program provides federal grants to eligible states for rehabilitation of high-hazard dams that fail to meet state safety standards and pose risk to life and property. Eligible recipients include non-Federal governmental organizations and nonprofits undertaking dam repair, replacement, reconstruction, or removal to meet applicable safety standards.
Managing Invasive Species for Improved Climate Resilience
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This grant supports Pacific Island Countries to manage invasive species and build climate resilience through ecosystem health, informed decision-making, and food security improvements. It funds NZ-Pacific partnerships focused on invasive species management as a climate adaptation strategy.
Climate Challenge
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This is a sub-challenge within a global innovation competition seeking ideas to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions. It funds early-stage concepts and solutions across climate and clean-energy domains, with awards up to $15,000 per project.
Roses 2025: a.10 Innovate
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NASA's ROSES 2025 A.10 INNOVATE program funds innovative research and technology development across NASA's Science Mission Directorate, supporting basic and applied research with 3-5 year performance periods. The program is open to researchers and institutions proposing novel approaches to space and Earth science challenges.
Household Labor Reduction Challenge
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The Laundry Transformation Challenge funds innovative technologies that reduce women's unpaid laundry workload, improve health outcomes, and decrease water consumption and pollution across Asia and the Pacific. Eligible solutions include washing/drying innovations, sustainable detergents, water recycling systems, and shared laundry services designed for low-income settings, with grants up to USD 450,000.
Support programme Biodiversity-Environment-Oceans
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BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) funds a sectoral initiative to advance biodiversity conservation, environmental protection, and marine ecosystem restoration aligned with the UN Agenda 2030 and the Global Biodiversity Framework. The grant supports advisory services, development cooperation steering, public communication, and international partnerships (China, Zambia, Namibia) to implement IUCN Green List standards and related environmental initiatives.
Danube river basin lighthouse – Protection and restoration of migratory fish habitats
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This grant funds protection and restoration of migratory fish habitats in the Danube river basin, supporting biodiversity and ecosystem health in associated regions. It is an open call for organizations working on aquatic habitat conservation and river basin management.
A major foundation small conservation grants
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This grant supports early-career biologists conducting small research and conservation projects focused on endangered mammals, particularly elephants, in Sub-Saharan Africa. Funding up to USD 1,500 covers research, conservation activities, equipment, and travel directly linked to conservation research.
Water Challenge
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This is a sub-challenge within a global innovation competition focused on ideas to provide safe and affordable drinking water for all, offering up to $15,000 per winning entry. The grant targets innovators and organizations developing solutions to water access and safety challenges.
Sustainable Housing Production Grant Program
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HUD's Healthy Homes Production Grant funds identification and remediation of housing-related environmental health and safety hazards (lead, mold, pests, etc.) in low-income rental and owner-occupied homes. The program targets vulnerable populations including families with children, seniors 62+, and persons with disabilities, supporting cost-effective interventions that can be replicated and sustained.
Subglacial Hydrology Research Funding Opportunity
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This RFP funds research to improve understanding and modeling of subglacial water flow and its effects on ice-sheet dynamics and sea-level rise, combining field observations, lab experiments, and numerical models. It targets scientists and research teams studying glacial hydrology, basal erosion, and observational methods relevant to ice-stream retreat and grounding-line dynamics.
Foresight Workshops
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The funder funds Foresight Workshops on emerging ocean-related topics requiring European coordination, with a maximum of €10,000 per workshop. Workshops must involve at least three the funder member organizations from two countries and produce scientific publications on ocean understanding, protection, and management.
Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center (Region 6)
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This grant funds the establishment and operation of a Regional Small Business Transportation Technical Assistance Center (SBTTAC) to provide technical assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses in the transportation sector. The cooperative agreement covers a 12-month base year with two optional renewal years based on performance.
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with a US Federal Ecosystem Research Network
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This cooperative agreement funds research to process and analyze data from the SWOT satellite mission to extract water surface elevation data at unprecedented scales across U.S. waterbodies. The grant supports partnerships between USGS and CESU-affiliated researchers to advance hydrologic decision-making, water resource monitoring, and uncertainty quantification using AI/ML methods.
FY26 US Federal Forest and Woodlands Resource Management – Nationwide
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This is a discretionary grants program from the Bureau of Land Management supporting forest and woodlands resource management projects on public lands, with emphasis on forest health, fire resiliency, biomass utilization, and recovery from environmental impacts. Eligible applicants can fund activities including tree planting, thinning, salvage harvesting, fuels reduction, and associated planning and environmental clearance work.
Climate Change & Sustainable Energy
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The funder is funding climate resilience and food security initiatives led by women and marginalised communities in the Global South, with a focus on locally-led early warning systems, climate-resilient food systems, and feminist climate justice movements. Eligible applicants are CSOs, community groups, and grassroots organisations working with rural women, indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+ populations, and other socially excluded groups.