Weekly briefings
Curated weekly briefings on sustainability funding signals, what changed across foundations, DFIs, corporates, and government procurement, and what to watch in the next 1-6 months. RSS · JSON
Commitments to watch1
Procurement to note10
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 73/100
A UK environmental research council opens £8M for curiosity-driven environmental research
A rare early-stage UK grant window rewards transformative environmental science over near-term commercial readiness.
- Budget / infraGovernment / public programmeWatch · 64/100
A Norwegian state energy agency reopens targeted calls after publishing 2025 results
A Norwegian state climate agency is signalling continuity for industrial decarbonization, retrofits and renewables funding into 2026.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 70/100
A UK innovation agency opens November 2026 large grant round, invite-only
A full-application window for a UK innovation agency's large grant programme signals continued public backing for late-stage R&D, but access is gated.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 73/100
A UK innovation agency opens £23M for farm robotics and long-duration storage
Two parallel calls closing 30 September 2026 signal where UK grant capital is flowing across food systems and grid flexibility.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeGood · 72/100
A UK environmental-research agency reopens £25M large grants for environmental science consortia
UK research organisations get a fresh window at £1.12M–£3.45M awards, with outline invitations gating full applications from August.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeStrong · 75/100
A UK arts-and-humanities research agency opens £1M design programme Round 2 for green transition research
UK design-led green transition research gets a dedicated £1M pot, with £150k-£200k awards closing 29 September.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeWatch · 68/100
A UK environment ministry reopens a higher-tier land stewardship scheme to more farms
A widened application window signals sustained UK public spending on land-based nature restoration, with knock-on opportunities for delivery partners.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeWatch · 67/100
A UK innovation-agency signals social housing retrofit tenders
Procurement reform research and a supplier engagement push point to a near-term opening for retrofit SMEs and delivery partners.
- Budget / infraDFI / MDB / SovereignGovernment / public programmeWatch · 67/100
A UK research-agency opens offshore wind innovation call: prep partnerships now
Two near-simultaneous signals from a UK national research and innovation agency point to an imminent funding round for next-generation offshore wind technology, with supply chain openings for SMEs and applied-research NGOs.
- Procurement / RFPGovernment / public programmeStrong · 77/100
An international environmental research body opens €302M research pipeline, with an ocean biodiversity funding round live now
An international environmental funder is staging a multi-call push, and ocean biodiversity is the first concrete entry point.
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