Deadline: September 15, 2025 The Financial Fraud Fighter Challenge is designed to empower startups to develop innovative solutions that can prevent frauds in the banking, financial, and insurance ecosystem. The challenge focuses on BFSI – Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance, Fraud … [Read more...] about Applications open for “Financial Fraud Fighter” Challenge (India)
Driving Urban Transitions: Joint Call for Research and Innovation Projects to Foster Climate Neutral and Resilient Cities
Deadline: November 17, 2025 Driving Urban Transitions, a European partnership co-funded by the European Commission, has announced a call for proposals aimed at supporting transnational research and innovation projects that help cities tackle urban challenges and transition towards a climate neutral … [Read more...] about Driving Urban Transitions: Joint Call for Research and Innovation Projects to Foster Climate Neutral and Resilient Cities
TECA Heat Action Wave Program to Strengthen Heat Resilience in Nigeria
Deadline: September 16, 2025 The TECA Heat Action Wave (THAW) has been launched in Nigeria to support early-stage ventures that prepare for, respond to, and recover from extreme heat. The focus areas include Early Warning Systems (EWS): tools, platforms, or services that forecast or alert to … [Read more...] about TECA Heat Action Wave Program to Strengthen Heat Resilience in Nigeria
The Circle’s Innovation Funding Grant to Empower Student-Centric Ideas in India
Deadline: September 15, 2025 The Circle is inviting innovators across India to apply for the Innovation Funding Grant (IFG), a program offering up to one lakh in funding to support ideas that address the mismatch between education and workforce skills, with applications open until September 15, … [Read more...] about The Circle’s Innovation Funding Grant to Empower Student-Centric Ideas in India
HackTheDivide: Call for Young African Innovators to Shape Digital Solutions
Deadline: September 07, 2025 The #HackTheDivide hackathon invites young African digital innovators to co-create inclusive tech solutions for youth employment, digital inclusion, and labour mobility, beginning with a two-day event in Nairobi and continuing with incubation support in … [Read more...] about HackTheDivide: Call for Young African Innovators to Shape Digital Solutions
Call for EOIs: FITT-NESS Twinning Actions for Furniture SMEs and Intermediaries
Deadline: September 23, 2025 The FITT-NESS project has launched a call for Expressions of Interest to support SMEs and intermediaries in the furniture sector through a series of collaborative Twinning Actions across Murcia (Spain), North (Portugal), and Sicily (Italy). The focus of this … [Read more...] about Call for EOIs: FITT-NESS Twinning Actions for Furniture SMEs and Intermediaries
Pet Care Innovation Prize 2026
Deadline: September 21, 2025 The 2026 Pet Care Innovation (PCI) Prize invites early-stage companies that are shaping the future of pet care with novel products or services offering meaningful solutions. The focus of the PCI Prize is on prize, network, investors, events, and news, under the … [Read more...] about Pet Care Innovation Prize 2026
Open Call: Entrepreneurship Clinics Grant Programme for Underrepresented Founders in Advanced Materials (UK)
Deadline: September 09, 2025 The Entrepreneurship Clinics is a new pilot initiative designed to support 12 underrepresented early-stage founders innovating in advanced materials, battery materials, or critical materials. The focus areas include fundraising foundations: how investment works … [Read more...] about Open Call: Entrepreneurship Clinics Grant Programme for Underrepresented Founders in Advanced Materials (UK)
Apply Now: D4D Hub Creative Economy Challenge and Award 2025 (West Africa)
Deadline: September 03, 2025 The D4D Hub Creative Economy Challenge & Award is a new initiative launched as part of Moonshot by TechCabal 2025, in collaboration with the Digital for Development (D4D) Hub, designed to spotlight bold and innovative startups and organisations operating at the … [Read more...] about Apply Now: D4D Hub Creative Economy Challenge and Award 2025 (West Africa)
Competition for the Selection of Three Specialized Economic Agglomerations – Switzerland-UNDP Project (Moldova)
Deadline: September 23, 2025 The Switzerland-UNDP project "Sustainable and Inclusive Markets in Moldova" announces a competition for the selection of three specialized micro-regional economic agglomerations to receive technical and financial assistance for regional economic development between 2025 … [Read more...] about Competition for the Selection of Three Specialized Economic Agglomerations – Switzerland-UNDP Project (Moldova)
