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The Venture Leaders - the members of the Swiss National Startup Team - have a clear-cut goal. They envision themselves as global players and want to take the first step to their global expansion. The Venture Leaders’ startup development program is specifically structured to help them achieve these goals.
The Venture Leaders Mobile journey offers 10 selected entrepreneurs an accelerated learning curve and a solid network through their exchanges with their peers in the team, as well as market exposure, feedback from investors and experts, and hands-on business development.
Participation is free of charge for the winning startups (covering flights, hotel, program amenities/events, and access to the 4 Years From Now On (4YFN) co-locating with Mobile World Congress 2026).
The Venture Leaders Mobile journey offers 10 selected entrepreneurs an accelerated learning curve and a solid network through their exchanges with their peers in the team, as well as market exposure, feedback from investors and experts, and hands-on business development.
Participation is free of charge for the winning startups (covering flights, hotel, program amenities/events, and access to the 4 Years From Now On (4YFN) co-locating with Mobile World Congress 2026).
End Date26 Oct 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeVisibility
Funding ProviderVenturelab
Visibility
Venturelab
Implementing the Disability Employment Package.
This call supports transnational projects under the ESF+ Social Innovation Plus Initiative that aim to transfer or scale up social innovations referenced in the Disability Employment Package. The goal is to improve the labour market outcomes of persons with disabilities by providing guidance and good practices for employers, employers’ associations, and public authorities, as well as by raising awareness about persons with disabilities and by combating stereotypes.
This call supports transnational projects under the ESF+ Social Innovation Plus Initiative that aim to transfer or scale up social innovations referenced in the Disability Employment Package. The goal is to improve the labour market outcomes of persons with disabilities by providing guidance and good practices for employers, employers’ associations, and public authorities, as well as by raising awareness about persons with disabilities and by combating stereotypes.
Start Date03 Jun 2025 End Date30 Oct 2025 Funding AmountEUR 500k to 1mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderSocial Innovation+ Initiative
Grant
Social Innovation+ Initiative
Southeast Asia is home to many researchers and scientists whose work contribute to sustaining transformation of Southeast Asian agricultural systems through innovation is often stalled by limited start-up funding, which hinders the translation of promising research and training into scientific outputs that could be applied to promote agricultural development. SEARCA's Seed Fund for Research and Training (SFRT) aims to bridge this gap.
Start Date01 Sep 2025 End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 15k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderSEARCA
Grant
SEARCA
ART Science Communication (SciComm) Awards aim to support young science communicators in promoting innovative and creative communication strategies and/or creating resources and tools for promoting greater transparency on animal research.
End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountUSD 3k Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderAnimal Research Tomorrow Society
Research Grant
Animal Research Tomorrow Society
Open Call for candidates to serve on the UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI.
The Panel will bring together 40 leading experts to provide impartial, evidence-based assessments on the opportunities, risks, and impacts of AI. The establishment of the Panel will represent a global promise to ensure AI bridges divides rather than deepens them, strengthens trust across borders, and keeps humanity at the center of technological progress.
The Panel will bring together 40 leading experts to provide impartial, evidence-based assessments on the opportunities, risks, and impacts of AI. The establishment of the Panel will represent a global promise to ensure AI bridges divides rather than deepens them, strengthens trust across borders, and keeps humanity at the center of technological progress.
End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeExpert Working Group
Funding ProviderUnited Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
Expert Working Group
United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies
ART 3R Awards aim to support innovative ideas by young scientists for the development and testing of Replacement, Reduction and/or Refinement approaches in animal research.
End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountEUR 3k Funding Resource TypeResearch Award
Funding ProviderAnimal Research Tomorrow Society
Research Award
Animal Research Tomorrow Society
Green Finance 2025 Prize , a unique competition dedicated to promoting projects, strategies and stakeholders that advance the transition to truly responsible, transparent and useful finance.
End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 88k Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderGreen Finance
Award
Green Finance
Do you have a solution that is currently on the market and that is creating a positive impact? Are you or at least the majority of your cofounders under 26?
The WSA Young Innovators Award is an open call for digital solutions (applications, projects, or products) driving positive change, created by young people under the age of 26 from all UN and UNESCO member states.
The WSA Young Innovators Award is an open call for digital solutions (applications, projects, or products) driving positive change, created by young people under the age of 26 from all UN and UNESCO member states.
End Date31 Oct 2025 Funding AmountN/A Funding Resource TypeInnovation Award
Funding ProviderWSA
Innovation Award
WSA
Aqua for All is looking for impact enterprises within the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector to support through Social Impact Incentives (SIINC), helping them scale in business and impact terms. This initiative is part of the Impact-Linked Fund for WASH (ILF for WASH) which offers impact-linked funding and technical assistance to WASH enterprises, providing them with “better terms for better impact”. Both ILF for WASH and SIINC are supported by Roots of Impact.
End Date02 Nov 2025 Funding AmountEUR 150k to 350k Funding Resource TypeImpact-Linked Finance
Funding ProviderAqua for All,Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),Roots of Impact
Impact-Linked Finance
Aqua for All,Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),Roots of Impact
GBIF—the Global Biodiversity Information Facility—seeks concept notes from eligible organizations in sub-Saharan Africa for project funding through the Biodiversity Information for Development (BID) programme.
Funded by the European Union through the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), the BID programme seeks to strengthen the capacity of institutions and countries to mobilize biodiversity data, making it openly available to inform decision-making and to support the knowledge needs of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Funded by the European Union through the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), the BID programme seeks to strengthen the capacity of institutions and countries to mobilize biodiversity data, making it openly available to inform decision-making and to support the knowledge needs of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
End Date03 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 60k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility
Grant
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Shell GameChanger is collaborating with the corporate Sustainability team and the businesses to launch a Call for solutions in the sustainability areas.
Shell GameChanger Sustainability Call for Solutions 2025 offers a platform for start-ups to further progress their innovation, leveraging Shell's experience in sustainability and digital technologies and benefiting from Shell’s role in the energy innovation ecosystem.
Shell GameChanger Sustainability Call for Solutions 2025 offers a platform for start-ups to further progress their innovation, leveraging Shell's experience in sustainability and digital technologies and benefiting from Shell’s role in the energy innovation ecosystem.
End Date04 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto USD 50k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderShell
Grant
Shell
SMART ERA looking for up to 11 innovators (legal entities) to act as Technology/Solution Providers and address our 11 Rural Innovation Challenges across the six SMART ERA pilot regions (cf. the Guide for Applicants)
End Date04 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 60k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderSMART ERA
Grant
SMART ERA
Biodiversa+ is pleased to announce that its 5th annual Joint Call for transnational research projects BiodivConnect is now open.
Co-funded by the European Commission, this call, along with actions from the Flagship Programme “Supporting protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem across land and sea,” aims to achieve one of Biodiversa+’s strategic objectives: producing actionable knowledge for transformative change to halt and reverse biodiversity decline.
Co-funded by the European Commission, this call, along with actions from the Flagship Programme “Supporting protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystem across land and sea,” aims to achieve one of Biodiversa+’s strategic objectives: producing actionable knowledge for transformative change to halt and reverse biodiversity decline.
End Date07 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUnspecified Funding Resource TypeResearch Grant
Funding ProviderBiodiversa+
Research Grant
Biodiversa+
Information Technology for European Advancement (ITEA)'s mission is to enable businesses to create innovative solutions that master the digital transition and tackle the major societal challenges. ITEA encourages its global community to create impact and value through research, development and innovation (RD&I) projects in the area of software innovation with the knowledge of industry and the capability of national financing.
Start Date16 Sep 2025 End Date10 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUnspecified Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderITEA Office
Grant
ITEA Office
This funding call aims to improve the intelligence picture and enhance the prevention, detection, and deterrence of various forms of organised crime. The call focuses on equipping European Police Authorities with modern tools, skills, and methodologies to tackle organised crime effectively. Proposals are encouraged to address new or emerging challenges, including creative or disruptive solutions that extend beyond previous research initiatives in fighting crime and terrorism.
End Date12 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 3.33 mn Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderHorizon Europe - Civil Security for Society - Cluster 3
Grant
Horizon Europe - Civil Security for Society - Cluster 3
The Water4All JTC 2025 also considers the One Health (link here) approach, recognizing the interconnections between human, environmental, and animal health. It also prioritizes the development of accurate, efficient, and cost-effective water quality monitoring methods to improve risk assessment and management. Likewise, the advance in the implementation of sustainable water treatment technologies is recognized as crucial for ensuring safe drinking water and effective sanitation.
Start Date12 Sep 2025 End Date13 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 300k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderWater4All - Partnership
Grant
Water4All - Partnership
Journalismfund aims at addressing the shortage of local independent journalism by awarding grants to local investigative journalistic projects in Belgium and the Netherlands and by stimulating the cross-border collaboration. In this way, cities in Belgium and the Netherlands could mutually strengthen each other (e.g. by forming each other’s benchmark) and as such increase the impact of the supported publications.
This project aims at strengthening local cross-border, independent and investigative journalism in order to increase the availability of qualitative local news, and at making citizens more aware of local - and often interrelated and global - issues and possible solutions. As such it aims to contribute to citizens’ critical thinking, well-informed debates/decisions and to foster civic engagement.
This project aims at strengthening local cross-border, independent and investigative journalism in order to increase the availability of qualitative local news, and at making citizens more aware of local - and often interrelated and global - issues and possible solutions. As such it aims to contribute to citizens’ critical thinking, well-informed debates/decisions and to foster civic engagement.
End Date13 Nov 2025 Funding AmountEUR 20k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderJournalismfund Europe
Grant
Journalismfund Europe
The Pascal Decroos Fund for Investigative Journalism is Journalismfund Europe's grant programme that strives to advance investigative journalism in Dutch-language media in Belgium.
The programme awards grants to distinctive journalistic projects. The grant gives experienced as well as young journalists the chance to execute their investigative ideas and by doing so, contribute to quality investigative journalism in Flanders.
The programme awards grants to distinctive journalistic projects. The grant gives experienced as well as young journalists the chance to execute their investigative ideas and by doing so, contribute to quality investigative journalism in Flanders.
End Date13 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto EUR 80k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderJournalismfund Europe
Grant
Journalismfund Europe
Opstart is the Nordic Culture Fund’s investment in the initial phases of artistic and cultural projects. The programme supports the joint development of new and promising project ideas, with a view to strengthening the Nordic ambitions of the projects. You can apply for up to DKK 25,000, and there is no requirement for co-financing.
Opstart has a rolling application deadline, and you will typically receive a reply within 30 working days.
Opstart has a rolling application deadline, and you will typically receive a reply within 30 working days.
Start Date11 Aug 2025 End Date14 Nov 2025 Funding AmountUpto DKK 25k Funding Resource TypeGrant
Funding ProviderNordic Culture Fund
Grant
Nordic Culture Fund
The Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) initiative within I3-4 Biofertilizers aims to overcome financial and technical barriers faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in adopting biofertilizers and implementing circular and sustainable agrifood practices.
The I3-4 Biofertilizers FSTP provides cascade funding to SMEs across Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Hungary. Each SME receives a financial voucher of max €60,000 to develop feasibility studies, investment plans, and go-to-market strategies, complemented by comprehensive technical and advisory support.
This support includes access to mentors, expert networks, pilot testing infrastructures, and decision-support systems, enabling SMEs to innovate and scale their sustainable agriculture solutions effectively.
The ultimate goal is to enhance the interregional value chain of biofertilizers and promote a resilient, circular bioeconomy in the European agricultural sector.
The I3-4 Biofertilizers FSTP provides cascade funding to SMEs across Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium and Hungary. Each SME receives a financial voucher of max €60,000 to develop feasibility studies, investment plans, and go-to-market strategies, complemented by comprehensive technical and advisory support.
This support includes access to mentors, expert networks, pilot testing infrastructures, and decision-support systems, enabling SMEs to innovate and scale their sustainable agriculture solutions effectively.
The ultimate goal is to enhance the interregional value chain of biofertilizers and promote a resilient, circular bioeconomy in the European agricultural sector.
