Opportunities

Find scholarships, grants and open calls.

Browse scholarships, funding, fellowships, internships, workshops, competitions and calls for papers from organisations around the world.

A researcher smiling as she reads good news beside her laptop

Browse opportunities

Refine your search

Showing current opportunities

Sorted by: Deadline (soonest first)

call-for-papers Open for applications

ACM CHI 2027 — Call for Papers

Offered by ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

The main refereed papers track for CHI 2027, covering original research across human-computer interaction.

Who it is for: Researchers submitting original human-computer interaction work

Application deadline
10 Sep 2026 22 days left
Location
Global submission
Funding / Support
Peer-reviewed conference publication
View details
scholarship Open for applications

Education For All Children Scholarship 2027

Offered by Education For All Children

A tracked application route for disadvantaged Kenyan students entering EFAC’s education-to-employment programme.

Who it is for: Bright, financially disadvantaged Kenyan students who are in Grade 9 during 2026

Application deadline
15 Sep 2026 27 days left
Location
Kenya
Funding / Support
Education-to-employment scholarship support
View details
fellowship Open for applications

AAUW International Fellowships 2027–2028

Offered by AAUW

Funding for women from outside the United States undertaking full-time graduate study or research at a US institution.

Who it is for: Women who are not US citizens or permanent residents pursuing full-time US study or research

Application deadline
17 Sep 2026 29 days left
Location
United States
Funding / Support
Graduate and postgraduate fellowship funding
View details
grant Open for applications

Wellcome Discovery Awards — September 2026 round

Offered by Wellcome

Major discovery-research funding for established researchers and teams pursuing ideas that could shift understanding.

Who it is for: Established researchers or teams pursuing bold discovery research

Application deadline
22 Sep 2026 34 days left
Location
UK, Republic of Ireland and eligible low- and middle-income countries
Funding / Support
Average award about £3.5 million
View details
Workshops Open for applications

IIIF Online Training – September 2026

Offered by IIIF Consortium

Beginner-friendly practical training for people building and sharing interoperable digital collections.

Who it is for: Beginners working with digital collections, image APIs, manifests or annotations

Registration deadline
28 Sep 2026 40 days left
Location
Online
Funding / Support
US$500 general, US$250 member and a US$5 fellowship ticket listed
View details
fellowship Open for applications

UNESCO/Japan Young Researchers’ Fellowships 2026

Offered by UNESCO and the Government of Japan

Ten research fellowships supporting interdisciplinary postgraduate work through a research stay at a Japanese institution.

Who it is for: Young postgraduate researchers from invited African, SIDS, Caribbean, Pacific, Turkish and Ukrainian member states

Application deadline
30 Sep 2026 42 days left
Location
Research stay in Japan
Funding / Support
Up to US$10,000 for a three- to nine-month research stay
View details
scholarship Open for applications

Chevening Scholarships 2027–2028

Offered by Chevening

The UK Government’s international scholarship programme for future leaders pursuing a one-year master’s degree.

Who it is for: Applicants from eligible countries who meet Chevening’s education, work and return requirements

Application deadline
6 Oct 2026 48 days left
Location
Eligible countries and territories · study in the United Kingdom
Funding / Support
Fully funded one-year UK master’s degree
View details
grant Open for applications

ERC Starting Grant 2027

Offered by European Research Council

Long-term frontier research funding for early-career investigators ready to establish an independent programme.

Who it is for: Promising researchers within the 2027 Starting Grant eligibility window

Application deadline
14 Oct 2026 56 days left
Location
EU Member States and associated countries
Funding / Support
Up to €1.5 million for 5 years
View details
grant Opening soon

Wenner-Gren Post-PhD Research Grant — November 2026

Offered by Wenner-Gren Foundation

International research funding for individual projects that advance anthropological knowledge.

Who it is for: Doctorates and qualified independent scholars in anthropology or a closely related field

Application deadline
1 Nov 2026 Opens 1 Sep
Location
Global
Funding / Support
Up to US$25,000
View details
fellowship Open for applications

Humboldt Research Professorship 2026

Offered by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

A nomination-based award enabling internationally leading researchers to establish a long-term programme in Germany.

Who it is for: Internationally leading researchers nominated by an eligible German institution

Application deadline
16 Nov 2026 89 days left
Location
Germany
Funding / Support
Long-term research professorship support
View details