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Reminder: If you are applying for a 2026 Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, the deadline to submit your application is this Thursday 19 February, 4pm. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

The WALTHAM Foundation funds research that seeks to make “A Better World for Pets”. Applications are now open for awards of up to £25,000. No national restrictions. Closing date: 31st March 2026. www.waltham.com/grants-awards

A total of €9 million is available through the call with up to €3 million available per project as a lump sum grant.

Applications can be submitted via the @ec.europa.eu's Funding and Tenders Portal by 15 April 2026:

ec.europa.eu/info/funding...

Regarding best practice of Horizon Europe CSAs, it is emphasised that these do not fund R&I itself.

The 'impacts' of the project are policy impacts, including who is uptaking this impact (such as PAs and stakeholders) and how. Dissemination and exploitation are also criticial:

Deputy Coordinator of the UN Ocean Decade Alison Clausen provides the perspective of the Decade Coordination Unit.

The Unit's priorities include achieving global coordination; long-term sustainability to deliver the Decade's ambitions beyond 2030; and filling the gaps of existing initiatives:

Nicolas Segebarth explains how the call links to the EU Mission Ocean and Waters and feeds into the European Ocean Open Pact and the Ocean Observation Initiative.

The main objective is to deliver structural and long-lasting changes regarding how ocean science is supported and performed globally.

The UK National Decade Committee is hosting a webinar promoting engagement with Horizon Europe's Empowering the UN Ocean Decade CSA call.

The call aims to mobilise scientists, policymakers, industry and civil society globally to advance ocean science supporting sustainable ocean management.

Climate Impacts Awards - Grant Funding | Wellcome The aim of this scheme is to make the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health visible to drive urgent climate policy action at scale.

Wellcome’s Climate Impacts Awards 2026 are now open, funding engaged research giving visibility to the health impacts of climate change and supporting policy action, especially for the most affected communities.

Deadline: 8 April 2026

Joint Transnational Calls - BE READY PLUS Depending on the country of origin, additional documents may be required.Please note: This list is not exhaustive. Please consult the “Guidelines for Applicants” and its Annex III as main reference do...

To strengthen Europe’s readiness for future pandemics, the #HorizonEurope funded BE READY Partnership has launched its first transnational call to fund collaborative research on emerging pathogens and host–pathogen dynamics.

Pre-proposal deadline: 13 April 2026.

Nucleus Public Engagement Awards 2026 Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science and/or raise engagement capacity in STFC communities.

🌟 STFC has launched its Public Engagement Nucleus Awards, providing up to £100,000 for creative projects that inspire communities through science, with a focus on young people from deprived areas. Deadline: 31 March 2026.

Horizon Europe: Widening participation and spreading excellence Strengthening EU research and innovation performance.

The 2026 #HorizonEurope Twinning and Hop-On Facility calls are now open! The two programmes offer new ways for Widening countries to build capacity, join top research networks and boost impact. Deadlines: 9 April (Twinning) and 24 September (Hop-On Facility).

📆✍️ Applications are still open until 31 January!

Black background with gold swirls. 2026 Philip Leverhulme Prize nominations. Biological Sciences, History, Law, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy and Theology, Sociology and Social Policy. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk.

Nominations are now open for the Trust’s Philip Leverhulme Prizes, which are awarded in six broad subject areas and worth £100,000 each for two to three years.
Deadline: Wednesday 14 May 2026, 4pm.

🔗 For more details, visit: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/philip-lever...

Abstract close-up illustration of interconnected molecular structures in bright blue, orange, and red, representing biotechnology. Overlaid text reads ‘EUROPEAN BIOTECH’ and ‘Unleashing Europe’s full potential in biotechnology and innovation,’ with the European Commission logo in the lower right corner.

Biotechnology drives over 900,000 jobs and nearly €40 billion in the EU economy.

It can power breakthroughs in healthcare, from cutting-edge therapies to personalised medicine.

Our proposed Biotech Act will unlock Europe’s full potential, turning innovation into impact.

Here’s how ⬇️

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@ec.europa.eu just adopted the #HorizonEU work programme 2026-27. ↓

Here are some facts and figures from the 2025 Consolidator Grant call:

🔶 €728 million in funding

🔶 349 mid-career researchers from Europe and beyond

🔶 44 different nationalities

All of them pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Congratulations!

#ERCCoG #FrontierResearch #EUfunded #HorizonEurope

Research for All - The Promise and Pitfalls of Open Access in Academic Publication - ResearchConnect Examining Open Access in research: benefits, barriers, funding, and AI’s role in making academic publishing more equitable and accessible globally.

📚 Does Open Access Truly Make Research Accessible to All? Read our recent insights article exploring how Open Access has transformed scholarly publishing in recent years and what challenges it still needs to overcome.
#OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

Check out the winners here: bsky.app/profile/eins...

🎉There are some fantastic initiatives among the winners of the @einsteinberlin.bsky.social Awards 2025. 🏅The awards are designed to recognise approaches that enhance the integrity and openness of research processes. 🧪🔬 #OpenScience #ResearchIntegrity
award.einsteinfoundation.de/award-winner...

👏👏👏 Congratulations to everyone whose project was selected! Particularly happy to see so many ResearchConnect clients among the successful applicants. 🎉🥂

This #funding #call offers a unique #interdisciplinary approach to the topic of genomics. Great to see Wellcome leading the way on this. Have a look for yourself! ⬇️

The Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History - bsr.ac.uk Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome. The fellowship is tenable for one month and may be held at any point...

Applications are invited for the 2026-7 Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome.
The closing date for applications is 31st January, 2026: bsr.ac.uk/the-jill-fra...

Great contribution to the ongoing debate around #academic #publishing and #openaccess. Recommended read!

Flyer for the Online-Workshop "Unlocking Incentives for Future Research" on 21 November. All Info on the flyer, registration and program can be found under the linked page.

Online workshop for all early career researchers: "Unlocking Incentives for Future Research – Empowering Early Career Researchers" on 21 Nov #ECR. The event will focus on incentive structures to create a more transparent and robust research environment.
Program and registration:
sohub.io/naf8

📣 Call for Evidence 📣
The European Commission has launched a #consultation on the new EU #Quantum Act.
#Research institutions, companies and universities are among those invited to respond until 26 November.
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...

A common grant application database would cut the waste of resubmission Financial restrictions oblige funders to reject vast numbers of sound proposals. Why not retain them for other funders to consider, asks Mikhail Spivakov

This is a really interesting idea! While implementation wouldn't be easy, it would certainly address some key issues in relation to the peer-review crisis and shrinking funding budgets around the world.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/comm...

#peerreview #researchfunding

Dementia Frontiers Fund - Grant scheme - Alzheimer's Research UK Dementia Frontiers Fund is a bold, ambitious initiative empowering researchers to tackle the most urgent and complex challenges in dementia, driving paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that could transfor...

🧠 £6 Million for Dementia Research - Alzheimer's Research UK launches new global funding initiative on dementia progression, brain changes and disease resilience. The EOI deadline is 17 December.
Find out more via:
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grants/demen...
#researchfunding #dementiaresearch

🌱[Préannonce] L’ANR s’associe au lancement en décembre de l’appel à projets AGROECOLOGY3, édition 2027 "Favoriser la diversité génétique des cultures et des animaux d’élevage et renforcer les capacités des agriculteurs à s’engager dans la transition agroécologique".
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