62 Global Trainings, Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards, Grants and Opportunities Currently Open – January 12, 2026 

6. World Learning STEAM Innovations Spring 2026.
World Learning’s STEAM Innovations effectively prepares 700 college/university-aged youth from Algeria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the United States for successful exploration of future STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) specialties and careers.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 15

7. Northeast India AI Research Fellowship 2026.
The Northeast India AI Research Fellowship is a selective 8-12 week remote program for students and early-career researchers who want to build language technology for Khasi, Garo, Adi, Ao, Kokborok, Meitei, Assamese, and other Northeast Indian languages. Fellows work directly with MWire Labs researchers on impactful projects in language modeling, datasets, and tools for cultural preservation.
Click here to apply | Deadline: On Rolling Basis

8. Black Women in Food Awards 2026.
The Black Women in Food Awards honor the leadership and impact of Black women shaping the food, beverage, and hospitality industry – work that is too often overlooked despite its profound influence. The Awards help close long-standing visibility gaps while affirming the critical role Black women play across our global food system.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 31

9. F. M. Kirby Foundation Summer Internship Program 2026.
The F. M. Kirby Foundation Summer Internship Program is for rising college sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are interested in exploring a career in philanthropy or nonprofit management.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 27

10. Johns Hopkins University Data Science and AI Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 2026-2027.
The Johns Hopkins University Data Science and AI (DSAI) Institute welcomes applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship program, seeking disciplinarily diverse scholars to advance foundational methods of data science and artificial intelligence, and their applications across all areas, including science, health, medicine, the humanities, engineering, policy, governance, democracy, and ethics.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 23

11. National Association of Investment Companies UP Fellowship Program 2026.
The UP Fellowship Program was designed to help ethnically diverse women with 7-12 years of alternative investment industry experience strategically accelerate their careers through a targeted 6-month professional development program (March – September). Recognizing the unique challenges of mid-career advancement, this program provides a tailored approach to breaking through professional barriers.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan 16

12. Amplitude Fellowship Program 2026.
Are you an outstanding life sciences focused PhD candidate, post doc, MD, or inventor? Do you want to stay rooted in health and life sciences while exploring the dynamic and creative scientific impact you can have as an entrepreneur? The Amplitude Fellowship provides that opportunity.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 31

13. Generation Leadership Academy – Cohort 5.
The GLA is a two-week intensive Youth Leadership Mentoring program designed to equip young people with skills, knowledge, and experience they need to become effective leaders in their community and build their confidence for meaningful participation in decision-making processes.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15

14. Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2026.
The competition celebrates good design in healthcare. Winners show a solid understanding of the need, the people impacted, focused problem-solving, and a great real-world solution.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 1

15. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award 2026.
Fred Hutch Cancer Center is seeking applications for the 8th Annual Dr. Eddie Méndez Scholar Award, which recognizes outstanding postdoctoral fellows from any discipline conducting research on cancer, infectious diseases, or basic science.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb 1

16. James R. Jewett Prize 2026.
The James R. Jewett Prize is awarded to researchers studying the biology of flowers and/or fruits. Preference is given to visiting scholars who plan to utilize the living collection of the Arnold Arboretum.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 1

17. Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application 2026.
The Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation, will be presented every October in Des Moines, Iowa, by the World Food Prize Foundation.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jun. 1

18. Sheffield DocFest Podcast Pitch 2026.
The Podcast Pitch is a joint initiative with Sheffield DocFest to fund original audio documentary. Unlike the Film & TV Award, you do not have to be a first time creator in order to apply. The Podcast Pitch follows the growing global trend towards solo, episodic listening to factual audio. Single episode proposals will also be considered.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 27

19. IEADB Essay Competition 2025/2026.
They are pleased to announce the inaugural competition for the Ronald Mitchell Prize awarded to the best student paper using the International Environmental Agreements Database (EADB).
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 1

20. Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition 2026.
The Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition is a virtual competition that attracts the very best high school-aged entrepreneurs from all over the world.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 22

21. Hindu Kush Himalaya Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs 2026.
The second round of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs (HKH-ICE 2.0) is calling on entrepreneurs from Bhutan, Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill Tracts only), India (Indian Himalayan Region), and Nepal to develop scalable, market-ready, and ecologically grounded business solutions that can transform the resilience of mountain communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 16

22. Design Equality 2025 International Design Competition.
Design Equality with Innovation is an international design competition, developed and held by BE OPEN and their partners. 2025 is the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action accepted by all 189 UN countries unanimously at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women. It is an agenda for women’s empowerment and the key global policy document on gender equality.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 31

23. AOS Latin American/Caribbean Conservation Research Grant 2026.
The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is dedicated to the study and conservation of migratory and resident birds throughout the Americas and their full annual life cycle, and to supporting the career development of early-career scientists.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 27

24. Wilson Ornithological Society Research Grants 2026.
Each year, the Wilson Ornithological Society offers four categories of research grant. The focus of each differs somewhat, as does the amount of the award. Willingness to report results of the research as an oral or poster paper at an annual meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society within the next five years and provide a brief write-up and a photograph of the awardees for the webpage is also a condition of all grants.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 1

25. University of the Witwatersrand & University of Edinburgh Masters by Research Sustainable African Futures 2026.
The MScR programme will provide the necessary skills to undertake advanced research through a structured programme of research training. Students will have the opportunity to undertake additional specialist research training (through courses and sustainability schools) alongside an independent research project.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 2

26. DAAD Postdoctoral Fellows at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Johns Hopkins University 2026-2027.
The Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is pleased to announce the opportunity for outstanding scholars to conduct research in Washington, D.C., on “The United States, Europe, and World Order.” During the academic year 2026-2027, up to two post-doctoral fellowships will be awarded. Both fellowships will be available for a minimum of nine (9) and maximum of twelve (12) months between July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 14

27. ARUA Early-career Research Fellowships 2026.
The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career researchers to conduct globally competitive research at the host and affiliated institutions of ARUA’s thirteen (13) Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and the twenty-two (22) Africa-Europe Clusters of Excellence (CoREs).
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 22

28. African Poetry Digital Humanities Grant 2026.
The African Poetry Digital Portal Project funded by a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation invites proposals from scholars and researchers for the African Poetry Digital Humanities Grant. These grants support Digital Humanities research in African Poetry.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 23

29. Innovation Hub Management Company (TIHMC) Start-Up Support Programme 2026.
The Innovation Hub Management Company (TIHMC) has established the Start-Up Support Programme (SSP) aimed at increasing access to finance for innovative, knowledge-based small businesses (SMMEs) and projects.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 23

30. Wayfinder Society Student Mini-Grant 2026.
Do you have an idea to tackle plastic pollution in your school or community? They want to help you make it happen! Plastic pollution isn’t just about litter, it’s a production problem. The Student Mini-Grants fund projects that help
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15

31. EJN Story Grants on Fisheries Transparency 2026.
EJN is offering five story grants with support from the Oak Foundation to help build the capacity of journalists to report on and improve their coverage of fisheries transparency issues. In addition to funding, selected journalists will receive support from experienced mentors throughout the story production process.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15

32. Lutfia Rabbani Foundation Travel Grant 2026.
The travel grant is designed for students and/or professionals seeking professional contact and experience in the Arab World or the Netherlands in the areas of education, science and culture. The objective of the grant is to promote mutual understanding between the Netherlands and the Arab World.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Unspecified

33. STEG Larger Research Grants 2026.
The Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) Larger Research Grants (LRGs) of up to £100,000 can fund research assistance, data collection and/or purchase, and teaching buyouts, or relevant remuneration practices, for the principal investigator and co-investigators from partner institutions. Grants also support travel to field sites, even when secondary data is utilised.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 1

34. Merck Group Innovation Cup 2026.
The brightest students from all over the world meet at Merck Group headquarters to learn from professionals, network, develop business plans and win the 20,000 EUR Innovation Cup. As part of the Innovation Cup, selected applicants join a week-long summer camp, to work together in a highly stimulating environment.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 31

35. Hertie School Climate Action Scholarship 2026.
As the world faces climate change and increasing inequality that threaten social stability in the future, the study of responsible governance is essential in the coming decades.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15 (non-EU/EEA) / Feb 15, 2026 (EU/EEA)

36. GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security 2026.
Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the GCSP, the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges. The inaugural edition of the prize was awarded in 2023.
Click here to apply | Deadline: March 20

37. UNESCO-UNEVOC Global Awards for Innovation in TVET 2026.
UNESCO-UNEVOC is launching the Global Awards for Innovation in TVET to celebrate outstanding initiatives that are reimagining how technical and vocational education and training empowers individuals, societies and economies.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 30

38. V Dolors Alberola Poetry Prize 2026.
The V Dolors Alberola Poetry Prize is an international competition for unpublished poetry collections hosted by Editorial DALYA. The prize aims to promote poetry reading from around the world. The spirit of this competition is the participation of writers in terms of equality, regardless of nationality, gender or language.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 15

39. GSK Scholarships for Future Health Leaders 2026-2027.
Three scholarships are offered to support the training and development of the next generation of leaders in global health and strengthen the capacity of health systems and health-related research in Africa.
Click here to apply | Deadline: March 4

40. DSAC Bursaries for Heritage Related Studies 2026.
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture invites applications for bursaries from tertiary students from Undergraduates and Postgraduates from institutions accredited and registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training who wish to pursue studies in heritage related programmes.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 31

41. Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS) Programme 2026.
The CLIFF-GRADS Programme is a joint initiative of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA), the Global Methane Hub, and CGIAR Climate Action Program. CLIFF-GRADS builds capability in early-career scientists from developing countries to conduct applied research in agriculture greenhouse gas emissions quantification and mitigation.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 11

42. Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship Program 2026.
The Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship was created to attract exceptional incoming and continuing domestic and international graduate research students to the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. These scholarships will support graduate research and related scholarly and creative activities in line with the three themes of the Institute (planetary health, global health and humanitarianism, and global health foresighting). The scholarship will be granted annually to graduate students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement in global health research.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 16

43. ICDF International Higher Education Scholarship Program 2026.
The International Higher Education Scholarship Program, central to the TaiwanICDF, offers full scholarships to outstanding students from partner countries to pursue higher education in Taiwan through collaborations with local universities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: March 15

44. Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) 2026-2027.
The Queen Elizabeth Commonwealth Scholarships (QECS) offer a unique opportunity to study a two-year Master’s degree in a low or middle-income Commonwealth country.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 14

45. AIMS South Africa AI for Science Master’s Program 2026-2027.
AI for Science is a stream in AIMS South Africa’s Master’s degree in Mathematical Science, made possible through a partnership with Google DeepMind. The program sits at the exciting intersection of AI and the Sciences. This exciting program started with its first intake of students in September 2023. It is a fully residential one-year taught masters with a research component.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 6

46. Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2026.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) – Africa’s leading philanthropy focused on empowering African entrepreneurs – is looking for the most innovative business ideas across the African continent. The flagship TEF Entrepreneurship Programme is open to all entrepreneurs across Africa with innovative business ideas or existing businesses not older than five years.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 1

47. Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund 2025.
The Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge Climate Resilience and Sustainability Research Fund aim to catalyse new and strengthen existing collaborations between researchers in Africa and Cambridge and support high quality training activities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15

48. Rebecca Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Grant 2026.
In memory of inclusive education champion Rebecca H. Rhodes, the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) established the Rebecca H. Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Prize in 2023 to support research by African scholars and practitioners investigating how to help children and youth with disabilities learn to read and write and read and write to learn.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 27

49. OAR Applied Research Competition 2026.
Since 2002, the Organization for Autism Research (OAR) has proudly contributed more than $5 million in research grants. Through the Applied Research Competition, OAR seeks to promote evidence-based practices based on research in the following areas:
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 16

50. Reuters Institute Journalist Fellowship Programme 2026-2027.
The Journalist Fellowship Programme at the Reuters Institute is one of the world’s leading schemes for practising, mid-career journalists to take some time out from their day jobs to explore journalism in depth. The majority of the Journalist Fellows are fully-funded and they also receive a stipend to cover living and travel costs.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 13

51. Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program 2026.
Established in 2004, the Arthur C. Helton Fellowship Program recognizes the legacy of Arthur Helton, a prominent refugee and human rights scholar and advocate. Helton died in the August 19, 2003 bombing of the UN mission in Baghdad. Since its founding the Helton Fellowship Program has enabled more than 120 young lawyers to pursue projects on four continents, expanding the capacity of dozens of international and nongovernmental organizations.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 16

52. Bezos Scholars Program 2026.
For more than two decades, the Bezos Scholars Program has been amplifying youth voice and helping young people take action to make a positive difference in their communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 15

53. Applied Implementation Science Fellowship Program 2026-2028.
This two-year program will train early and mid-career researchers who work within a health care delivery system and are interested in applying implementation science (IS) theory and methods to their health system-based research programs.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 13

54. Gruber Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics 2026.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is pleased to invite applications for the 2026 Gruber Foundation Fellowship in Astrophysics, a prestigious program supported by The Gruber Foundation (GF). This fellowship is designed to support early-career astronomers and promote the advancement of cosmology and other branches of astronomy.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 1

55. Riegelman GNAPH Fellowship 2026.
The Global Network for Academic Public Health (GNAPH) is seeking a part-time, early-career professional to function as a Riegelman GNAPH Fellow for one year to help shape and advance GNAPH’s plan of action.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan 9

56. Penn Sustainability and Conservation Science Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026.
This postdoctoral fellowship program aims to bridge the excellence in academic research at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and in conservation practice at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to confront climate change, while creating a new generation of sustainability and conservation leaders who combine the rigor of academic science with real-world application.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Jan. 30

57. Carl Menger Fellowship 2026-2027.
The Carl Menger Fellowship is a one-year, competitive, and online fellowship program awarded to PhD students from any university and any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 15

58. Mastercard Foundation Ed Tech Fellowship 2026.
The Mastercard Foundation Ed Tech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising African EdTech ventures. Implemented in partnership with innovation hubs and accelerators across Africa, the Fellowship equips ventures with critical business, financial, and learning science support.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 5

59. Adam Smith Fellowship 2026-2027.
The Adam Smith Fellowship is awarded to graduate students attending PhD programs at any university and in any discipline, including but not limited to economics, philosophy, political science, and sociology.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 15

60. Mercatus Center Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship 2026-2027.
The Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship is a one-year, competitive fellowship program awarded to graduate students attending master’s, juris doctoral, and doctoral programs in a variety of fields including economics, law, political science, and public policy.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Mar. 15

61. INSAIT Graduate Research Fellowship 2026.
The INSAIT Graduate Research Fellowship (INSAIT GRF) program offers the opportunity to highly motivated graduate students from around the world to engage in research activities under the mentorship of INSAIT faculty. The program is modeled after the top successful research programs at MIT, Caltech, and ETH Zurich.
Click here to apply | Deadline: On Rolling Basis

62. PROPEL Program at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering 2026.
The Promoting Research Opportunities in Engineering Labs (PROPEL) at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering is a fully funded eight-week residential summer program designed to increase exposure to research careers and graduate education for promising undergraduate students.
Click here to apply | Deadline: Feb. 3

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