Prize or competitionOpen now
US$20,000 cash prize for the final winner at the Grand Finale
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97 take entries now. Each one pays a prize or a research grant to the team that solves it, and each one can become a business. From governments, foundations and companies in 17 countries.
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Up to $2 million in seed funding, no equity taken
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Up to $2 million in seed funding, no equity taken
Prize or competitionOpen now
Total prizes of 1.2 million USD (4.41 million AED) across categories for solution providers and top-performing local academic participants
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Grant component below €2.5 million; €1 million to €10 million of equity investment (blended or investment only); €20 million to €50 million budget per challenge
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EUR 50,000 preparation grants up to EUR 4,000,000 for scaling
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Funding for time, materials, overheads and other indirect costs; a recent challenge offered up to £60,000 per project (ex VAT)
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$10,000 to $900,000 for up to 24 months (ideal applicants ask for $50,000 to $200,000 for 6 to 12 months)
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Shortlisted solutions are funded; the amount is set per project from duration, scalability and technology readiness and is not published
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$1M to $5M for 2 to 3 years, depending on scope and stage
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£20m call; 3 to 6 Blue Teams at approximately £2.5m to £3.5m each
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GBP 20 million call; Blue Teams (three to six) of roughly GBP 2.5 to 3.5 million each
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GBP 49.8 million programme; Track 2 teams GBP 200,000 to 2 million each, Track 3 teams GBP 100,000 to 3 million each
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£100,000 to £3m per project (Track 2 Tooling £200k to £2m, 4 to 6 teams; Track 3 Fundamental Research £100k to £3m, three Research Centres plus 4 to 12 smaller teams); £49.8m programme
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Projects must have costs above €50,000 (current minimum); no maximum stated on the page
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$10 million FSHD Bonus Prize (inside the $101 million XPRIZE Healthspan)
Prize or competitionCloses 13 Nov 2026
$3,500,000 total prize pool, including $1,000,000 for first place in each of two surgical lanes
Prize or competitionCloses 14 Nov 2026
INR 3,00,000 for the best team in each of six DigiTwin sectors; the total pool is stated as INR 20 lakh+ in one section and INR 30 lakh+ in the banner
Prize or competitionCloses 15 Nov 2026
Up to US$20,000 to launch a three-month pilot
GrantCloses 15 Nov 2026
Up to USD 100,000 per winning proposal, paid against deliverables; up to 10 winners
GrantCloses 16 Nov 2026
Up to EUR 60,000 per beneficiary and up to EUR 180,000 per experiment, lump sum, six-month experiments
AcceleratorCloses 16 Nov 2026
Up to EUR 30,000 per selected applicant, up to 35 business concepts, up to 100% of eligible costs
AcceleratorCloses 16 Nov 2026
EUR 120,000 non-dilutive seed-funding voucher per company, plus an extra reward for the top teams (the EUDIS page says EUR 50,000 for the top three)
AcceleratorCloses 16 Nov 2026
One-time grant of USD 50,000 to each of five startups
GrantCloses 17 Nov 2026
Approximately US$250,000 to US$2,000,000 per innovation, at the partners' discretion
GrantCloses 17 Nov 2026
About $250,000 to $2,000,000 USD per innovation, at the partners' discretion
GrantCloses 18 Nov 2026
Up to CAD 500,000 per contract, up to 15 months, about 5 contracts expected
GrantCloses 19 Nov 2026
Up to CAD 1,500,000 for one Phase 2 grant (up to 16 months)
Prize or competitionCloses 19 Nov 2026
US$50,000 to the winning solution, plus a potential partnership discussion with Nabat
Prize or competitionCloses 20 Nov 2026
$150,000 prize pool: $100,000 first place (a $50,000 SAFE plus $50,000 non-dilutive), $50,000 second place (non-dilutive)
GrantCloses 20 Nov 2026
Up to USD 40,000 for each of up to three selected applicants, plus technical assistance
Prize or competitionCloses 20 Nov 2026
One Grand Prize of $250,000 in non-dilutive funding
GrantCloses 23 Nov 2026
GrantCloses 24 Nov 2026
Up to $34m across two challenges over a flexible time period
Prize or competitionCloses 24 Nov 2026
Up to $500,000 in cash prizes: up to five winners of $100,000 each
GrantCloses 25 Nov 2026
Phase I up to $323,000 for six months; Phase II up to $2.1 million for up to 24 months
GrantCloses 25 Nov 2026
Total project costs of 50,000 to 300,000 (feasibility), 100,000 to 1 million (industrial research) or 250,000 to 2 million (experimental development); grant share follows Innovate UK funding rules
GrantCloses 27 Nov 2026
Phase 1 up to CAD 300,000 (up to 6 months, 2 grants); Phase 2 up to CAD 2,000,000 (up to 24 months, 1 grant)
GrantCloses 27 Nov 2026
Up to CAD 2,000,000 for one Phase 2 award (up to 24 months), paid as a contract
GrantCloses 30 Nov 2026
Up to €9,600,000 per team across two stages (Stage 1 up to €2.6M, Stage 2 up to €7.0M)
GrantCloses 30 Nov 2026
AED 30,000 participation grant for each of up to seven shortlisted applicants, plus up to AED 90,000 more for a pilot with a UAE-licensed financial institution
GrantCloses 30 Nov 2026
Stage A awards up to $1 million; Stage B up to $15 million; Stage C up to $300 million
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
€200K investment from DeepBright Ventures for the grand prize, plus in-kind prizes for the 13 track winners
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
Grand Prize of 200,000 as an equity investment from Deepbright Ventures; the page shows no currency symbol
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
Grand Winner: EUR 200,000 investment from Deepbright Ventures; other winners and Pioneers get coaching and investor introductions
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
€200K equity prize from DeepBright Ventures, plus a Spinout Breakthroughs Prize
GrantCloses 30 Nov 2026
Up to ₹1 crore (proof of concept), ₹4 crore (prototype) or ₹8 crore (final product), linked to deliverables
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
EUR 10,000 in equity-free prize money
Prize or competitionCloses 30 Nov 2026
Prize pool of up to $40 million for Sprint 2 (the 12-month challenge runs three sprints: up to $40M, $40M and $20M); $200 million budgeted for follow-on prototype or production agreements
Prize or competitionCloses 1 Dec 2026
Up to CAD 1.75 million in total prizes (notional CAD 1,000,000, 500,000 and 250,000 for first to third), plus CAD 20,000 travel funding per participating company
Prize or competitionCloses 1 Dec 2026
$1,000,000 total: in each of two lanes $300,000 first, $150,000 second, $50,000 third
Prize or competitionCloses 1 Dec 2026
$1,000,000 total prize pool: $300,000 first, $150,000 second, $50,000 third
GrantCloses 1 Dec 2026
Up to CAD 2,000,000 for one Phase 2 award (up to 24 months), paid as a contract
AcceleratorCloses 1 Dec 2026
More than $700,000 in prize capital across four competitions
GrantCloses 1 Dec 2026
Up to £3M per project (100% funded, excluding VAT) over a maximum of 24 months
GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026
Grant request of 500,000 to 4 million per project, 12 to 36 months; up to 25 million for the whole programme
GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026
Grant request of 70,000 to 500,000 per project, 6 to 18 months; up to 25 million for the whole programme
GrantCloses 2 Dec 2026
Programme backed by GBP 114 million; Phase 2 module budgets include GBP 18.5m for an ocean observing network, GBP 5 to 7m for interannual-to-decadal forecasting, GBP 3 to 5m for impacts and response and GBP 5.8m for systems integration
AcceleratorCloses 2 Dec 2026
£54,400 per business in Stage 1 (£50,000 claimable grant plus £4,400 in-kind support); up to £11.5 million across both stages
Prize or competitionCloses 3 Dec 2026
$300,000 in total: $50,000 in the initial round ($10,000 each to the top 5) and $250,000 in the final round ($100,000 down to $15,000 for the top 5)
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