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Afghanistan

Australian Laureate Fellowships 2027

Competitive research grants supporting outstanding collaborative projects in basic life sciences, human healthcare, industrial and agricultural biotechnology, and bioenergy. Includes Early Career Return Grants for young researchers returning to establish labs. Aims to promote collaboration, training young scientists, and developing research facilities.

Australian Research Council (ARC)
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
Afghanistan

Australian Laureate Fellowships 2027

Supports artists, scholars, and arts professionals from eligible Asian countries and the US for self-directed research, cultural exchange, and immersion in a new country. Focuses on dialogue and knowledge sharing in arts fields including architecture.

Australian Research Council (ARC)
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
SAARC

Vice-Chancellor's Research & Impact Fellowship 2026

Grants of US$3,000 for research on museums' role in interpreting shared cultural heritage and cross-cultural narratives in SAARC region, including colonial legacies, collecting practices, and cultural knowledge repositories. Projects from May 2026–March 2027. Proposals submitted via Foreign Ministries.

Victoria University
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
Indo-Pacific Region

Australian Laureate Fellowships 2027

A three-week fully or partially funded reporting and study tour for full-time journalists focusing on 'New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: Navigating AI’s Impacts on Societies and Economic Security in the Asia-Pacific Region'. Includes preparation of a research paper and oral presentation. Suitable for Communications professionals/researchers.

Australian Research Council
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
Afghanistan

Australian Laureate Fellowships

Supports research in agricultural biotechnology and other fields at universities/research institutes in ICGEB Member States. Includes Early Career Return Grants for young researchers.

Australian Research Council (ARC)
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
SAARC

2026 Call for Research Proposals

The grant funds innovative research projects on interpreting shared heritage through cross-cultural narratives in museums in the SAARC region. Sub-themes include museums' colonial legacies, curating practices, role as cultural repositories, and spaces for cross-cultural dialogues. Each researcher receives US $3,000. Suitable for academics, scholars, and researchers from higher education institutio

Center for Financial Inclusion
Deadline: Apr 30, 2026
Afghanistan

Ideas Grants 2026

Grants for projects fostering cultural and creative sectors in developing countries Parties to the 2005 Convention, including policy development, capacity building for cultural industries. Suitable for higher education institutions and researchers via eligible public institutions or NGOs leading arts and culture projects.

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Deadline: May 6, 2026
Afghanistan

GTCR-MENA 2026

Grants for promising high-level research projects in physics (among other basic sciences) carried out by individual scientists or research groups in developing countries. Eligibility confirmed for Barbados; funds equipment, consumables, etc.

TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences), funded by German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Deadline: May 14, 2026
Afghanistan

RV Investigator Primary Sea Time Grants 2026

Supports early-stage development of innovative ideas for infectious disease clinical trials by teams led from Africa, South Asia or South-East Asia. For higher education and researchers in medicine.

CSIRO Marine National Facility
Deadline: May 19, 2026
Afghanistan

2026 Collaborative Research Accelerator Grant Round 2

Provides funding up to £8 million for transdisciplinary teams led from Africa, South Asia, or South-East Asia to design and optimise phase 2, 3 or 4 clinical trials of infectious disease interventions. Suitable for researchers in medicine focusing on infectious diseases.<grok:render type="render_inline_citation"><argument name="citation_id">148</argument></grok:render><grok:render type="render_inl

National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF)
Deadline: Jun 2, 2026
Afghanistan

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Supports collaborative research visits of 1-3 months for mathematicians holding a PhD and employed at universities in developing countries. Funding up to USD 15,000 for travel, accommodation, and expenses. Benin eligible as Priority 1 developing country.

William T. Grant Foundation
Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Afghanistan

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Funds graduate research assistants (Master's or PhD students) in mathematics at universities in Priority 1-2 developing countries. Up to USD 3,500/year per student (max 2 students/group). For emerging research groups led by PhD-holding professors. Benin eligible (Priority 1).

William T. Grant Foundation
Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Afghanistan

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Funding up to €10,000 for 5+ week research visits to Europe for mathematicians from developing countries (PhD defended 3+ years ago, employed 5 years in developing country). Includes mini-course recording. Benin eligible.

William T. Grant Foundation
Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Afghanistan

Research Grants on Reducing Inequality

Supports 1-6 month immersive cultural exchanges for scholars and arts professionals, including literature research, archival work, and professional development between Asia and the US. Up to $35,000. Open to experienced researchers from eligible Asian countries including Bhutan.

William T. Grant Foundation
Deadline: Jul 29, 2026
Commonwealth

Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grants (AAG)

Fully-funded two-year Master's scholarships at ACU member universities in low or middle-income Commonwealth countries, including MSc in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and Master of Computing in Computer Science. Includes research support grant. For postgraduate students committed to positive impact.

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Deadline: Nov 16, 2026