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Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Multilateral Research Call in support of STISA 2034 (Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies) is sponsored by Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). This call supports the African Union's Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2034 (STISA-2034), with one of five thematic streams targeting Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies, framed around a more integrated and connected continent. It funds research avenues in applications (AI tools addressing priority sectors like agriculture, health, environment, and education) and learning and entrepreneurship (STEM and AI skills programs for African youth, women, and researchers, and support for digital and AI-enabled startups).
Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Call for Expressions of Interest - Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies Stream is sponsored by Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI). This call supports research in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technologies to close the gap in compute, connectivity, and digital skills in Africa. It funds two research avenues: AI tools addressing priority sectors (agriculture, health, environment, education) and STEM/AI skills programs for youth, women, and researchers, along with support for digital and AI-enabled startups.
The FY26 BLM Youth Conservation Corps NOFO (L26AS00064) holds a Round Two deadline of October 16, 2026 — $900,000, eight awards, $30,000 to $220,000 each. Its siblings are larger and richer, and every one of them explicitly bars Public Lands Corps work. That exclusion, not the dollar figure, is the strategy.
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Read articleThe William T. Grant Foundation's Research Grants on Reducing Inequality fund studies — $100K-$600K over 2-3 years — that test how to actually reduce disparities in youth outcomes, not just document them. The next Letter of Inquiry is due July 29, 2026, and a new one-application-per-cycle rule raises the stakes. Here's how the program is designed and how researchers should position a competitive LOI.
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