[August 2025]
Looking to fund your next big idea, project or business venture in Europe? Whether you’re a startup founder, NGO leader, researcher or small business owner, Europe offers a wide range of funding opportunities in 2025. This curated listing breaks down the latest and most promising funding opportunities across Europe, helping you discover where the money is, who it’s for and how to apply.
IUCN launches European Invasive Alien Species Rapid-Response Fund
Deadline: 10-Feb-27
A new call for proposals has been launched to support rapid responses to the introduction of invasive alien species that threaten biodiversity, ecosystem services, and overall environmental wellbeing across the European Union…[more]
Apply for AceON Autumn Accelerator Program (Europe)
Deadline: 8 September 2025
AceON Accelerator launches its 5th program for early-stage start-ups in idea or pre-seed stage providing them with practical know-how, international founders´ community and investment opportunities…[more]
UN Tourism Safe Destinations Challenge in Europe
Deadline: 31-Oct-25
UN Tourism has launched the Safe Destinations Challenge, an initiative aimed at identifying innovative solutions that position the tourism sector as a driver of resilience, safety, and sustainability. This initiative seeks to safeguard tourism destinations as well as the people who live in and visit them. The challenge targets startups, entrepreneurs, micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and public-sector stakeholders across UN Tourism Member States in Europe…[more]
CFPs: Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year Award
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025
The Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) has launched the Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year Award to honour outstanding achievements in preserving and promoting religious heritage. This award aims to celebrate innovative efforts that enhance the understanding, safeguarding, and celebration of religious places, objects, and traditions across Europe…[more]
Call for CDR Startup Founders: Remove Accelerator Program (Europe)
Deadline: 8 September 2025
Are you at the helm of an early-stage carbon removal venture? If yes, then apply for the Remove Accelerator Program…[more]
The Minor Foundation for Major Challenges in Europe
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025
Applications are now open for Minor Foundation for Major Challenges to support new and unexpected ways of communicating the need for transitioning to a low-carbon economy…[more]
Nominations open for European Bee Award
Deadline: 6-Sep-25
The European Bee Award celebrates and rewards inventive, effective, and scalable projects that safeguard pollinators across Europe. The European Bee Award will recognize and promote projects that demonstrate innovative technological solutions aimed at protecting pollinators…[more]
Apply for Huawei Munich Tech Arena Programme
Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
Huawei invites students to participate in the Munich Tech Arena Programme by joining one of two exciting competitions: “Head and ear parameters estimation from a set of multiple-viewpoint images” or “Pre- and post-processing for improving video compression.” Participants can choose their preferred topic and submit innovative solutions to shape the future of media technology…[more]
Entries open for DRK Foundation Grant Program
Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK) is dedicated to supporting early-stage social impact organizations that address critical social and environmental challenges through innovative and scalable solutions…[more]
Call for Applications: Flämingo Startup Accelerator Program for Early Growth-Stage Startups
Deadline: September 21, 2025
The Flämingo Startup Accelerator offers a six-month, non-equity program designed to support early growth-stage startups in Mobility & Logistics, ICT, Creative Industries, and Health with growth, investment-readiness, and industry connections…[more]
