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Urban Urgencies Funding: A Major Research Grant Opportunity for Global Urban Scholars, 2026
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Location:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Commonwealth of, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine / West Bank & Gaza, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Funding agency:
Grantmaking entity:
Status:
Closed
Budget:
N/A
Award ceiling:
GBP 35,000
Award floor:
N/A
Sector:
Environment & Climate, Health, Urban Development & Housing, Security & Peacebuilding, ICT & Telecommunications, Research & Innovation
Languages:
English
Eligible applicants:
Academic Institutions, Individuals, Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs)
Eligible applicant countries:
Worldwide
Date posted:
Dec 18, 2025
Quick summary
Seed-fund collaborative urban-studies research under the Urban Urgencies theme. Award up to six projects, e...
At least two co-applicants (maximum three) must be named; one must be an academic/researcher/educator active in urban studies and at least one co-applicant must be based in a non-academic partner organisation. All named co-applicants must hold secure contractual positions for the project duration; PhD candidates may be co-applicants with a supervisor support letter. Applicants may be based anywhere worldwide, but previous USF Pandemics and Cities...
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Description
The Urban Studies Foundation (USF) is pleased to launch a new research funding initiative to seed-fund collaborative primary research proposals that engage with the theme Urban Urgencies. Up to six innovative projects will be awarded up to GBP £35,000 eac
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Location:
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Funding agency:
NPO
Status:
closed
Location:
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Funding agency:
NUFFIC
Status:
closed
Location:
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Government
Status:
closed
Location:
Lithuania
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