Grant opportunity
AIMS SDG Innovation Challenge 2026
AIMS Rwanda is inviting young African STEM graduates, especially women innovators, to submit digital health solutions for the 2026 SDG Innovation Challenge.
- Funder
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences / AIMS Rwanda
- Application deadline
- Application deadline: Jun 1, 2026
- Award
- Hackathon, innovation fellowship award, four-month stipend, mentorship, and business training
- Applicant
- Young African STEM graduates under 35
- Discipline
- AI, Data & Digital
- Region
- Africa
- Posted
- May 24, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The AIMS SDG Innovation Challenge supports data-driven and digital health innovation by young African STEM graduates.
Who can apply
- Applicants should be young African STEM graduates under 35.
- The call especially encourages women innovators and applicants with digital health solutions.
What it supports
- Digital health, data-focused innovation, hackathon participation, innovation fellowship support, mentorship, and business training.
- Solutions should align with SDG-oriented innovation and AIMS Rwanda challenge priorities.
Funding and duration
Selected participants receive a data-focused hackathon pathway, an innovation fellowship award, a four-month stipend, mentorship, and business training according to the official AIMS Rwanda call.
Application deadline
Application deadline: Jun 1, 2026
How to apply
Use the official AIMS Rwanda call announcement and submit through the linked Google Forms application by 1 June 2026.
Call details
About the opportunity
The AIMS SDG Innovation Challenge supports data-driven and digital health innovation by young African STEM graduates.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences / AIMS Rwanda lists this opportunity for Young African STEM graduates under 35, AI, Data & Digital, Africa.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for AI, Data & Digital grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in Africa contexts.
Eligibility
Applicants should be young African STEM graduates under 35.
The call especially encourages women innovators and applicants with digital health solutions.
Funding and benefits
Selected participants receive a data-focused hackathon pathway, an innovation fellowship award, a four-month stipend, mentorship, and business training according to the official AIMS Rwanda call.
Themes and supported activities
Digital health, data-focused innovation, hackathon participation, innovation fellowship support, mentorship, and business training.
Solutions should align with SDG-oriented innovation and AIMS Rwanda challenge priorities.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: Application deadline: Jun 1, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official AIMS Rwanda call announcement and submit through the linked Google Forms application by 1 June 2026.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.