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
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. Applicants should use the official call page to confirm final requirements before submitting.
Applicants should be young African STEM graduates under 35.
The call especially encourages women innovators and applicants with digital health solutions.
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.
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.
Confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, and submission route on the official call page.
Plan internal approvals, partner confirmations, budgets, letters, and portal submission before the final deadline.
Use the official AIMS Rwanda call announcement and submit through the linked Google Forms application by 1 June 2026.
Before submitting, check required documents, eligible costs, attachments, page limits, institutional approvals, and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration, or nomination stage.