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Lacuna Fund / ACTS Open Datasets for SDGs RFP 2026
Wellcome Trust / Lacuna Fund
Three grants of up to US$10,000 for teams in Global South LMICs to turn existing Lacuna Fund datasets into usable machine-learning models, applications, APIs, tools or visualisations.
Wellcome Trust / Lacuna FundOfficial details verified by Methods Bench
- Deadline
- 13 November 2026
- Funding / benefit
- Up to USD 10,000
- Career stage
- Not stated
- Eligibility
- Global South
Methods Bench assessment
Is this a good fit?
Our interpretation of the call, not official eligibility advice.
Worth pursuing if
- Lead organisation headquartered in a Global South LMIC
- Technical capacity in machine learning or application development
- Domain expertise in the proposed SDG area
- Individuals apply through an institutional sponsor
Probably skip if
- Projects aiming to collect a brand-new dataset
Eligibility
Funding and benefits
- Training or scaling ML models on existing Lacuna datasets
- Practical applications, tools, APIs or visualisations
- SDG-related outputs in health, agriculture, education, climate, water, energy, land use or governance
Up to US$30,000 total across three awards.
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