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Calls, funding, jobs and gatherings worth knowing about, gathered by the Academy and its community.
Environmental Program Coordinator (Temporary), Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation
job
A temporary, full-time Environmental Program Coordinator on the Education Team at HCTF, a British Columbia foundation investing in habitat conservation since 1981. Based in Victoria, BC. Applications close 31 July 2026 (BCGEU Grid 11, $31.75 to $36.59 per hour).
Cumulus Plus Grant: Join Cumulus Dunedin 2026
funding
Cumulus is offering three grants of up to 1,500 euros each to help design educators and academic staff from regions underrepresented in its network attend the Cumulus Dunedin 2026 conference in New Zealand (25 to 27 November). Applications close 16 August 2026.
NEB Academy: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure Funding Calls
funding · Europe
EIT Culture & Creativity has two NEB Academy calls open on its Calls and Funding page: Fashion Shift and Skills Infrastructure, both running 9 June to 31 August 2026 with applications due by the same date. Proposals are reviewed by independent external experts under Horizon Europe rules. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, a call like this sets up Mutualism between funder and applicant: sector capacity and results for EIT Culture & Creativity, resources and legitimacy for whoever takes on what is, for an industry's skills base or production model, a Wicked Problem rather than a single well-defined brief. That kind of sector-wide shift is also where the Framework's Sustainability motto lives: an obligation across a whole sector's relationships, not a tweak to one product.
EIC Accelerator: European Funding for Game-Changing Innovation
funding
The European Innovation Council's Accelerator backs single startups, SMEs, and small mid-caps carrying a "game changing" innovation from Technology Readiness Level 6 toward market, blending a grant of under EUR 2.5 million with an equity investment of EUR 1 to 10 million under what the EIC calls a patient capital principle. Open to applicants from EU Member States and Horizon Europe-associated countries, against rolling cut-off dates through the year. Seen through the Symbiotic Design Framework, that grant-plus-equity structure is a working case of Mutualism: capital and market access for the innovator, mission-oriented return for the funder.
EAD27 Trust: Call for Contributions to the 16th European Academy of Design Conference
call · Porto, Portugal
The 16th European Academy of Design Conference, EAD27, will be held 3 to 7 May 2027 in Porto under the theme Trust, examining how design shapes trust across digital, social, cultural, and civic life and its intersections with transparency, accountability, ethics, and emerging technologies. The shared page sets out the conference tracks open for contributions. For the Symbiotic Design Framework, a conference on trust and design is squarely a question of Ethics, the Framework cornerstone, and a venue for the kind of design research, including Research through Design, that tests how designed relationships hold or fail.
2nd NEB Junction Stakeholder Assembly: Call for Expressions of Interest
call · Online
An open call to take part in the second NEB Junction Stakeholder Assembly, two online sessions of three hours in October and November 2026, open to organisations and individuals with an interest in the New European Bauhaus. Expressions of interest close on 11 October 2026.
Research Associate in Regenerative Design Research, Becoming Regenerative
job · London, United Kingdom
Loughborough University London is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the final year of Becoming Regenerative, a UKRI-funded project on regenerative innovation across design and entrepreneurship. Full time for nine months in London; applications close on 12 October 2026.
Financial Support to Startups and Scaleups (Shape Acceleration and Scale Post-Acceleration)
funding · Europe
An open call from EIT Culture & Creativity for startups and scaleups in the cultural and creative sectors and industries, combining financial support of up to EUR 500,000 with venture development services. Applications close on 12 October 2026 at 17:00 CEST.
Green Bridges online facilitator training
call · Online
A free online training, in seven sessions between 4 November and 2 December 2026, for people who want to facilitate interactive and inclusive online learning sessions. About 15 participants are selected; applications close on 15 October 2026.
DIXXITAL 2026, XX Congreso Internacional de Administración y Tecnología para Arquitectura, Diseño e Ingeniería
congress · Online
The twentieth International Congress on Management and Technology for Architecture, Design and Engineering, held online from 13 to 16 October 2026 by the Management and Technology for Design area of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco, on artificial intelligence in design, from education to professional practice. Registration is free of charge through an online form.
Beautiful Life: a day on youth, beauty and quality of life in Parma
congress · Parma, Italy
A one-day event in Parma on 23 October 2026 for anyone under 35, on young people, beauty, quality of life and the New European Bauhaus, part of the Road to Parma European Youth Capital 2027. Free, with registration by 18 October.
Groningen Sustainability Conference 2027: call for abstracts and sessions
congress · Groningen, Netherlands
A conference on the lessons of the Sustainable Development Goals and what comes after 2030, from 5 to 10 April 2027 at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Abstracts and session proposals close on 25 October 2026.