Application Deadline: 12:00pm EST on December 13 2020 The application for the 2020-2021 Obama Foundation Scholars Program is now open. The Obama Foundation Scholars Program at Columbia University brings together rising leaders …
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Scholarships
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Call for Applications
Cisco/Global Citizen Prize for Youth Leadership 2019 ($250,000 prize )
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline:October 6th 2019 The Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award was established by Cisco and Global Citizen to recognize and lift up a young person positively impacting the …
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Call for ApplicationsKenya
Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Cohort 3 program 2019 for young Kenyans
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: November 5th 2019 The Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator Kenya is Africa’s leading women in tech incubator, aligning with calls for more diversity in technology and for …
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Scholarships
MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2020 at McGill University in Canada (Fully Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: January 31, 2020 McGill University and the Mastercard Foundation are pleased to offer full scholarships to economically challenged, academically gifted Master’s students from Sub-Saharan Africa through the Mastercard …
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Contests
International Labour Organization (ILO) 2019 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration (Fully Funded Fellowship to ITC-Turin in Italy and $1,000 cash Prize )
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: 31 October 2019 (23:59, Central European Time) The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching its fifth annual Global Media Competition to recognize exemplary media coverage of labour migration. …
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TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme 2020 for researchers from developing countries (Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: 2 December 2019 In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers …
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2019 Euromena Awards – Sub-Saharan Africa Edition for Innovative Entrepreneurs -10 000 € Prize
by OFAby OFAThe third edition of the euromena awards – sub-Saharan Africa edition – is officially launched! Euromena Consulting is organising for the third consecutive year the Euromena Awards, a start-up competition …
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Chivas Regals’ The Venture 2020 Competition for Social Entrepreneurs (USD1 Million in Funding)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: October 31st 2019 Every year, the Chivas Venture gives away $1 million in no-strings funding to social entrepreneurs, who blend profit with purpose to have a positive impact …
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Fellowships
YALI 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders (Fully Funded to the United States of America)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: October 9, 2019 The Mandela Washington Fellowship will bring up to 700 young leaders to the United States in the summer of 2020 for a comprehensive executive-style program …
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Fellowships
Draper Hills Summer Fellowship 2020 on Democracy and Development Program at Stanford University, USA (Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: January 1st 2020 Launched in 2005, the Draper Hills Summer Program (DHSF) is a three-week intensive academic training program that is hosted annually at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, …
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Call for Applications
Ockenden International Prize 2020 (£25,000 prize) for Organisations helping Refugees & Displaced People.
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: midnight (GMT) on 30 November 2019. T Ockenden International is looking for projects, activities and/or programmes (each ‘a project’) which promote self-reliance among refugees and/or displaced people. You …
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Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery in Nigeria (Fully Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: October 1st 2019 The global trade in human beings is bigger today than at any time in history. Estimates of the numbers of people caught in modern slavery …
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2020 IIE Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: October 19, 2019 IIE created these awards in 2001 to promote and honor the most outstanding initiatives being conducted in international higher education by IIENetwork member universities and …
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D-Prize Challenge 2020 Prize for Social Entrepreneurs to fight Poverty ($USD 20,000)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: November 10, 2019 at midnight PT The world has already invented products and services to end poverty, yet the best are not being distributed at mass-scale. Can you …
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Call for Applications
McKinsey & Company Young Leadership Programme 2019 Fellow – Kenya & Ethiopia.
by OFAby OFAMcKinsey & Company Young Leadership Programme Fellow – Kenya The Young Leaders Program (YLP) is a two-year full-time consulting program that develops exceptional young local Kenyan talent into real leaders. …
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Scholarships
Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program 2020 for Developing Countries Nationals (Fully Funded to Japan)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: October 24, 2019. The Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP) is open to women and men from developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of …
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Fellowships
Takemi Fellowship 2020/2021 at the Harvard T.H. Chan School (Funding available)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: December 31st 2019 Each year the program recruits a small group of mid-career researchers and professionals to spend an academic year at the Harvard T. H. Chan School …
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UN-Habitat 10th World Urban Forum 2019: Call for Urban Development Projects 2019
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: September 30th 2019 The 10th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) will be a momentous occasion for all stakeholders in sustainable urbanization to come together, join forces …
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Scholarships
Reach Oxford Undergraduate Scholarships 2020/2021 for Study in the United Kingdom (Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: 15 October 2019 Students should note they must apply for admission to the University before they can be considered for a Reach Oxford Scholarship. The University is unable …
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InternshipsSouth Africa
South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Internship Programme 2019 for young South Africans
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: September 20th 2019 The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) is a public entity under the National Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). SANSA has a mandate to …
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Fellowships
Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship 2020 for mid-career Journalist to study at the University of Michighan-USA (Fully Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: December 1, 2019 A Knight-Wallace Fellowship recognizes accomplished journalists who are eager for growth and deeply committed to the future of journalism. We offer a unique opportunity: an …
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Call for Applications
UNAOC Young Peacebuilders in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Programme 2020 (Fully Funded)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline:30 September 2019 Guided by the principle that youth are key actors to achieve peace and prevent violent extremism, UNAOC develops educational programming to enhance the ability of young …
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FellowshipsGhana
UNFPA Youth Leaders (YoLe) Fellowship Program 2019 for young Ghanaians
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline: September 23rd 2019 The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has the mission to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every child birth is safe and every …
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Call for Applications
Hague Innovation Challenge 2020 for Innovative Startups (€ 25.000 Prize)
by OFAby OFAApplication Deadline:17 OCTOBER 2019 DO YOU HAVE AN INNOVATIVE IDEA THAT SOLVES A GLOBAL CHALLENGE? JOIN THE HAGUE INNOVATORS CHALLENGE AND GET THE CHANCE TO WIN A PRIZE BETWEEN € …