Application Deadline: August 5th 2018 Are you a passionate journalist in Africa excited about the health of the planet, future generations and the global discourses around low-carbon, climate resilient green …
Call for Applications
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) 2018 Prize for Innovation in Global Security (CHF 10’000 Prize & Fully Funded to Geneva, Switzerland)
Application Deadline: 27 September 2018 at 18:00 UTC+2. In 2015, under the umbrella of its Creativity and Innovation Initiative, the GCSP and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme established a …
Application Deadline: 27th July 2018. What does democracy mean to you? How are youth in your community putting democracy into action? What do you see as threats to democracy today? …
Camargo Foundation Core Fellowship Program 2019/2020 for artists, scholars, and thinkers. (Funded)
Application Deadline: Tuesday, October 17th, 2018 by 6:00pm EST The Camargo Core Program is the historical and flagship program of the Foundation. Each year an international call is launched through …
Mophradat Calls for residencies in France and Brazil for musicians and curators from the Arab world (Funded)
Residency for musicians at Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, France January 28 to February 4, 2019 Deadline to apply: August 30, 2018 Mophradat in collaboration with the multidisciplinary art center …
NSC Council of Europe 9th Global Education and Youth Training Course 2018 for Youth Multipliers – Mollina, Spain (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: 11 July 2018 The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe has opened a call for participants for the 9th Training Course on Global Development Education for Youth …
Emerging African Innovation Leaders G7 Exchange & Empowerment Program for enabling Innovation- Milan, Italy (Funded)
Application Deadline: 26th of July 2018 before 12:00 PM (CET). The African Innovation Brokers learning activity is part of the Emerging African Innovation Leaders Program and addresses a group of …
Call for Artist: Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival’s creative residency 2018 ( Funded to Johannesburg, South Africa)
Application Deadline: July 9th 2018 The focus of the Fak’ugesi Festival in 2018 is the role vernacular and traditional cultures in digital culture and practices. What would you call a …
DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers Networking Tour on Artificial Intelligence 2018 for Researchers worldwide (Funded to Germany)
Application Deadline: July 15th, 2018 What: Artificial Intelligence Coming of Age – Research and Development in Germany When: September 23rd to 29th 2018 The Postdoctoral Researchers’ Networking Tour 2018 offers …
MEST/Merck Accelerator Lagos Satellite Program 2018 for early stage start-up based in West Africa ($USD 3,000 cash prize & fully paid trip to Merck Innovation Center HQ in Darmstadt, Germany)
Application Deadline: August 20th, 2018. Are you an early stage start-up based in West Africa? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation and would like to run a …
Internet Society Youth@IGF Programme for the 2018 Internet Governance Forum in Paris, France (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: July 22nd 2018 Many young people age 18-25 are the first generation of adults to grow up not knowing the world without the Internet. For those who do …
African Fact-Checking Awards 2018 for Journalistic Excellence in Africa (USD6,000 in Prizes)
Application Deadline: 15 August 2018 at midnight. The African Fact-Checking Awards – the only awards that each year honour journalism by Africa-based media in the emerging field of fact-checking are …
African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE): Continental & Regional Awards 2018 Edition
Application Deadline: November 10, 2018 The African Union Commission is committed to ensure that science, technology and innovation contribute to our sustainable development efforts. The Constitutive Act, establishing the African …
One Young World’s Politician of the Year Award (Funded to the One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, The Netherlands)
Application Deadline: 6pm BST, 15th July 2018 One Young World’s Politician of the Year Award has been created to recognise the 5 most promising young politicians between the age of …
Call for Nominations: 16th edition of the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture (US$60 000)
Application Deadline: 31 August 2018. UNESCO calls for candidatures for the UNESCO-Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture. Awarded since 2001, the Prize was established in 1998 in collaboration with the Government …
African Women’s Development Fund: Call for Proposals for 2018 World Aids Day (US$2,000 grant)
Application Deadline: 20 July 2018 For World AIDS Day 2018, AWDF is awarding grants to African women’s organisations and groups to support activities addressing the impact of HIV and AIDS …
The Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019 (US $1 million award) for Outstanding Teachers Worldwide.
Application Deadline: 9th September 2018. The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1million dollar award, presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession. …
Application Deadline: July 09, 2018. You are an African start-up. You develop innovative projects around energy and you want to accelerate the development of your project. EDF is exporting its …
Ian Perry Scholarship Prize 2018 for Young Photo Journalists ($USD 3,500 Prize)
Application Deadline: July 28th 2018 Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989. He was just 24 years …
Application Deadline: August 15th 2018 The Arab Financial Inclusion Innovation Prize champions a dynamic vision for financial inclusion. By capitalizing on the fast-moving digital world, innovation can facilitate a forward-looking …
2018 UNCDF Grants for Development of a Mobile Application for Financial Education in West Africa
Application Deadline: July 10th 2018 at 17.00 GMT The youth employment crisis is a global development priority. In much of West Africa including countries like The Gambia, Guinea, Niger and …
FAO/FIMI 2018 Training of Trainers on Human Rights, Food and Nutrition Security for Indigenous Women Leaders from Africa
Application Deadline: July 9th 2018 FAO is one of the leading organizations for its expertise in natural resources management, including food systems. Given the inextricable relationship that exists between nature …
Mary Robinson Climate Justice Award 2018 for young leaders (Funded to the One Young World Summit 2018 in The Hague, Netherlands)
Application Deadline: 25th July 2018 For the third year running One Young World is teaming up with Mary Robinson to support young leaders behind innovative and impactful climate justice initiatives that …
The Saville Foundation Pan-African Awards for Entrepreneurship in Education 2018 ($USD 30,000 USD Prize)
Application Deadline: August 14 2018 The Saville Foundation Pan African Awards for Entrepreneurship is an annual competition run with the generous support of The Saville Foundation. The competition seeks out …
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) 2018 Small Research Grants in Climate Change Science (USD 10 000 per Grantee)
Application Deadline: 30 July 2018 23:59 CAT The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS NEI) invites early career African academics of postdoctoral standing to apply for the …
Journalismfund.eu Money Trail working grants 2018 for Journalists (50.000 euro grant)
Application Deadline: 15th November 2018 In Money Trail, Journalismfund.eu offers working grants for mixed teams of African, Asian and European journalists to investigate cross-border illicit financial flows, tax abuse and …
CERN-UNESCO School on Digital libraries 2018 for librarians & IT information specialists – Nairobi, Kenya (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: August 1st 2018 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will co-organize the “UNESCO-CERN School on Digital Libraries …
Application Deadline: 13 July 2018 (France GMT/UTC + 2h). Scientists and scientific institutions around the world are invited to present and nominate the most qualified candidates for the 2019 L’Oréal-UNESCO …
African Union (AU)-Korea Short Term training Programme 2018 for African policy makers.
Application Deadline: 20th July 2018. Within the framework of AU-Korea Cooperation, the Government of the Republic of Korea has made training offers to the AFRICAN UNION through the African Union …
Fate Foundation NutriPitch-The Nourishing Nigeria Challenge 2018 for young Nigerian Entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: 12:00 midnight WAT on Saturday, July 7, 2018. NutriPitch-The Nourishing Nigeria Challenge is an exceptional programme developed in partnership with Scaling up Nutrition Business Network , GAIN and …
APSA Challenge Science and Technology – Ethiopia 2018 for African young scientists & entrepreneurs (5,000 euros prize)
Application Deadline: July 31th 2018 APSA Challenge Science and Technology – Ethiopia 2018: Technologies and Innovations for Sustainable Development A competition organized by the Association for the Promotion of Sciences …
UN-DESA’s/Brown Institute for Media Innovation Call for Proposals on Data Storytelling 2018 (Funded to UN World Data Forum 2018 in Dubai)
Application Deadline: 20 July 2018 The Columbia Journalism School’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation in collaboration with UN-DESA’s Statistics Division is pleased to announce a call for project proposals on …
