Call for Applications

Application Deadline: July 25th 2017 Promoting the work and advancing the role of women in the news media across the globe is critical to transparency and a diversity of voices. …

Application Deadline: 31 August 2017. 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 …

Application Deadline: August 14th 2017 The Pan African Awards reward the very best projects which are using enterprise and entrepreneurship to innovate in the field of education. The awards are …

Application Deadline: September 1st 2017 The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its 21st annual UNCA Awards for the best print, broadcast (TV & …

Application Deadline: August 21st 2017 The search Is On Are you a Queen’s Young Leader? The Queen’s Young Leader Award recognises and celebrates exceptional people aged 18-29 from across the …

Application Deadline:September 4th 2017 Red Bull Music Academy heads to Berlin next year, and is now inviting music makers worldwide to apply to take part. The 2018 edition will mark …

Application Deadline: 31 October 2017 With the support of its Development Partners particularly the European Commission, the African Union Commission, launched on 9 September 2008, the prestigious African Union Scientific …

Application Deadline: 27 September 2017 at 18:00 UTC+2 The Geneva Center For Security Policy (GCSP) and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme are now accepting applications for the 2017 GCSP …

Application Deadline: August 1st 2017 Start Path Global is Mastercard’s worldwide program for innovative later stage startups from across the globe. Since 2014, Startpath have been working with an ever …

Application Deadline: 6th of August, 2017 Climate Tracker is hosting a climate journalism workshop in Addis Ababa with the best in the field. Join the competition today! Show off your …

Application Deadline: August 1, 2017 OpenCon is the conference and community for students and early career academic professionals interested in advancing Open Access, Open Education and Open Data. OpenCon 2017 …

Application Deadline: August 15, 2017. The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is calling for proposals for its international conference titled ‘Transforming Education Conference …

The Visiola Foundation’s Coding Boot Camp is an intensive five-week training program that will provide participants with a strong foundation upon which to build their careers as computer programmers and …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2017 WSA Young Innovators is a special recognition for young social entrepreneurs under 30 years of age, using ICTs to take action on the United Nations …

Application Deadline: 16 August 2017 Does your business or not-for-profit organization use solar energy or solar technology to improve the lives of poor communities, especially for women and girls? Is …

Application Deadline: July 5th, 2017. The program will start in late August 2017. The YaLa Academy’s Aileen Getty School of Citizen Journalism,in partnership with the European Union Peacebuilding Initiative, invites …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 As part of a series of regional consultations the United Nations is organizing a consultation for the East and Southern Africa region, to be held …

Applications Deadline: Sunday 23rd July 2017 Planning a music tour but unsure how to fund it? Apply to Concerts SA’s Music Mobility Fund which will select new projects to support …

Application Deadline: 15 JULY 2017. The Inspire Egypt Programme Fund aims to provide support for the voluntary and social entrepreneurship sectors in Egypt, through supporting innovative initiatives. It supports British …

Application Deadline: Tuesday 11 July at CET 13:00 (1 p.m.) Is Populism a problem? Youth training Strasbourg, 6th-7th November 2017 World Forum on Democracy, Strasbourg, 8th-10th November 2017 The sixth …

Application Deadline: 15 July 2017 The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) invites innovative ideas from young activists, artists, entrepreneurs or organisations who are working on the range of …

  The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession. The prize serves to …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 The need to strengthen technical and vocational education and training (TVET) through scaled up investments, the establishment of a pool of high-quality TVET centres across …

Application Deadline: 15 September 2017. ITU and UN Women are pleased to issue the call for nominations for the annual Equals in Tech Awards 2017 – the annual award for …

Application Deadline: 27th of June, 2017 As part of the inclusion and mainstreaming of youth, the AUC will engage 10 young media professionals across the regions of Africa to consult …

Application Deadline:30 June 2017 17-20 August 2017 Kampala, Uganda Have you set up or are you thinking of setting up a new platform that publishes or brings new audiences to African …

Application Deadline: July 14th 2017 YOUTH INITIATIVE FOR ADVOCACY, GROWTH AND ADVANCEMENT (YIAGA) And NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED) ORGANIZING FOR POLICY ADVOCACY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (OPACE Season 5) ‘YOUTH ORGANIZING …

Application Deadline: 28 June, 2017 5pm SAST One Young World’s newly established Local Organising Committee for South Africa is proud to announce two ‘Delegate’ scholarship places for impactful young leaders …

Application Deadline: 5th July 2017 midnight, Moroccan Time. The Olive Writers (TOW) is a FULLY FUNDED six-day-long creative writing program for young Moroccan writers between the ages of 16-21, of …

Application Deadline: September 10, 2017 midnight PT D-Prize funds new entrepreneurs who increase access to proven poverty interventions. The world has already invented ways to end poverty, yet the best …

Newsrooms are complex, fragile machines that struggle daily with the balance between churning out large quantities of content while striving to create journalistic perfection. You can seldom just flick a …

Application Deadline: Ongoing The Center for African Area Studies (CAAS) has begun accepting applications for the Kyoto University African Studies On-Site Seminar (KUASOSS) program. This seminar is funded from the …

Application Deadline: 22nd September 2017 Saturday, 11 November – Friday, 17 November 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa The Y-HER Accelerator Program is a powerful opportunity for passionate female impact entrepreneurs in …

Application Deadline: June 27th, 2017 Pre-acceleration program for startups led by female founders Two batches a year with 20-30 companies in each batch. Startup Chile is looking for projects that …

Application Deadline: Sunday, July 16, 2017 12:00 midnight GMT +1. LEAP Africa and Union Bank has partnered to develop the SIP 2017 to strengthen and advance youth-led change initiatives and …

Application Deadline: July 7th 2017. ImpactLabs is an initiative launched by students and graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. The first ImpactLabs Summer Workshop was …

Application Deadline: 25 June 2017 UNESCO is hereby launching a call for proposals for young change-makers to attend the 10th UNESCO Youth Forum, entitled “Rethinking Youth Engagement with UNESCO” (25-26 …

Application Deadline: July 13, 2017, 09:00PM KSA local time. Ford Motor Company’s Conservation & Environmental Grants programme has become an annual event in the Middle East. Since its inception in …

Application Deadline: July 5th 2017 WIA CLUB PHILANTROPY is a non-profit structure aiming at supporting and funding businesses led or managed by African women, through two main projects : the …