Call for Applications

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 …

Application Deadline: July 16th 2017 You are an artist, a performing arts professional (music, dance, theater …), an organization or a cultural association, a diffusion space, a festival … You …

Application Deadline: July 6, 2017 at 5pm EDT. Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering a series of reporting grants to support fisheries and environment journalism in West Africa as part …

Application Deadline: Wednesday 21, June 2017  The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), operator of the NNPC/Shell/Total/Agip Joint Venture (SPDC JV) announces the commencement of the 2017  SPDC …

Application Deadline: June 20th 2017 The Bag Factory is looking for young emerging artists to apply to the Visiting Artist Residency Programme. The programme, sponsored by studio artist Benon Lutaaya …

Application Deadline: June 20th 2017 The French Embassy in Kenya is pleased to launch a new development fund called PISCCA (Innovative Projects for Civil Society and Coalition of Actors). The …

Application Deadline: September 06, 2017 by 16:00 (EDT) The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) funds research in developing countries to promote growth, reduce poverty, and drive large-scale positive change. Eligibility …

Application Deadline: July 13th 2017 The Federal Government of Nigeria has designed the N-Power Programme to drastically reduce youth unemployment. The focus is to provide our young graduates and non-graduates …

Application Deadline: September 20th 2017 Nokia have launched its Open Innovation Challenge for the fifth year running, focusing now on the Internet of Things (IoT) for smart cities, mobility, safety …

Application Deadline: July 10th 2017 Reporting Africa-China Engagements in Agriculture, Industrialisation & Sustainable Development. A joint workshop for African and Chinese journalists by the Wits Africa-China Reporting Project and the …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 The American Express Leadership Academy Emerging Innovators Bootcamps gather 100 changemakers around the globe who are positively transforming communities and revolutionizing healthcare, education, food security …

Application Deadline: September 1st 2017 A call for session proposals for the 2018 World Social Science Forum is now open. The Forum will take place from 25-28 September 2018, in …

Application Deadline: July 10th 2017 The Civil Society Development Fund (CSDF), run by the French Embassy in South Africa, aims at supporting capacity development of South African civil society organisations. …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) funds small but visible, high impact, results-oriented projects which are proposed and implemented by local NGOs and other …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 The Global Goals Advocate Programme, is a series of comprehensive advocacy activities led  by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sudan aiming to advocate …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 The 13th edition of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers, the first in Africa, will take place from 23 to 29 March 2018, in Johannesburg, …

Application Deadline: June 26th 2017 When: 8 – 10 September 2017 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China Young people are an important force toward the development of a sustainable world. The …

Application Deadline: July 16th 2017 The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) is currently seeking ambitious, innovative and committed early growth stage female entrepreneurs looking for support to scale …

Application Deadline: October 22nd 2017 Euromena Consulting is delighted to launch the first edition of its Euromena Awards. Start-ups initiatives have been proliferating worldwide and Africa shows huge potential for …

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 7th June 2017 The Business Acceleration Bootcampis for entrepreneurs in Nigeria with early stage businesses (0-2years) looking to scale and/or to attract potential investment and support. The …