Application Deadline: August 1, 2022 Hosted by the Institute of Food Technologists and funded by the Seeding The Future Foundation, the Challenge is intended to support innovations that have the …
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Her Environment, Her Future youth leadership and virtual advocacy program for young women
Application Deadline: July 6, 2022 Her Environment, Her Future is a nine-week, non-residential youth leadership and virtual advocacy program for young women from Africa and Europe fighting against climate change. …
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has partnered with Google Hustle Academy and the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) to launch its Business Incubation and Acceleration Program. The scheme aims …
Application Deadline: July 3, 2022 HB Antwerp, powered by WomHub invites soon to be graduates with innovative entrepreneurial skills and ambitions to be changemakers, to apply for the upcoming HB …
Application Deadline: July 17, 2022 The Refugee Led Innovation Fund champions innovation by all people who experience forced displacement. It seeks to reshape their participation in the delivery of humanitarian work by placing …
Idea Hatch (iHatch) Startup Incubation Programme Cohort II for Nigerian Entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: July 16, 2022 iHatch is a 5-month free intensive incubation program designed to help Nigerian entrepreneurs refine their business ideas through a series of coaching, lectures, and boot …
Future For Nature (FFN) Awards 2023 for young Nature Conservationists (€50,000 prize)
Application Deadline: 28th of August 2022 Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting species of wild animals and plants? Do …
Application Deadline: July 8, 2022 MTN Y’ellopreneur is an initiative of the MTN Foundation designed to provide capacity-building and funding opportunities to qualified Nigerian female entrepreneurs, in collaboration with the …
MENA Digital Summer School 2022 for graduate students and young entrepreneurs (Fully Funded to Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Application Deadline: July 6th, 2022 If you are a successful graduate students and young entrepreneurs between the age of 20 – 40 who show particular promise in their respective fields of …
Application Deadline: July 10, 2022 Launched by GCA in 2022, the Local Adaptation Champions Awards spotlight and reward innovative, exemplary, inspiring, and scalable locally-led efforts that address the impacts of climate change …
German-African Tandem Fellowships 2022/2023 (Junior/Senior) for African Researchers – University of Ghana
Application Deadline: 31 August 2022, 11:59pm UTC The Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) is dedicated to research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, with ‘Sustainable …
Global Youth Adaptation Summit 2022 –Youth united in accelerating climate adaptation (Fully Funded to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.)
Application Deadline: July 10, 2022 Young people from around the world are gathering in Rotterdam to shape the Global Goal on Adaptation. The Global Center on Adaptation and its Youth …
Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Program 2022 ($2000 USD honorarium & Fully Funded to 2022 Internet Governance Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Application Deadline: July 8, 2022 The Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Program – a collaboration between the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and the Center for International …
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 COSIMENA’s summer school is a yearly event hosted in cooperation with the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (AASTMT). The event brings together master …
Application Deadline: 28 June 2022 5pm GMT Africa No Filter, in partnership with Creative Development, invites Creative Hubs to lead in the delivery of a creative installation or pop-up showcase, workshops …
AWIEF-AfDB Initiative for Women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) in Africa
Application Deadline: Monday, 18 July 2022 at 11:59pm Central Africa Time (CAT). The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) and the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) …
Hubiquitous Africa-Europe Accelerator Programme 2022 for young African Entrepreneurs (5,000 euros prize)
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 The Hubiquitous 1st Open Call will select the 20 most promising, sustainable and innovative tech ideas in five different industries: agrifood, smart cities, health, industry …
Thomson Reuters Foundation 2022 Reporting on Locally Led Adaptation to Climate Change
Application Deadline: 17 July 2022 According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 3.5 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate impacts, as they suffer severe water shortages on a yearly …
Application Deadline: July 15, 2022 Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition, networking forum, and stepping stone that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career …
French Embassy Regional Scholarships 2022/2023 for Kenyan Students. (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: July 15, 2022 The French Embassy in Kenya and Somalia is offering great opportunities for Kenyan students to pursue their studies in quality universities within the African continent. The …
Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program 2022 for young professionals – Marrakesh, Morocco (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: July 15, 2022 The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) is organizing the 11th edition of the Atlantic Dialogues Conference, a high-level conference convening influential public and private sectors leaders from …
International Breweries Foundation Kickstart Entrepreneurship Program 2022 for young Nigerians
The International Breweries Foundation is an arm of International Breweries Plc, (a proud part of the AB InBev Group) with the objective of delivering impactful, developmental, and sustainable projects. Kickstart …
Call for Proposals: Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa 2022 (FIFAfrica22) in Lusaka, Zambia
Application Deadline:July 29, 2022 Registration is now open for the ninth edition of the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica22). The Forum, which is set to take place in …
From Linear to Circular: Africa Workshop 2022 for postgraduate students and professionals
Application Deadline: July 6, 2022 Applications are open for From Linear to Circular: Africa. From Linear to Circular: Africa is created with the support of the African Leadership University and funded …
The Founder Institute-Sterling Bank Fellowship & Pitchathon for Tech Founders.
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 The Founder Institute, the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator, is proud to offer the best applicants from the Sterling Bank community with the Sterling Bank Fellowship to participate …
Africa Foresight Group (AFG) #eSkills4Girls – Digital Skills Training for Rural Women and Girls
Application Deadline: June 17, 2022 Africa Foresight Group (AFG) is recruiting training partners for the #eSkills4Girls project which is sponsored by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) – …
New York Academy of Sciences “1000 Girls, 1000 Futures” Program 2022/2023 for young Women in STEM
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures is a groundbreaking initiative designed to engage young women interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and advance their pursuit …
Application Deadline: July 30, 2022 Calling all youth from around the world! You are invited to share your innovative and inspirational ideas on what you have done or would do …
Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship 2023/2024 (full-time, paid program at Stanford University)
Application Deadline: August 12, 2022 The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health …
AWIEF Growth Accelerator Programme 2022 for early-growth-stage South African women Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: 4 July, 2022 In partnership with Nedbank, the AWIEF Growth Accelerator is designed to support the unique needs of early-stage and high-growth-oriented women-led ventures with business modeling, growth …
Sony World Photography Awards 2023 for Students & Professional Photographers ($30,000 (USD) prize plus the latest Sony digital imaging equipment)
Application Deadline: 13 January, 2023 13:00 (GMT) The Sony World Photography Awards is the leading competition for photographers and artists working in photography. Made up of four competitions (Professional, Open, …
EAC Regional Entrepreneurship Skills Development Training Program 2022 for young East Africans
The objective of this free online training is to provide skills and entrepreneurship development for creativity and job creation, targeting Youth Innovators, Students, Graduates and Faculty aimed at supporting applied …
In 2020, YouTube launched the #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund, a multi-year commitment dedicated to spotlighting and growing Black creators and music on the platform, by giving them access to resources to …
OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards 2023 for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World (USD 5,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: September 15, 2022 The call for applications for the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World is now open. Eligibility The applicant must be a woman …
The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) Collaborative Media project
Application Deadline:24 June 2022. The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ), under its Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity, and Accountability (CMEDIA) project, invites investigative story pitches with a …
Lester B. Pearson International Scholarship Program 2023 for study at the University of Toronto, Canada (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: January 16, 2023 The Lester B. Pearson International Scholarships at the University of Toronto provide an unparalleled opportunity for outstanding international students to study at one of the …
Application Deadline: July 7, 2022 The Sankalp Awards are a celebration of outstanding social entrepreneurs and a showcase of innovative and successful businesses globally. The 2022 Edition of Sankalp Global …
ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships Program 2022/2023 for Ph.D. Students (GBP 5,500 award)
Application Deadline: July 31st, 2022 The ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes. Two studentships are available each year, one for …
Euromed Young Researchers Forum 2022 for young researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean region (Fully Funded to Mollina, Spain)
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 Are you a young researcher from the Euro-Mediterranean region? Are you interested in exploring Euro-Mediterranean relations and the role of Youth as drivers of Cohesion? The Euromed Young …
Application Deadline: June 30, 2022 To address the triple planetary crisis (climate change, biodiversity loss, and air pollution) — likely the biggest existential threat humanity has ever encountered — we need …
