Call for Applications

The Youth Entrepreneurs Support (YES) initiative by the Africa and Europe Committee of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) seeks to support Youth entrepreneurs in both regions and to stimulate youth businesses to …

Application Deadline: August 2nd 2020 Are you working on something that you think could reshape media or journalism in southern Africa? Do you have skills you could apply to creating …

Application Deadline: Ongoing The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket), UNDP, and UN Volunteers (UNV) launch a second round of  the ‘Young Environmental Journalists’ campaign, to address environmental and human rights impacts in …

Application Deadline: August 4, 2020. ISID and Pfizer Global Medical Grants announce a new competitive grant challenge to support programs working on antimicrobial stewardship campaigns throughout Africa and the Middle East. We …

Application Deadline: August 12th 2020 The Global Short Docs Forum 2020 brings together 12 filmmakers selected from a global call, to attend an intensive online training programme and one-to-one pitch …

Application Deadline: August 3rd 2020 The Google Podcasts creator program is a partnership between Google and PRX that trains, mentors, and provides resources to underrepresented voices in podcasting around the …

Application Deadline: July 24th 2020 Start Path Global is Mastercard’s worldwide program for innovative later stage startups from across the globe. Since 2014 we have been working with an ever …

Application Deadline: July 26th 2020 The FinTech4U Accelerator Programme is a 3-month accelerator programme. The programme is designed for entrepreneurs who have recently started a fintech or digital financial services …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fund for Women Journalists program will no longer support projects or professional development opportunities with any travel component. IWMF will focus …

Application Deadline: July 29th 2020 Youth Solutions Report 2020 Calling all young leaders:  SDSN Youth empowers the next generation of innovators for the Sustainable Development Goals The UN Sustainable Development Solutions …

Application Deadline: July 10th 2020 Designed specifically for African entrepreneurs and their teams who want to improve their businesses in these challenging times, the fully virtual programme is based on …

Application Deadline:August 25, 2020 (23:59 GMT).  Global Affairs Canada (GAC) has awarded funding to PEP for a new research initiative on “Climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and responses for women and girls”. Through …

Application Deadline: 24 July 2020, 5pm GMT. UNDP, under the auspices of the “Plastic Waste Recovery for a Circular Green Economy in Ghana” project with funding from the Coca-Cola Foundation …

Application Deadline: 12.00pm (BST) 21 August 2020 Rapid urbanisation provides great opportunities for African cities and their citizens, but also serious long-term problems if not managed well. To find sustainable, long-term …

Application Deadline: 23:59 CET (France) 11th January 2021.  Olam International, in partnership with Agropolis Foundation, is on the hunt for ground-breaking scientific research that can deliver transformational impacts within global agriculture and …

Application Deadline: August 10th 2020 The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grantmaking foundation that supports local, national and regional women’s organisations working towards the empowerment of African women …

Application Deadline: 11 July 2020 Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is a non-partisan, independent, not-for-profit organization registered in Berlin. DRI promotes political participation of citizens, accountability of the state bodies and …

Application Deadline:30 October 2020. The South African Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the French Embassy in South Africa in collaboration with their national knowledge transfer associations, invite research …

Application Deadline: 31 July 2020 at 17:00h Amsterdam Time.  The Prince Claus Fund and the Goethe-Institut are issuing a new Call for Proposals to support cultural and artistic initiatives tackling pressing environmental …

Application Deadline:31 July 2020. Commonwealth Correspondents are aspiring youth leaders or talented writers who contribute their articles, photos and videos about local, national and international issues to the YourCommonwealth.org website …

Application Deadline: July 25th 2020 From October 2020 to September 2021, twenty outstanding women in executive-level leadership positions in African conservation will come together for a year of virtual and …

Application Deadline: September 15th 2020 The Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, has a new initiative supporting innovators and young entrepreneurs who are …

Application Deadline: Ongoing On the initiative of the Goethe-Institut and the Federal Foreign Office, institutions working in international cultural cooperation have set up a relief fund. It is aimed at …

Application Deadline: July 31st 2020 Since 1981, the RFI Discoveries Prize has highlighted new musical talents from the African continent. Over the years, this Prize has contributed to the launch of many artists …

Application Deadline:l 28 July 2020 This annual AFS Prize will recognize one extraordinary young person for their commitment to improving the global community with a US$10,000 cash prize, participation at …

Application Deadline: 11:59 PM ET July 26th, 2020 The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to makeup to $100K equity-free investments (in USD and/or cryptocurrency) to provide early stage (seed) financing and mentoring to for-profit …

Application Deadline:July 24, 2020 at 11:59 PM WAT  The Ignite Innovation Lab (IGL) Digital Transformation, is an online startup incubator that provides lessons on human centered design-thinking, digital marketing, and is …

Application Deadline:  July 11, 2020. Are you a young Nigerian, resident in Lagos between ages 18 and 35, with innovative and sustainable solutions to COVID-19? Is your business targeting a …

Application Deadline: July 20th 2020 The Project Kuongoza is a Mentorship and Fellowship program that empowers women and girls across Middle East, South Asia and Africa to lead andbecome more …

Application Deadline: Monday 10th August 2020, 11.59pm BST. Established in 1995, the Rory Peck Awards aim to give freelance journalists the ​​recognition they deserve, rewarding the most outstanding work​ produced each …

Application Deadline: Ongoing The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for innovative data-driven journalism projects that spotlight under reported issues. …

Application Deadline: 30th July 2020. The One World Media Awards this year come at an unusual time, as we face the Covid-19 pandemic. In response to the exceptional work of …

Application Deadline: July 18th 2020 Provides fully-funded grants for professional artists who wish to conduct field research and/or attend master classes for six to nine months in the U.S. Eligible …

Application Deadline:17 July 2020. The QEPrize seeks nominations from the public that celebrate a wide variety of engineering innovations across all sectors of the profession, and a breadth of nominators …

Application Deadline:14 September 2020 at 4pm GMT+1. The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. It awards …

Application Deadline:Friday, 3rd July, 2020 The Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) project is a 4-year action funded by the European Union through its Emergency Trust Fund …

Application Deadline: July 31st 2020 The Institut Français and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are accepting applications for their programme Accès Culture.Accès Culture is a programme aiming to finance …

Application Deadline: July 8th 2020 The ITF-NECA Technical Skills Development Project (TSDP) is a joint initiative by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) designed to …