Call for Applications

Application Deadline: June 1st 2020 The United Nations Secretary-General’s Peacebuilding Fund’s (PBF) Gender and Youth Promotion Initiative (GYPI) is an expression of the Fund’s commitment to inclusive peacebuilding. It supports the empowerment …

Application Deadline: May 20th 2020 The Media and Journalism Days in Africa is a project led by Africa 21 and its partners aimed at annually convening journalists from the African …

Application Deadline: May 17, 2020 The emergence of Covid-19 late 2019, and its subsequent spread all over the globe, have challenged both stable and fragile States, have endangered, even the …

Application Deadline: May 31st 2020 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2021 EDITIONPHYSICAL SCIENCES – MATHEMATICS – COMPUTER SCIENCE Created in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International …

Application Deadline: June 10th 2020 Shell LiveWIRE Top Ten Innovators 2020 Sustainability is at the heart of our business, especially in light of current events around the globe. This means …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2020 GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2020 SAIS is looking for innovative start-ups that are about to scale rapidly and apply digital solutions to the agriculture and …

Application Deadline:October 16, 2020 Deutsches Museum Scholar-in-Residence Program 2020 The Deutsches Museum in Munich has several attractive scholarships to offer research scholars interested in working for six or 12 months …

Application Deadline: July 6th 2020 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) is a part of the Entrepreneurship Campus and was initiated to empower entrepreneurs all around …

Application Deadline:30 May 2020 Covid-19 NYDA Youth Micro Enterprise Relief Fund 2020 The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted a lot of enterprises globally and locally. Youth-owned enterprises have not been spared …

Application Deadline:Sunday 10th May 2020. Are you a young person age 18 to 30 active in a community group, social movement or civil society organisation? Restless Development are recruiting a …

Application Deadline: 15 May 2020, 2020 TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science This newly established award will recognize scientists not older than 45 who are living and working in …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Facebook Startup Circles Program is for early-stage startups with a functional prototype and are looking for product-market fit. Startup Circles is designed to help entrepreneurs build better …

Application Deadline: May 11th 2020 YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation (YP2LE) is a USAID-funded activity focused on building and disseminating the evidence on Positive Youth Development (PYD). YP2LE’s goal is to give …

Application Deadline: May 11th 2020 The John Maddox prize is a joint initiative of the charity Sense about Science and the leading international scientific journal Nature. The Prize has been awarded …

Application Deadline: 20th May 2020 This award, named after TWAS Fellow Quarraisha Abdool Karim, carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously provided by Professor Abdool Karim. It is designed to …

Application Deadline: May 20th 2020 This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi, recognizes women scientists from Scientifically and Technologically Lagging (STL) countries. It carries a cash …

Application Deadline: May 11th 2020 The Global Network of Young People Living with HIV, also known as Y+ Global is pleased to share the Request for Proposals from the HER …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2020 Are you an early-stage startup based in the Somali region? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation, or developing a tech-enabled product or …

Application Deadline: Ongoing The Wits Justice Project (WJP) is inviting journalists to submit proposals for reporting grants of up to R25 000 for in-depth investigations focused on criminal justice and related issues.  The …

Application Deadline:16 July 2020, 17:00 BST Investigator Awards enable independent researchers with a compelling research vision to tackle the most important questions in science. Requirements You can apply for an …

Application Deadline:January 10, 2021. Since the first award in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has become one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes. Laureates represent all fields of …

Application Deadline:July 1, 2020 (midnight Washington DC).  The World Bank Group is launching a Call for Innovation under the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA). More specifically, the call …

Application Deadline: June 14th 2020 The WLF Ambassador Program aims to bring together individuals from all over the world to be a local voice and fundraise for literacy in their schools, universities, …

Application Deadline:12 June 2020, 16:00 UK time. Researcher Links Travel Grants provide financial support for early-career researchers to undertake an international research placement to strengthen links for future collaboration, build …

Application Deadline:June 1st, 2020 at midnight PT (pacific time)  The world has already invented products and services to end poverty. Yet millions of people still don’t have access. Can you …

Application Deadline: June 17, 2020 by 16:00 (EDT) This call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university. …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2020 As part of their commitment to advance science and technology, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germanylaunched the research grants program (hereinafter the “Research Grant”). The aim of …

Application Deadline:May 8th 2020,  The coronavirus disease COVID-19 is a global pandemic with an unprecedented effect in Rwanda. We are currently experiencing the worst public health crisis in this generation. …

Application Deadline: Thursday, 30, April 2020 at 11:59 GMTSuaCode Africa 2.0 is a smartphone-based online course to teach coding to Africans with little or no programming experience.And for the first time, the …

Application Deadline: 3rd June 2020 11:59pm GMT. The Caravan Entrepreneurship Program (CEP), the flagship program of Caravan Africa Project, is an initiative that provides a comprehensive framework to accelerate industrialization …

Application Deadline: May 15th 2020 For over 15 years, the Getty Images editorial grants program has supported independent photographers in telling in-depth stories of personal and journalistic importance. The grant …

Application Deadline:31st May 2020. Are you an early stage young social entrepreneur looking to unlock your potential, grow your venture and create more impact in your community? The Africa YES …

Application Deadline: April 30th 2020 The Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation is organizing the Third Human Rights Youth Challenge and invites youth aged …

Application Deadline:30th April 2020 at midnight (Dakar Time). UNESCO is implementing a project entitle “Empowering Young People in Africa through Media and Communication”, which benefits to eight countries in West …

Application Deadline:28th April 2020 Young people remain at the heart of IPPF’s Strategic Framework. The Youth Participation Center is aimed at creating a learning network for young people, which will ensure institutionalization of …

Application Deadline: May 17th 2020 The Land Accelerator is an exciting four-month program and curated network for entrepreneurs who restore degraded forests and farmland. It is anchored by an intensive week-long workshop when the cohort …

Application Deadline:April 29, 2020 by 16:00 (EDT) The David Hopper Prizes for Leadership in Research for Development are awards for outstanding achievement in the field of international development, bestowed in …

Application Deadline:  28 April 2020 The Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund is now accepting applications for the WPHF COVID-19 Emergency Response Window. Apply for new funding opportunities that support your …

Submission Deadline: May 31st 2020 Canon is proud to announce it will partner with Visa pour l’Image, one of the world’s leading photojournalism festivals. Taking place in Perpignan, France, between …