Contests

Application Deadline:  20 July 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest. The annual “Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads” International Photo …

Application Deadline: August 15, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2026 Yale Drama Series Playwriting Competition.  The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. …

Application Deadline: June 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Orange Summer Challenge. Are you an entrepreneur with an established startup and have a tech project idea with …

Application Deadline: Ongoign Applications are now open for the 2025 Heirs Insurance Essay Competition. The Heirs Insurance Essay Championship is an annual essay competition open to school students between JSS1 …

Application Deadline: August 1, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Bridgewater/Global Citizen Forecasting the Future: A Modern Economics Challenge. Forecasting the Future: A Modern Economics Challenge—invites you to …

Application Deadline: 31st May 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UNDP Inclusive Insurance Innovation Challenge for Ghana. The National Insurance Commission (NIC), in collaboration with the UNDP Insurance and …

Application Deadline: May 26, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 ITU AI for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge. The AI for Early Warnings for All Innovation Challenge: Bridging …

Application Deadline: 30 June 2025 at 23h59 Applications are now open for the 2025 SA Tech Challenge. The SA Tech Challenge is the most lucrative and exciting tech opportunity in …

Application Deadline: June 20, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 WIPO National Intellectual Property Essay Competition. Every year on April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property (IP) Day …

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025 Applications are now open for the develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. develoPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living conditions in …

Application Deadline: June 7, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UN FAO Global AgriInno Challenge. Submit your agrifood systems innovation online. The winners will have an opportunity to pitch their …

Application Deadline: June 30 2025 at 11:59 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Environmental Education Partnership (GEEP) Youth Innovation Challenge. The Taiwan Ocean Conservation …

Application Deadline: May 22nd, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Awards. The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) is a global …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Applications are now open for the 2025 IBM Call for Code Global Challenge. For 2025, we’re broadening the scope of the Global Challenge, with more themes and …

Application Deadline: May 19, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Future Pathways Development Initiative (FPDI) Policy Challenge. The 2025 Policy Challenge seeks bold, innovative, and practical policy reforms that …

Application Deadline: June 18, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Development Awards Competition. The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is GDN’s largest and longest-running programme that brings …

Application Deadline: May 4, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 UNFPA Equalizer Challenge: Scaling Women’s Health Innovations. UNFPA, in collaboration with MIT Solve, IE University and Women of …

Application Deadline:  9 May 2025 at 24:00 (PDT). Applications are now open for the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Transformative Research Challenge. The WFF Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) is a global competition designed to empower …

Application Deadline: Varying by Country Applications are now open for the 2025 Climate Launchpad green business ideas competition. ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s largest green business ideas competition. Innovation and invention …

Application Deadline: 18 May 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Peace Photography Award. The Global Peace Photo Award recognizes and promotes photographers from all over the world …

Application Deadline: APril 30, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition. NCA Ventures is hosting the second annual Prize Competition to fund early-stage companies with …

Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 BlueInvest Africa: Call for Pitchers. Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative project in the blue economy? BlueInvest …

Application Deadline: 11 April 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Nedbank Pitch & Polish Competition. Now in its 15th year, Nedbank Pitch & Polish sees 16 ambitious entrepreneurs …

Application Deadline: 30 May 2025, 11:59PM Singapore Time (GMT+8). Applications are now open for the 2025 L’Oréal SAPMENA’s Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program. The Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program …

Application Deadline: August 5, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize. The 2025 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Applications are now open for the 2025 WEMA Bank Hackaholics 6.0 Hackathon. Hackaholics is Wema Bank’s premier hackathon, designed to bring together the brightest minds in technology, …

Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition. The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is an integral part of the Africa Food Systems …

Application Deadline: May 24, 2025 at 16:00 CET Applications are now open for the 2025 Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Contest. The 2025 Drucker Challenge is dedicated to the memory of social …

Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 CivicHive Hack4Democracy Program. Hack4Democracy is an annual hackathon bringing together CivicTech innovators, activists, and organizations across West Africa …

Application Deadline: May 5, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter-Writing Competition. In 2025, the UPU (Universal Postal Union) is partnering with IMO …

Application Deadline: 18th April 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Innovation Challenge. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat is …

Application Deadline: April 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UNDP Tanzania Insurance Innovation Challenge. UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility is creating an Insurance Innovation Challenge (IIC) to …

Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Youth Challenge in Economics. The 2025 IMF Youth Challenge in Economics is an exciting opportunity for …

Application Deadline:  4 June 2025. Applications are now open for the 2026 BBC World Service/British Council International Audio Drama Competition. Writers from around the world are invited to submit their …

Application Deadline:  April 11, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge. Launched by the UN Secretary General, President of the World Bank and the …

Application Deadline:  31 May 2025, 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT/ New York time) Applications are now open for the 2025 PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival. PLURAL+ is a youth video festival …

Application Deadline: June 30, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition. The Entrepreneurship World Cup is one of the largest and most diverse pitch …

Application Deadline: 16 July 2025  Applications are now open for the 2025 Geneva Challenge. The 2025 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic …

Application Deadline: May 23rd, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Africa Business Heroes Competition. Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa …