Application Deadline: Ongoing As climate change worsens and global carbon emissions keep increasing, how is your country reacting to this crisis? How are people in local communities being affected by climate …
Application Deadline: August 5, 2021 MY World 360º invites immersive creators – media pros and first time creators alike – to create media that allows us to experience a world …
Application Deadline: June 11th 2021 In its third year, Women’s World Banking’s Fintech Innovation Challenge provides a global stage to highlight Fintech innovations serving unbanked and underserved women in order to …
Application Deadline: July 31st 2021 In the Call for Code Global Challenge, you can join the fight against climate change by building and deploying open source solutions in the cloud. …
Application Deadline:27 June 2021. The Zurich Enterprise Challenge gives you an opportunity of a lifetime to work with one of the world’s top insurance companies and interact with its corporate …
Application Deadline:July 16, 2021 Do you have an awesome idea to solve a social or environmental problem? Are you ready to take action, but don’t know where to start? You’re …
Application Deadline: August 15, 2021 The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2022 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Paula Vogel. …
Application Deadline: 30 June 2021. The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world’s oldest international writing competition for schools, established in 1883. With thousands of young people taking part each …
Application Deadline: 18th June 2021 23:59 Central Africa Time (UTC + 02) WHAT KIND OF AFRICA DO YOU ENVISION IN 2050?WHAT FUTURE DO YOU WANT AND HOW DO WE CREATE THAT …
Ashoka/HSBC Green Skills Innovation Challenge 2021 for Social Entrepreneurs ($230,000 in cash Prize)
Application Deadline: June 4th 2021 Ashoka and HSBC are collaborating on the first-of-its-kind Green Skills Innovation Challenge. This global innovation competition is open to social entrepreneurs in selected markets with ventures …
Application Deadline:May 13, 2021 Are you an entrepreneur with new technologies and innovative business solutions that can transform business sectors in Africa? EY Africa is looking for diverse African owned …
Application Deadline:31st May 2021 Hack the Planet is an ideas competition for people from Commonwealth nations. It is run by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Satellite Applications Catapult. We’re looking for …
Application Deadline: May 10th 2021 Are you an African woman writer, photographer, creator, artist or with an interest to raise your voice? We want to hear from you about which of …
Application Deadline: 31st May 2021 AYO Technology Solutions collaborated with the SA Innovation Summit to support digital and tech-based businesses with disruptive solutions that solve business and everyday needs of …
Application Deadline: 31 July 2021. The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) is a leading development finance institution (DFI) operating across the African continent. We provide infrastructure financing in the energy, …
Application Deadline: Varying XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity – fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. Funded by Elon Musk and the …
French Agency for Development (AFD) Digital Challenge 2021 for African Entrepreneurs (20,000€ prize)
Application Deadline: May 26, 2021. The AFD Digital Challenge starts today. For its fifth edition, the competition is devoted to startups and digital innovations that promote climate protection and biodiversity …
Application Deadline: 7 June 2021 The WTO has issued a call for young economists to submit papers for the 2021 WTO Essay Award. The award aims to promote high-quality research on …
Application Deadline: May 17th 2021 The notion of alternative narratives and alternative perspectives is important for the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) and will be central to this year’s Mixed Migration …
Once again, this year, the World Bank Group (WBG) Youth Summit will feature an action-based learning component, called the Resilient Recovery Solutions Case Challenge. The case challenge is an integrated part of the WBG Youth Summit …
Application Deadline: April 26, 2021 IFC 9th International Food Safety Forum Virtual Event IFC invites retailers, manufacturers and other players in the food industry with an interest in food safety …
The Global Development Network (GDN)/AFD online video contest 2021 (monetary prizes worth EUR 6,000)
Application Deadline: July 4th 2021 The Global Development Network is partnering with the French Development Agency, AFD, to conduct an online video contest, on key development transitions taking place across …
Application Deadline: May 13, 2021 Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF), an international organization affiliated with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), calls for submissions for the ICYF RAMADAN CONTEST. The …
Application Deadline: June 9th 2021 The Global Development Awards Competition is administered by GDN, funded under the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) trust fund managed by the World …
Application Deadline: April 23rd 2021 COVID-19 has affected youth across the globe in a disproportionate manner. In its very unprecedented standard, the pandemic has caused harm that shall remain irreversible …
Thought For Food (TFF), the world’s pioneer and leader in next-gen innovation and startup acceleration for food and agriculture, today launches the 8th edition of its flagship program, the TFF Challenge®. …
Application Deadline: SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) is a part of the Entrepreneurship Campus and was initiated to empower entrepreneurs all around the world to create innovative …
Application Deadline: July 1st 2021 The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched a new competition to identify the best ideas that will help rural communities recover from the impacts of …
Application Deadline: June 13th 2021 The best impact based university startups from around the world come together to network, learn, grow and pitch for a chance of becoming the world’s …
Application Deadline:23 May 2021The Global Peace Photo Award recognizes and promotes photographers from all over the world whose pictures capture human efforts towards a peaceful world and the quest for …
Application Deadline:May 9, 2021 The Joint Project of the European Union and the Council of Europe for the Support of Independent Bodies in Tunisia (PAII-T) , in partnership with the French Institute of …
Application Deadline:2 August 2021. The 2021 Ebbe Nielsen Challenge has opened with the aim of recognizing innovative entries that leverage biodiversity data and tools from the GBIF network to advance open science. …
Application Deadline: April 11th 2021 At JournalismAI, we believe that collaboration has a key role to play in defining how AI technologies can support journalism. In 2020, we turned that belief …
Application Deadline: Varying The Climate Launchpad green business ideas competition is your ticket to global success. Provided you have a green business idea and have what it takes to become …
Application Deadline: Friday, 18 June 2021 2021 marks the thirteenth anniversary of the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival, a joint initiative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the International Organization for …
Application Deadline:30th April 2021 The National Life Science Competition is aimed at inspiring all Nigerian secondary school and tertiary institution students to develop interests in life science courses or solving …
Application Deadline:15 June 2021 (GMT). Calling all university students and early career data scientists – get ready for the 2021 EY Better Working World Data Challenge. Are you ready to …
Application Deadline: March 31st 2021 The 2021 Google Solution Challenge mission is to solve for one or more of the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals using Google technology. Google …
Application Deadline:2nd of April 2021, 11:59pm (CET) HDRI aims at reimagining development and at discovering new pathways for a just and sustainable future based on research and advocacy. Following the …
Application Deadline: s May 31, 2021. USFUCA, UNESCO Center for Peace and World Genesis Foundation invite youth around the world to take part in this year’s Multimedia Competition. Unparalleled connectivity put …