Contests

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Falling Walls Global International Competition. The Falling Walls Global Call is an international competition format that brings together …

Application Deadline: April 13, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Allan Gray Makers Entrepreneurship Inter-College Competition. The aim of the Inter-College competition is to foster a culture of …

Application Deadline: Varying by Country Applications are now open for the 2025 AYuTe Africa Challenge Program. The AYuTe Africa NextGen, an initiative of Heifer International, was established in 2021 as …

Application Deadline: 16th May 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 French Agency for Development (AFD) Digital Energy Challenge. The aim of the Digital Energy Challenge is to support the development of …

Application Deadline: June 13, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition. The Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition …

Application Deadline:  11 April, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Resilience Innovation through Scaling Entrepreneurship (RISE) Urban Challenge. The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is launching the Resilience Innovation …

Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Africa Organization for Standardization (ARSO) 12th Continental Essay Competition. The SABS is a member of African Organisation for …

Application Deadline: 26 May, 2025 23:59 Central European Time.  Applications are now open for the Y4C’s Call for Solutions is a global innovation challenge for Youth and Youth-led organizations working …

Application Deadline: March 24, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Egis Foundation Team up for Climate Challenge. Each year since 2022, students and young graduates from around the world come …

Application Deadline:  September 1, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025  African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) Annual Photo Contest. The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) is excited to announce the launch …

Application Deadline: March 18, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Citi Foundation Global Innovation Challenge. The Citi Foundation’s Global Innovation Challenge is an open call for applications or …

Application Deadline: s February 28, 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Applications are now open for the 2025 ECOWAS Startup Competition. The African Forum on Research and Innovation (FARI) is the ECOWAS …

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Photo Competition. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and …

Application Deadline:  18 February, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 UONGOZI Institute’s Youth Leadership Competition. The Youth Leadership Competition is organised as a component of the African Leadership …

Application Deadline:  April 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge. The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation …

Application Deadline: February 12, 2025 Applications are now open for the Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Prize for Innovation Competition 4.0. Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, a leading food and …

Application Deadline: 28 March 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 ICC-ITC-WTO MSME Group Small Business Champions Competition. Are you an organization that supports the circular business model? Are …

Application Deadline: February 28, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Sigma Awards. An international competition to celebrate the best data journalism from around the world. It is also …

Application Deadline:  3rd March 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 ISC3 Innovation Challenge in Sustainable Chemistry and Climate Change. The annual ISC3 Innovation Challenge is thematically oriented along a …

Application Deadline:  February 19, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition. The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates and nurtures purpose-driven ventures …

Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UN Global Artificial Intelligence Challenge Tourism. The UN Secretary-General’s report highlights the need for accessible technologies and AI …

Application Deadline: February 26, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Ashoka Power of Local Challenge. The program is looking for small business ecosystem builders – organizations that provide …

Application Deadline: March 16, 2025, at 23:59 CET Applications are now open for the 2025 World IP Day Youth Video Competition. The World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition celebrates …

Application Deadline: January 31st, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) STEM Challenge. LASRIC Is looking for fund-ready Solutions that help …

Application Deadline: 31st January 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC) Innovation Challenge. Are you a visionary innovator or startup ready …

Application Deadline: January 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 African Space Agency Logo Design Competition. The African Space Agency (AfSA) is excited to announce the launch of …

Application Deadline: Saturday, March 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM EST. Applications are now open for the 2025 AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition. The 2025 AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition is now open …

Application Deadline: January 19, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Applications are now open for the 2024  Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Open …

Application Deadline: January 31st, 2025 Applications are now open for the DESIGNING FUTURES 2050 International Design Competition. DESIGNING FUTURES 2050 is an international design competition, developed and held by BE OPEN …

Application Deadline: January 26th, 2025, 11:59 pm EST. Applications are now open for the 2025 World Bank Group Youth Summit Pitch Competition. The World Bank Group Youth Summit returns for …

Application Deadline:  January 24, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 World Bank Group Competition Advocacy Contest.  This contest aims to highlight the key role competition agencies, sector regulators …

Application Deadline:  31 January 2025.  Applications are now open for the 2025 Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature Challenge. GRP, together with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation, invite agricultural innovators …

Application Deadline: January 31, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Merck Group Innovation Cup. The brightest students from all over the world meet at Merck Group headquarters to …

Application Deadline: 28th February 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UNWTO Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge. The Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge is an exclusive platform designed …

Application Deadline: January 27, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Rice University Business Plan Graduate-level Student Startup Competition. Hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship—which …

Application Deadline: January 26, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable investing Challenge. The Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge harnesses the power of capital markets and …

Application Deadline: 8 December 2024. Applications are now open for the 2025 United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) Space4Youth Competition. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs …

Application Deadline: December 31st, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2025 develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. Suitable start-ups to be funded through develoPPP Ventures are selected during an open call …

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Zenith Bank Zecathon 4.0 Startup Pitch Competition. The Zenith Bank Startup Pitch Competition is a key highlight of …