Contests

Application Deadline: Monday, February 17, 2020 The IIDA Student Design Competition celebrates the talent and fresh design ideas of interior design students throughout the world who are currently enrolled in an …

Application Deadline:February 17 2020, 11:00 (UTC) Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language …

Application Deadline:31 January 2020. The Tana Forum is an annual meeting that brings together African leaders and stakeholders to engage and explore African-led security solutions. The Forum strives to provide …

Submission Deadline:13 JULY 2020 The 2020 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic solutions to address the challenges of social inclusion. Theme: THE …

Application Deadline:February 18 2020 John Hopkins University CBID is hosting the 2020 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition this spring. JHU CBID are seeking student lead teams to apply across three tracks- …

Application Deadline:31 January 2020 Calling all developers, ICT experts, engineers and innovators, to join Africa50 in finding sustainable solutions to respond to Africa’s most critical and pressing infrastructure development challenges. …

Application Deadline:February 14th, 2020 The FAMAE is seeking applications for the Food for Good Challenge to develop an innovative and concrete solution from field to fork to deliver fair, sustainable …

Application Deadline: Monday, January 27th,2020 at 11:59 PM CST. The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. It is hosted and organized by …

Application Deadline: April 27th 2020 You are cordially invited to participate in the 12th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, due to be held from 13 to 17 …

Application Deadline: March 22nd, 2020 (Extended) The World Bank Group and the Zicklin Center at Wharton are pleased to announce the 2020 Ideas for Action (I4A) competition, which engages young …

Application Deadline: February 29th 2020 The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest is an annual contest for young photojournalists aged between 18 and 33 years old. It is Russia’s only platform …

Application Deadline: 25 March 2020. Map the System asks you to demonstrate a deep understanding of a pressing social or environmental issue by mapping out the landscape of current solutions …

Application Deadline: February 20, 2020, 11:59PM PST Every year, Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge invites teams of graduate students from around the globe to develop institutional-quality investment vehicles that seek …

Application Deadline:  6 January 2020. The International Cooperative Alliance invites designers worldwide to bid to be the creators of our World Cooperative Congress visual identity.  This Congress is particularly special because …

Application Deadline: January 24th 2020 Do you have an idea or solution addressing the world’s biggest environmental and social issues? EarthTech is inviting purpose-driven young people aged between 13-29 with …

Application Deadline: February 10th, 2020 If you can read this, then you are already doing better than 53% of children in low- and middle-income countries, who can’t read a simple …

Application Deadline: anuary 30, 2020 The 5th Africa Energy Innovation Challenge is set to advance the sustainability of early-stage energy firms across Africa. The aim is to develop clean, innovative …

Application Deadline:14 January 2020 The annual contests recognize and celebrate the best visual journalism produced over the last year.  An independent jury selects the prize-winning photographs and productions, which are …

Application Deadline: 17 January 2020 FACE-UP! gives recent graduates from around the world with the opportunity to present their thesis to industry executives at the 2020 World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Istanbul, Turkey. …

Application Deadline: December 20th, 2019 (11h59 pm, Washington D.C. time). The International Competition Network (ICN) and the World Bank Group are pleased to announce the launch of the 2019 – …

Application Deadline: December 16, 2019 (11:59pm PT) Application Deadline: The 2020 Competition for the iBiology Young Scientist Seminars (YSS) A partnership of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, the Alan Alda Center …

Application Deadline: 5pm (GMT) on 30th June 2020 The Royal Commonwealth Society is pleased to announce that The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020 was launched in Christchurch, New Zealand by the …

Application Deadline: April 30th 2020 at midnight BST The 2020 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries. Closing date is midnight (BST) on April 30th, 2020. 1st prize is …

The Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge is an opportunity to identify solutions that can have a positive impact around education, skills, training, employment opportunities and empowerment of young people.  We believe …

Application Deadline: December 15th 2019 midnight CET time Every year, World Water Day draws the world’s attention to key global water issues. World Water Day 2020 will focus on Water and Climate …

Application Deadline: February 15th 2020 Schneider Electric is leading the Digital Transformation of Energy Management and Automation. We are always on the lookout for bold ideas that can shape the future of our industry and …

Application Deadline: March 16th 2019 Every year, Technovation invites teams of girls from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology. …

Application Deadline: November 3rd 2019 The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) is pleased to announce the 2nd Africa wide Tax Essay Competition (ATEC) for 2019. The essay competition is designed …

Application Deadline: 5pm UK GMT, 6th December 2019. The Sanger Institute Prize is an outreach competition for undergraduate students from low- and middle-income countries and gives the winner an opportunity …

Application Deadline: March 31st 2020 The Competition aims to have 3 categories of winners: the National, Regional and Continental. In this regard, ARSO is requesting all the National Standards Bodies …

Application Deadline: December 16, 2019 (11:59pm PT) Are you a graduate student or postdoc in any field of biology with a research story that you want to share with the …

Application Deadline: 13:00 (GMT), February 4, 2020  Launched in 2016 by the World Photography Organisation and ZEISS, the ZEISS Photography Award rewards the world’s most distinctive image-makers creating outstanding series …

Application Deadline: November 30, 2019. #Blog4Dev Competition: What will it take to end child marriage in your country? Launched in 2014 by the World Bank Kenya office, the Blog4Dev competition …

Application Deadline: November 4th 2019 UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has commenced the 2019 edition of its annual National Essay …

Application Deadline: 13 January 2020 The Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition invites the brightest minds from the world’s most entrepreneurial universities to come together to address the challenges …

Application Deadline:  23:00 GMT on 17th November 2019. The Reach Cambridge scholarship essay competition is designed for academically excellent high school students aged between 15 and 17 who would otherwise …

Application Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2020.  The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international art contest that engages students to promote the need to preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans and …

Application Deadline: January 15th, 2020 The international ‘Start Up Energy Transition’ (SET) initiative invites young and innovative companies around the world to apply for the SET Award 2020. The fourth …