Contests

Application Deadline:1 February 2020, 11:59 p.m. last time zone (UTC-12) The St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award is a global student essay competition, offering students who study at graduate or postgraduate …

Application Deadline:November 18, 2019 For the fourth consecutive year, the French Agency for Development commits alongside high impact digital actors in Africa. For this new edition, the AFD Digital Challenge …

Application Deadline: November 15th 2019 For the second straight year, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is running the world’s largest startup competition in tourism boosted by wakalua, the global tourism …

Application Deadline: January 31st 2020 (Extended) UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads photo contest offers young participants an international, virtual space. Here, they may freely express themselves while sharing their personal vision, thoughts and ideas regarding their common heritage of the Silk Roads. …

Application Deadline:8th October, 2019 In commemoration of the 2019 International Day of the Girl Child celebration, MTN invites all primary and secondary school students in Nigeria to participate in a …

Application Deadline: December 10, 2019 MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition (ASC) is a yearly competition initiated by the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab since 2006. This annual competition is …

Application Deadline: October 16, 2019 Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announces its 11th annual International Student Essay Contest, open to students of all nationalities anywhere in the world. …

Application Deadline: 31 October 2019 (23:59, Central European Time) The International Labour Organization (ILO) is launching its fifth annual Global Media Competition to recognize exemplary media coverage of labour migration. …

Application Deadline: 20 December 2019 The Trust for Sustainable Living is pleased to invite schoolchildren around the world to share their dreams on the potential of partnerships to help achieve …

Application Deadline:December 31st 2019 The largest student mainframe competition in the world has returned for its 15th year in a row! This unique, virtual contest is open globally to high …

Application Deadline: : October 1 2019 Despite progress being made toward meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, more than 820 million people in the world suffered from …

Application Deadline: September 30th 2019 This is the 10th edition of WLM, a remarkable achievement for a competition that has garnered the status of “the world’s largest open photography contest” …

Application Deadline:31st October 2019 The School Enterprise Challenge is an international business programme for schools run by the educational charity Teach A Man To Fish. It guides and supports teachers and students to plan …

Application Deadline: 6 December 2019. The International Committee of the Red Cross is proud to organize for the third time a writing competition in Arabic to engage the Arabic speaking …

Application Deadline: October 15th 2019 Develop innovative solutions to problems associated with poverty and pitch for a chance to win up to $20,000 plus an invite to a community of …

Application Deadline: Sunday 29th September 2019 The Alliance Française de Nairobi is the Promoter of the Kenyan Smartphone Film Competition. 2019 THEME: ‘Tukiwa 2030’ / ‘Us in 2030’ / ‘Nous …

Application Deadline: January 8th 2020 The Diamond Challenge is run by Horn Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware to empower the next generation to adapt and thrive in a rapidly …

Application Deadline: 1 November 2019 The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the …

Application Deadline: November 1st 2019 at 12pm (ET).  The International Compost Awareness Week Committee invites YOU to get involved in ICAW 2020. We’re looking for anyone interested in participating in …

Application Deadline: midnight on 8 September 2019. Applications for the Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa are open. The South African Reserve Bank calls fintech firms to submit their innovative …

Application Deadline: October 18, 2019 The NSE Essay Competition is one of the financial literacy and inclusion initiatives of The Nigerian Stock Exchange. The competition aims to bridge the gap …

Application Deadline:October 1, 2019 (11:59PM ET) The 2019 World Bank Group Youth Summit Competition challenges young social entrepreneurs to submit innovative proposals for scalable enterprises that leverage smart technology to …

Application Deadline: September 30th 2019 VOICE Innovation Lab calls for entries for the maiden edition of its annual Research Essay Competition in Nigeria.  The essay competition which is put together …

Application Deadline: 31 December 2019  Lex:lead is again happy to announce a scholarship competitionfor students in developing countries. Up to 15one-time awardsof US$500will be awarded in February 2020to winning essays …

Application Deadline: 30th September, 2019, Time: 23:59 GMT. The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 114 Universities in 38 African countries is pleased to announce …

Application Deadline: September 9th, 2019 Share a glimpse into your day-to-day life as a researcher with the MAXQDA community The fourth-annual MAXQDA Photo Contest is here! Hundreds of researchers from …

Application Deadline: September 20, 2019, 2pm PST. Developer Circles is kicking off the third annual Developer Circles Community Challenge. Our goal is to bring together developers from across the globe …

Application Deadline: Sunday 25th of August 2019 00:00 The African Union Commission, through the Department of Social Affairs, is developing a Continental Initiative aiming at eliminating Female Genital Mutilation in …

Application Deadline: Sunday, August 11, 2019 11:59 PM EST As the World Bank endeavors to become a global knowledge bank, there is a constant need to innovate and generate fresh …

Application Deadline: September 23rd, 2019 Too often, visuals in the cybersecurity space reflect surface level understanding influenced by sensationalist media. We see pictures of locks, white men in hoodies, or …

Application Deadline: Friday August 23rd, 2019. The 2019 Union Bank edTech Challenge is the third edition of the annual Innovation Challenge series and aims to discover, showcase and support innovative, …

Application Deadline: 30th of September 2019 The 5th annual online video competition “Atoms for Africa” is dedicated to finding solutions for sustainable economic and social development in Africa through the …

Application Deadline: 15th August 2019 The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in collaboration with Futbol Club Barcelona, presents the 1st UNWTO Sports Tourism Start-up Competition. Target audience The purpose of this …

Application Deadline: October 15, 2019 Photography 4 Humanity is an international initiative that calls on photographers around the world to bring to life the power of human rights through their images. …

Application Deadline: September 13th 2019 Pitch@Palace Global is the global platform for Entrepreneurs from markets across the world to access Mentors and Advisers, Distribution Systems and Supply Chains, Connections and …

Application Deadline: Varying by Country This year, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Global Challenge is getting bigger and better than ever before. The competition will intensify with top schools battling it out …

Application Deadline: August 2nd 2019 The 23rd session of the General Assembly will feature the 4th edition of the UNWTO Tourism Video Competition. The importance of multimedia for tourism communications …

Application Deadline: August 15th 2019 The Global Development Network (GDN) is hosting its 19th global development conference on the 23-25 October 2019, to facilitate the research-policy interface in pursuit of …

The Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge seeks to stimulate innovative chemistry research that helps the environment and low-resource communities in emerging and developing countries. The Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green & …