Contests

Application Deadline:April 28, 2017. For many years Facebook has been promoting innovation across the Middle East and Africa, providing startups with the tools they need to build, grow, monetize, and …

Deadline Date​: March 15 2017, 22:59:59 UTC Name of Organization: ​Saint-Gobain Isover Opportunity Name​: Multi-Comfort House Student Contest 2017 Study area/Programmes of focus: ​Architectural and engineering students Target audience: ​Architectural, …

Application Deadline: 31 March 2017. The Migration Media Award will recognise and reward the excellence, relevance and newsworthiness of up to 36 journalism pieces dealing with migration in the Euro-Mediterranean …

Application Deadline: March 14, 2017 The 2017 Ericsson Innovation Awards applications have launched! How would you use technology to shape the future of food? If you have a groundbreaking idea, you …

Application Deadline: 15 April 2017 The EF Challenge is an international speech competition that encourages high school students to find a creative and engaging answer to the question: “What does …

Application Deadline: June 15, 2017 (23:59 your local time).  Goi Peace Foundation/UNESCO International Essay Contest 2017 – This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, …

Application Deadline: February 19, 2017 Each year, students show Morgan Stanley what the world looks like through their eyes in our annual photo competition. This year’s theme, Places and Spaces, …

Application Deadline: February 20th 2017 The East Africa Postharvest Technologies Competition 2017 (EAPTC-2017) aims to identify scalable post-harvest technologies in East Africa for dissemination. The EAPTC-2017 will select top 50 …

Application Deadline: February 17, 2017. Farmers, academics, entrepreneurs, and policymakers will gather at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, from March 28 to 31, 2017, for a conference on Reducing …

Application Deadline: March 31, 2017 at 11:59pm EST. For 15 years, InterAction’s photography contest has focused on incredible humanitarian and development work. Once again, we encourage you to submit your most …

Application Deadline: March 31st 2017 Submissions are now being accepted for the 33rd Eisaku Sato Essay Contest. This international contest is open to anyone with interest in both the United …

Application Deadline: 5pm on Friday 31st March 2017 Application Form: Download the Application Form for the Technoserve ENGINE Buisness Plan Competition Enhancing Growth in New Enterprises Programme (ENGINE), a national Business …

Application Deadline: March 1, 2017  (ending at 11:59 March 1, 2017 Eastern Standard Time) UNESCO Center for Peace, the U.N. organization that brings grass roots initiatives in Education, Science, and …

Application Deadline: What: ISHOW Kenya: Nairobi, May 25, 2017 The competition is open to individuals and organizations taking physical products to market that will have a social impact. Whether you …

Application Deadline: 2nd March 2017 at 12.00 Midnight CET Between 2 February and 2 March 2017 young people from around the world aged between 18 to 25 are invited to …

Application Deadline: March 15th 2017 In 2017, for the third time, ARC will host the Innotribe Startup Challenge for Africa. The Innotribe Startup Challenge gives young African financial technology startups …

Application Deadline: February 9th 2017 The Mavericks powered by Lekki Gardens is scouting for ambitious, audacious, and tenacious young entrepreneurs with unconventional thinking-mentality, commercial insight and business sense for 22 …

Application Deadline: March 10th 2017 Do you think you have a solution eliminate hunger during emergencies? A clever concept that allows people living in the most difficult conditions to produce …

Application Deadline: March 15th 2017 Are you passionate about Nigeria’s Health Sector? Are you a Journalist, Radio/Television Reporter or Presenter, Social Media blogger? The Partnership for Advocacy in Child and …

Application Deadline: 3rd February 2017 at 5:00pm Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) is a leading international social enterprise headquartered in Canada with local operations in seven countries around the globe, including …

Application Deadline: April 14, 2017 11pm GMT. Ecobank Fintech Challenge is a pan-African innovation competition and start-ups partnership offering by Ecobank. It is designed to inspire, support and partner African …

Application Deadline:11:59 p.m. EST Thursday, 16 March, 2017. ELS and the United Nations Academic Impact are pleased to sponsor the fourth Many Languages, One World® Student Essay Contest and Global …

Application Deadline: February 5th 2017 Every year, the Global Entrepreneurship Congress gathers together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, policymakers and other startup champions from more than 160 countries to identify …

Application Deadline: 13 February 2017 WWD2017 will focus on motivating, engaging and empowering the youth in wildlife conservation issues, responding to a call to better engage with youth  from the …

Application Deadline: 31st May 2017 at 1700 GMT. To commemorate World Braille Day, the Commonwealth Youth Council launches “Unseen & Unspoken.” This is a segment of creative expression of the …

Application Deadline:1st of July 2017 Venue: The challenge will take place in the centre of The Netherlands (Zeist). • Registration is open until the 1st of July 2017 • A maximum of …

Application Deadline: 11 p.m. (GMT+2), Tuesday, February 28th, 2017 Global Startup Challenge is an online competition for aspiring entrepreneurs from all over the world. The aim is to empower people …

Application Deadline: January 18th 2017 Economic growth is inextricably linked to women’s participation in the workforce. In many corners of the globe, women have limited access to opportunities and financial …

Application Deadline: Registration for teams ends: 25th May 2017  Submissions are due by the 31st July 2017 The Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students – The Challenges of …

Application Deadline: March 8th 2017 Technovation offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the skills they need to emerge as tech entrepreneurs and leaders. Every year we invite …

Application Deadline: February 7, 2017 The World Photography Organisation and ZEISS are pleased to launch the second edition of the ZEISS Photography Award ‘Seeing Beyond’, with the theme “Meaningful places”. …

Application Deadline: February 15th 2017 The Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable investing Challenge harnesses the power of capital markets and student creativity to create positive impact in a world of perpetual resource …

Application Deadline: March 22, 2017. On the birthday of Rossiya Segodnya Special Photo Correspondent Andrei Stenin, the international contest commemorating him is now accepting photos from young photojournalists around the world.  Applications can …

Application Deadline: June 28, 2017 11:59 p.m. CET. The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition BCFN YES! (Young Earth Solutions) is an international competition for young researchers from all over …

Application Deadline: 15 February 2017. How do you interpret natural resource governance in Africa – the theme of the 6th Tana Forum? This year’s theme examines 5 natural resources: extractive …

The Allard Prize also administers a semi-annual Photography Competition that recognizes photographic excellence reflecting the ideals of the Allard Prize. Each winning entry receives a CAD $1,000 cash prize and …

Application Deadline:Tuesday, January 3, 2017 This year, Masdar welcomes participants to join this important discussion in the format of their choosing. Digital content, videos and written submissions are all welcome. …

Application Deadline: January 31, 2017 The Rural Distribution Ideas Contest is being sponsored by TRECC, a program of the Jacobs Foundation and its partners, focused on improving the quality of …

Application Deadline: 27 January 2017 The Royal Academy of Engineering are inviting university teams to participate in the Global Grand Challenges Competition 2017; a seven-month programme of challenge-led innovation, design …