Contests

Submission Deadline: 15 July 2016 at 23:59 (Madrid time). The United Nations 70th General Assembly has designated 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (A/C.2/70/L.5). This is …

Application Deadline: 30th July, 2016. The National Art Competition is an annual arts competition with each edition driven by pertinent themes in line with current social issues. The Nigerian National …

Application Deadline: Monday August 1st, 2016 TOPIC: Diversification: Panacea for sustained economic recovery and development PARTICIPANTS: Undergraduates in Nigerian Universities & Polytechnics REQUIREMENTS: (i)                 Reference letter from the Registrar of …

Application Deadline: 28th September 2016 at 5 pm GMT. Make your ideas reality with the world’s leading logistics company DHL Fair & Responsible Challenge 2016 Fair & Responsible Logistics embraces …

Application Deadline: September 1st 2016 A Competition for tech-driven solutions that address the most pressing problems of the refugee crisis #CracktheCrisis Founded in 2005, the MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab …

Submission Deadline: Friday 12 August, 2016 at 11:59pm, Vienna Time (CET) Following the successful International Conference on Nuclear Security: Enhancing Global Efforts held in Vienna, Austria, in July 2013, the …

Submission Deadline:September 9, 2016 at 24:00 (JST) Japan Foreign Trade Council (JFTC) is sponsoring JFTC Essay Competition 2016 to encourage students, young researchers and business people to express their opinions …

Application Deadline: 11:59 pm EST, September 15, 2016. The Film4Climate Global Video Competition invites filmmakers between the ages of 14-35 years old from all over the world to showcase their …

Submission Deadline: July 31st 2016 The STEM Prize was established to encourage young Cameroonians and Africans, especially girls and young women to pursue careers in the fields of Science, Technology, …

Submission Deadline: June 26th 2016 Ye! Community is proud to announce a Startup Video Competition in collaboration with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)! Through the video …

Application Deadline: October 31st 2016 Are you worried not to provide healthy food to your children anymore? Are you working on the development of circular economy as a designer or …

Application Deadline: 15 July 2016. Do you have what it takes to be the next Young Tax Professional of the year? The Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) is …

Application Deadline: August 15, 2016. Rapidly developing Internet of Things (IoT) technology is opening up multiple new business opportunities for operators and enterprises, spanning many industries – public safety, healthcare, …

Submission Deadline: September 30th 2016 Our climate is changing. And FAO wants you to tell us why food and agriculture must too. There are two ways you can do this. …

Starting: 1st Ramadan 1437. Deadline: One Week after Ramadan Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC is pleased to announce the first edition of Ramadan Social Media Photo Competition. The competition is …

Send us your best images of women entrepreneurs in Africa and shared them PLUS you’ll be in the running for 1 of 3 cash prizes. Eligibility The competition is open …

Submission Deadline: August 31st 2016 The Etisalat Prize for Literature celebrates new writers of African citizenship whose first fiction book (over 30,000 words) was published in the last twenty four …

Application Deadline: 30th July, 2016 RUFORUM recognizes the need for greater youth participation in enterprise development and business incubation and through its member universities and partners has supported training and …

Submission Deadline: 10 June 2016, 12:00 am CET! The Alfred Fried Photography Award is awarded by The Photographische Gesellschaft, (PHG) and Edition Lammerhuber in partnership with UNESCO, the Austrian Parliament, …

Submission Deadline: September 1, 2016 at 12:00 PM GMT. The story of today’s Africa – young, growing, urbanizing, and tech-savvy – needs to be told. As a company committed to …

Submission Deadline: June 30th 2016 A ‘champion tree’ usually refers to the largest specimen of a tree species – whether a towering sequoia, a banyan tree spread wide over thousands …

Submission Deadline: June 4,2016 12 am EST. What does culture mean to you? We want to know. The Youth Assembly is now accepting submissions for our photo contest! The winning photographer …

Application Deadline: December 2016 The 5th edition of the Airbus Fly Your Ideas global student challenge, organized under the patronage of UNESCO, has launched. Students around the world with a …

Application Deadline: June 23rd 2016 The SAG-SEED Starter Ideas Competition invites entries from teams who develop green and inclusive business solutions to one of the key social and environmental challenges …

Application Deadline: Monday, October 3, 2016 Architects, designers, engineers, artists and urban planners are given a unique opportunity to win one of the three prizes of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation …

Deadline : June 30, 2016 (11:59 pm EST, New York City time) The Education Youth Video Challenge ( Share your ideas about the future of education and win a chance …

Submission Deadline: August 22nd 2016 Through compelling imagery, the Syngenta Photography Award aims to draw attention and stimulate dialogue around key global challenges. The award offers photographers an international platform …

Application Deadline extended : June 2nd 2016 The Social Enterprise Contest — an initiative of the Global Youth Empowerment Fund — will offer financing to at least one established, for-profit …

Application Deadline Extended: August 30th 2016 Young people are invited to tell the world how they are shaping a more sustainable future by entering the second annual Global Youth Video …

Application Deadline: June 30th, 2016 Samsung Engineering jointly with United Nations Environment Programme would like to launch “The 9th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition” inviting young people all over the world …

Application Deadline: 16 June 2016 Tosaca Media Group in partnership with The Innovation Hub, FP&M SETA, EWSETA and the Department of Environmental Affairs are proud to announce and invite you …

Application Deadline: AUGUST 5, 2016 The essay contest was launched by the Stimson Center, with support from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, the Washington Foreign Law Society, the Belfer …

Application Deadline: 9th of July 2016 The School Enterprise Challenge is a global awards programme that guides and supports teachers and students to set up real school businesses. It helps …

Application Deadline: 19 June 2016 (11:59pm CET) Total is a global business, with operations in more than 130 countries. Innovation is also key to to Total success, and so is …

Submission Deadline: May 31st 2016 at 11:59 (GMT +3). The State of the Union Coalition (SOTU) calls out for submissions of articles from journalists working in the 10 African countries …

Application Deadline: June 2nd 2016 The GAP Innovation Competitions are looking for innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs that are working on novel ideas that will improve the efficiency of government service …

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until July 8, 2016. Successful applicants will be notified by July 29, 2016. The Rockefeller Foundation Cassava Innovation Challenge, a global competition offering up …

Application Deadline: May 20th 2016 The What Design Can Do Refugee Challenge is a global design competition that calls on the creative community to come up with game-changing ideas for …

Application Deadline: June 1st 2016 Village to Raise a Child is a program established by the Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) that identifies and nurtures five young entrepreneurs from around …