Contests

Application Deadline: April 30th 2016 The competition is held to acknowledge excellence in creative writing in the short story form. The contest is open to any emerging writer residing in …

Application Deadline: 8th February 2016. Are you creative? Do you stand out from the crowd? Do you value a challenge?  Are you brimming with innovative ideas or solutions which can …

Application Deadline: 16 Mar 2016 The competition is open to individuals and organizations taking physical products to market that will have a social impact. Whether you are selling your product …

Application Deadline: Student – April 20th 2016 | Professor Registration: April 6th 2016 The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a unique opportunity for students to experience and create online marketing …

Submission Deadline: 2nd March 2016 To celebrate World Wetlands Day on 2 February 2016 and theme “wetlands are essential for sustainable livelihoods” the Ramsar Convention Secretariat is organizing a Youth Photo …

Application Deadline:  June 28, 2016 11:59:59 P.M. PT Ready to showcase your app-building skills to the world? Welcome to the 2016 AdMob Student App Challenge. If you’re a student with …

Application Deadline: March 18th 2016 SWIFT has announced the launch of the Innotribe Startup Challenge for Africa is open for applications. For the second year running, the Innotribe Startup Challenge …

Submission Deadline: 12:00pm/24.00 hrs. of 10th April 2016 (Nairobi time) INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COLLABORATION FOR KENYA UN-Habitat in collaboration with Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development: Urban Development Department, Kenya, …

Application Deadline: 2:00 PM on Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 CVL is receiving applications for Pat Utomi @ 60 Business Plan Competition organized in partnership with the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) …

The ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition is looking for entrepreneurs with innovative ideas on how ICTs can mitigate the various problems faced by refugees. This could include helping to …

Submission Deadline: April 15, 2016 Go Green in the City — the ultimate global student competition for sustainable energy solutions — has returned. In teams of two, students from all …

Application Deadline: 31st July 2016 Central Europe Time (CET) , Midnight 12 am. The Graduate Institute is delighted to launch the third edition of the Geneva Challenge – Advancing Development Goals …

Application Deadline: 29 February 2016. Skin, 5th edition of Visible White Photo Prize 2016, is an open call for photographic works open to all photographers, artists and creatives, regardless of …

Application Deadline: April 21, 2016 at 5pm PT. Global Technology Entrepreneurship Program for Girls Every year, Technovation challenges girls all over the world to build a mobile app that will …

Application Deadline: 31 March 2016 at 11:59 PM EST MANY LANGUAGES, ONE WORLD: 2016 Student Essay Contest and Global Youth Forum Share your ideas and be heard… perhaps even in …

Application Deadline: February 24, 2016 at 12:00 PM (noon) CST The Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge seeks to identify outstanding proposals offering novel investment strategies to meet some of the …

Application Deadline 11th of February 2016 Incubation Phase 15 May – 24 July 2016 Implementation Phase 25 July 2016 – 14 May 2017 Location : Berlin Team: 20 Fellows Age:  …

Application Deadline: Monday, April 25, 2016. Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Science without Borders® Challenge is an international art competition that engages students to promote the need to preserve, protect, and …

Application Deadline: DECEMBER 31st 2015. Create a short video highlighting your business as entrepreneur, the journey you undertook to become successful, and win a fully funded trip to the 1Life …

Application Deadline:  Jan 31, 2016. Blog Contest for Young Kenyans, Rwandese and Ugandans #Blog4Dev: How Would You Boost #Opportunities4Youth in Kenya, Rwanda or Uganda? If you are a Kenyan, Rwandan …

Submission Deadline: February 3rd 2016 What: 17th GDN Annual Global Development Conference Theme: Education for Development: Quality and Inclusion for Changing Global Human Capital Needs When: 17-18 March 2016, Lima, …

Application Deadline: March 22, 2016 The Andrei Stenin photo contest was established by Rossiya Segodnya under the auspices of Russia’s Commission for UNESCO. The organizers have chosen as its basic theme this year “Visualizing A …

Application Deadline: February 8, 2016. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the fourth round of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 …

Submission Deadline: December 31st 2015 Essay contest: What does the fourth industrial revolution mean to you? The eighteenth century’s cotton looms and steam engines overturned the way the world worked …

Application Deadline: 7 FEBRUARY 2016. POPCAP, the piclet.org prize for contemporary African Photography is directed at photographers whose work engages with the African continent and/or its diaspora. The prize consists …

Application Deadline: 31 January 2016. The International Playwriting Competition – from the BBC World Service & British Council in partnership with Commonwealth Writers and co-produced by The Open University. Requirements: …

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2016, The Human Rights Essay Award is an annual competition sponsored by the Academy and seeks to stimulate the production of scholarly work in international human …

Application Deadline: Varying/Ongoing Global Finals, held in May 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for student entrepreneurs who actively …

Application Deadline: Application deadline: January 18, 2016 11:59 PM (Boston time) Scholarship deadline: December 31, 2015 11:59 PM (Boston time) Bootcamp: March 20-25, 2016 Location: Seoul, South Korea   The …

Application Deadline: Friday, January 8, 2016 Social Behavior Change Communication Lion’s Den (Health Communication Case Competition) Through the international SBCC Lion’s Den, a Health Communication case competition, undergraduate and graduate …

Application Deadline: January 15, 2016. Are you a scientist? An entrepreneur? A researcher? An innovator? A student? Are you just someone who has a great idea or startup company and …

Application Deadline: 5 p.m. CST Feb. 19. 2016 Applications have opened for the 16th annual Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business April 14-16. The Rice …

Application Deadline: May 1, 2016. The Internet.org Innovation Challenge in Africa supports Internet.org’s vision of a connected world. To this end, the goal of the Challenge is to recognize individuals and …

Application Deadline: April 30th 2016 The UPU’s International Letter-Writing Competition aims to improve literacy through the art of letter-writing. Targeted at children and young people, the annual competition encourages participants …

Application Deadline: 9th February 2016 Hash Code is a team-based programming competition organized by Google for students and industry professionals (18+) across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You pick …

Submission Deadline: January 29, 2016. Theme: “How can Africa achieve sustainable and affordable supply of energy for all by 2030?” The Nigeria Energy Forum is delighted to invite young professionals …

Submission Deadline: 29th January 2016 The Nigeria Energy Forum is delighted to invite young professionals to make submissions for the 2016 AFRICA ENERGY PHOTO CONTEST. The photo contest will take the …

Application Deadline: 1st April 2016 The International VELUX Award wants to encourage and challenge students of architecture to explore the theme of daylight – and to create a deeper understanding …

Application Deadline: January 16, 2016 UNESCO invites youths from around the world to take part in the 2016 UNESCO Worldwide Multimedia Competition. Think creatively, and answer the question.  UNESCO invite …