Contests

Application Deadline: March 3, 2025, t Applications are now open for the 2025 Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Science without Borders® Challenge. The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international contest …

Application Deadline: 10 October 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024/2025 Google News Initiative JournalismAI Innovation Challenge. The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative, aims to …

Application Deadline: November 1, 2024, 12 midnight EST Applications are now open for the 2025 ICAW International Poster Contest. Each year, the International Compost Awareness Week Committee holds a poster …

Application Deadline: 13 September 2024. Applications are now open for the 2024 UNDRR Africa Youth Art Competition. Young artists – amateurs or professionals- are encouraged to submit a piece that …

Application Deadline: 2 November 2024, 12 pm GMT Applications are now open for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Writing Contest. The prize is free to enter and open to …

Application Deadline: November 30th, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2025 Earth Prize Environmental Sustainability Competition for students. The Earth Prize, the world’s largest environmental competition for young people, …

Applications are now open for the 2024 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Competition. The MTN mPulse Spelling Bee is a spelling competition being organized by MTN Nigeria for students between the …

Application Deadline: October 4, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 MEST Africa Challenge. The MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) is a Pan-African pitch competition for early-stage technology startups seeking …

Application Deadline: unspecified Applications are now open for the 2024 Commonwealth Ocean Champions Competition. A virtual ocean hackathon and symposium was launched on 12 August by the Blue Charter Ocean …

Application Deadline: September 30, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Emerald Publishing Africa & Middle East Case Writing Competition. The Emerald Publishing invite authors based at African or Middle …

Application Deadline: September 22, 2024. Applications are now open for the 2024 Heinrich Böll Stiftung Global Feminist Pitch. The Global Feminist Pitch supports young feminists from countries of the Global South with …

Application Deadline: September 26, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) My Adaptation Solution Video Competition. The Youth Climate Adaptation Action Day, organized by …

Application Deadline: August 30, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Paradigm Initiative (PIN) Creative Design Competition. Through the #AfricaConnected campaign, Paradigm Initiative gives you the chance to creatively …

Application Deadline: September 20th, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Africa Soft Power Climate Change Photo Essay Prize. The Climate Change Photo Essay Prize calls upon 18 – …

Application Deadline: 31 August, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Melton Foundation SDG Innovation Challenge. Designed as a virtual, pan-African innovation space, the SDG Innovation Challenge is a …

Application Deadline: 26 August 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week Youth Hackathon. The Youth Hackathon, an integral component of the Global MIL Week, …

Application Deadline: August 20, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 ReSAKSS Data Challenge. AKADEMIYA2063 is launching the fifth edition of the ReSAKSS Data Challenge! This competition allows enthusiastic data users …

Application Deadline: 31 August 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Jacaranda FM Business Plan Her Perfect Pitch Competition. Jacaranda FM is once again shining the spotlight on female entrepreneurs …

Application Deadline: 8 October 2024 (13:00 Dublin Local Time).   Applications are now open for the 2024 Irish Aid SDG Challenge. The SDG Challenge seeks to support diverse, transdisciplinary teams to develop transformative, …

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024 at 11:59pm EST Applications are now open for the 2024 Pulitzer Center Local Letters for Global Change Contest. Through this contest, students can practice global …

Application Deadline: October 7th, 2024 AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry’s value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians. …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2024! Applications are now open for the 2024 Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition. The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) aims to empower entrepreneurs – especially young ones – to …

Application Deadline:  21 August 2024 The Commonwealth Secretariat is pleased to launch the Think Trade, Think Green: Commonwealth Innovative Youth Essay Award Competition. This competition, brought to you by the …

Application Deadline: 16 August, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Business Partners Limited/SME Toolkit SA Business Plan Competition. Get the Know-how to start your own Business! Enter the …

Application Deadline: August 5, 2024 Join the ECOWAS Cybersecurity Hackathon to unleash your skills and test your creativity. Connect with a team of innovative minds to tackle real-world cybersecurity challenges. …

Application Deadline: 28 August 2024 at 23:59 (GMT+3) Applications are now open for the 2024 AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge. A challenge designed to catalyze the Kenyan agri-food systems transformation by supporting …

Application Deadline: 7 July 2024 The countries most at risk of climate change are also those where women and girls face the greatest dangers. “Without urgent action, climate change will set …

Application Deadline:  31 July 2024. Applications are now open for the 2024 Wiki Loves Earth” Photography Competition. Wiki Loves Earth is an international photography competition to promote natural heritage sites around …

Application Deadline:  26th, July 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 GAIN AGRI-Business Innovation Challenge. The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 …

Application Deadline: July 12, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 THRIVE Global Impact Challenge. The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a global search for the most innovative startups …

Application Deadline: 8 November 2024. Applications are now open for the 2024 United Nations (UN) FAO World Food Day Poster Contest. Join the World Food Day Poster Contest and show …

Application Deadline: 31 August 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Ian Parry Scholarship Prize. The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant supports young and emerging photographers as they embark on …

Application Deadline Extended:  5 August 2024.  Applications are now open for the 2024 UNESCO Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads Photo Contest. The annual Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads International Photo …

Application Deadline: September 8, 2024. Applications are now open for the 2025 Yale Drama Series Playwriting Competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. …

Application Deadline: Varying Applications are now open for the 4th KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator Competition. The Global Tech Innovator competition is helping to accelerate that journey by putting …

Application Deadline: July 7, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Ecobank Fintech Challenge is open to all startups with innovative solutions addressing the needs …

Application Deadline: 14 June 2024, 11:59 pm (CEST)  In Niger, communities face significant challenges of food insecurity and vulnerability due to climatic risks like droughts, floods and rising temperatures, coupled …

Application Deadline: July 1st, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 Heirs Insurance Essay Championship. The Heirs Insurance Essay Championship is an annual essay competition open to school students …

Application Deadline: May 31, 2024 Applications are now open for the 2024 WIPO National Intellectual Property Essay Competition. Every year on April 26, WIPO celebrate the World Intellectual Property (IP) …