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The UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for sustainable development, funded by the Government of Japan, consists of three annual awards of USD 50,000 for each recipient. It was awarded for the first time by the Director-General of UNESCO in November 2015. The Prize and award winners recognize th
Published: 28 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Value: USD 50,000 Deadline: 18 Apr 2025
Writers from around the world are invited to submit their scripts for the 29th International Audio Drama Competition (previously the International Playwriting Competition) which is now open for entries. The global competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, offer
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 04 Jun 2025
The 2025 IMF Youth Challenge in Economics is an exciting opportunity for post-graduate students in the field of economics to showcase their research on macroeconomic policy topics relevant to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This competition aims to encourage innovative thin
Published: 25 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 14 Apr 2025
The Nigerian Army is inviting brilliant young Nigerians to apply for this year’s edition of the Chief Of Army Staff Essay Competition. The COAS Literary Competition awards up to N1.7 million in prizes to students at all levels from primary school, secondary, and up to tertiary institutions.
Published: 24 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: 01 Mar 2025
The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences aims to reward the projects and activities of individuals, group of individuals, institutions, and non-governmental organizations for their outstanding contribution to the improvement of human life. The Prize, esta
Published: 21 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Value: US$ 300,000 Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
To mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education, UNESCO calls for nominations for the special 2025 edition on the theme “Preparing learners and teachers for the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence”.
Published: 20 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 28 Mar 2025
One Young World is delighted to launch our annual Journalist of the Year Award again for 2025. The award will be presented to three winners at the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany, which takes place from 3-6 November 2025. The One Young World Journalist of the Year Award was created in 2020
Published: 19 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The 2025 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic solutions to address the challenges of migration. Eager to stimulate reflection and innovation on development issues from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives and
Published: 19 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 16 Jul 2025
The theme for this year’s competition is Our Commonwealth Journey. Journeys are a fundamental aspect of our lives, helping us to explore, to learn, and to grow. Throughout history, nations, communities, and individuals have undertaken their own journeys, navigating the tides of an ev
Published: 18 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 23 May 2025
The aim of the Digital Energy Challenge is to support the development of innovative solutions for increased energy access, to facilitate the integration of renewable energies and to improve energy operators’ performance. Since the launch in 2020, the Challenge, supported by the Eu
Published: 14 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 16 Mar 2025
We are delighted to launch our annual Journalist of the Year Award again for 2025. The award will be presented to three winners at the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany. In an age of mass information and misinformation, the role of journalists is more important than ever. Our societies re
Published: 14 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
We are delighted to launch our the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2025. The award will be presented to the three winners at the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany, which takes place from 3-6 November 2025. The rates of global unemployment, the catastrophic effects of climate change, an
Published: 13 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
We are delighted to launch our annual Politician of the Year Award again for 2025. The award will be presented to the winners at the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany, which takes place from 3-6 November 2025. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 2.8% of parliamentarians globa
Published: 13 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Germany Deadline: Not Specified
The Startup Global Pitch Competition is for early stage entrepreneurs looking to export their products and/or services outside of Canada. 10 finalists will be flown out to Mississauga to compete for their chance to win from a cash prize pool of $70,000 to grow their business!
Published: 10 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Canada Value: $30,000 Deadline: 28 Mar 2025
The SABS is a member of African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO). ARSO is an intergovernmental body, established by the African Union and UNECA in 1977 with a principal mandate to harmonize African Standards and conformity assessment procedures in order to reduce Technical Barriers to Trade a
Published: 04 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Study in: Tanzania Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
he BBC is now accepting applications for the 2025 BBC News Komla Dumor award, which celebrates outstanding journalism in Africa. Now in its tenth year, the award honours the legacy of Komla Dumor, the distinguished Ghanaian broadcaster and former BBC World News presenter, who left a lasting impac
Published: 03 Mar 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 20 Mar 2025
The UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes was created in 1995 to reward outstanding examples of action to safeguard and enhance the world’s cultural landscapes. The Prize, generously supported by the Government of Gree
Published: 27 Feb 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 30 Apr 2025
The Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) will take place from June 9 to June 13, 2025, in Nice, France, co-hosted by the Governments of France and Costa Rica. This significant event is aimed at accelerating global initiatives towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), which focuse
Published: 25 Feb 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 31 Mar 2025
Biology Letters has been a home for quality research since 2005. In that time we have cultivated great relationships with scientists from across the world and at different stages in their career. This is especially true for early career researchers (ECR) who may be starting to submit their stud
Published: 24 Feb 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 30 Apr 2025
Every two years, the Global Investigative Journalism Network presents the Global Shining Light Award, a unique award which honors investigative journalism in a developing or transitioning country, done under threat, duress, or in the direst of conditions. For the 2025 edition, the award is open to s
Published: 17 Feb 2025 Type: Contest Deadline: 28 Feb 2025