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Applications are open for the CODESRIA African Fellowships for Research on Indigenous and Alternative Knowledge (AFRIAK) 2025. The programme is offered with the support of the Mastercard Foundation as part of the Foundation's commitment to promoting the education and skills of young people in Africa, and in recognition of the contribution of the late Ghanaian intellectual Sulley Gariba to the valorisation of African knowledge in research and evaluation.
28 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 15 May, 2025
Applications are open for the Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition 2025. Named in honour of Singapore's founding Prime Minister - who can be said to have developed the country's defining business plan in pitching Singapore into the global spotlight - it was one of the first international business plan competition platforms for the world's best and brightest next-gen innovators to solve global challenges.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 30 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientists Awards 2025. These awards, established in 1989, aim to support young researchers, especially those from developing countries, conducting interdisciplinary projects that align with UNESCO's objectives, particularly within biosphere reserves.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 15 May, 2025
Applications are open for the New Commons Challenge 2025. The New Commons Challenge is an initiative led by Microsoft and the Open Data Policy Lab, in partnership with DirectRelief, the Harvard Institutional Data Initiative, and UNESCO (international observer).
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 02 Jun, 2025
Applications are open for the Eisenhower Global Fellowship Program 2026. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 16 May, 2025
Applications are open for the Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Research Lab Program 2025 for Emerging Artists in Uganda. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 11 May, 2025
Applications are open for the Kinship Nature Cultural Fellowship Program 2025. The Nature Cultural Fellowship (NCF) is a Kinship program developed in collaboration with the Global Youth Biodiversity Network. They invite you to join a three-month immersive learning journey (May-July 2025) with 55 other participants from 30+ countries around the world. From August to November 2025, 40 selected Fellows will receive financial support to implement community-based projects that blend art, ancestral knowledge, intergenerational exchange, and bold imagination.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 02 May, 2025
The ITET Gem Foundation is committed to empowering Nigerian youth by amplifying their voices and driving change. This year's essay competition invites young Nigerians to propose a transformative policy to unlock youth potential and drive national progress.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 19 May, 2025
Applications for the Pulitzer Center Photo Contest 2025 are now open. The Pulitzer Center is thrilled to support AFRISOS African School of Storytelling and the Greenmanjaro Foundation in launching Climate Through Young Eyes, a photography competition designed to showcase the power of youth-led environmental action across Africa.
26 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 30 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Google for Startups Al Academy: American Infrastructure 2025. The Google for Startups Al Academy: American Infrastructure is a four-month program designed for Seed to Series A startups that use Al to create solutions for vital sectors like agriculture, housing, transportation, cybersecurity, manufacturing, and education in the U.S.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 13 May, 2025
Applications are open for the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 2025. The Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists was established in 2013. It is a global Prize aimed at rewarding scientists at an early stage of their careers.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 15 Jun, 2025
Applications are open for the Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP) 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 18 Jun, 2025
Applications are open for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD) 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 18 Jun, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Young Professionals Program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 31 May, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 EnterpriseNGR Youth of Enterprise (YOE) Internship Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025
Applications are ongoing for the TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2025. The fellowship is for young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences in departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 31 Jul, 2025
Applications are open for the Future-X Unilever Campus Ambassadors Program (FUCAP) 2025. Click here to learn more about this internship opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 02 May, 2025
Applications are open for the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) Global Mission 300 Fellowship 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 07 May, 2025
Applications are open for the AfricaCDC Biomanufacturing Fellowship Programme 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 30 May, 2025
Applications are open for the IREX Community Engagement Exchange Program 2026. A transformational leadership development experience, CEE is a year-long program designed to enable civil society leaders, ages 21-27, to harness the power of networks, relationships, and information for the public good.
25 Apr, 2025 Deadline: 22 May, 2025