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UNESCO is currently accepting applications for The World Heritage Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland International Scholarship 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Jan, 2026

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO-Aschberg Programme for Artists and Cultural Professionals 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to lean more about this opportunity and apply for it
Date Posted: 23 Jan, 2026

Applications are cuurently being accepted for the UNESCO Juan Bosch Prize. Interested applicants are encourraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2025

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 31 Dec, 2025

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 30 Dec, 2025

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO Regional Youth Contest for Human Rights in Eastern Africa 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 23 Dec, 2025

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans (CC4WBs) 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 22 Dec, 2025

Applications are currently being accepted for the UNESCO/People’s Republic of China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme 2026/2027. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 12 Dec, 2025

We are currently accepting applications for the UNESCO Call for Case Studies on Climate Action in World Heritage Cities. Interested candidates are encouraged to click here to learn more and apply.
Date Posted: 27 Oct, 2025

The UNESCO/Kingdoms Institute: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - AlUla Fellowships are currently accepting applications. Interested candidates are urged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and to apply.
Date Posted: 08 Sep, 2025

Are you a young person between the ages of 18 and 35? The UNESCO Global Youth Hackathon 2025, which aims to equip youth to address issues in today's digital information landscape, is currently accepting applications. To learn more and submit an application, interested candidates can follow this link.
Date Posted: 25 Aug, 2025

Granada UNESCO City of Literature, a program under the Department of Culture of the Granada City Council, in collaboration with the University of Granada—through the Vice-Rectorate for University Extension, the Vice-Rectorate for Internationalization, and the Vice-Rectorate for Social Responsibility, Equality, and Inclusion—announces a new edition of its International Writers in Residence Programme in Granada. Apply now!
Date Posted: 20 Aug, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills in Action Photo Competition. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 16 Aug, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2026 UNESCO AfriMAB-GRÓ LRT Land Restoration Fellowships. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 13 Aug, 2025

Nominations are open for the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development 2025-2026. The UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development was created in 2008 to support the improvement of teaching and learning quality toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, one of UNESCO's priorities. Awarded every two years, the Prize is generously supported by the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences (Hamdan Foundation).
Date Posted: 01 Aug, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 UNESCO Open learning and mentorship program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 01 Aug, 2025

Applications are now open for the 2025 UNESCO/Tamayouz Cinema Foundation Residency. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 11 Jul, 2025

They are calling on the youth of Africa to join an inspiring movement, Equations Nomades, that seeks to reinvent the reappropriation of our rich and diverse cultural heritage.
Date Posted: 08 Jul, 2025

The UNESCO Prize for Global Citizenship Education provides an exceptional global platform to promote the visibility and recognition of projects and initiatives in the field of GCED from around the world.
Date Posted: 28 Jun, 2025

Applicants are encouraged to apply for the TWAS-ICCBS Postdoctoral Fellowships.
Date Posted: 26 Jun, 2025