Are you a professional looking to expand your impact, skills, or network globally? We’ve curated a powerful list of 50 global opportunities across various sectors, fellowships, grants, awards, and more, currently open with deadlines in May 2025. Whether you’re in education, health, development, business, technology, or social impact, there’s something here for you. Don’t miss your chance to apply and take your career to the next level!
1. Providence Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship 2025.
The Providence Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship supports Black or African students pursuing higher education in English-speaking African countries. Recipients may receive up to $250 per year, which is renewable for up to four years based on academic progress and good conduct, with a total scholarship cap of $1,000. The funds may be used for tuition, room, or board expenses.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 23
2. Panacea Financial Medical School Scholarship Program 2025 for U.S.
The Panacea Financial is inviting applications for its Medical School Scholarship Program to support underrepresented medical students.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 20
3. Schwarzman Scholars Program 2026-2027 for Young Leaders to Study in China.
The Schwarzman Scholars Program brings together a diverse cohort of young leaders from all regions and sectors of the world who embrace each other’s differences while working on a joint mission.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 20, 2025 (Chinese Applicants)
4. ServiceNow Community Improvement Fund – Canada 2025.
The ServiceNow Community Improvement Fund aims to accelerate global decarbonization efforts by supporting impactful projects in Canada. Applicants can either launch a new community project, expand an existing one, or introduce a proven social innovation program designed by a global network of changemakers with proven positive impact in other communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline : May 8
5. Futuremakers Women in Tech (WiT) Uganda Program 2025.
The Futuremakers Women in Tech (WiT) Uganda Program is a transformative initiative designed to empower women-led, tech and tech-enabled businesses. The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered Foundation in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank, Village Capital and The Innovation Village, and implemented by Future Lab.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 30
6. 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.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
7. 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.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
8. Nova Scotia Public Impact Award 2025.
The Public Impact Award recognizes a researcher whose work has benefitted Nova Scotians by tangibly improving the economy, environment, healthcare system, or society.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
9. Goethe-Zentrum Kampala Research Lab Program 2025.
The Research Lab (TRL, 2025) is a 4-month, non-residential program centered on experimentation, research, and artistic development, which will lead into a month of studio work and a final exhibition.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 11
10. Cave Canem Prize 2026.
The Cave Canem Prize supports the work of Black poets to overcome the obstacle of publishing their first book of poems. Awarded to one poet annually, the Prize recipient receives a monetary award, as well as having their manuscript published by one of their partner publishers, Graywolf Press; University of Pittsburgh Press; or University of Georgia Press.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 8
11. Policy Challenge 2025 for Young Nigerians (N 2 Million grand prize)
Do you have a bold idea that can foster national unity and strengthen social cohesion in Nigeria? The 2025 Policy Challenge invites the brightest young minds to propose innovative, practical policy reforms that can help bridge divides and build a stronger, more united nation.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 19
12. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) timbuktoo Creatives Lab 2025.
The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) timbuktoo Creatives Lab is here to power innovation in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs). Implemented by the Craft and Design Institute (CDI), this pioneering accelerator programme is designed to help 15 high-potential creative businesses thrive in 2025.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 7
13. ATKV × Global Changemakers Global Youth Summit 2025.
The Global Youth Summit 2025 is a fully funded, life-changing opportunity for young Changemakers worldwide! This year, ATKV and Global Changemakers are bringing together passionate youth leaders in Cape Town, South Africa, from 20 – 24 October, 2025 for an immersive experience in leadership, innovation, and collaboration.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May (South African Applicants)
14. AudiEnvironmental Foundation Scholarship to Attend One Young World Summit 2025.
The Audi Environmental Foundation actively supports research into new technologies and scientific methods for a liveable future. Its stated goal is to make a contribution to environmental protection and to create and promote ways of behaving sustainably.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 5
15. THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2025.
The challenges facing agriculture and food systems have never been more urgent. From climate resilience to food security, innovation is essential to build a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future. The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a worldwide search for trailblazing startups with solutions that will revolutionize agriculture.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 25
16. Fifteen Percent Pledge Al Illumination Grant 2025.
The Al Illumination Grant is a program designed to educate Black-owned businesses on how Al can be a game-changing tool for growth and innovation. Al can seem intimidating, but these dynamic webinars will break it down and empower you to embrace this powerful technology with confidence.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 2
17. IBRO Neuroscience Training Grants 2025.
Specialized teaching and hands-on training experiences are crucial for the career development of neuroscience researchers. The IBRO Neuroscience Training Grants are designed to support these essential opportunities, covering costs directly associated with the attendance of a neuroscience training course, such as course fees, travel and accommodation.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 31
18. Amazon Literary Partnership Grant 2025.
With the goal of helping writers tell their stories and find their readers, the Amazon Literary Partnership supports nonprofit literary organizations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. They provide grant funding to innovative groups that amplify diverse voices and strive not only for a lasting impact on writers’ lives but on the broader literary and publishing communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline :May 18
19. Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants 2025.
The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will jointly award grants to U.S.-based journalists who plan to cover environmental justice.
Click here to apply | Deadline :May 27
20. Working Assumptions Project Grants 2025.
Each year, Working Assumptions awards six $10,000 Proiect Grants to support visual storytelling projects that inspire audiences and/or participants to look at family in new, meaningful ways. They invite proposals that employ photography or photo-based art for journalistic, artistic, therapeutic, educational, and research purposes.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
21. CanExport SMEs Program 2025 .
The CanExport SMEs program of Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service is designed to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to export Canadian goods and services to new international markets.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 31
22. CanExport SMEs Program 2025.
The CanExport SMEs program of Canada’s Trade Commissioner Service is designed to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to export Canadian goods and services to new international markets.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 31
23. Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 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 ever-changing world.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 23
24. Africa Epidemic Services (AES) Fellowship 2025.
Africa CDC launched the Africa Epidemic Services (AES) fellowship. The AES has three tracks: Epidemiology, Laboratory Leadership, and Public Health Informatics (PHI). The mission of the AES-PHI is to equip African professionals with public health informatics competencies for the digital age, so they can develop, manage, and lead informatics savvy health organizations, and improve population health outcomes in Africa.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 21
25. Internet Society Peering Fellowship 2025.
In today’s world, where challenges are intertwined, navigating the complexities of the Internet requires a deep understanding of the dynamics of peering and traffic exchange. The Peering Fellowship supports individuals making Internet access affordable, reliable, and resilient by improving local Internet interconnection infrastructure and advocating for an enabling policy environment that supports a thriving Internet ecosystem.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 2
26. Teach for Liberia Fellowship Program 2025.
The Fellowship is a Leadership Development Program. Teacher Fellows gain professional training and support while they expand opportunities for students in the highest-need schools.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 9
27. Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship Program 2025.
The fellowship will support researchers with a strong track record of success and achievement in their current field, and a deep interest, curiosity and drive to make contributions to a new discipline.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
28. Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme 2025 – Cohort 13
The Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme-a proud partnership between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and FATE Foundation-is excited to announce the application call for the 13th cohort of Orange Corners Nigeria and the 2nd Cohort in Ogun State!
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 18
29. Code for Africa Media Sentinel Fellowships in West Africa 2025.
Code for Africa (CA) is offering three Media Sentinel Fellowships to frontline grassroots researchers in Benin, Guinea, and Mauritania. Candidates should have expertise in social media listening and analysis and possess a good knowledge of social media cross-platform coordination and messaging on platforms such as Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter).
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 7
30. Google for Startups Accelerator – Africa 2025.
This is a three-month hybrid accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups. The accelerator program is designed to bring the best of Google’s programs, products, people and technology to communities across Africa.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 9
31. Gap Foundation Social Impact Fellowship 2025.
Are you a rising sophomore or junior passionate about making a difference in your community? Apply now for the Close the Gap Foundation Social Impact Fellowship 2025. The Social Impact Fellowship 2025 offers an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience in social impact, mentorship, and scholarships. If you’re ready to build confidence, develop a social impact project, and earn valuable recognition, this program is for you!
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 30
32. Barclays Black Founder Accelerator 2025.
Join the 12-week accelerator, where you’ll collaborate with industry leaders to build and refine a growth strategy designed for long-term success. You’ll focus on where to channel your energy, experiment rapidly, and make data-backed decisions to scale your business effectively.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 22
33. AgriTech Clim Accelerator 2025 for Asia-Pacific.
The Agritech ClimAccelerator Singapore, powered by Better Earth Ventures and Climate KIC, empowers climate-focused startups to deliver bold agritech innovations tackling climate and food security challenges in Asia-Pacific’s most critical regions.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 30
34. Google PhD Fellowship Program 2025.
The Google PhD Fellowships directly support graduate students as they pursue their PhD, as well as connect them to a Google Research Mentor.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
35. Halcyon Climate Fellowship Program 2025 for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The program aims to empower entrepreneurs across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) addressing climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience. Founders gain expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, and two one-week, in-person residencies in the region to accelerate their ventures.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 30
36. L’Oréal Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program 2025.
Showcase your next-gen Beauty Tech solutions for a chance to collaborate with L’Oréal and revolutionize the way beauty moves the world. Apply for the L’Oréal Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program 2025. The Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program is L’Oréal SAPMENA’s inaugural open innovation venture, featuring a startup competition and pilot stage.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 30
37. FutureBUILDS NEXT Fellowship Program 2025.
FutureBUILDS NEXT is a free Fellowship for Emerging Black Leaders in Non-Profit Housing funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Centre and developed by Monumental.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 6
39 CICOPS Scholarships 2026 at the University of Pavia for Visiting Scholars.
In order to promote international cooperation, particulary with Developing Countries, the University of Pavia and EDISU (Institute of the Right to University Studies) provide 6 scholarships to visiting scholars for the year 2026 for a period of stay of 4 to 12 weeks at the University of Pavia.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 31
40. Slow Food Negroni Week Fund: Education Scholarships 2025.
The goal of the scholarship is to give less experienced and connected professionals an opportunity for training, networking and focused learning on sustainability in the hospitality industry.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 4, 2025
41. Brower Youth Awards for Environmental Leadership 2025 ($3,000)
Earth Island Institute established the BrowernYouth Awards for Environmental Leadership in 2000 to honor renowned environmental advocate David Brower. They recognize the outstanding leadership efforts of young people with this annual, prestigious award.
Click here to apply |Deadline: May 20, 2025
42. Canada’s Volunteer Awards Program 2025.
Canada’s Volunteer Awards (CA) recognizes volunteers, not-for-profit organizations, social enterprises and businesses for their contributions across the country. The Awards highlight the many ways that volunteering strengthens communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May
43. MCW Global-Kofi Annan Foundation Young Leaders Conference – Kenya 2025.
MCW Global, The Kofi Annan Foundation, and the Africa Alliance of YMCAs have joined forces to implement the Sawa Project, which aims to equip young mental health professionals, community organizers, and advocates in six Eastern African countires- Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda with the skills, resources, and networks needed to drive change.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 23
44. Al for Good Scholarship to Attend the One Young World Summit 2025.
Following the success of last year’s collaboration, The Brandtech Group is teaming up with One Young World again to offer the Al for Good Scholarship 2025. The scholarship will shine a light on five incredible young leaders who are promoting the socially and environmentally sustainable and responsible use of Al.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 26
45. Pierre Castel Prize 2025 for Africans.
The Pierre Castel Fund – Acting with Africa and its partners Boissons du Cameroun, Brakina, Bracongo, Brasimba, Castel El Djazaïr, Solibra and Star Madagascar have launched the call for applications for the eighth edition of the Pierre Castel Prize.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 15
46. Insight into Academia Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award 2025.
The Excellence in Mental Health and Well-Being Award honors institutions that foster a culture of mental health wellness and belonging by providing innovative support for the emotional well-being of students, faculty, and staff.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 20
47. Sony Women in Technology Award with Nature 2026.
This award program is designed by Sony and Nature to recognise and reward exceptional talent, achievement, and impact. The programme recognizes and celebrates the remarkable women spearheading advancements in technology, driving positive change for society and the planet.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 2
48. Nominations are invited for the EE 30 Under 30 Class of 2025.
EE 30 Under 30 recognizes young people across the globe who are building a sustainable future through education. Nominate yourself or someone you know today!
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 12
49. 2025 Digital Energy Challenge for Startups
Are you a Start-up looking to scale up your digital innovation project in the energy sector in Africa? The 2025 Digital Energy Challenge for Startups will reward 3 to 4 Start-ups that are developing digital innovative projects aimed at accelerating access to energy, boosting the energy transition and improving the operational efficiency of players in the energy access and grid services in Africa.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 16
50. Institute for Al Policy & Strategy (IAPS) Al Policy Fellowship 2025.
The IAPS Al Policy Fellowship is a fully-funded, three-month program for professionals from varied backgrounds seeking to strengthen practical policy skills for managing the challenges and opportunities of advanced Al. The program will run from September 1 to November 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C., and remotely.
Click here to apply | Deadline: May 7
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