Whether you’re seeking to advance your career, expand your network, or contribute to meaningful projects, now is the perfect time to take action. We’ve curated 35 incredible opportunities currently open for professionals across a wide range of sectors, from education, health, and tech to social impact, governance, and entrepreneurship. Each listing includes fellowships, grants, conferences, remote jobs, and more—all designed to help you grow, lead, and thrive.
1. 39th Khwarizmi International Award 2025.
The Khwarizmi International Award seeks to recognize the efforts made by researchers, innovators and inventors from the world and to appreciate their achievements in various fields of science and technology. The Khwarizmi International Award is named in memory of the achievements of Muhammad ion Musa al-Khwarizmi, the Iranian mathematician and astronomer. The Khwarizmi International Award is annually held.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 1
2. SUNx Malta Climate Friendly Travel Diploma Scholarship 2025.
The Diploma trains young graduates to become Climate Friendly Travel Champions to help build active communities in their home countries in the form of Chapters. The primary areas of focus of these Chapters are the CFT Registry for supporting the development of Climate Action Plans by companies and communities, and training through a 5-day Climate Friendly Travel Training program.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 15
3. Posterheroes 14 International Contest 2025.
Posterheroes is an international contest about social communication that calls for posters (70×100 cm) about social and environmental issues. Every year, Posterheroes invites students, professional designers, and everyone who is into graphic design to create a poster about topics of social interest. All the works are judged by a selection panel composed of some of the most relevant graphic design and visual communication experts that chooses 40 winning posters.
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 22
4. SustainE Young Researchers Award 2025.
The SustainE Young Researchers Award aims to recognize and reward outstanding research in sustainability by young scholars. The mission of SustainE is to accelerate the impact of sustainability research across the global society by increasing the accessibility and openness of cutting-edge knowledge. Doing so will encourage researchers and inspire the next generation of sustainability professionals.
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 25
5.Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2025.
The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund was established in 2012, with generous support from The ALBORADA Trust. The Fund supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge (or an affiliated institution such as the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations.
Click here to apply | Deadline: September 5
6. Embark Program 2025 for Entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Embark is a virtual, 3-month program designed to fuel new and aspiring entrepreneurs from Black, Indigenous, Latina/o/x, and Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities as you build a path forward by offering the resources and guidance to turn early-stage ideas into viable businesses.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 18
7. UN FAO HASTEN Business Incubation Programme 2025 for youth-led enterprises in Lesotho, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
This unique opportunity supports the next generation of food systems entrepreneurs and enterprises committed to building sustainable, inclusive and resilient agrifood systems.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 27
8. Momentum Program 2026 for Canadian Entrepreneurs.
Momentum is a hands-on, 12-week virtual business training program for emerging entrepreneurs across Canada. If you want to start seeing more consistent sales and would benefit from live coaching and community support as you build and test your sales process from start to finish, this program is for you.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 29
9. Llama Impact Accelerator Program 2025.
The Llama Impact Accelerator Program is a regional program supporting startups building impactful solutions with Llama. Running in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Senegal, the program enables participants to develop scalable, locally relevant Al applications that address pressing national challenges in sectors like healthcare, agriculture, education, safety, and public services.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 27
10. IFAC Young Leaders Collective 2025.
Are you an aspiring or professional accountant or student? Here’s your chance to make a difference, gain valuable international exposure and interact with other professionals from around the world.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 30
11. GIZ Ghana Art Competition 2025.
In celebration of 50 years of Ghana-Germany Technical and Economic Cooperation, GIZ Ghana is inviting passionate Ghana-based creatives to participate in a powerful new Art Competition. This initiative offers a unique opportunity to explore and reflect on the impact of development cooperation through visual storytelling.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 28
12. Al for Climate Action Award 2025.
The Al for Climate Action Award celebrates the power of people and Al in the face of our planet’s greatest challenge. This global competition elevates open-source, Al-driven solutions that tackle climate change head-on-supporting bold ideas in adaptation and mitigation and empowering them to reach new heights on the world stage.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 31
13. OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards 2026 for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World.
OWSD invites applications from early career women scientists from the Global South working in the area of sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy.
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 31
14. Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Technical. Fellowships 2025.
UICC’s Technical Fellowships provide cancer professionals the chance to gain new knowledge, skills and techniques in cancer control through short learning visits of two weeks to two months’ duration. This specific fellowship opportunity was originally launched in 1976 and was called the International Cancer Research Technology Transfer awards (ICRETT) and has facilitated knowledge exchange for the last four decades.
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 4
15. French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme 2026-2027.
The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10 months fellowships at the seven Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists to develop their innovative research projects in France.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 16
16. Women in Africa (WIA) Young Leaders Program 2025
Since 2021, the WIA Young Leaders program has aimed to support and highlight young African women who are actively contributing to building a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive Africa. This initiative is part of the fight for equal opportunities and enables the training of young African women leaders by providing quality support in their professional careers and social advancement, helping them fully realize their potential.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 19
17. South African Reserve Bank Art Scholarship 2026.
The South African Reserve Bank is offering an annual Full Art Scholarship to a qualifying Fine Arts student for the 2026 academic year.
Click here to apply | Deadline: September 30
18. South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Masters in Data Science & Machine Learning Scholarship 2026.
The SARB, as part of addressing the severe shortage of skills in South Africa, provides scholarships and bursaries to students in relevant fields of study who are from disadvantaged backgrounds. In support of the corporate social initiatives of the SARB and its External Bursary Scheme, a number of external scholarships and bursaries are made available annually to qualifying prospective postgraduate students.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 31
19. International Coaching Federation (ICF) Foundation 2026 Scholarship Program
Are you passionate about becoming a professional coach and using your skills to create meaningful social impact in your community? Do you aspire to make coaching accessible, equitable, and empowering for all? The ICF Foundation 2026 Scholarship Program could be your next step.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 30
20. Belfast Legacy Award to Attend the One Young World Summit 2025.
One Young World is proud to have brought its Summit to Belfast in 2023 and was honoured to have been recognised by both the City of Belfast and the UK Government as an official part of the celebrations surrounding the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Recognising the historic significance of the Summit, One Young World hosted a series of discussions reflecting on the Troubles and the Good Friday Agreement as well as looking forward to the future of Northern Ireland.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 16
21. French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme 2026-2027.
The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10 months fellowships at the seven Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists to develop their innovative research projects in France.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 16
22. Women in Africa (WIA) Young Leaders Program 2025 .
Since 2021, the WIA Young Leaders program has aimed to support and highlight young African women who are actively contributing to building a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive Africa. This initiative is part of the fight for equal opportunities and enables the training of young African women leaders by providing quality support in their professional careers and social advancement, helping them fully realize their potential.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 19
23. South African Reserve Bank Art Scholarship 2026.
The South African Reserve Bank is offering an annual Full Art Scholarship to a qualifying Fine Arts student for the 2026 academic year.
Click here to apply | Deadline: September 30
24. South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Masters in Data Science & Machine Learning Scholarship 2026.
The SARB, as part of addressing the severe shortage of skills in South Africa, provides scholarships and bursaries to students in relevant fields of study who are from disadvantaged backgrounds. In support of the corporate social initiatives of the SARB and its External Bursary Scheme, a number of external scholarships and bursaries are made available annually to qualifying prospective postgraduate students.
Click here to apply | Deadline: October 31
25. 30th Annual Amnesty International Canada Media Awards 2025.
First handed out in 1996, the Media Awards recognize excellence in human rights reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 30
26. Startup Abuja Innovation Challenge/Hackathon 2025.
The Startup Innovation Challenge/Hackathon is an online hackathon and business growth experience designed for startups, SMEs, tech innovators and entrepreneurs across Nigeria.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 20
27. PowerUP Business Plan Competition 2025.
Since 2003, they have nurtured 10,900 individuals with over 1,800 business plans and awarded more than $650,000 in cash and in-kind gifts to Brooklyn entrepreneurs. The success stories include more than 100 companies with passion for food and drink, health and wellness, arts and crafts, media and fashion, education, social justice, and cultural diversity-everything that makes Brooklyn great. Participants attend Zoom
Click here to apply | Deadline: Unspecified
28. Foodtech Frontier Challenge 2025.
The Foodtech Frontier Challenge brings together global startups, and solution providers from around the world to collaborate with leading food industry players on real-world innovation challenges.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 30
29. RFI – AUF Prize for Young Writing 2025.
Organized by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Short Edition, the RFI-AUF Prize for Young Writings aims to encourage writing and reading in French. For its 7th edition, the jury of this literary competition will be chaired by the multi-award-winning Franco-British author and director, Alexis Michalik.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 30
30. Orange Summer Challenge 2025 for Africa & the Middle East.
Orange Summer Challenge (OSC) is much more than a competition: it’s a real springboard towards innovation and responsible entrepreneurship launched by the Orange Digital Center network in 15 countries across Africa and the Middle East.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 15
31. Future of Capitalism Competition 2025.
The competition offers an investment opportunity for tech startups still in the early stages of development. Whether your focus is on improving productivity or financial processes, enhancing customer experience, fighting fraud, leveraging data insights, streamlining logistics, pioneering sustainability or anything else, this is an opportunity to grow.
Click here to apply | Deadline: September 30
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The hackathon programme shall be in two parts. The first part of the programme shall be conducted virtually where the 15, 3-person teams, competitively selected, shall be guided by academic and industrial experts to develop innovative digital proof-of-concepts solutions tackling climate change mitigation and adaptation challenges. Webinars on topical issues shall also be mounted to impart relevant skills and build confidence among the future women technology leaders. The developed solutions shall provide the teams with innovative proof-of-concepts for them see seek funding for further development and commercialisation. At the end of the virtual programme, the teams shall pitch their solutions.
Click here to apply | Deadline : June 20
33. Bridgewater x Global Citizen Forecasting the Future: A Modern Economics Challenge 2025.
We are living through one of the most significant global shifts in modern history, where new geopolitical, technological, and economic forces are reshaping the world-transitioning away from decades of globalization to a new world order – what Bridgewater calls modern mercantilism.
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 1, 2025
34. Narratives Against Poverty in Africa Literary Prize 2025.
An innovative literary initiative, the Narratives Against Poverty in Africa Literary Prize, has been unveiled, offering African writers a bold platform to tell their continent’s stories through a prose, poetry, essay, and hybrid narratives that dig into heavy hitters like poverty, hunger, injustice, climate change, corruption, pandemics, war, and violence.
Click here to apply | Deadline: June 30
35. QuickBooks x Mailchimp Small Business Hero Program 2025.
The Small Business Hero Program is designed to celebrate and empower small businesses that demonstrate courage, perseverance, and integrity while making a positive impact in their
Click here to apply | Deadline: August 14
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