Looking to grow your impact, expand your network, or gain funding for your work?
Here are 20 global opportunities currently open with deadlines in July 2025,from fellowships and grants to scholarships and competitions. Whether you’re a changemaker, student, or professional, there’s something here for you. Don’t miss out!
1. BBPA National Scholarship Program 2025.
The BBPA National Scholarship Program, established in 1986, provides financial assistance to Black Canadian youth pursuing post-secondary education. Scholarships are awarded based on academic excellence, leadership, and community involvement to reduce financial barriers and support career success.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 6
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 reply | Deadline: July 15
3. ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships 2025.
The Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth PhD Studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth-related themes in the humanities and social sciences.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 31
4. Presidential Leadership Scholars Class of 2026.
The Presidential Leadership Scholars (PLS) brings together bold and principled leaders who are committed to facing critical challenges and interested in exploring lessons learned during the administrations of George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. They are looking for people who have the desire and capacity to build upon their strengths to improve people’s lives.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 20
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation Local Grant 2025.
The Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation is proud to support leading mental health initiatives whose scale and technology bring access to care, awareness and education to communities nationwide. They also recognize that local, community-based organizations are critical in offering support to the health and wellbeing of those they serve.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 1
12. Reach for Gold Social Impact Fellowship 2025.
The Reach for Gold Social Impact Fellowship is a transformative leadership and capacity building program designed to empower the next generation of leaders who are passionate about creating lasting impact in their communities.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 11
13. National Mentor Development Program 2025.
The National Mentor Development Program’s primary aim is to empower women and gender-diverse individuals within the trades by equipping them with valuable mentorship skills. This program also strives to establish a strong support network that offers coaching and showcases positive role models. The goal of the program is to enhance the retention and career advancement opportunities for women in the trades through creating effective mentors and, subsequently, mentorship relationships.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 25
14. Elia Group Open Innovation Challenge (OIC) 2025.
The OlC is a competition designed to stimulate fresh thinking and foster innovation in areas that are essential to the Elia Group’s mission. This year, they are placing people at the heart of their transformation journey. Under the slogan ‘’People First’, the OIC 2025 invites start-ups, SMEs, and innovative teams from around the world to help them develop solutions that enhance the experience, safety, and development of their workforce as they accelerate the energy transition.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 24
15. Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship 2026-2027.
The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health technologies to address them (including medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, drug delivery, and biotechnology solutions), and prepare to implement those products into patient care through start-up, corporations, or other channels.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 28
16. SFF FinTech Excellence Awards 2025.
The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) FinTech Excellence Awards 2025, organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore FinTech Association (SFA), serve as a beacon of excellence within the FinTech ecosystem, recognising the remarkable contribution of both corporate entities and individual contributors.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 25
17. Bacha Entrepreneurship Project 2025.
The Bacha Entrepreneurship Project invites Basotho youth aged 21 to 35 to submit their business proposals.
Click here to apply |
18. Gap in Between: Startup Challenge 2025.
The Startup Challenge of The Gap in Between is an international call designed to boost entrepreneurship as a driver of social and environmental transformation. They seek to identify and showcase startups that are developing innovative solutions to today’s most urgent challenges.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 14
19. Muna Kalati’s SDG4Kids Animation Contest 2025.
Muna Kalati’s SDG4Kids Animation Contest invites animators, storytellers, educators, and creatives across Africa to turn the UN Sustainable
Development Goals into engaging, child-friendly animations. Let’s inspire change-one story at a time.
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 4
20. InnovaCities Regenerative Innovation Competition 2025.
The 14th International Fair of Smart, Happy, Humane and Resilient Cities, InnovaCities 2025, is now accepting applications for the prestigious Regenerative Innovation Competition, to be held from September 15 to 17, 2025, in Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, Brazil a city celebrated as one of the seven wonders of the
Click here to apply | Deadline: July 30
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