Africa
Win $10,000 for Sustainable Finance Innovation: Kellogg‑Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge 2026
If you've ever thought finance could do more than chase quarterly returns, this is your stage.
Win $100,000 for Ideas That Improve Global Peace and Justice: Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order 2027
If you have an idea — crisp, persuasive, and aimed squarely at making international relations fairer, safer, or more cooperative — the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order hands out one of the most consequential prizes for policy t...
Win $100,000 for Student Climate Startups: The Complete Guide to the MIT Climate and Energy Prize 2025-2026
If you and a teammate have a student-led climate or energy startup with real promise, this is one of those rare competitions that actually changes trajectories.
Win $5,000 for Inclusive Literacy Research in Africa: Rebecca Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Grant 2026
If you study how children and youth with disabilities learn to read — or if you work in classrooms, NGOs, or ministries trying to make reading actually happen for learners who have been left out — this prize was made for you. The Rebecca H.
Win £10000 for Your Short Story: Guide to the Caine Prize for African Writing 2026
If you write fiction from or about Africa and dream of your work sitting on bookshelves from Lagos to London, the Caine Prize is probably already on your radar. If it is not, it should be.
Win €20,000 for Life Sciences Innovation: Merck Group Innovation Cup 2026 (Student Competition & Summer Camp)
If you are a PhD student, postdoc, or an MBA with a strong life sciences background and a hankering to build something that could actually reach patients or industry, the Merck Group Innovation Cup 2026 is one to watch.
Win €60,000 for Human Rights Impact: The 2026 Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize Nomination Guide
Some awards are basically fancy thank-you notes with a gala dinner attached. This is not that.
Win €60,000 for Women and Girls Equality Work: The 2026 Vigdis Prize for Women Empowerment Nominations Guide
Some awards feel like a polite golf clap. A certificate, a photo, a handshake, and you’re back to begging for project funding on Monday. The **Vigdis Prize for Women Empowerment 2026** is not that.
Win a $15,000 African Futurism Prize: The Chizi Wigwe Prize for Africa in 2100 (2026) Application Guide
There are prizes that politely clap for your talent. And then there are prizes that **pay you to think bigger than your next exhibition**—bigger than your city, your country, even your century.
Win a £10,000 Housing Prize for Africa and Beyond: World Habitat Awards 2027 Application Guide
There are awards that hand you a certificate, a handshake, and a polite clap.