Africa
WanaData Fellowships 2026: Get a $250 Monthly Stipend to Digitalise Youth Voices in Africa
If you work with data, stories, or both — and you care about young people, gender issues, and digital rights in Africa — this fellowship is worth reading closely.
Win $10,000 FAO Award for Achievement 2026: Recognition and Support for Country-Level Food and Agriculture Impact
If you or your organization have turned a field-level challenge into a practical solution that lifts people’s food security, improves natural resource management, or strengthens rural livelihoods, this FAO Award for Achievement is worth your att...
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 $100,000 for Womens Empowerment Impact: Princess Sabeeka Global Award 2026 Guide and Application Tips
If you do serious work for women and girls, you already know the frustrating part: the impact is real, the need is constant, and the funding can feel like a revolving door of short timelines and picky restrictions.
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 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.