Awards

African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Excellence Awards (AUKNASE) 2017 EDITION | African Union

Honours outstanding African scientists and researchers with continental and regional prizes that advance science, technology, and innovation.

Amount: Up to USD $100,000 for continental laureates and USD $20,000 for regional laureates Deadline: Dec 31, 2025 Location: Africa

Data Journalism Awards 2026 Guide: How to Win the Sigma Awards and Share a 5,000 Dollar Prize

If you work in data journalism, there are only a handful of prizes the entire field actually talks about. The Sigma Awards is one of them.

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Global TVET Innovation Awards 2026 Guide: How Training Institutions Can Gain UNESCO Recognition

If you work in technical and vocational education and training (TVET), you already know this: a smart, well designed skills program can change the trajectory of a whole community. But recognition for that work? That is harder to come by.

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Win £5,000 for Promoting Diversity in STEM: Royal Society Athena Prize 2026 Guide

If your team is quietly changing the culture of STEM in the UK — building more inclusive departments, designing programmes that keep underrepresented groups in science, or scaling approaches that other institutions can copy — the Royal Society...

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Win the Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture 2026: £5,000 and Continental Recognition in Computer Science

If your work in computer science has already changed how colleagues think or work — or has the potential to do so — the Royal Society Milner Award and Lecture is one of those rare prizes that hands you both a cheque and a spotlight.

Women in Innovation Awards 2025 2026: How UK Women Founders Can Win £75k and 12 Months of Support

If you are a woman building a serious, scalable business in the UK, this is one of the few competitions that can genuinely move the needle.