Hackathons, innovation challenges and startup competitions you can enter.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2027 Applications are now open for the 2027 Microsoft Imagine Cup Student Startup Competition. Since 2003, Imagine Cup has empowered emerging innovators to turn ambi...
Climate change is increasingly reshaping communities, livelihoods and everyday life across Bangladesh. From coastal villages experiencing environmental pressures to rapidly growing cities facing chang...
Deadline: November 6, 2026 Applications are open for the Youth4Climate Services Innovation Hackathon 2026. The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC), in partnership with the Alliance...
The Show Us Your India Photo Contest invites photographers across India to capture and share compelling images that demonstrate how climate change affects people, communities, nature and everyday life...
Introduction: A Global Opportunity to Strengthen Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity Organisations, research teams, startups, laboratories, and innovators worldwide have an opportunity to develop pra...
Young entrepreneurs in Ghana who operate agricultural businesses have an opportunity to secure funding to establish, strengthen, or expand their ventures through the BRIDGE-in Agriculture Pitch Compet...
Overview of the Reporting Migration Competition The Reporting Migration Competition is an opportunity announced through an online submission form dated 21 October 2026. The available announcement indi...
Application Deadline: February 28, 2027. Applications are now open for the 2027 SADC Media Awards Competition. The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announ...
Application Deadline: December 18, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Allianz x Social Shifters MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge. The MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge supports a global...
The MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge supports a global ecosystem of young impact founders, enabling youth-led solutions for and from underserved communities to take root and thrive.
The African Union Commission has invited young African creatives to participate in an international design competition to develop the official logo and visual identity for the African Union Theme of t...
Overview of the UNDP Ocean Innovation Challenge 5th Call The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), through the Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC), has opened its fifth call for proposals to suppo...
Young water professionals who are developing innovative solutions to water challenges have an opportunity to strengthen their work through the 2027–2028 IWA & Grundfos Youth Action for SDG 6 Fellowshi...
Introduction Young African innovators, social entrepreneurs, technology developers, and digital rights advocates have an opportunity to develop innovative solutions that address some of the most press...
The Ethics Centre Young Writers’ Competition 2026 is now open, inviting young writers to explore one of the most important questions facing society: What does an ethical world look like to you? The an...
Deadline: October 12, 2026 Applications for the National AI Innovation Challenge 2027 are now open. The National AI Innovation Challenge is designed to deepen the technical development, adoption and p...
The Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP) is now accepting applications for its 2027–28 ESRC-funded doctoral studentship competition, offering prospective postgradua...