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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...
Application Deadline: 12 October 2026, 11:59 PM (WAT) Applications are now open for the 2026 NITDA National AI Innovation Challenge. The National AI Innovation Challenge is designed to deepen the… The...
Deadline: September 27, 2026 Applications are open for the Hustle Fund’s Venture Fellowship 2026. This is a virtual program for aspiring VCs, fund managers, and angel investors to work closely with th...
Young people with lived experience of migration and displacement are being invited to take part in the Migration Youth and Children Platform (MYCP) Policy Lab, an online programme designed to bring yo...
Deadline: September 26, 2026 Applications are open for the World Bank Group Small AI for Development Hackathon Challenge 2026. As of 2025, more than 2 billion people remained offline. Over the next de...
Application Deadline: 26 September 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 World Bank Group Small AI for Development Hackathon Challenge. Artificial intelligence is changing what is possible in de...
Application Deadline: October 6, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Citi Foundation Global Innovation Challenge. The Global Innovation Challenge provides philanthropic support to community or...
The Schuman Challenge is an annual academic competition organized by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States for undergraduate students enrolled at colleges and universities across t...
The Citi Foundation Global Innovation Challenge 2026 is inviting eligible nonprofit organizations to submit proposals for innovative programmes that prepare low-income young people for employment in a...
The 2027 Tools Competition is now open, inviting innovators, education technology developers, researchers, entrepreneurs, organisations and other solution-builders to propose tools and public infrastr...
Applications are now open for Pitch Perfect Africa 2026, a competitive pitching opportunity designed to support early-stage entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions to health-related challenges a...
Deadline: September 15, 2026 Applications are open for the Innovation & Growth Pitch Competition 2026. Taking place on October 27, 2026, at the Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation, this one-day s...
AfCFTA Digital Innovation Challenge 2026 (2nd Edition): Apply Now for Africa’s Top Digital Trade Competition The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has launched the second editio...