(January 2021)
International Green Gown Awards
Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The International Green Gown Awards – supported by UN Environment has been launched to any university or college across the world. Recognising exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by the world’s universities and colleges, the International Green Gown Awards set the bar and put every learning institution at the heart of delivering the UN Global Goals…[more]
UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award 2021: USD 150,000 to invest in your Humanitarian Work
Deadline: 28 February 2021
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is inviting nominations for Nansen Refugee Award 2021. Nominate now if you know of an inspirational individual or group making a difference…[more]
2022 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) – 10th Round
Deadline: 31 December 2021
Entries are now open for the 2022 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), it is an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world…[more]
2021 St Andrews Prize for Environment: $2 million in Prize Money
Deadline: 26-Feb-21
Entries are now open for the 2021 St Andrews Prize for the Environment which is a major international initiative led by the University of St Andrews that recognises and supports innovative and inspirational responses to environmental challenges, including the climate crisis…[more]
Right Livelihood Award: Win 1M Swedish Krona in Cash Prizes
Deadline: 3-Mar-21
The Right Livelihood Award Foundation receives nominations from all around the world for its 2021 Right Livelihood Award. Through this open process, the Foundation acquires a sense of what people around the world perceive as the most urgent problems – and who is working to solve them…[more]
Rafto Foundation announces ‘The Rafto Prize’ to Promote Human Rights
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
The Rafto Foundation has announced The Rafto Prize for the men and women to support them in their work to promote human rights. Each year, the Foundation awards a person or an organisation working for human rights and democracy. The Foundation encourages everyone with an interest or knowledge in human rights to make a nomination for the Rafto Prize…[more]
2021 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity: Receive 1 million euros
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2021 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity to recognize people, groups of people and/or organizations from all over the world whose contributions to mitigation and adaptation to climate change stand out for its novelty, innovation and impact…[more]
UNESCO 2021 Peace Prize: Call for Nominations for Félix Houphouët-Boigny ($150,000 in funding)
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
UNESCO has launched a call for nominations for the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO 2021 Prize for Peace Research. The Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize is intended to honour living individuals and active public or private bodies or institutions that have made a significant contribution to promoting, seeking, safeguarding or maintaining peace, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of UNESCO…[more]
2021 Sigma Awards: 5000 USD cash prize
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 Sigma Awards to empower, elevate and enlighten the global community of data journalists. The Sigma Awards is a competition to celebrate the best data journalism from around the world…[more]
2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in Basic Sciences (Financial Award of USD 250,000)
Deadline: 15-Mar-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences with an aim to promote and honour excellence in the basic sciences, defined to include the disciplines of chemistry, physics, mathematics and biology, the foundation on which scientific knowledge can be propagated and which are fundamental to the advancement of innovation and sustainable development…[more]
Global Water Awards: Nominate a Company, Project, Plant & Technology
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
Nominations are now open for the Global Water Awards. Anyone (as an individual or on behalf of a company) can nominate a company, project, plant, technology, deal or initiative to be recognized by the Global Water Awards. Individuals can submit nominations for themselves or others…[more]
WWSF: The Prize (US$ 1000 per laureate) for Women’s Creativity in Rural Life
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
The Women’s World Summit Foundation (WWSF) has announced the Prize to honour women and women’s groups around the world exhibiting exceptional creativity, courage and commitment for the improvement of the quality of life in rural communities…[more]
2021 WISE Prize for Education to Raise Global Awareness (US $500,000)
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
Applications are now open for the WISE Prize for Education to raise global awareness of the crucial role of education in all societies and create a platform for innovative and practical solutions that might help alleviate some of the challenges which education faces around the world…[more]
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation inviting Nominations for 2021 Roux Prize (Receive $100,000)
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is inviting nominations for the 2021 Roux Prize to honor individuals or groups from around the world who have used health evidence in bold, innovative and impactful ways…[more]
Women Building Peace Award: Win $10,000
Deadline: 2-Feb-21
USIP’s Women Building Peace Award honors the inspiring work of women peacebuilders whose courage, leadership, and commitment to peace stand out as beacons of strength and hope. USIP’s Women Building Peace Award represents the Institute’s commitment to highlighting the vital role of individual women who are working every day in the pursuit of peace in fragile or conflict-affected countries or regions…[more]
Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards for Global Leaders ($125,000 CAD Grants)
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards has been launched to recognize global excellence in food innovation and community impact. Arrell Food Institute recognizes global leaders who are ensuring future food security for the planet, and hopes to inspire new leaders to take bold steps towards change…[more]
2021 Keeling Curve Prize: Win $25,000 for your Climate Initiative
Deadline: 10-Feb-21
The Keeling Curve Prize is accepting applications for the prize from innovative climate change solutions in the areas of Capture & Utilization, Energy, Finance, Social & Cultural Pathways, and Transport & Mobility…[more]
Action For Nature inviting Applications for Eco-Hero Awards 2021 (Cash prize up to $500)
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Action For Nature (AFN), a non-profit organization has launched the International Young Eco-Hero Awards to recognize and reward the successful individual environmental initiatives of young people ages 8 to 16…[more]
World Vision Challenge: Low-Cost Chlorine Monitoring for Rural Piped Water Systems ($20,000 in funding)
Deadline: 4-Feb-21
The World Vision, supported by SeaFreight Labs is seeking low-cost, easily maintainable technologies and/or devices to monitor free residual chlorine in piped water distribution systems located in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa…[more]
2020 Technovation Girls Program: Inviting teams of Young People from all over the World
Deadline: 19-Apr-21
Do you want to solve real-world problems through technology? If yes, then join Technovation Girls and lead the change…[more]
World No Tobacco Day 2021 Awards
Deadline: 12-Mar-21
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control…[more]
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award: Nominations now Open ($1 Million in Funding)
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
Suqia cordially invites all corporations, research centers, institutions, innovators and youth from around the world, whose novel technologies provide solutions to the challenges of water scarcity, to apply for the 3rd cycle of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award…[more]
2021 Science, Technology and Arts (STARTS) Prize: €20,000 prize money
Deadline: 3-Mar-21
The STARTS Prize of the European Commission is launched by Ars Electronica and the consortium partners BOZAR, Waag, INOVA+, T6 Ecosystems, French Tech Grande Provence and Frankfurter Buchmesse…[more]
2021 World Habitat Awards: prize of £10,000
Deadline: 15-Mar-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 World Habitat Awards to recognise and highlight innovative, outstanding and sometimes revolutionary housing ideas, projects and programmes from across the world…[more]
2021 International Children’s Peace Prize (project fund of €100,000)
Deadline: 6-Mar-21
Entries are now open for 2021 International Children’s Peace Prize that is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. It is an initiative of Marc Dullaert, Chairman and Founder of the KidsRights Foundation…[more]
World Food Prize
Deadline: 1-May-21
The World Food Prize is awarded for a specific, exceptionally significant, individual achievement that advances human development with a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality, availability of, or access to food through creative interventions at any point within the full scope of the food system…[more]
$10,000 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research
Deadline: 15-Jun-21
Nominations are now open for the Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research which will recognize exceptional, science-based achievement in international agriculture and food production by an individual under 40 who has clearly demonstrated intellectual courage, stamina, and determination in the fight to eliminate global hunger and poverty…[more]
16th Biodiversity Conservation Awards: Open Call for Conservationist Organizations
Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The BBVA Foundation Awards for Biodiversity Conservation seek to recognize and support the work done by conservationist organizations, institutions and agencies in carrying forward environmental conservation policies and projects, and the efforts of communication professionals who have placed their abilities at the service of protecting our natural heritage…[more]
2021 Institute of International Education Victor J. Goldberg Prize: US$10,000 prize
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
Nominations are now open for the 2021 Institute of International Education (IIE) Victor J. Goldberg Prize for Peace in the Middle East to recognize outstanding work being conducted jointly by two individuals, one Arab and one Israeli, working together to advance the cause of peace in the Middle East…[more]
2022 Kyoto World Water Award: Receive 2,000,000 JPY
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
The Japan Water Forum is open to the public for the Kyoto World Water Awards 2021. The grand prize group will receive 2 million yen as prize money…[more]
GBIF Young Researchers Award 2021 (€5,000 prizes)
Deadline: 21-Jun-21
On behalf of the network of national Participants, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 Young Researchers Award to foster and recognize innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies rely on GBIF-mediated data…[more]
Ocean Changemakers Challenge: The Next Wave of Innovators
Deadline: 5-Feb-21
The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative has launched the Ocean Changemakers Challenge, a competition open to men and women that aims to showcase leading changemakers working to develop business solutions to ocean-related sustainability challenges. It is aimed at early-career researchers or professionals…[more]
2021 Yidan Prize for Advancing Ideas in Education
Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Yidan Prize Foundation is seeking nominations for the 2021 Yidan Prize to progress learning by building a global community committed to advancing ideas in education. The Yidan Prize is an inclusive education award that recognizes individuals, or up to three-member teams, who have contributed significantly to education research and development…[more]
Ashden Awards 2021: Uncovering & Spotlighting World’s Next Climate Champions
Deadline: 3-Mar-21
The 2021 Ashden Awards are now open to climate action innovators to win a prize of up to £20,000 as well as ongoing development support, from professional mentoring to pro-bono legal help…[more]
UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize: Receive US$25,000
Deadline: 15-Feb-21
UNESCO is seeking nominations for 2021 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The Prize is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia), the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland), the Namibia Media Trust (Namibia) and Stichting Democratie en Media (Netherlands)…[more]
2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards: Nominations now open
Deadline: 30-Jun-21
Nominations are now open for 2021 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards to recognize fundamental contributions in a broad array of areas of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities and artistic creation…[more]
25th Human Rights Press Awards: Call for Nominations
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
Nominations are now open for the 25th Human Rights Press Awards to recognise top rights-related reporting from around Asia, with the goal of increasing respect for people’s basic rights and focusing attention on threats to those freedoms…[more]
Tusk Awards 2021: Apply Now
Deadline: 26-Mar-21
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for the amazing conservation work they do in Africa? Have the lives of the people and wildlife of Africa been improved through their leadership? Have they had a significant impact on wildlife population numbers? Do they provide mentorship? Have their ideas been replicated across the continent, or should they be? If yes, then Nominate an African Conservation Leader for the 2021 Tusk Awards…[more]
IDC launches 7th Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA)
Deadline: 5-Feb-21
IDC is launching its 7th Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) to recognize the progress Asia Pacific municipalities have made and also provide a forum for sharing the best practices to help accelerate Smart City development in the region…[more]
NGO CSW65 Forum Young Feminist Awards
Deadline: 1-Mar-21
In collaboration with Women Have Wings, the NGO CSW Youth Leaders & Young Professionals is delighted to make grant awards to youth leaders and young professionals who have a project or an idea to advance gender equality in their region. Projects will be displayed on the NGO CSW65 Virtual Platform…[more]
Václav Havel Human Rights Prize 2021
Deadline: 30-Apr-21
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Václav Havel Library and the Charta 77 Foundation, has issued a call for nominations for the 2021 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize…[more]
Al-Sumait Prize 2021: Nominations now open for Individuals or Institutions
Deadline: 30-Jun-21
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) is inviting applications for its Al-Sumait Prize 2021 for individuals or institutions who through their research projects or initiatives have made significant advancement within the field of Health that produced seminal impact and tangible results on the public health care system, especially for the underprivileged…[more]
2nd ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest 2021
Deadline: 14-Feb-21
The 2nd ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest 2021 is inviting youth “Social Journalists” to submit an essay and campaign ideas describing a theme of #ASEANYouth and COVID-19 – Response, Recovery, and Resilience…[more]
The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award 2021
Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award is launching its first competition designed to highlight and support the work of pioneering young entrepreneurs developing health innovations. The award wants to encourage business entrepreneurship and help advance promising health care solutions…[more]
#Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge: Soliciting Innovative Proposals
Deadline: 5-Feb-21
l’Agence française de développement (AFD), together with Expertise France and The GovLab, is soliciting innovative proposals (re)using data in a collaborative and responsible way to provide actionable intelligence for decision-makers and people to respond to COVID-19 and future pandemic challenges across Africa…[more]
2021 European Charlemagne Youth Prize: Register Today!
Deadline: 1-Feb-21
Are you aged 16-30 and working on a project with a European dimension? If yes, then you can apply for 2021 Charlemagne Youth Prize and get rewarded for your project to further develop your initiative…[more]
Council of Europe launches Crystal Scales of Justice Prize
Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Council of Europe is launching the 11th edition of the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize for innovative practices contributing to the efficiency and quality of justice. The aim of this Prize is to identify and highlight innovative practices in the organization of courts and procedures and the functioning of the judicial system in general…[more]
SADC launches the 2021 Media Awards Competition
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2021 SADC Media Awards competition in the four categories namely: Photo, Print, Television and Radio Journalism…[more]
Africa Green Grant Award: Nominations now Open
Deadline: 28-Feb-21
Eleven Eleven Twelve Foundation is pleased to announce the Africa Green Grant Award. This award was created within the framework of the sustainability of the environment through the empowerment and support for entrepreneurs and small businesses who have innovative, creative and sustainable ideas, products and services which seeks to reverse and stop the adverse effects been inflicted on the environment and in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals…[more]
