YouthConnekt Africa Awards for African innovators 2018

Paying for a college education with scholarships is an amazing opportunity. Since scholarship money doesn’t have to be paid back, it allows students to graduate with less debt by making it easier to avoid student loans. But many students (and parents) wonder, do you have to pay taxes on scholarships? Or are scholarships tax-free? Taxes…

Application Deadline: 27th September 2019.  Are you an innovator with a passion to help improve the efficient delivery of aid? Whether you are a design agency, engineering company or individual, the AidEx Aid Innovation Challenge invites applicants eager to showcase a concept or product that can save or improve lives. It is a unique chance to…

Deadline: July 31, 2019 Entries are invited for the The Economist’s Open Future Youth Essay Competition 2019. THE ECONOMIST’s Open Future initiative was begun last year to make the case for political, economic and social freedoms at a time when these values are under assault. They want this exploration of ideas to involve their critics as well…

Deadline: September 20, 2019 ICLD is issuing a Call for Policy Relevant Research Proposals on Local Democracy. The aim of the call is to better understand the role of local governments and local democratic institutions in addressing global challenges. Proposed research should focus on problems and opportunities where there is a potential to generate innovative…

Deadline: November 1, 2019 Applications are open for the Université de Lausanne (UNIL) Masters Scholarship 2020/2021. The Masters scholarships are scholarships for excellence awarded exclusively to students who have graduated from a foreign university and whose academic results are of a very high level. UNIL grants around ten scholarships a year. The scholarship is granted for…