Deadline: 17-Jul-22

Are you a young changemaker between 15-35 years old? Do you have photography skills? Do you want to showcase your photography skills with the world? USAID’s Youth Excel program is launching a 6-week global photo competition to encourage young people from Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa to share images reflecting five main themes.

Participation in the Youth Excel’s photo contest authorizes IREX, USAID and the Youth Excel program to use the winning images on the IREX website and other communication channels for IREX and Youth Excel such as social media, publications, collateral and more. Other entries may also be used by the Youth Excel program and USAID.

Themes

• Youth mental health and wellness: Photos that represent how your community is working towards supporting youth mental health
• Youth at the forefront of economic development: Photos that represent how youth in your community are engaged in creating employment/employability for fellow youth
• Youth and decision-makers at work: Photos showcasing youth in your community working with diverse stakeholders to create locally led community solutions
• Youth driving decisions through data: Photos that highlight trends or instances of youth in your community using research and data to solve local issues
• Gender and Inclusion: Photos showing marginalized youth (youth with disabilities, young women and girls, religious minorities, LGBTQI+, Indigenous youth, minority ethnicities etc.) positively participating in community development

Prize Information

First place winner from each theme will receive a special prize valued at USD $200-$300.

Eligibility Criteria

• Young changemakers between 15-35 years old from Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa.
• Photos must be an original submission. The submitter must own the rights to the photo (i.e. the photo needs to be submitted by the photographer or with permission from the photographer and have permission to use all identifiable people, buildings, objects, etc.).
• Applicants have limited five photos per entry. Multiple entries are allowed.
• Each image submitted must focus on a particular theme of the competition.
• Photos can be taken with a camera or mobile phone.
• Photos should be submitted in JPEG format with a minimum 1MB file size.
• Tell us about your photo by including a brief description explaining the context of the photo, where and when it was taken.
• DO NOT submit photos with watermarks, overlays or signatures.
• Winning photos will be added to Youth Excel’s stock photos and used in future communications material.
• By submitting an entry, all participants agree that their images may be used by the Youth Excel program including IREX, consortium partners and USAID in future communications material. Proper photo credit will be given to photographers of selected images.

For more information, visit https://www.irex.org/program/youth-excel-photo-contest-2022

Deadline: 15-Jul-22

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism is pleased to launch the Tuition-free Product Immersion program for journalists and staff inside small to midsize news organizations who have little to no experience with product development and management but have an interest in adopting a product approach.

Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms, an online, tuition-free training program for journalists by the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, welcomes three new cohorts in 2022-2023, thanks to the support by partners News Product Alliance (NPA) and the Google News Initiative. Applications open today for the first cohort, which will train 25 journalists from Europe, the Middle East and Africa from September to November, 2022.

Details

• The program  consists of two months of weekly online classes taught by leaders in product design and development from newsrooms around the world, and small-group coaching along the way.
• This training is designed for journalists and staff inside small to midsize local newsrooms, who have little or no experience with product development and management but who are interested in taking a product approach to better serving the information needs of their audiences and finding new paths toward sustainability.
• Students must commit to attending all live classes and small-group coaching sessions, and completing any other assignments. The training is FREE, in ENGLISH and accessible online via Zoom

Eligibility Criteria

• The program is now accepting applications from journalists based in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (GMT 0 to +4) through July 15, 2022. To be considered for the program, applicants must submit the online application, which includes several short responses about the applicant’s familiarity with and interest in product development and a letter of newsroom commitment from the applicant’s organization.
• In this new cycle, Product Immersion will serve three consecutive cohorts of 25 to 30 journalists; one in Europe/Africa/Middle East, one in Asia Pacific, and one in the Americas. Instruction will be in English and fluency in English is required.

For more information, visit https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2022/06/applications-open-for-new-product-immersion-cohorts/

Deadline: 8-Aug-22

The Wellcome Trust is accepting nominations for the Biological vulnerability to extreme heat in maternal and child health.

This award will fund research teams to significantly advance understanding of the biological vulnerability to extreme heat in the context of maternal and child health. By the end of the award, successful applicants will have delivered new knowledge at this intersection and generated evidence with the potential to inform new interventions that can be used in real world settings.

Categories

The award includes:

• a basic salary (determined by your host organisation)
• relocation allowance
• staff
• continuing professional development and training
• materials and consumables
• animals
• equipment
• access charges
• overheads
• travel and subsistence
• overseas allowances
• fieldwork expenses
• inflation allowance
• open access charges
• clinical research costs
• public engagement and patient involvement costs
• contract research organisations
• other costs

Funding Information

• This call provides up to £2 million of funding to cover research expenses and costs associated with public engagement, research dissemination and research uptake activities.
• They expect awards to last between three and five years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Lead Applicant
  • You must:
    • have demonstrated experience of leading a successful research programme from design and development to achievement of agreed milestones
    • have a track record of managing and training others, while promoting a positive and inclusive research culture
    • have demonstrated ability to drive and lead an interdisciplinary / transdisciplinary research programme
    • be able to contribute at least 20% of their research time to the programme
    • be based at an eligible host organisation that can sign up to their grant conditions (it can be based in any country apart from mainland China).
  • The type of host organisation can be:
    • higher education institution
    • public and private research institute
    • non-academic healthcare organisation
    • not-for-profit organisation.
• Coapplicants  
  • Coapplicants can be based in the same or in different organisations, and can come from any discipline, but the added value of the team approach must be clear.
  • Coapplicants can be at any career stage and based anywhere in the world, apart from mainland China.
  • Each coapplicant must make a significant and essential contribution to the research proposal, for example designing the research, writing the application and/or managing the programme.
  • They must be able to contribute at least 10% of their research time to the programme.

For more information, visit https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/biological-vulnerability-extreme-heat-maternal-and-child-health

Deadline: 31-Jul-22

The Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, are proud to announce the 2022 edition of the Transformational Business Awards.

The FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards are a leading global initiative that highlights and promotes ground-breaking, long-term private sector solutions to major development challenges.

This year’s program marks 17 years of collaboration between the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on awards that have had a substantial impact on the way financial and non-financial organizations approach sustainable investment. The Transformational Business Awards are open to all private sector organisations, as well as NGOs that can meet the judging criteria. 

The winner in each category will be announced at a special awards ceremony in London on 25 October 2022 that will also include the FT/IFC Transformational Business Conference, a major gathering of thought leaders who will explore and debate the issues generated by the Awards.

Core Categories

The aim across all categories is to recognize and showcase innovation, impact, replicability, financial viability and sustainability. 

• Transformational Climate Change Solutions
• Transformational Human Capital Solutions 
• Transformational Finance Solutions – Impact Investing
• Transformational Finance Solutions – Gender-lens Finance
• Transformationa l Solutions – New Frontiers.

The 2022 program will also introduce a special New Frontiers category designed to promote exciting deep tech ideas that may not meet the eligibility criteria for the core categories but have the potential, with additional funding, to have a transformational impact on the challenges they are targeting. 

Benefits

• If your entry is selected as a Shortlisted Entry in one of the Core Award Categories, your organization will receive the following prizes:
  • Your organization and the initiative that has been short-listed will be promoted in an advertisement approved by the FT in the global FT newspaper and through FT Live social media channels. Such advertisement is subject to availability as to when and where they run, and such location and dates will be determined in the sole discretion of the FT. 
  • Your organization will receive 5 tickets to attend the FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards dinner in London on 25 October 2022, where the Winning Entries in each Award category will be announced. Travel to and from the event and any other costs incurred in connection with attending the event are not included.
  • All Shortlisted Entries are presented in detail at the FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards dinner on 25 October 2022 before the Winning Entries are revealed. Attendees will also be able to network with other organizations short-listed for the Awards. 
• If the judging panel selects your entry as a Winning Entry in one of the Award categories your organization will receive the following prizes:
  • Your organization and the award-winning initiative will be promoted in an advertisement approved by the FT in the global FT newspaper and through FT Live social media channels (in addition to the promotions received as a Shortlisted Entry). Such advertisement is subject to FT’s Advertising Terms and Conditions, and availability as to when and where they run, such location and dates will be determined in the sole discretion of the FT.
  • A summary of your entry will be featured on the Awards website.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Awards are open to all private sector organisations, as well as NGOs that can meet the judging criteria. The aim across all categories is to recognize and showcase innovation, impact, replicability, financial viability and sustainability. The judging panel will look at how organizations are harnessing disruptive technologies and business models to achieve impact and scale. Entries are particularly welcome from organizations with initiatives that may provide solutions in fragile and conflict-affected states.
• The Financial Times Limited and the International Finance Corporation, and their associated companies and agencies are not eligible to take part in the Awards.
• By submitting an entry on behalf of an organisation, you warrant that you have the requisite authority and/or have obtained the organisation’s consent for entering the Awards and these terms and conditions on its behalf.

For more information, visit https://transformationalbusiness.live.ft.com/home

Deadline: 8-Jul-22

The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon is inviting applications for its Africa Regional Democracy Fund Program (ARDF) for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance to strengthen democratic institutions, improve governance, and promote respect for human rights in Cameroon.

The ARDF provides assistance to Cameroonian organizations that seek to implement short-term, highly targeted activities designed to show measurable results.

Program Objectives

• Promote Accountable, Transparent, and Responsive Governance:
  • Support local civil society entities, including think tanks, academic research, watchdog groups, media associations, journalists, and other civil society actors to advocate for legislative transparency, accountability, and oversight at all levels of government.
  • Provide specialized, technical support to support democratic governance, with a particular focus on legislative oversight.
• Promote Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms:
  • Support the protection, mitigation, and responses to human rights violations and abuses, in particular human rights violations affecting the most vulnerable, by strengthening human rights frameworks, institutions, and oversight.
  • Support to local, and key international, human rights organizations and institutions to promote human rights systems, policies, and protection, with particular focus on women and youth.
  • Strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations; and resident, vendor, or other associations through civic education and citizen participation to advocate for democratic rights and norms that advance public involvement in civic life.
• Support Democratic Processes and Promotion of Strong Democratic Norms:
  • Support to political processes, such as peace processes and negotiations, which seek long-term democratization and respect for human rights and accountability, with a particular focus on empowering women, youth, and marginalized and vulnerable populations.

Program Categories

• Civic Education, Citizen Participation, and Public Accountability: 
  • Supports activities that advance citizen engagement to hold governments accountable and to participate in economic, political, governing, and other critical processes aimed at creating more peaceful, democratic, and pluralistic societies.
  • Promotes citizen engagement in local decision-making processes, such as through participatory budgeting processes and public-private dialogue for economic development priorities.
  • Examples of other activities include supporting civil society and citizen advocacy efforts; backing citizen monitoring and oversight initiatives; and strengthening citizen engagement in service delivery.
  • Activities in this category relate to the role of civil society in holding public institutions accountable (watchdog role).
• Human Rights Systems and Policies and Protection:
  • Supports systems to prevent and address human rights violations through early warning, monitoring, investigating, and reporting.
  • Promotes respect for human rights and support human rights defenders through utilization of national, regional, and international legal systems for human rights protection and enforcement.
  • Harmonizes domestic laws and policies with international human rights standards; promote the adoption and implementation of human rights and labor standards; and
  • Sponsors legal aid and other assistance for victims of human rights violations.  Support the work of National Human Rights Commission(s).
  • Integrates human rights into training for security sector actors, teachers, civil society leaders, journalists, religious leaders, and government officials.

Funding Information

• Have a funding ceiling of $50,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Are initiated by Cameroonian organizations (excluding the executive branch of the Cameroonian Government).
• Promote political pluralism, respect for human and civil rights, citizen participation and public accountability.
• Benefit a large number of people.
• Include activities, expenditures and timelines that are consistent, reasonable, and within the ability of the organization to implement.
• Can be completed within one year, without requiring further ARDF assistance; and
• Respect environmental norms.

For more information, visit https://cm.usembassy.gov/smalls-grants-program/#africa

Deadline: 7-Sep-22

The Smart City Expo World Congress is currently seeking nominations for the World Smart City Awards (WSCA) 2022 to recognize and support innovative city strategies, projects and ideas that can potentially make an impact on citizens’ lives and turn the cities into more sustainable and inclusive places to live in.

The aim of the Call for Awards is to recognize, promote and support innovative solutions or strategies that can potentially change citizen’s lives by increasing efficiency, generating business and improving quality of life. Cities, businesses, entrepreneurs, startups, digital innovators, developers, research centers, universities, civic techs, civil society representatives, non-governmental organizations, cooperatives, consortiums (public-private) and social activists are welcome to submit projects and initiatives that cover one of this year’s topics.

The WSCA has been established to identify cities, projects related to the topics of the event and innovative ideasthat are making urban areas worldwide more liveable, environmentally sustainable, and economically thriving, as well as stimulating diversity, social inclusion, equity, safety and collaboration, thus enhancing the quality of life for all.

Winners will be announced in front of a large, global audience of smart city professionals, providing an unparalleled opportunity to show the world your work and put it in the spotlight on a world-renowned platform.

Categories

• City Award
• Innovation Award
• Leadership Award
• Enabling Technologies Award
• Energy & Environment Award
• Mobility Award
• Governance & Economy Award
• Living & Inclusion Award
• Safety & Security Award
• Infrastructure & Buildings Award

Eligibility Criteria

The World Smart City Awards are aimed at both public and private companies, cities, entrepreneurs, digital innovators, developers, research centers, universities, civil society representatives, NGOs, cooperatives, consortiums and social activists with disruptive visions and solutions for the management and development of the cities.

For more information, visit https://www.smartcityexpo.com/call-for-awards-2022/

Deadline: 27-Jun-22

Sanofi is pleased to partner with One Young World to offer the Future Women in Tech Scholarship.

This global program will enable five women leaders to participate in the One Young World Summit 2022 as part of Sanofi’s global delegation; have a fast-tracked opportunity to join Sanofi’s early careers program and receive 1:1 mentoring to support their first career steps in Sanofi.

What does the scholarship provide?

• Delegate access to the One Young World Summit 2022 which takes place in Manchester, United Kingdom from 5 – 8 September.
• Hotel accommodation in Manchester from 5 – 8 September.
• Return travel to Manchester.
• A fast-tracked opportunity to join Sanofi’s early careers program.
• 1:1 mentorship from a Sanofi Digital mentor to support their career choices.
• Membership of the One Young World Ambassador community.

Eligibility Criteria

You should apply for this programme if you:

• Live in one of Sanofi’s operating countries.
• Are a woman.
• English speaking.
• Have an undergraduate qualification related to information technology or data received within the last five years.
• Are motivated to pursue a technology focussed career with Sanofi.
• Are passionate about healthcare.
• Have a track record of using technology for social impact.
• Have a track record of high level performance and delivery.

For more information, visit https://www.oneyoungworld.com/scholarships/sanofi/2022