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Proposals are invited for the Pulitzer Center Civil Society Micro-Grant 2025. and stimulate collaboration. For this reason, Pulitzer Center is launching an initiative aimed at supporting civil society projects that can feed into the conversations they hope to have at COP 30 in Brazil. Apply now!
Date Posted: 21 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 WIPO Global Awards for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 20 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Tech4Eva Global Femtech Accelerator 2025. The program aims to help selected start-up companies to scale and create impact to improve women's health. Apply now!
Date Posted: 20 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Space Food & Beverage Accelerator 2025. The program is designed to provide critical knowledge needed in the complex CPG landscape to founders who are open and committed to learn.
Date Posted: 20 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 UN Global Artificial Intelligence Challenge Tourism. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 18 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition. The Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition celebrates and nurtures purpose-driven ventures that seek to address inequities in education through innovation. Apply now and stand a chance to win up to $40,000.
Date Posted: 18 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO) to support the implementation of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy (PURE) in sub-Saharan Africa. This open call will accept applications from enterprises seeking to pilot innovative PURE business models in sub-Saharan Africa in sectors including (but not limited to) solar water pumping for irrigation, cold storage for food, agro processing of crops (e.g. milling, drying, oil press), food value chain processing activities, electric mobility for taxi drivers and fishing boats, and more. These can be start-ups at advanced concept stage or operational small and medium-sized enterprises.
Date Posted: 18 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Hp Digital Equity Accelerator Program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 17 Jan, 2025
The UK Government is looking to extend its UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) programme in Kenya with technical assistance and capacity-building projects supporting the clean energy transition sector. You can now submit proposals for this call.
Date Posted: 17 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Mercy Corps Ventures Anticipatory Action Accelerator 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 17 Jan, 2025
Are you a women-led enterprise building sustainable solutions in health or food security? Apply for the Bayer Foundation Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025 now!
Date Posted: 16 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the NGO Whisperer Global Fellowship Programme 2025. The NGO Whisperer Global Fellowship Programme is an accredited seven-month rigorous virtual leadership programme for exceptional leaders and founders of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social enterprises worldwide, especially those from low and middle-income countries. Apply now!
Date Posted: 14 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Halcyon Future Builders Fellowship 2025. This program brings together founders from across the U.S., empowering them to address climate challenges, health barriers, and equity gaps. Founders gain expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, a one-week in-person residency in Washington, DC, and a one-week in-person residency in Atlanta. Apply now!
Date Posted: 13 Jan, 2025
Proposals are open for the AU-EU Youth Lab Representation Grants 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 13 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Grace Berlin Accelerator 2025. Join Germany's top accelerator for early-stage female founders and mixed teams and access 17.6K in equity-free funding.
Date Posted: 11 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Google.org Generative AI Accelerator Program. This global open call is looking for nonprofits, civic entities, academic institutions, and social enterprises to apply to participate in the Generative AI Accelerator. Apply now!
Date Posted: 10 Jan, 2025
Are you an innovative entrepreneur building groundbreaking solutions for the mining sector in Africa? Are you using technology such as data visualisation, drone applications with particular focus on waste treatment, efficient mineral recovery methods, and data interpretation, or other mining innovations that enhance operational efficiency, safety and sustainability? Apply now to join the Timbuktoo MineTech Accelerator Programme, designed to empower startups to scale and succeed across Africa.
Date Posted: 10 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Gratitude Network Fellowship Program 2025. Gratitude Network's Fellowship is a free 1-year program for non-profit leaders and their organizations anywhere around the world. Apply now!
Date Posted: 10 Jan, 2025
Applications are open for the Ashoka Power of Local Challenge 2025. This challenge seeks small business ecosystem builders - organizations that provide small businesses with diverse and equitable opportunities like resources, tools, networking, and more. If this sounds like you, then you're in the right place!
Date Posted: 10 Jan, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 Crafting Tomorrow Program. The Crafting Tomorrow Program focuses on the intersection of climate change and socio-economic issues, the program targets areas like energy access, food security, disaster risk management, sanitation, and waste management, where innovative solutions are essential. Apply now!
Date Posted: 09 Jan, 2025
Here is a list of some notable entrepreneurship programs, the organizations that offer them, and what participants can achieve through each program:
1. Y Combinator (YC) Startup Accelerator
• Organization: Y Combinator
YC is one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world. Startups receive seed funding, mentorship, and access to a vast network of investors and successful entrepreneurs. Participants work intensively on their ideas for three months and present them to investors at Demo Day.
2. Techstars
• Organization: Techstars
Techstars provides early-stage startups with access to mentorship, funding, and a worldwide network of entrepreneurs and investors. The program offers hands-on mentorship and culminates in a demo day where startups pitch to potential investors.
3. Google for Startups Accelerator
• Organization: Google
This program supports early-stage startups through mentorship, access to Google resources, and hands-on guidance from industry experts. Participants gain the technical expertise needed to grow their businesses using Google's tools and infrastructure.
4. MIT LaunchX
• Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This program targets high school students and focuses on building real startups from scratch. Participants learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, from ideation to market research and product development, while receiving mentorship from successful entrepreneurs.
5. Hult Prize
• Organization: Hult International Business School
The Hult Prize is a global competition that encourages university students to solve pressing social challenges through entrepreneurship. The winning team receives $1 million in seed capital to launch their startup.
6. Seedcamp
• Organization: Seedcamp
Seedcamp is a European seed fund and accelerator program that provides early-stage startups with mentorship, funding, and access to a global network of investors. Participants benefit from Seedcamp's support in refining their business models and scaling their startups.
7. Stanford Start Accelerator
• Organization: Stanford University
Start offers Stanford-affiliated startups access to a strong community of founders, investors, and mentors. The program supports founders with the resources they need to scale their companies, from fundraising to product development.