BizDev Tag: Competitions

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D-Prize awards startup grants of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs launching new organizations.
Organization: D-Prize
Location: low-or-middle income countries
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: December 14, 2025
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The Global Food System Challenge is intended to support innovations that bring a significant benefit to at least one, but ideally several of the intersecting domains (see Innovation Focus Area diagram) and that have the potential for transformational impact at scale and over time.
Organization: Welthungerhilfe (WHH), Seeding The Future Foundation (STF)
Location: Global
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: December 15, 2025
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Selected via an application process, the Global Citizen Prize: Cisco Youth Leadership Award honors an individual aged 18-30 who has contributed meaningfully toward the goal of ending extreme poverty. The award includes a $250,000 prize paid to the organization to which the individual contributes.
Organization: Citizen Global, CISCO
Eligibility: Individual aged 18-30 who has contributed meaningfully toward the goal of ending extreme poverty
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: December 17, 2025
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From agriculture to artificial intelligence, renewable energy to waste management, the competition spans nearly every sector shaping Nigeria’s future.
Organization: NAEng
Location: Nigeria
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: December 19, 2025
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At least 50% of formal team members must (1) be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student, or (2) be a postdoctoral fellow at a college or university. The Climate and Energy Prize is a startup competition organized by MIT students. Each year, teams of students from around the world compete for more than $100,000 in non-dilutive cash prizes.
Organization: MIT
Location: Global
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: January 1, 2026
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By participating in this Challenge in accordance with these Rules, you are eligible to receive various forms of recognition, in-kind support and grant funding from data.org. In-kind support for Awardees may include, but is not limited to, data science talent, staff training, technical support and consulting, media production, marketing and promotional outreach, and software and infrastructure licenses.
Organization: data.org
Location: The data.org Challenge is open to any organization or group from anywhere in the world, except for those from Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Ukraine (Russian-occupied territories), and Yemen.
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: January 8, 2026
competition / bizdev
The MIT Climate & Energy Prize (MIT CEP) is the longest running and largest climatetech & energy startup competition for university students all over the world. MIT CEP teams compete for more than $100,000 in Grand Prize* and other monetary prizes.
Organization: MIT
Location: Global
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: January 11, 2026
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The Livability Challenge: Decarbonisation seeks disruptive deep-tech solutions that provide scalable and impactful solutions to reduce carbon emissions across diverse industries.
Organization: Temasek Foundation & Eco-Business
Location: Southeast Asia
Opportunity Type:
Apply By: February 9, 2026
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