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Innovating for Asia’s Demographic Future

This Challenge calls for innovative solutions that enable multigenerational financial resilience, equitable healthy ageing and fulfilment across longer multi-stage lives in Asia. Manulife will give C$200,000 in prize money split among three of the top ten winners.
Organization: UpLink, Manulife
Location: Asia
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Apply By: April 28, 2025
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Renewable Transformation Challenge

There is a €20,000 prize for the first-place entry. The winner, or one representative of the winning team, will be invited to attend the ISES Solar World Congress 2025 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
Organization: International Solar Energy Society
Location: Global
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Apply By: April 30, 2025
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FINCA Ventures Prize Competition

FINCA Ventures is hosting the second annual Prize Competition to fund early-stage companies with visionary leaders looking to drive impact and innovation in climate-smart agriculture and fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Organization: FINCA International
Location: Africa
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Apply By: April 30, 2025
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2025 Water and Development Awards

The IWA Water and Development Award for Practice celebrates outstanding accomplishments in the practice of forward-thinking applications and solutions to advance clean and safe water and sanitation in low and middle-income countries.
Organization: The International Water Association
Location: Global; Awards will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 8-12 December 2025
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Apply By: May 11, 2025
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Digital Energy Challenge for Startups

The 2025 Digital Energy Challenge for Start-ups will reward 3 to 4 Start-ups that are developing digital innovative projects aimed at accelerating access to energy, boosting the energy transition and improving the operational efficieny of players in the energy access and grid services in Africa.
Organization: AFD Groupe, Co-funded by the European Union
Location: Africa
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Apply By: May 16, 2025
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D-Prize

D-Prize awards startup grants of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs launching new organizations. They believe the world needs more social impact organizations, and we seed for-profit ventures, NGOs, and charities.
Organization: D-Prize
Location: Global
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Apply By: June 8, 2025
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