Contests Scholarships Offered in United States , 2025 - 2026

Apply for the D-Prize Challenge. Applications are now open for the D-Prize Challenge for Social Entrepreneurs to fight Poverty 2025. The D-Prize award startup..

You are invited to enter for the chance to win $5,000! Create and share apps built with Bubble's Al generator and stand a chance to win this amazing prize.

Are you an African entrepreneur working to disrupt the market with a bold idea that could help end poverty in our lifetime? 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.

The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2025 is a worldwide competition focused on driving sustainable agriculture innovation, open to startups from the Seed to Series A stage. It is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and selected winners will have the opportunity to pitch their solutions at the prestigious THRIVE Global Impact Summit in Silicon Valley.

Applications are open for the NASA Beyond the Algorithm Challenge 2025. The NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) seeks solutions to complex Earth science problems using transformative or unconventional computing technologies such as quantum computing, quantum machine learning, neuromorphic computing, or in-memory computing.