Remote opportunities — page 18

📍 Global (priority Global South)PaidMedium

The Accessibility Fund

A multi-year cohort program funding small, disability-focused organizations, especially in the Global South, with unrestricted grants and a nonprofit accelerator track.

#grant#disability#social-enterprise

Apply → accessibilityfund.org

#grant#refugee-led#social-enterprise

UNHCR Refugee-led Innovation Fund

UNHCR Innovation Service

Provides direct funding, mentoring, and expertise to organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless people building community-based innovations.

📍 GlobalPaidMedium

Apply → unhcr.org

Wellcome / MQ Mental Health Research

Innovations in Mental Health Fund

A free, highly selective twelve-week program supporting startups tackling depression, anxiety, and psychosis with mentorship and investment access.

📍 Global (UK-based)UnpaidHard

#accelerator#mental-health#startup

Apply → innovationsinmentalhealth.com

#grant#water-tech#startup

Imagine H2O Pilot Fund

Imagine H2O

Provides recoverable grants and impact-linked loans helping water-technology startups pilot solutions with early adopters worldwide.

📍 GlobalPaidMedium

Apply → imagineh2o.org

📍 Global (50+ countries)PaidMedium

UNHCR DAFI Tertiary Refugee Scholarship Programme

UNHCR

Enables registered refugees to pursue undergraduate degrees in their country of asylum or upon return home, active in over 50 countries.

#scholarship#refugee#undergraduate

Apply → unhcr.org

Institute of International Education (IIE)

IIE Odyssey Scholarship

A comprehensive scholarship covering tuition, housing, and living costs for refugee and displaced students pursuing higher education.

📍 Global (22+ countries of origin)PaidHard

#scholarship#refugee#displaced-students

Apply → iie.org

Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

OWSD Early Career Fellowship

Supports early-career women scientists from developing countries to advance their research programs.

📍 Global SouthPaidHard

#fellowship#women-in-stem#research

Apply → twas.org

📍 Multiple cities worldwideUnpaidMedium

Global Shapers Community

World Economic Forum

A global network of young leaders under 30 organized into city-based 'hubs' (including a large presence across Latin America) running local social-impact projects.

#fellowship#leadership#network

Apply → globalshapers.org

Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Ashoka Fellowship

A lifelong fellowship recognizing leading social entrepreneurs worldwide, with a particularly strong network across Latin America, providing a living stipend and global peer community.

📍 Multiple countries worldwideStipendHard

#fellowship#social-entrepreneurship#global

Apply → ashoka.org

📍 Latin America (remote cohort)UnpaidMedium

Google for Startups Accelerator: Latin America

Google for Startups

A three-month equity-free accelerator for Latin American tech startups using AI and cloud technology, with Google mentorship, credits, and a demo day.

#accelerator#south-america#startup

Apply → startup.google.com

📍 Any location (remote writing period)PaidMedium

Miles Morland Writing Scholarship

Miles Morland Foundation

A six-month scholarship supporting African writers to complete a book-length work of fiction or non-fiction, with a stipend covering living costs during the writing period.

#grant#africa#writing

Apply → morlandwritingscholarship.com

📍 Global (online submission); exhibition varies by yearPaidHard

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize

Loewe Foundation

An international craft prize recognizing exceptional handmade work across disciplines like ceramics, textiles, and woodworking, with exhibition and a substantial cash prize.

#competition#craft#art

Apply → craftprize.loewe.com

Kokuyo Design Award

Kokuyo (Japan)

An annual stationery, furniture, and everyday-tool design competition open globally, judged on originality and practical usability, with a substantial cash grand prize.

#competition#design#product-design

Apply → kokuyo-award.org

Australian National University

ANU Science Case Study Competition

A case-study competition for undergraduate teams analyzing a real scientific or policy problem (such as critical minerals or mental health), judged on rigor and communication.

#competition#case-study#science

Apply → anu.edu.au

📍 Global (online)PaidHard

Reply Cyber Security Challenge

Reply

A 24-hour team cybersecurity competition spanning categories like cryptography, web security, and reverse engineering, judged on a capture-the-flag scoring system.

#hackathon#cybersecurity#team

Apply → challenges.reply.com

📍 Global (regional heats)PaidMedium

Visa Everywhere Initiative

Visa

A global startup competition supporting founders building innovative payment and commerce technologies, with cash prizes and mentorship from Visa's innovation team.

#competition#fintech#startup

Apply → visaeverywhereinitiative.com

International Finance Corporation

IFC Impact Investing Challenge

A team-based challenge for graduate students to develop investment strategies addressing climate, gender equity, or financial inclusion, culminating in a pitch to IFC leadership.

📍 Global (online); finals presentationUnpaidHard

#competition#finance#impact-investing

Apply → ifc.org

📍 Multiple regions worldwideUnpaidHard

Obama Foundation Leaders Program

Obama Foundation

A leadership development program for civic and community leaders across regions (Africa, Asia-Pacific, USA, Europe), combining in-person convenings with ongoing skills training.

#fellowship#leadership#civic-impact

Apply → obama.org

Center for Nonviolent Communication

Non-Violent Communication Video Contest

A video contest inviting entrants to demonstrate nonviolent communication practices in everyday scenarios, with recognition and certificates for standout entries.

📍 Global (online submission)UnpaidEasy

#competition#video#communication

Apply → cnvc.org

📍 Remote (online)UnpaidEasy

Y Combinator Startup School

Y Combinator

A free online course and community for early-stage founders, covering fundraising, product, and growth, with optional peer group matching for accountability.

#program#startup#online

Apply → startupschool.org

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

Global Canvas Children's Art Competition

Global Canvas

A children's art competition spanning painting, sculpture, textile, and collage on an annual theme, with cash or supply-voucher prizes for winners.

#competition#art#children

Apply → globalcanvas.org

Toyota Logistic Design Competition

Toyota

A design competition inviting student teams to propose 2D or 3D circular-economy object designs addressing transportation and material-use challenges.

#competition#design#sustainability

Apply → toyota-mobility.com

H.G. Wells Society / literary festival

HG Wells Short Story Competition

An annual themed short-story competition for young writers under 21, with a notable cash grand prize and publication opportunity.

#competition#writing#fiction

Apply → hgwellscompetition.com

Depict! (UK film festival)

Depict! Short Film Competition

A short film competition capping entries at 90 seconds across any genre, screened at UK festivals, with a modest cash prize pool.

#competition#film#short-form

Apply → depictfilms.com

📍 Global (online submission)PaidHard

Yale Drama Series Playwriting Competition

Yale University Press

A playwriting competition for early-career writers judged by a working playwright, with the winning full-length play published by Yale University Press and given a professional staged reading.

#competition#playwriting#literature

Apply → yalebooks.yale.edu

Royal Observatory Greenwich

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

One of the world's leading astrophotography competitions, spanning categories from deep sky to people-and-space, with substantial cash prizes and a London exhibition.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidHard

#competition#photography#astronomy

Apply → rmg.co.uk

American Meteorological Society

American Meteorological Society Photo Contest

A photography competition capturing weather, water, and climate phenomena, judged by atmospheric scientists, with modest cash prizes for winners.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#weather

Apply → ametsoc.org

Royal Meteorological Society

Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year

A weather and climate photography competition across multiple categories including a youth award, celebrating images of meteorological phenomena worldwide.

📍 Global (online submission)PaidEasy

#competition#photography#weather

Apply → rmets.org