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THE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

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Application Deadline: November 15, 2024

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

The Nature Photography Contest is an online photo competition committed to the care of nature. For this reason, they want to do more than just illustrate the wonders of the world around us: They want to plant a forest. And, for this, they need your help. Each of the participants of the photo competition will become a tree and, finally, the winner of the contest will decide in which country they will be planted.

ELIGIBILITY:

Open to everyone and entry is free

The Nature Photography Contest has 10 categories for you to submit your images of natural landscapes, wildlife, macrophotography, and more. You can win cash prizes and international recognition. The winner of the best photograph of the year will receive €1000, the winner of each category will receive €100, and the best photographer of the year will receive a trophy. In addition, for each participant, a tree will be planted in the country chosen by the winner.

BENEFIT:

2000€ in cash prize.

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WORLD FOOD FORUM STARTUP INNOVATION AWARDS

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Application Deadline: 8 June 2024

LOCATION: United Nation

The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

ELIGIBILITY:

The eight finalist startups across the four categories will then give their pitches to the panel of judges in the Startup Innovation Awards Finals during the World Food Forum flagship event on World Food Day, 16 October, with the final award for each of the categories, as well as one overall winner, the WFF Startup Innovation of the Year Award.

8 May 2024: Launch of the WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by XTC, during UN STI Forum via our website and social media.

8 June 2024: Deadline for new applications.

June – October 2024: The WFF-XTC selection team will narrow down the list of entrants to an initial group of shortlisted startups to be highlighted on our website and participate in the September semi-finals.

BENEFIT:

The WFF Startup Innovation Awards will provide the finalists travel allowance to the finals during the flagship event in Rome, global visibility, the chance to raise capital, network with global entities (governments, United Nations agencies, corporations, investors, partners), the chance to join WFF startup accelerator programmes to scale up their innovative solutions and technological breakthroughs, and a total of USD 30 000 in prizes.

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