Awards

Win $10,000 in The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights 2018

July 26, 2017

The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2018 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series' current judge, distinguished playwright Ayad Akhtar. Prizes The winner w... Read More...

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017

July 25, 2017

Awards, Competition, Grants

Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017 is now open for entries. The competition is organised by the Médicos del Mundo. You may submit a maximum of 10 photographs, which can be dis... Read More...

Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders 2017: the global awards for local peacebuilders – Apply Now

July 25, 2017

Awards

Now in its fifth year, our Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders awards offer global recognition for grassroots peace activists in conflict affected countries all over the world. These are the only global awards for local p... Read More...

English Postgraduate Essay Competition 2017

July 25, 2017

Awards, Essay Competition

The editors of English: the Journal of the English Association are very pleased to initiate in 2017 the opening of an annual essay competition exclusive to postgraduates. The competition provides an ideal oppor... Read More...

Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship 2017 – Apply Now

July 20, 2017

Awards

The Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship aim to recognize some of the continent’s most innovative and impactful entrepreneurs. Over the past 8 years, AAE has attracted over 7000 applications from industries and s... Read More...

Win $4000 in the 44th New Millennium Writing Awards – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction & Flash Fiction

July 17, 2017

Awards

The New Millennium Writing Awards are the cornerstone of prize-winning literary journal New Millennium Writings. Founded in 1996, NMW has published more than 1,700 authors, delivered 50,000 anthologies, and awa... Read More...

African Fact-Checking Awards for African Students and Journalists 2017

July 15, 2017

Awards

The African Fact-Checking Awards, now in their fourth edition, are the only awards on the continent set up specifically to honour the best, non-partisan fact-checking journalism by working and student journalis... Read More...

Online News Association – MJ Bear Fellowship 2017

July 12, 2017

Awards, Fellowships

The MJ Bear Fellowships identify and celebrate digital journalists under 30 whose work represents the best of new media. Each year, ONA recognizes three fellows— two in the United States or Canada and one inter... Read More...

Win £15,000 and other prizes in the upcoming Etisalat Prize for Literature, 2018

July 8, 2017

Awards, Competition

The #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature celebrates new writers of African citizenship whose first fiction book (over 30,000 words) was published in the last twenty-four (24) months. For the purposes of this definition,... Read More...

2017 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security In Geneva

July 7, 2017

Awards

In 2015, under the umbrella of its Creativity and Innovation Initiative, the GCSP and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Programme established a prize in order to recognise deserving individuals or organisation... Read More...

Get $100,000 and other goodies: Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Prizes for Science and Technology – Apply Now

July 6, 2017

Awards

DEADLINE: November 30 2017 In recognition of the crucial role of Science and Technology (S&T) towards social and economic development, the IDB has, over the years, diversified and increased its assistanc... Read More...

THE QUEEN’S YOUNG LEADERS Awards 2017 for exceptional young people – Apply Now

July 5, 2017

Awards

Applications to become a 2018 Queen’s Young Leader are open from 29th June – 21st August 2017. We’re looking to award exceptional young people who’ve proved themselves to be inspiring leaders in their commun... Read More...

Aptly described by the Independent newspaper as “a man of many parts”, Prof. Mahfouz A. Adedimeji, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Ahman Pategi University, Patigi, Nigeria, is a Fulbright scholar, interdisciplinary researcher, university don, public affairs analyst, communication consultant, peace advocate, interfaith worker and public intellectual.

He obtained his academic degrees from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, where he was a Professor of English (Pragmatics and Applied Linguistics) before his appointment as Vice Chancellor. He started his academic career in 2000 at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, shortly after which he joined the services of his alma mater, the University of Ilorin.

A man of eclectic academic background, Prof. Adedimeji was educated in Arabic and Islamic Studies at Markaz Shabaabil Islam, Iwo, Osun State and Markaz Ta’aleemil Araby, Agege, Lagos. He obtained advanced training in Education, Political Science, Communication and Media, Research and Peace Studies at the National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Virtual Institute for Higher Education Pedagogy (VIHEP); the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa (VIHEAF); Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, USA; University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana; and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, USA.

Apart from serving as a cultural ambassador to the US under the auspices of the Institute of International Education (IIE), New York, Prof. Adedimeji had won or co-won the research and conference awards/grants of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) of the National Research Council, Nigeria, the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). He has written extensively for a wide range of newspapers and periodicals including “Unilorin Bulletin”, “Unilorin Watch”, “DeLight”, “National Pilot”, “Daily Independent”, “Newswatch Times”, “New York Parrot” and “New Telegraph”, among others.

A versatile academic and award-winning scholar, Prof. Adedimeji has attended academic conferences and undertaken research in several universities across Nigeria as well as in Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Australia, France and United States of America, among others. His hundreds of academic, Islamic and general/opinion articles have been published across outlets in Nigeria and beyond. He has also facilitated and participated in seminars and workshops both nationally and internationally.

A former Deputy Director/ Head of the Directorate of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Adedimeji was the Director of the Centre for Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, between 2013 and 2017. Apart from serving as Rappouteur-General to the Presidential Committee that organised the 2017 Federal Executive Council’s Retreat on Education in Nigeria, he has consulted for the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Nigeria Inter-religious Council (NIREC), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence and Corps (NSCDC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

For years, he was a Coordinator and Facilitator of the Executive Management Course of the Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) and Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Peace, Security and Development”, University of Ilorin. He has also served as a resource person to agencies like the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Institute for Security Studies as well as a number of Civil Society Organisations.

He is a recipient of several awards and honours including those of the International Chartered World Learned Society, American Biographical Institute, National Congress of Nigerian Students (NACONS), Union of Campus Journalists, University of Ilorin, the Nigerian Army Education Corps, Postgraduate Students Association, UNILORIN, Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), UNILORIN, Students’ Union, UNILORIN, and National Association of Osun State Students (NAOSS), just to mention a few.

A Fellow of bodies like the Institute of Corporate Administration, Nigeria, Society for Peace Studies and Practice and World Institute for Peace, Prof. Adedimeji is a former Member of the Governing Council of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) and Member of the Executive Council of the English Scholars’ Association of Nigeria (ESAN). He has written, co-written, edited and co-edited more than a dozen books.

Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018, Germany

ESAN 36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE – Call for Papers

Commonwealth PhD Scholarships (for low and middle income countries)

AussieWritings Essay Writing Contest 2018

Win $10,000 in The Yale Drama Series Prize for Emerging Playwrights 2018

Win up to €6,000 in Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award 2017

Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders 2017: the global awards for local peacebuilders – Apply Now

English Postgraduate Essay Competition 2017

Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship 2017 – Apply Now

Win $4000 in the 44th New Millennium Writing Awards – Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction & Flash Fiction

African Fact-Checking Awards for African Students and Journalists 2017

Online News Association – MJ Bear Fellowship 2017

Win £15,000 and other prizes in the upcoming Etisalat Prize for Literature, 2018

2017 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security In Geneva

Get $100,000 and other goodies: Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Prizes for Science and Technology – Apply Now

THE QUEEN’S YOUNG LEADERS Awards 2017 for exceptional young people – Apply Now