WARESA  invites African students (Bs, Ms, and PhD), researchers, engineers, scientists, academicians, entrepreneurs currently living in any AMERICA country (the list can be found here),  to submit applications for
Awards competition. The main objective of these awards is to recognize and reward excellence in research for both STEM,  Social Sciences fields and humanities fields. The awards celebrates also the non-African who contributed to their success

We have 60 awards for 10 categories (A-J)

[Mix is for mixed category for both male and female and F.O stands for Female Only category]

1 (A-1) Best Undergraduate Student Award /STEM-Mix
2 (A-2) Best Undergraduate Student Award /Social Science-Mix
3 (A-3) Best Undergraduate Student Award /Humanities-Mix
4 (A-4) Best Undergraduate Student Award /STEM-F.O
5 (A-5) Best Undergraduate Student Award /Social Science-F.O
6 (A-6) Best Undergraduate Student Award /Humanities-F.O
7 (B-1) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award /STEM-Mix
8 (B-2) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award/Social Science-Mix
9 (B-3) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award/Humanities-Mix
10 (B-4) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award /STEM-F.O
11 (B-5) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award/Social Science-F.O
12 (B-6) Best Research Paper for Ms Students Award/Humanities-F.O
13 (C-1) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award /STEM-Mix
14 (C-2) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award/Social Science-Mix
15 (C-3) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award/Humanities-Mix
16 (C-4) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award /STEM-F.O
17 (C-5) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award/Social Science-F.O
18 (C-6) Best Research Paper for PhD Students Award/Humanities-F.O
19 (D-1) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award /STEM-Mix
20 (D-2) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award/Social Sience-Mix
21 (D-3) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award/Humanities-Mix
22 (D-4) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award /STEM-F.O
23 (D-5) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award/Social Sience-F.O
24 (D-6) Highest Field Ranking Paper Award/Humanities-F.O
25 (E-1) Most Cited Researcher Award /STEM-Mix
26 (E-2) Most Cited Researcher Award /Social Science-Mix
27 (E-3) Most Cited Researcher Award /Humanities-Mix
28 (E-4) Most Cited Researcher Award /STEM-F.O
29 (E-5) Most Cited Researcher Award /Social Science-F.O
30 (E-6) Most Cited Researcher Award /Humanities-F.O
31 (F-1) Local Language  Proficiency Awards /self-sponsored-Mix
32 (F-2) Local Language Proficiency Awards /self-sponsored-F.O
33 (F-3) Local Language  Proficiency Awards /sponsored-Mix
34 (F-4) Local Language Proficiency Awards /sponsored-F.O
35 (G-1) Best African Students Community Award
36 (G-2) Second Best African Students Community
37 (H-1) African Entrepreneur in AMERICA Award-Mix
38 (H-2) African Entrepreneur in AMERICA  Award-F.O
39 (I-1) African Industry Professional Award-Mix
40 (I-2) African Industry Professional Award-F.O
41 (J-1) Friend of African Award (5 awards )

42 (J-2) Best NGO for Africa Award (5 awards ) 

43 (J-3) Outstanding Embassy Service Award (10  awards )

Applications open date: 29 JUNE 2025

Application close date: 10 SEPTEMBER  2025

Venue: OTTAWA, CANADA

Award Day: Sat, 27 SEPTEMBER 2025

For any questions or inquires, send us an email at [email protected]

To apply or nominate someone, please fill the below form