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Dubai Future Foundation

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 23 Sep

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: a CV, a LinkedIn profile and a work sample such as a paper, report, translation or design portfolio to upload
you are an expert in your field, or have strong writing, editing, design, research or translation skills in English or Arabic
Where: Remote, from anywhere

A pool of outside experts, researchers, writers, editors, designers and translators that the Dubai Future Foundation may invite onto short, paid research projects under contract, working from anywhere. Joining does not guarantee any work.

The facts

What you get: Paid per project at rates agreed for each project; no amount is published
Where: Remote, from anywhere
How long: Short-term projects, only when you are invited
What it costs you: Nothing

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point. In their words, what it costs you: Nothing.

What they ask for

a CV, a LinkedIn profile and a work sample such as a paper, report, translation or design portfolio to upload
you are an expert in your field, or have strong writing, editing, design, research or translation skills in English or Arabic
you need a computer to fill in the form and upload files

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.

The application takes real work, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

CV or resumeOne or two pages. No CV yet? Our CV starter builds a plain one from your answers.
Portfolio or work samplesA few of your best pieces, with a line on what you did in each.

In their words: “CV (PDF or DOC, up to 2 MB), up to 3 work samples (PDF, up to 15 MB), LinkedIn profile link, portfolio or website link”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: The programme page and application form show no closing date; applications are taken on a rolling basis.

3. What it costs you

Nothing.

Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp

The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for a network

General advice from us, the same for every network. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Say what you can offer the group as well as what you hope to get.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on Dubai Future Foundation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

Go to the application

How we checked this

This was opened and verified at Dubai Future Foundation's own website on 23 September 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.