Competition
Global Schools Prize 2027, ten 50,000 dollar category awards and a 500,000 dollar overall prize
Varkey Foundation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 16 December 2026, 53 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- you apply for a school that teaches students up to age 18
- Where
- Any country, applied online
A prize of up to 500,000 dollars for a school doing outstanding work, open to schools in every country.
The facts
- What you get
- 50,000 dollars per category, 500,000 dollars for the overall winner
- Where
- Any country, applied online
- How long
- One application
- What it costs you
- Nothing to apply
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 to apply.
What they ask for
- you apply for a school that teaches students up to age 18
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
The listing does not say what it needs. When you open their page, write down everything it asks for before you start.
2. Dates
- Closes 16 December 2026, in 53 days.
- Aim to send it by 13 December 2026. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
3. What it costs you
- Nothing to apply.
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 competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
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 Varkey 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.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Varkey Foundation's own website on 21 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.