World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Scholarships

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  • • WIPO PCT Fellowship Program for Graduate Students 2025

    • The PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) Translation Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) organizes a Fellowship Program for assistant terminologists, translators, post-editors, translation technologists, and technical specialists, with the aim of providing training and on-the-
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  • • Apply Now: 2025 WIPO Global Awards for Entrepreneurs Worldwide

    • Every year the WIPO Global Awards celebrate small businesses, start-ups and university spinouts that leverage Intellectual Property (IP) backed innovation and creativity in an exceptional manner to achieve business goals and improve society. The WIPO Global Awards are celebrating your achievement
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  • • WIPO 2025 Global Awards for Small Businesses

    • Every year the WIPO Global Awards celebrate small businesses, start-ups and university spinouts that leverage Intellectual Property (IP) backed innovation and creativity in an exceptional manner to achieve business goals and improve society. The WIPO Global Awards are celebrating your achievement
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  • • Apply Now: World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition

    • The World IP Day 2025 Youth Video Competition celebrates the role that music and intellectual property (IP) rights play in our lives. The Competition invites individuals or group participants to submit a 60 to 90-second video that captures the connection between music, IP rights, innovatio
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  • • WIPO Intellectual Property (IP) Labs 2.0 Acceleration Program for Nigerian Startups 2024

    • IP Labs is a WIPO IP-based capacity-building program for startups in Nigeria. The program models WIPO’s IP management clinics (IPMCs) to empower innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups to harness the power of intellectual property as a business development and financing strategy. It was design
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  • • WIPO IP Management Clinic for SMEs and Start-Ups in the Arab Region 2024

    • The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is excited to announce the launch of its latest edition of the IP Management Clinic (IPMC), specifically designed for SMEs and Startups in the Arab region. Organized in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commis
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  • • WIPO Young Experts Program (Switzerland) 2024

    • The WIPO Young Experts Program (YEP) aims to upskill and expand the capabilities of the next generation of global Intellectual Property (IP) leaders to help build innovation ecosystems around the world. Through this 2-year competitive program, 10 young and talented professionals will work first-h
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  • • Apply Now: WIPO National IP Essay Competition for Nigerian Students 2024

    • Every year on April 26, we celebrate the World Intellectual Property (IP) Day to learn more about the role that IP rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity, and ultimately in shaping our world. This year’s celebration is themed “IP and SDGs: Building Our Common Future with In
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  • • WIPO Academy - [AIP] University Partnerships Program (Zimbabwe) 2024

    • This Master’s Degree is offered jointly with the WIPO Academy, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), and Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe), with financial assistance from the Government of Japan. Subjects covered  Genera
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  • • WIPO Global Awards for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 2024

    • WIPO Global Awards celebrates exceptional enterprises and individuals making smart use of intellectual property for commercialization while also bringing a positive contribution to society through their innovation and creativity. The annual Awards contest is organized for applicants originating f
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  • • WIPO 2024 Young Experts Program for Young Leaders in Intellectual Property

    • Our next Young Experts cohort will join WIPO early 2024 and there will be 11 new assignments. Applications for the 2024 edition of the Young Expert Program are now open. If you are interested in being part of the next YEP cohort, please apply by the 22nd of September 2023. WIPO are investing
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  • • WIPO 2023 Intellectual Property (IP) Labs Program for Nigerian Entrepreneurs

    • Are you an entrepreneur or innovator with a brilliant idea that can help solve real-world problems? The WIPO Intellectual Property (IP) Labs program wants to help you turn your idea into a successful business. The WIPO IP LABS is a project designed by the WIPO Nigeria Office (WNO) in collaboratio
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  • • World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2023 Global Health Innovation Fellowships, India

    • Are you ready to unlock your potential as a young researcher and entrepreneur, bringing to life ideas and innovation at the crossroads of technology, public health, and intellectual property? Applications for the WIPO Global Health Innovation Fellowship are now open The WIPO Global Health Inno
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  • • WIPO 2023 Global Health Innovation Fellowships

    • The WIPO Global Health Innovation Fellowship offers a unique and exciting opportunity for young researchers and entrepreneurs to work with the Department of Biotechnology (Ministry of Science and Technology) as part of its Biodesign Program in India. As a fellow, you will have residency at the India
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  • • WIPO 2023 Training, Mentoring & Matchmaking Program On Intellectual Property for Women Entrepreneurs from Indigenous Peoples And Local Communities

    • Women entrepreneurs from indigenous peoples or local communities, such as artisans, designers, performing artists, researchers, healers, or small-scale farmers, who have a project or business based on traditional knowledge or traditional cultural expressions with an intellectual property component,
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  • • WIPO 2023 National IP Essay Competition for Students in Nigeria

    • Every year on April 26, World Intellectual Property (IP) Day is celebrated to recognize the importance of IP rights in promoting innovation and creativity. This year’s theme, “Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity,” highlights women’s role in driving innovation
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  • • World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition

    • The World Intellectual Property Day 2023 Video Competition is an opportunity for you to share your ideas on how an inclusive innovation ecosystem can unleash the ingenuity and creativity of girls and women to build a better tomorrow for the benefit of all. The best 10 videos will be published on
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  • • WIPO 2023 Global Awards Competition for Entrepreneurs

    • The Global Awards program launched in 2022 is rooted in WIPO’s mission to ensure a world where innovation and creativity from anywhere is supported by intellectual property for the good of everyone. The Global Awards competition aims to encourage the commercialization of IP assets by reward
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  • • WIPO 2022 Scholarship for Master's Degree in Intellectual Property at Tongji University

    • Second edition of the 2022-2023 Master's Degree in Intellectual Property with specialization in Industrial Property is offered jointly with the WIPO Academy and Tongji University (Shanghai, People's Republic of China). The main components covered:  Introduction to Int
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  • • WIPO 2022 Young Experts Program

    • Are you a passionate and talented young individual with the drive to know more about the technical and strategic aspects of Intellectual Property (IP)? Then apply for the WIPO Young Experts Program early 2022 cohort. WIPO is pioneering a Young Experts Program (YEP) to train the next gen
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  • • WIPO 2021-2022 Women Entrepreneurship Program for Indigenous and Local Community

    • Applications are open for the WIPO Indigenous and Local Community Women Entrepreneurship Program 2021. The Program has a practical approach, consisting of two phases: Training phase: The training phase consists of a practical workshop that includes a mixture of short presentations, cas
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  • • WIPO/Africa University 2021 Masters in Intellectual Property Scholarships (Zimbabwe)

    • This Master’s Degree is offered jointly with the WIPO Academy, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), and Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe), with financial assistance from the Government of Japan. Subjects covered  Genera