Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF) Annual Essay Competition 2025

The Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF) hereby launch the ZNF Annual Essay Competition for the year 2025. In this essay, authors are to discuss the importance of collaboration (whether with colleagues, industry, within and cross institutions, local or international) in career advancement. Authors are encouraged to use examples to reinforce their essay. The essay to be submitted must be original and that of the authors. However, we encourage all authors to use this opportunity to learn to seek feedback from peers or mentors.

Essay Topic: The importance of collaboration in career advancement

• Table of Content
• About Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF)
• Essay Competition
• Aim and Benefits of Essay Competition
• Requirements for Essay Competition Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Essay Competition
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF)

The goal of the Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF) is to advance education at all levels through seminars and learning activities, mentorship, and scholarship thereby help people to access career opportunities. We believe that humanity must invest in educating itself in order to prepare for the challenges of tomorrow, and that achieving a highly educated society is an indispensable approach to solving most societal problems... continue reading

Essay Competition

Application Deadline	31 May 2025
Type	Contest
Sponsor	Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Essay Competition

1st Prize - N100,000 (Fifty thousand Naira)
2nd Prize - N75,000 (Forty thousand Naira)
3rd Prize - N50,000 (Thirty thousand Naira)

+ 2 Honorable Mentions (at N25,000 each)

*NOTE - Collusion or plagiarism will lead to automatic disqualification. Essays written with AI will score low

Requirements for Essay Competition Qualification

• The author must be an undergraduate in any Nigerian university (private or public).
• Individuals that would have completed NYSC by May 31 2025 are not eligible to apply.
• Only one submission is permitted per author.
• Essays that do not conform to the essay specifications below will be deemed ineligible.
• Only submissions made using this form will be considered. Unsolicited emailing of the essay to the foundation is not allowed.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Essay Competition

ESSAY SPECIFICATIONS
1. Essay should be a maximum of 2,000 words (excluding references if included)
2. Essay document layout should be: font size - 12, font type - Arial and line spacing - 1.5

TIMELINE
Submission deadline/closing date - May 31, 2025
Result announcement - August 1, 2025

EVALUATION/REVIEW

• Each essay will be reviewed by at least two persons who will assign scores (in percent) as follows:
• Adherence to essay specifications = 10
• Organization/structure/logical flow = 10
• Clearly outlined opportunities (with explanations) = 20
• Clearly outlined threats (with explanations) = 25
• Use of solid examples to buttress points = 10
• Grammatical and spelling correctness = 15
• Solid convincing conclusions = 10
• Evidence of plagiarism or reliance on AI = Disqualification

Application Deadline

May 31, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Zeribe Nwosu Foundation (ZNF) on docs.google.com to apply