Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
Submissions are now open for the Children’s Prize, a global competition aimed at individuals with a scientific mindset and a strong dedication to improving child health through measurable impact. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to data-driven methods and a desire to verify the results of their interventions.
Every day, more than 13,000 children under five die worldwide. The Children’s Prize seeks to address this crisis by supporting initiatives that make a proven difference. For the 2025 edition, the focus is on projects that invest in resilient, hard infrastructure—physical systems and structures that are essential for the functioning of communities and sustaining child health.
Examples of hard infrastructure include buildings and health facilities, energy systems, clean water and sanitation, transportation networks, communication systems, and environmental protections like flood control. The Prize prioritizes long-term, tangible solutions that provide essential services to improve child health outcomes.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a second round in November, with the final winner announced in December. The winner will receive a $165,000 grant to implement their proposed project.
The competition is open to individuals and organizations from anywhere in the world.
The Children’s Prize contest (aka “the Prize”) is open to all individuals, worldwide. The prize funds may only be used for charitable purposes, subject to expenditure responsibility.
Determination of eligibility is at the sole discretion of the Children’s Prize Foundation (the “Prize Administrators” or “contest administrators”). Employees of, or any person associated with, the business operations of the Prize Administrators and their family members, may not compete for the Prize.
These guidelines are not a contract, nor do the Prize Administrators have any legal obligations to applicants. The selection methods chosen and all decisions regarding the selection process of the Prize are at the sole discretion of the Prize Administrators. The Prize Administrators reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to not award the Prize if they deem that no entry meets the goals of the Prize.
By entering the Prize contest, the applicant agrees that all material submitted to the Prize may be publicly showcased and shared by the Prize Administrators to promote the charitable actions proposed therein, the applicants, and/or the Prize itself. By entering, the applicant further agrees that Prize Administrators may edit, modify, merge, reproduce, translate, publicly and digitally display and redistribute the submitted materials in any form, and represents that the applicant possesses the authority to grant these rights to the Prize Administrators.
Applicants will retain all rights, title, and interest in the submitted materials not granted herein. Applicants agree that the Prize Administrators have no obligation of confidentiality or limitation of use on the submitted materials, notwithstanding any captions or markings attached thereto, except for information clearly designated as private by the Prize Administrators on Prize entry forms. Private fields will only be visible to the Prize Administrators and judges, and will not be shared publicly.
For more information, visit Children’s Prize Foundation.
Related Sample Grant Proposals:
- A Sample Grant Proposal on “Resilient Roads to Recovery: Enhancing Child Health with Emergency Transport Infrastructure in Underserved Areas”
- A Sample Grant Proposal on “Building Health from the Ground Up: Strengthening Child Survival through Community Infrastructure”
- A Sample Grant Proposal on “Safe Water, Strong Futures: A Sanitation-Based Approach to Reducing Child Mortality”
- A Sample Grant Proposal on “Bridging Gaps in Child Healthcare Access through Rural Health Facility Development”
- A Sample Grant Proposal on “Powering Hope: Solar-Powered Clinics for Improved Pediatric Health Outcomes”
