Deadline: 14-Jun-22
Entries are now open for the Iris Prize to award three outstanding individuals who best embody the spirit of the Iris Project – championing the protection and restoration of nature, and the rights of those who defend it.
Three grants will be awarded each year in conjunction with a locally-delivered capacity building programme, facilitated by their Advisory Panel.
They recognise that nature restoration takes a variety of forms – from traditional land stewardship, to innovative technological solutions. As such, the Iris Prize will reward new ideas and established projects, hoping to overcome the circumstantial barriers that too often prevent young people from being able to advocate for nature-related change.
Prize Details
The prizes will be structured as such, and awarded alongside a bespoke capacity-building programme for each of their winners:
- The Seed Prize 2022: $5,000 grant
- Awarded for a new idea, not yet established.
- AGES 14-24
- The Stem Prize 2022: $10,000 grant
- Awarded for an existing project, established on a small scale.
- AGES 16-24
- The Iris Prize 2022: $15,000 grant
- Awarded for an established project, with the potential to replicate and scale.
- AGES 16-24
Eligibility Criteria
General
- Do you support the principle of protecting and restoring nature, and the rights of those working to defend it?
- Are you an individual, team or organisation?
- Can you confirm that you are not applying on behalf of a Government organisation?
- Are you currently between the ages of 14-24?
Your project
- Is your (proposed or existing) project run by young people who have (or will have) the responsibility to make organisational-level decisions?
- Is your (proposed or existing) project grassroots and locally-led?
- Does your (proposed or existing) project tackle issues that the local community finds important?
- Is your (proposed or existing) project respectful of diversity and inclusion? E.g. gender and disability. Be prepared to explain how.
- Do you fulfil the criteria of one or more of the following prizes:
- Age 14-24. You have an idea for a project that will protect and / or restore nature, but have not yet set it up.
- Age 16-24. You have started up a project that is trying to protect and / or restore nature, but only on a small scale.
- Age 16-24. You have successfully established a project that functions to protect and / or restore nature, and it has potential to grow and be replicated elsewhere.
For more information, visit https://theirisproject.org/the-prize#the-prize
