Deadline: 21 May 2020
The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced that its submissions process for the 2021 edition is now open.
The Prize fund comes from the Abu Dhabi Government as a way to honour and continue the sustainability and humanitarian legacy of the founding father of the United Arab Emirates, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.
Established in 2008, this annual award recognises and rewards the achievements of those who are driving impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainability solutions across five distinct categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water and Global High Schools.
Winners of the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2021 will be announced at the annual awards ceremony held during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in January 2021.
Categories
The Zayed Sustainability Prize awards 5 categories:
- Health: This category recognizes organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of health that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to essential and affordable healthcare
- Ensuring access to maternal and new-born healthcare
- Ending epidemics (AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis etc.)
- Preventing and treating water-borne, communicable and non-communicable diseases
- Reducing illness from pollution, hazardous chemicals and contamination
- Food: This category recognizes organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of food that include, but are not limited to:
- Decreasing hunger and malnutrition
- Increasing agricultural or other food processing productivity
- Enhancing sustainable food production
- Energy: This category recognizes organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of energy that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to affordable and reliable clean energy
- Increasing production of clean energy
- Improving energy efficiency
- Introducing new forms of clean energy or other technology innovations
- Water: This category recognizes organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of water that include, but are not limited to:
- Ensuring access to safe and affordable drinking water
- Ensuring access to sanitation and hygiene
- Increasing water use efficiency
- Improving water quality
- Global High Schools
- The Global High Schools category recognizes high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy and/or water. The application must be submitted by the students and supported by the school management. The projects must:
- demonstrate how they meet the three criteria: impact, innovation, inspiration; as explained in the Evaluation Criteria section of this page;
- be able to be implemented and operational within one to two years;
- benefit the school community and/or their local/regional community for several years.
- In each of the following six global regions:
- The Americas
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Middle East & North Africa
- Europe & Central Asia
- South Asia
- East Asia & Pacific
- The Global High Schools category recognizes high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy and/or water. The application must be submitted by the students and supported by the school management. The projects must:
Prize Information
The total prize fund is USD 3 million, distributed as follows:
- Health USD 600,000
- Food USD 600,000
- Energy USD 600,000
- Water USD 600,000
- Global High Schools USD 600,000 (divided amongst six schools; awarding each up to US$100,000)
How to Apply
In order to start your entry, please register an account with the Prize by clicking the ‘Register’ button. An email will be sent to you to verify your email address. After the verification, you can start your entry by logging into the system. For your convenience, you will be able to save and return to your submission form for editing at any time. However, you will not be able to edit your entry after you have submitted it.
For more information, visit https://zayedsustainabilityprize.com/en/about/zayed-sustainability-prize
Thank you very much for the good job you are doing.
NNGOs from South Sudan will the apply ?
Hi Marko Madut Wol,
Unfortunately, South Sudan is not eligible for this program, please explore some great funding opportunity for South Sudan by visiting https://www2.fundsforngos.org/tag/south-sudan/
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Where do I pay the registration fee ?How much is it in Kenya money?I have tried to respond to most of the applications the answer I get is a Draft where I am doing wrong please help me.
Hi Helen,
To get detailed information on how to apply, you can visit the following link: https://masdar.secure.force.com/ZSPHome
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I appreciate your efforts towards poverty eradication in the world. Am sure my Country Uganda can benefit from these grants.
Hi, My name is Bullale and I am from Somaliland. Currently I have started a farm to reduce poverty in the rural area by employing more people and also to increase the household income and food dietary/security. So is it possible for me as a farmer to apply this funding opportunity. Your guidance on this is much appreciated.
Hi Bullale,
Thank you for your interest in the opportunity.
To get detailed information on eligibility criteria and application requirements, please visit the link provided at the end of the post.
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This is a very good opportunity addressing major global issues. Thank you.
Help and assist Africa for its development.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting fundsforNGOs.
fundsforNGOs is a social enterprise that provides fundraising guides, resources, and the latest funding opportunities to help you fundraise better and secure grant funding. We are not a funding organization and we do not provide grants.
Good luck.
Hello,
To find great opportunities for your cause, please visit: https://www2.fundsforngos.org/
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Youth Agriculture for Rural Development (YARD)inc.is a non for profit social entrepreneur solving the problems of hunger, malnutrition and poverty eradication .we trained small holder farmers ,SME with agronomic practices,climatic smart agricultural activities and value addition on cassava, plantains, banana and coconut. Kindly explore the link of application and eligibility criteria
Hello,
For more information regarding eligibility criteria, application process and more, please visit the link provided at the end of the post.
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