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Prizes

The Earthshot Prize

Status

Status not published

Annual cycle; the next awards ceremony is scheduled for Mumbai in November 2026. Nomination windows are run through Official Nominators rather than open self-application.

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Amount
£1,000,000

Cash prize, non-dilutive: 'five Winners each receive a transformative £1 million to help take their work to the next level'. Five winners each year across five categories (Protect and Restore Nature, Clean Our Air, Revive Our Oceans, Build a Waste-Free World, Fix Our Climate), with 15 finalists celebrated annually. Winners may be companies, cities, governments or coalitions, not only startups.

Funder

The Earthshot Prize (registered charity, founded by Prince William and The Royal Foundation)

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Annual cycle; the next awards ceremony is scheduled for Mumbai in November 2026. Nomination windows are run through Official Nominators rather than open self-application.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Not restricted to startups — winners can be organisations, cities, coalitions or treaties. Entry is by nomination only, via 'hundreds of hugely experienced Official Nominators worldwide'.

How to apply

  1. Solutions are surfaced by The Earthshot Prize's network of Official Nominators worldwide; self-nomination is not accepted. — link
  2. Nominated solutions are assessed and 15 finalists are selected each year.
  3. Five winners are announced at the annual awards ceremony and each receives £1 million.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://earthshotprize.org/the-prize/about/

"five Winners each receive a transformative £1 million to help take their work to the next level"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: earthshotprize.org

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