The Earth Prize is a global competition challenging teenage students to develop and propose the best solutions to accelerate positive change towards environmental sustainability.

Eligibility criteria

• Being born between 2006 and 2012, from anywhere in the world
• Being registered in a school or educational programme (secondary school)
• Participants can be an individual student or a team of up to five students collaborating on a submission (students from different institutions can be part of the same team)
• Participants are encouraged to have an assigned adult Supervisor for their team to register.
• Past Participants are welcome to register, provided they present a different project.

How to participate

Students can propose solutions to accelerate positive change towards environmental sustainability. Proposals must be in English. Register here

Awards

• Seven teams will be “The Earth Prize Regional Winners” and will receive an award of $12,500
• Three mentors will be recognised as Mentor of the Year, each receiving a prize of $2,500.

Deadline: 10 January 2026, 23:59 (CET).

Read more here.

Opportunity offered by: The Earth Prize