UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development 2025-2026 ($300,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: October 31, 2025

Nominations are open for the UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development 2025-2026. The UNESCO-Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development was created in 2008 to help the development of educating and studying high quality towards reaching Sustainable Development Goal 4 on training, one in all UNESCO’s priorities. Awarded each two years, the Prize is generously supported by the Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation for Medical and Educational Sciences (Hamdan Foundation).

The Hamdan Foundation was established in 1998 by His Highness the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, former Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates. The Foundation helps academic excellence and the sponsorship of giftedness and innovation, to enhance academic efficiency in all ranges and sectors, honoring all teams and related authorities within the training sector in addition to establishments and people contributing excellent improvements and creations.

Prizes

• The Prize awards US$ 300,000 (divided equally between three winners), who every additionally obtain a certificates. 
• In addition, laureates might profit from elevated visibility, networking alternatives, and worldwide recognition. Laureated initiatives have demonstrated excellent achievements in bettering educating practices and enhancing the standard of educating and studying, together with potential for adaptation and mutual coverage or programmatic studying.

Eligibility

The following organizations, energetic within the subject of educating and studying, are eligible to apply:

• International or nationwide organizations and establishments​
• Governmental or non-governmental organizations​
• Educational or analysis establishments

Projects by people should not eligible and won’t be thought-about.

Nomination

Nominations are requested by way of a nomination type, in both of the next methods:

The nomination type will likely be accomplished by the nominated physique and uploaded by the candidate to the web application. To be eligible, the nomination type should adjust to the Prize eligibility and choice necessities and be accomplished by the next Representatives:

• National Commissions: the nomination type is accomplished by the President or Secretary General of the National Commission.
• NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO: the nomination type is accomplished by the President or Director-General at headquarters. If the NGO has branches, the Head of the NGO department might full the nomination type; nonetheless, a communication confirming that the candidate nomination has been authorised by the chief management at headquarters needs to be joined to the nomination type from the department.

Timeline

• Launch of the decision for nominations and functions: July 2025
• Application submission deadline : 31 October 2025
• Selection assembly of the International Jury: February- March 2026
• Award ceremony and announcement of the laureates of the Prize 2025-2026 Edition: 5 October 2026 on World Teachers’ Day

For extra info, go to UNESCO-Hamdan Prize.