Volvo Environment Prize 2027 (SEK 1.5 million) – YOA

Deadline: January 20, 2027

Nominations are open for the Volvo Environment Prize 2027. Since the primary award in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has grow to be one of many scientific world’s most revered environmental prizes. The Volvo Environment Prize goals to acknowledge and help excellent scientific achievements that contribute considerably to environmental stewardship and sustainability.

The Volvo Environment Prize is awarded by an Independent Foundation hosted on the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, a world analysis institute for international sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden.

Prize

• The Prize is awarded yearly and consists of a hand-crafted diploma, a glass sculpture, and a money award of SEK 1.5 million (roughly €135,000 or $142,000). The award ceremony is held in Stockholm or Gothenburg, Sweden, within the fall of every yr.

Eligibility

• Anyone can nominate an individual for the prize.
• The span of disciplines and actions for which nominations will be made is broad and consists of all disciplines which have relevance to the atmosphere.
• The analysis of nominees needs to be primarily based on scientific grounds however should clearly present impacts outdoors of the precise self-discipline.

The two most essential standards are scientific excellence and contributions to resolution-making and coverage. The candidate will need to have an excellent analysis and publication report, and particular consideration is paid to the scientist’s influence.

Nomination

Nominations should embrace the next:

• A brief letter of motivation.
• An in depth description of the analysis the nominee has carried out and the way it provides to the information round environmental science. Main achievements and their significance needs to be emphasised. Emphasis should even be positioned on the impacts of the analysis outdoors of the actual self-discipline e.g. impacts on coverage growth, impacts on sustainability and/or contribution to modified behaviour.
• CV of the nominee + record of revealed paper/s and hyperlinks if accessible.
• Letter/s of reference. Maximum 3 letters written by somebody aside from the nominator.
• Nominations needs to be submitted in English utilizing the official kind. When not possible, contact the secretariat [email protected]
• When submitting nominations for a bunch of named people ship one nomination for every individual (most 3 individuals) and specify within the description of achievements that the nomination is for a shared prize.
• A nomination stays legitimate for 3 years.
• Note that self-nominations will not be accepted.

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For extra data, go to Volvo Environment Prize.