Allianz Climate Risk Research Award 2026 for PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers (monetary award & funded trip to Munich, Germany)

Application Deadline: August 31, 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 Allianz Climate Risk Research Award. The Allianz Climate Risk Award connects main local weather threat researchers with the insurance coverage business — from scientific perception to real-world resilience. Launched in 2017, the Allianz Climate Risk Award celebrates scientists firstly of their profession whose work sheds mild on the nexus between local weather change and excessive climate occasions.

Requirements

The Allianz Climate Risk Award is a worldwide award open to PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers whose analysis focuses on: 

• Understanding and mitigating the danger of maximum climate occasions which are intensified by local weather change; 
• Fostering resilience by making use of technological options.

Global Award

The centerpiece of this system. 10 candidates are shortlisted by a jury of consultants from business and academia and their work is revealed in a Compendium on allianz.com. Out of the ten shortlisted candidates, the top-three finalists are chosen  and invited to Munich to current their analysis on the Allianz Climate Risk Award occasion on December 03, 2026. A jury of Allianz world senior management members and exterior consultants selects the general winner.
 

•  Focus: Physical local weather threat — from excessive climate occasions to sensible resilience options
•  Prize: €7,000 (winner) | €3,000 (finalists)

Thematic Spotlight Award: Allianz Trade

Introduced in 2025 and sponsored by Allianz Trade. The award acknowledges analysis linking local weather change and excessive climate to world commerce, commerce credit score, and provide chains. The winner is chosen via a devoted Allianz Trade digital occasion and presents in Munich on December 03, 2026. 
 

• Focus: Climate impacts on world commerce and provide chains 
• Prize: €7,000 (winner)

Selection Process
 All functions are reviewed and shortlisted by a jury of senior consultants.

Only functions with complete submission paperwork despatched to [email protected] by the required deadline will be thought of for the Allianz Climate Risk Award

For the Global Award, out of the ten shortlisted candidates, the highest three finalists are invited to current their analysis on the Climate Risk Award occasion on December 03, 2026 in Munich. A jury of senior leaders and consultants will decide the winner.

Allianz Trade will decide the winner of the Thematic Spotlight Award in a digital occasion to happen in autumn forward of the worldwide occasion. The winner is invited to the gobal occasion in Munich on December 03, 2026, to current their analysis.

Allianz Asia-Pacific will host a regional occasion on October 26, 2026, in Singapore to decide the winner of the Regional Spotlight Award.  

The winners of the thematic and regional awards are invited to the worldwide occasion on December 03, 2026, to current their analysis in Munich.

Application Process:

• Core of your application needs to be a short (max. 800 phrases) non-technical essay that outlines your analysis concept and highlights central findings. Please refer to the Compendium 2025 to discover some examples.
• To submit your application, please ship the stuffed out and signed kinds in addition to the required supporting paperwork, incl. essay, CV, reference letter, to [email protected]. 

Application Timeline:

• Call for papers – July 01, 2026
• Submission deadline – August 31, 2026
• Announcement of the finalists – late September 2026
• Singapore Award occasion –  October 26, 2026
• Munich Award occasion – December 03, 2026

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Allianz Climate Risk Research Award