Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Online
Overview
Help us find the Food Planet heroes.
Details
Do you have an idea that could solve the dilemma of feeding a growing population on a warming planet? Do you know of an innovation that has the potential to sustainably transform the food system? Give it a chance to win the world’s biggest environmental Prize and nominate it below for the Food Planet Prize. Every year, the Prize awards one initiative with 2 million USD to speed up and broaden their application.
We look for brilliant concepts and projects all year round and welcome nominations from all over the world. Anyone can submit one’s own initiative or someone else’s, single or multiple nominations.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Nominees can be individuals, groups, organizations or businesses fully committed to sustainable food or distinctly identified projects implemented by existing companies and institutions. We welcome a broad range of initiatives. They can be science-based or derived from practice, industrial or crafts-based, entrepreneurial or institutional, behavioral, or high-tech. Still, they must have the potential for broad scaling and application.
Our Jury will evaluate the nominated initiatives against six criteria, including feasibility, scalability, and potential for systemic change. Each nominee gets several opportunities to win, as this year's nominations will also be considered for future editions of the Prize.
Evaluation Criteria
- Relevance – focus area and intended impact. Which food system problem is addressed and what particular change is aimed at?
- Innovation – novel thinking and/or practice. How does the initiative differ from the current methods and why does it matter?
- Time to impact – Significant impact within ten years or faster. What stage is the initiative in right now, and how long until full-scale application in the best-case scenario?
- Scalability – Capacity to scale broadly. How broadly can the initiative be applied nationally, regionally, and globally? The challenge is global, this is why the solutions must be able to scale broadly.
- Evidence – Proof that the initiative works or may work. What theoretical underpinning or practical/operational evidence is there?
- Systemic impact – Effects in a broader context. Does the initiative bring about additional economic, environmental, social, or health advantages?
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
Reward
Two US 2$ million prizes annually.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
