Deadline: 23rd June 2025
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is the UAE’s pioneering global award that recognises and rewards small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs), nonprofit organisations (NPOs), and global high schools with impactful, innovative, and inspiring sustainable solutions.
The Prize honours the humanitarian and sustainability legacy of the UAE’s founding father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. To date, we have awarded 128 winners and through them we have transformed the lives of over 400 million people.
Categories
- Health
- Food
Combatting Food Insecurity – The Food category is open to organisations with innovative sustainable solutions that boost agricultural productivity, ensure the sustainability of food systems and reduce hunger and malnutrition.
- Energy
- Climate Action
- Global High Schools
- Health US $1,000,000
- Food US $1,000,000
- Energy US $1,000,000
- Water US $1,000,000
- Climate Action US $1,000,000
- Global High Schools US $900,000
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- Divided amongst six schools; awarding each US $150,000: Regions: The Americas, Europe & Central Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia & Pacific
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EligibilityÂ
- Organisations must be a small or medium sized enterprise (SME) or a non-profit organisation (NPO).
- Organisations must also demonstrate a clear vision and long-term plan to further deploy their solution and scale up their impact, as well as inspiring others to follow suit by advancing sustainable and human development.
For more information and application.