Nominations are welcomed for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2026. Click here to learn more about this award and nomimate an individual for it.
About Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: April 28, 2025
- Application Deadline: May 02, 2025
- Category: Contest
The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is the world's longest running and most prestigious annual environmental award. Often called the "Nobel Prize for the environment," the Prize is awarded annually to scientists, ecologists, economists, policymakers, or organizations that have delivered environmental solutions with measurable global impact.
Benefits of Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
- Recipients of the Tyler Prize are honored in a ceremony in which they are presented with the Tyler Prize medallion, plaque, and an award of USD $250,000.
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement Requirements
- Nominations and nominees are welcome from any part of the world.
- The work of nominees is expected to:
- Be based on strong science, including natural and/or social sciences
- Address global inequalities and solutions
- Demonstrate measurable and scalable impacts) on policy and/or practice
- Demonstrate engagement with younger generations
Application Date and Process
Nomination
Make sure you have the following information about your nominee before you get started:
- Full names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of nominee and nominator.
- A one to two-page summary of the individual's or organization's accomplishments, discovery, improvement, or other contribution for which the award is proposed, including links to appropriate websites and works.
- Alist of 3 to 5 individuals who would be ready to provide reference letters if the nomination is advanced to the short list. Include a contact name, organization, and email address for each reference. References will be expected to provide specific information about the impact of the nominee's work as well as the other criteria for the Prize.
- Where the nominee is an individual (rather than an institution), submit a short Curriculum Vitae (CV) and include links, if available, to appropriate publications, reports, and websites featuring the unique contributions) for which the nomination is being made.
- Where the nomination for an organization, provide a brochure or datasheet, links to the website, all relevant data, and any additional information in support of the nomination.
- All nomination documents must be assembled into one document, in either Microsoft Word or PDF format.
- A file names must include the name of the nominee and nomination year (e.g. JoannaSmith2026, ACME2026).
Nominations close on 11:59 (ET), May 2, 2025. Nominators whose nominees advance to the shortlist will be notified by June 20, 2025.
Application Deadline
02 May, 2025
Scholarship Application Portal
View details of
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Apply for Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
