UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation
The UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation is a biennial award “to afford recognition to outstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals, institutes or organizations in the management or preservation of the environment, consistent with the policies, aims and objectives of UNESCO, and in relation to the Organization's programmes in this field”.
This prestigious Prize has been made possible through a generous donation to UNESCO by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of Oman in 1989.
Candidates must have made an outstanding contribution in one of the following fields:
Initiated in 1989 as the 'the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Preservation', it is awarded since 1991 every second year for outstanding contributions by individuals, groups of individuals, institutes or organizations in the field of the environment. It consists of a diploma and a financial reward of US$100,000 and it is awarded during the World Science Forum. In-line with a decision of the UNESCO Executive Board, the title of the Prize is since 2019 slightly modified to read 'The UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation' to better reflect its interdisciplinary nature.
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How to apply
There is currently no open call for nominations.
Nominations for the Prize can only be made by UNESCO Members States with consultation of their National Commissions, and by Non-Governmental Organizations maintaining official partnerships with UNESCO, and active in relevant fields covered by the Prize.
Other interested NGOs, research institutions, universities and individuals, are not eligible to make nominations directly to UNESCO. Therefore, such bodies and individuals are invited to propose their candidate to their country National Commission for UNESCO, which may or may not select it as its formal candidature.
Candidatures should be prepared in English or French. Self-nominations cannot be considered.