The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding impact, innovation, and inspiration, has officially announced that the 2022 edition is now open for submissions. The Zayed Sustainability Prize awards 5 categories:

        Health: This category recognises organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of health that include, but are not limited to:

        Ensuring access to essential and affordable healthcare

        Ensuring access to maternal and new-born healthcare

        Ending epidemics (AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis etc.)

        Preventing and treating water-borne, communicable and non-communicable diseases

        Reducing illness from pollution, hazardous chemicals and contamination

        Food: This category recognises organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of food that include, but are not limited to:

        Decreasing hunger and malnutrition

        Increasing agricultural or other food processing productivity

        Enhancing sustainable food production

        Energy: This category recognises organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of energy that include, but are not limited to:

        Ensuring access to affordable and reliable clean energy

        Increasing production of clean energy

        Improving energy efficiency

        Introducing new forms of clean energy or other technology innovations

        Water: This category recognises organisations that can demonstrate innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability solutions in the areas of water that include, but are not limited to:

        Ensuring access to safe and affordable drinking water

        Ensuring access to sanitation and hygiene

        Increasing water use efficiency

        Improving water quality

        Global High Schools

        The Global High Schools category recognises high schools or secondary schools, from six global geographic regions that propose innovative, impactful and inspirational sustainability projects in the areas of health, food, energy and/or water. The proposed project could be in one area (e.g. water) or a combination of areas (e.g. energy, water, food, and health). The application must be submitted by the students and supported by the school management. The projects must:

        demonstrate how they meet the three criteria: impact, innovation, inspiration; as explained in the Evaluation Criteria section of this page;

        be able to be implemented and operational within one to two years;

        benefit the school community and/or their local/regional community for several years

        In each of the following six global regions:

        The Americas

        Sub-Saharan Africa

        Middle East & North Africa

        Europe & Central Asia

        South Asia

        East Asia & Pacific

Prize Information

The total prize fund is USD 3 million, distributed as follows:

        Energy – $600,000

        Water – $600,000

        Global High Schools – $600,000 – (divided amongst 6 Schools, awarding each up to US$100,000)

Eligibility Criteria

The Zayed Sustainability Prize is open to all entrants other than:

        Board members and employees of Masdar; and

        Anyone who has been involved in organising, promoting or judging the Prize.

        Masdar, the Selection Committee and the Jury reserve the right and have full discretion to reject or not select any submission for any reason that may, in the sole opinion of the Selection Committee, the Jury or Masdar, damage the reputation of the Prize, the UAE, Abu Dhabi or Masdar, or bring the Prize, the UAE, Abu Dhabi or Masdar into disrepute. The decision of the Selection Committee, the Jury or Masdar shall be final and no follow up correspondence shall be replied to.

Deadline: 6-May-21 For more information, visit https://zayedsustainabilityprize.com/en/about/zayed-sustainability-prize