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Prizes

The Earthshot Prize

Status

Usually opens in November and December and January

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
£1,000,000

GBP 1m to each of five annual winners, plus tailored support from the Earthshot Prize Global Alliance

Funder

The Earthshot Prize (Royal Foundation)

private · national

Deadline: One call a year — Entry is by nomination from an accredited Nominator organisation, not open application. Nominations open in the winter with winners announced in the autumn.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Open to companies, nonprofits, communities and governments worldwide across five Earthshots

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://earthshotprize.org/

"Each year for the next decade, five solutions will be awarded £1 million and the accolade of becoming one of only 50 winners of The Earthshot Prize."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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