Funder
The Frontiers Planet Prize
Added date
08/09/2022
Closing date
31/10/2022
Call summary
The Frontiers Research Foundation has now introduced the Frontiers Planet Prize, which encourages breakthroughs in sustainability science, to accelerate the development of the solutions that will restore and ensure a healthy planet. The Foundation hopes to achieve its mission by sponsoring this new international competition, that will recognise breakthroughs by awarding three prizes of CHF 1 million each.
Scientific scope
The Prize will recognize, encourage, and reward exceptional scientists whose work could have a measurable potential to help humanity stay within one or more of the nine planetary boundaries detailed by Professor Johan Rockström, Co-Chairman of the Earth Commission, and Owen Gaffney, in their book and documentary on Breaking Boundaries.
PI eligibility
The University is allowed to submit up to three applications for this prize. Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls procedure.
To take part in the internal selection process please submit the following to researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk by 31 October 2022:
Application form (completed)
A support letter from the relevant Head of Department/Centre/Institute
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