Deadline: |
21 June 2019.
Location: |
Scotland, the UK.
(Award)
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THE ST ANDREWS PRIZE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT 2020
The primary objective of the Prize is to find innovative solutions to environmental challenges across the world. The solutions should be practical, scalable and able to be replicated in other places, combining good science, economic reality and political acceptability. The Prize offers people from all backgrounds around the world the chance to help transform their environmental ideas into reality and provides a network of connections and support.
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Recognising significant contributions to environmental conservation, since its launch in 1998, the Prize has attracted more than 5,600 entries from around the world and donated more than $2 million USD to environmental initiatives on a wide range of topics including biodiversity, sustainable development, urban regeneration, recycling, health, water and waste, renewable energy and community development.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Agriculture & Food.
- Biodiversity.
- Climate Change Adaptation Community.
- Education.
- Environmental Health.
- Fisheries.
- Health & Wellbeing.
- Land Use & Maintenance.
- Recycling.
- Renewable Energy.
- Sustainable Development.
- Sustainable Use of Natural Resources.
- Urban Regeneration.
- Waste Management.
- Water & Sanitation.
- Wildlife Conservation (including reducing animal-human conflict).
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English.
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ALL WORLD COUNTRIES.
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Finalists will be asked to attend a seminar at the University of St Andrews in February 2020.
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- Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups for this annual prize.
- They welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, disciplines, and regions of the planet
FOR AN APPLICATION FOR THE PRIZE TO BE ELIGIBLE IT MUST:
- Be related to sustainable development and be aligned with the UN Goals for Sustainable Development.
- Be related to community progress allied with smart and innovative development and use of the earth’s environmental resources from air, land, and sea.
- Be replicable from one geographic area to another and ideally be scalable in size.
- Have a clearly defined need for funding that will make a step change to the applicant’s aims.
- Have the ability to inspire others in the field.
- Contribute to the global pursuit of sustainability in the short to long-term.
AN APPLICATION WILL BE INELIGIBLE IF IT IS:
- Focused on a special interest group or is exclusive of particular groups in society.
- A major infrastructure project e.g. construction of a building.
- A regular/annual event that is not connected to a new initiative.
- A project related to political activities, lobbying or religious groups.
- A project that is designed purely for fundraising purposes.
- A research project.
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(Award)
- $100,000 USD for the winner.
- The runner(s)-up will receive $25,000 USD.
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First Step: Review the statements on this page and use the check boxes to confirm the project you are submitting is eligible.
Second Step: Complete the online entry form.
NOTE:
- Applications to the St Andrews Prize for the Environment must be written in clear grammatical English.
- All required sections of the form must be completed and incomplete applications will not be accepted.
- Evidence of the success of the project, both in terms of innovation and tangible outcomes, must be provided.
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This Scholarship Published by:
“Rania Khalaf / Egypt “Reviewed by “ Mohamed Magdi Eweda / Egypt”
MARJ3 Intern
MARJ3 Scholarships team
