January 20, 2026
December 9, 2025
1,500,000 SEK
Since the first award in 1990 the Volvo Environment Prize has become one of the scientific world’s most respected environmental prizes.
No self-nominations.
Can be a group or individual.; Activities for which nominations can be made is wide and includes all disciplines which have relevance to the environment.
Nominations should have:
– A short letter of motivation.
– A detailed description of the research the nominee has conducted and how it adds to our knowledge around environmental science.
– Main achievements and their importance should be emphasized.
– Emphasis must also be placed on the impacts of the research outside of the particular discipline e.g. impacts on policy development, impacts on sustainability and/or contribution to changed behaviour.
– CV of the nominee + list of published paper/s and links if available.
– Letter/s of reference. Maximum 3 letters written by someone other than the nominator.
– Nominations should be submitted in English using the official form available at www.environment-prize.com. When not feasible, please contact the secretariat [email protected]
When submitting nominations for a group of named individuals please send one nomination for each person (maximum 3 persons) and specify in the description of achievements that the nomination is for a shared prize.
A nomination remains valid for three years.
Please note that self-nominations are not accepted.
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