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I am proud to work with the 100 eminent scientific scholars to award science on integrated research on planetary boundaries. We can all be stewards of the planet for people’s future.”

Johan Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Chairman of the Frontiers Planet Prize Jury of 100

The real prize is
our planet’s future

The Frontiers Planet Prize – three prizes of 1 million USD every year – is awarded to research with the greatest potential to address the ecological crisis. It’s the world’s biggest prize for transformative, science-based breakthroughs to enable healthy lives on a healthy planet.

But the ultimate goal, the real prize, is the difference the funding can have in advancing the transformational breakthroughs proposed by the winning scientists.

Every nomination, based on evidence and rigorous review, is widely accepted by the leading experts in its field. This global recognition helps build scientific consensus, and can pave the way to a healthy, positive future by resolving the environmental threats we all face. 

Why climate action
needs to happen faster

Our Earth system has limits that cannot be crossed – defined as the 9 planetary boundaries. Breaching them would mean irreversible, runaway, environmental change to our planet’s ecosystem.

By rallying the scientific community, the Frontiers Planet Prize is speeding up the search for ways to keep us within the safe operating space for a stable and resilient Earth. 

The planet has seen this approach succeed before

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the world and claimed the lives of millions. This triggered a united, global race for both solutions and the implementation of science-based policies.

That approach led to the fastest vaccine development in human history.

The same accelerated process must be applied to planetary health. With this in mind, on Earth Day 2022 the Frontiers Research Foundation created the Frontiers Planet Prize as a catalyst for urgent change. 

Making a tangible difference to science

The prize underlines the urgent need for greater public and private sector action for planetary health science in every country. It gives science a seat at the table, helping to inform policy and ultimately support the adoption of scientific breakthroughs.

Why the prize was created

Science is needed to transform our fossil fuel-based, biodiversity-degrading, hyper-industrialised societies into healthy ones. I see our mission as the spark that ignites a much needed green renaissance for our modern, 21st-century world.

Prof Jean-Claude Burgelman, Director of the Frontiers Planet Prize

What the Frontiers Planet Prize has achieved in just three years

Our strategic partners

We partner with leading organizations that align with the mission of the Frontiers Planet Prize. Their expertise, network, and outreach help to amplify scientists’ work at a global level.