Mobilizing science
for a global green renaissance
Congratulations to our 2nd edition International Champions!
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Argentina
“The direct drivers of recent global anthropogenic biodiversity loss”
Dr Pedro Jaureguiberry
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (CONICET-UNC) -
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Germany
“The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt”
Prof Dr Peter Haase
Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Three prizes of 1 million USD awarded annually
We are confronted with an environmental crisis on a planetary scale, creating a threat for humanity. Even though human activity that is destabilizing the global ecosystem is a more serious threat to life on the planet and a far more challenging problem to solve than the COVID-19 pandemic, we should learn from how hard the world fought the pandemic - successfully align on declaring a global state of emergency, triggering a race for technological solutions, and implement science-based global policies that bring about the needed behavioral changes.
Launched by the Frontiers Research Foundation in 2022, The ambition of the Frontiers Planet Prize is to directly address the planetary crisis, by mobilizing scientists engaged in breakthrough research, with the greatest potential to stabilize the planet’s ecosystem.
Each annual edition recognizes a National Champion in each participating country and awards three prizes of 1 million US dollars each of the three International Champions, selected by an independent Jury of 100 led by Professor Johan Rockstrom. The prize money is used to accelerate the award-winning research, expanding and elevating its impact on a global scale.
Only inspired science, technological breakthroughs and widespread global action can spark off a green renaissance at the scale required.
610
institutions
68
countries
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National Champions
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International Champions
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How will this initiative help to ensure we live healthy lives on a healthy planet?
In order to mobilize nations and the global community of scientists conducting research on the planetary boundaries, the Frontiers Research Foundation, created the Frontiers Planet Prize on Earth Day, 2022– a global competition for scientists and research institutions to propose solutions to help the planet remain within the safe operating space of any one or more of the 9 planetary boundaries. Each annual edition awards three prizes of one million US dollars to three International Champions, to recognize, accelerate, and scale up their research
Our ambition
To develop an international competition to mobilize the global scientific community, make it compete at the highest level of excellence, and contribute to the acceleration of concrete solutions to the challenges defined by the 9 planetary boundaries.
Mission
Vision
A world where scientists, institutions, and nations race to find scientific solutions that keep us within the boundaries of the planet's ecosystem.
