Call for Applications: Young Climate Prize
Contests 18.09.2022The World Around has launched an open call for applications to its inaugural Young Climate Prize. It will provide visibility, support and mentorship for 25 of the world’s most talented and passionate climate designers under the age of 25.
OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The World Around has launched an open call for applications to its inaugural Young Climate Prize. The prize has been designed to invest in the generation born into the climate crisis, and provide visibility, support and mentorship for 25 of the world’s most talented and passionate climate designers under the age of 25. We are looking for young people who are working on their own self-started projects that address, draw attention to or mitigate climate change in their community. The chosen applicants will join a bespoke academy and each be mentored by one of our extraordinary Design Champions – the world’s leading climate-change-focused designers, museum directors, curators, writers and business leaders.
Nominations and applications are open until October 31, 2022.
TIMELINE
STEP 1
PRIZE LAUNCHES
The World Around Young Climate Prize and its international Design Champions are announced
STEP 2
NOMINATIONS + APPLICATIONS OPEN
Open call for nominations and applications to find 25 young climate designers, thinkers, makers and activists under the age of 25
STEP 3
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
Final call for applications is October 31, 2022.
STEP 4
25 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The inaugural cohort of 25 winners into the The World Around Young Climate Prize will be selected by our jury and announced in December 2022.
STEP 5
YOUNG CLIMATE PRIZE ACADEMY BEGINS
The World Around Young Climate Prize academy of lectures, presentations and mentorship runs between January - March 2023.
STEP 5
THE WORLD AROUND SUMMIT 2023
The World Around's annual summit will take place at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Earth Day 2023. A select group of the finalists will join us in New York to present their work.
