Zayed Sustainability Prize — Health category
Zayed Sustainability Prize (United Arab Emirates)
An annual global prize with a Health category awarding US$1,000,000 to an organisation delivering affordable healthcare access in underserved settings. No grant paperwork — a submission-and-jury process.
- Indicative award
- $150k–$1M (total award)US$1,000,000 to each winner in the five main categories (Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action). The separate Global High Schools category awards US$150,000 per winning school across six regions. Total prize fund for the 2027 cycle is stated as US$7.2 million.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, JunNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.The published 2027-cycle window was 26 January 2026 to 22 June 2026 and the FAQ calls the closing date non-extendable, so that window has passed. Shortlist August 2026, finalists September 2026, ceremony January 2027. Expect the next cycle to open in January and close in June; no future date is publ
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner, Mid-career & senior
- Eligibility
- Applicants must be small or medium-sized enterprises or non-profit organisations. A university is not a listed applicant type; the FAQ says only that a research organisation "can be considered" if it meets the Innovation, Impact and Inspiration criteria — so academics realistically enter as partners to an eligible NPO or SME. Submissions are online-portal only.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- healthcare access · climate and health · water and sanitation · food security · clean energy access
- Apply at
- https://zayedsustainabilityprize.com/en/faq
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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