Applications Invited for Earthna Prize 2026

About the Organization

Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future (Earthna) is a non-profit policy research and advocacy center, established by Qatar Foundation (QF) to promote and enable a coordinated approach to environmental, social, and economic sustainability and future prosperity. We are a facilitator of sustainability efforts and action, and a convenor of climate change thinking and action, in Qatar and other hot and arid countries.

Our roots are anchored in supporting Qatar's ambition to enhance sustainability through our work, which aims to inform national and global policy. We bring together Qatar’s community of technical experts, academia, government and non-government organizations, businesses and civil society, and collaborate with leading international organizations to enhance the country’s sustainability efforts, and foster collaboration, innovation and positive change. We are committed to combining modern thinking with traditional knowledge, contributing to the well-being of society by creating a legacy of sustainability within a thriving natural environment.

About the Prize

The Earthna Prize honors and promotes the important role of the knowledge passed down through generations in addressing the pressing environmental issues of our time. The prize strives to support projects and organizations that preserve, integrate, and adopt traditional knowledge and cultural heritage to tackle contemporary sustainability challenges.  First launched on Earth Day, April 22, 2024, Earthna Prize attracted hundreds of applications from over 100 countries, affirming Earthna’s conviction that traditional knowledge and cultural heritage are not merely objects of preservation but active resources for contemporary sustainability problems.

The inaugural Earthna Prize winners and finalists, announced in 2025, reflect the range of approaches the Prize seeks to elevate, from water conservation and ancestral ecological models to traditional architecture and urbanism, community-led fisheries management, and more. 

Benefits:

With a prize pool of US $1 million, four winners are able to use the award to support the development, continuation, and scaling of their work. 

Focus areas

• Water systems
• Food systems
• Terrestrial ecosystems
• Marine and Coastal ecosystems
• Built environments

Eligibility

Earthna invites organizations and teams that seek to curate, administer, perpetuate, and preserve systems of traditional knowledge. This encompasses a diverse range of organizations, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), and private sector entities.

The Earthna Prize acknowledges champions who actively promote and apply the inclusion of traditional knowledge in developing solutions and supporting policymaking processes. We also value efforts focused on preserving and adopting traditional sustainability knowledge and practices. Organizations that support underserved communities at the local level in their respective countries are also encouraged to apply. Moreover, we seek applicants who respond to the needs of local communities by fostering relationships of trust, facilitating networking, and promoting collaboration between local and global processes.

Applicant

• Potential Earthna Prize candidates can only be initiatives/projects under a legally incorporated entity.
• Applicants for the Earthna Prize can be from any region of the world, including projects operational in 44 economies designated by the United Nations as the least developed countries (LDCs).

How to Apply

Please click here to submit your application. Submission deadline: July 20, 2026

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