The Zayed Sustainability Prize has announced its finalists for the 2027 edition, selected from a record 10,233 submissions across 177 countries. This figure represents a 32% increase in applications compared to the previous year.
The competition covers six categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools. For the 2027 cycle, all finalists are guaranteed financial support to help scale their solutions.
Organizational finalists in the first five categories will receive $100,000 each, while Global High Schools finalists are awarded $25,000 each. Category winners will receive $1 million and $150,000, respectively.
The winners will be officially announced on January 12, 2027, during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Since its inception, the prize has impacted more than 411 million lives globally.
