Competition
The Earth Prize 2027
The Earth Foundation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 31 January 2027, 101 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- a teenager, roughly 13 to 19. In the 2026 round the rule was born between 2006 and 2012
- registered in a school or educational programme
- Where
- Online, worldwide
A global environmental sustainability competition for school students. You enter alone or in a team of up to five, submit an idea to solve an environmental problem, and get mentoring from university students along the way. Seven Regional Winners each receive 10,000 US dollars to build their project, and Africa is one of the regions.
The facts
- What you get
- 104,500 US dollars in total. Seven Regional Winners get 10,000 US dollars each to implement their project
- Where
- Online, worldwide
- How long
- Registration, then a Fresh Idea submission, then a Scholars phase and a Regional Winners phase running to an awards ceremony
- Share of the prize or equity they take
- You keep your project. The prize is funding to implement it.
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- a teenager, roughly 13 to 19. In the 2026 round the rule was born between 2006 and 2012
- registered in a school or educational programme
- an internet connection, an email address, and Discord for the mentoring community
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
An online form; it names no documents. Some forms do not save as you go, so set aside time to do it in one sitting.
In their words: “An online registration form, then a written Fresh Idea submitted through the Submissions Portal”
2. Dates
- Closes 31 January 2027, in 101 days.
- On the date, the listing says: Register by 10 January 2027. Submissions close on 31 January 2027.
- Aim to send it by 28 January 2027. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on The Earth Foundation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at The Earth Foundation's own website on 5 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.