2025 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security (CHF 10,000 award) Deadline: 25 September, 2025

Applications are open for the GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security 2025. Launched in 2015 as part of the GCSP’s Creativity and Innovation Initiative, the GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security recognises groundbreaking contributions that address the world’s most pressing security challenges.

Organised by GCSP’s Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, this prestigious annual award celebrates individuals and organisations that are advancing bold, creative, and impactful solutions in the field of global security. Open to all disciplines and sectors, the prize highlights the most inspiring and original achievements of the year – whether through new initiatives, technological innovations, research publications, or institutional accomplishments.

Prize

• The first-place laureate receives a CHF 10,000 cash award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to global peace and security.

Eligibility

• The prize is awarded for projects by any individual, group of individuals, or organisation (from private or public sectors), which contribute to global security and have been submitted for consideration according to these rules and regulations.
• Applications may come from any country, but the projects should go beyond national borders in their reach or thinking and seek to address global security in innovative ways or through new ideas. A broad range of projects could qualify for consideration, including, but not limited to, technological and conceptual innovations, original research, or grassroots initiatives.
• The prize is intended to encourage and recognise excellence in contributing to new approaches to enhancing sustainable global security.
• Employees and staff of the GCSP, as well as their family members, are not eligible participants.

Application

The deadline for applications is Thursday, 25 September 2025 at 23:59 UTC+2. The winners will be announced in November 2025.

Applications must be submitted via the online application form in order to be considered for the prize, and shall include:

• a project abstract of 250 words maximum;
• a well-developed project description which should not exceed 750 words in length;
• a description of the technical process of the project submitted (if applicable);
• an estimate of the budget required for the project;
• an explanation of how the project provides a novel contribution to the field of global security;
• a description of the short-term and long-term impact of the project in the field of global security;
• up to five image files (optional).

Deadline: September 25, 2025

For more information, visit GCSP Prize.