Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life (Deadline: 19 September, 2025)

Applications are open for the Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life. Globally, over 13,000 children under the age of five die every day. The Children’s Prize is an open online competition with a mission to advance child health and survival by insisting on impact and data-driven interventions.

This year, they are looking for projects that support resilient, hard infrastructure. Hard infrastructure refers to tangible, physical structures and systems that are essential for an area to function. Key components of hard infrastructure include, but are not limited to: buildings and facilities, energy, water and sanitation, transportation, communication, and other essential systems such as environmental protection systems and flood control systems. The 2025 Children’s Prize will prioritize initiatives that create long lasting resources that play a core role in sustaining child health.

Benefits

• The winner will have the opportunity to enter into a $165,000 grant agreement.

Eligibility

• Open to individuals and organizations globally.
• Proposals will be accepted from non-profits (charities), for profits (companies), government programs, academic institutions, and individuals aged 18 years or older. However, the prize funds may only be used for charitable purposes, as specified in the contest goals.

Application

Deadline: September 19, 2025

The first step is to submit an entry form application detailing your project. This is reviewed and if your entry is selected for the next round, then an email invitation will be sent to you to complete a full prize plan application submission. This is reviewed further and if your plan is selected for the next round, then a finalist email notification will be sent to you to participate in a required QUESTION & ANSWER and JUDGING process.

For more information, see FAQ and visit Children’s Prize.