Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025 (up to $2,500)Deadline: 15 October, 2025

Applications are open for the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize 2025. ICIMOD is seeking to find champions of nature in the region, reward their work, and accelerate their impact by raising their profile, through their annual Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize.

About the Award

In 2022, the Mountain Prize was renamed the Dr Andreas Schild Memorial Mountain Prize in honour of former ICIMOD Director General Andreas Schild, a champion of the mountains of the world and the HKH region, whose impact remains in the hearts of those in the HKH whose lives he touched during his long and illustrious career.

What happens in the HKH region has huge implications for the people and the rest of the world. The snow, ice, and permafrost originating in the HKH provide water to 240 million people in the mountains and a further 1.65 billion people downstream. With the climate crisis already devastating communities across the region, ICIMOD is working to build the public and political will for faster action and greater climate ambition. The Mountain Prize is an effort to empower change and champion resilience in the face of the climate crisis.

Prizes

Two prizes each worth USD $2,500 will highlight key contributions in:

• Glacier Preservation (Glacier Guardians): Honouring individuals or organisations that protect, study, and advocate for the world’s glaciers and the communities whose lives depend on them. This includes groundbreaking scientific research, community-based conservation, impactful storytelling, and innovative awareness campaigns that elevate glaciers on global and regional agendas
• Rangeland Restoration (Rangeland Champions): Recognising those who revitalise degraded rangelands, strengthen pastoral livelihoods, and promote sustainable grazing practices. This category celebrates local knowledge, grassroots action, and scalable solutions that restore mountain rangelands as vibrant, resilient ecosystems—highlighting the momentum towards IYRP 2026.

Eligibility

• Open to outstanding individuals or organisations working with ICIMOD partners or within ICIMOD’s Regional Member Countries (RMCs).
• Nominees must demonstrate clear, documented impacts at the grassroots or community level.
• Activities must show potential for scalability, sustainability, and inspire wider regional learning.

Nomination

If you know a changemaker working at the grassroots in HKH nations (Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, or Afghanistan), nominate them today by filling out the form.

Deadline: October 15, 2025

For more information, visit ICIMOD.