GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security 2025 (Fully-funded to Geneva) Deadline: 20 March, 2025

Applications are open for the GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security 2025. The prize aims to recognize innovative concepts with exceptional potential in addressing peace and security challenges.

Under the leadership of Ambassador Thomas Greminger, Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), the Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace and Security was initiated by Professor Nayef Al-Rodhan, Director of the Geopolitics and Global Futures Department, and Ms Anne-Caroline Pissis Martel, Director of the Global Fellowship Initiative and Creative Spark. It seeks to reward groundbreaking concepts that offer exceptional promise in addressing peace and security challenges. The inaugural edition of the prize was awarded in 2023.

Prizes

• The prize for the application coming in the first position is a fully funded 2-month incubation programme within the GCSP’s Creative Spark in Geneva (worth CHF 15’000) and a certificate of excellence.
• The two other finalist applications will receive a certificate of recognition.

Eligibility

• Applications from any country are welcome, emphasizing concepts that transcend national borders in their scope or thinking.
• Eligible fields include transformative technologies, pandemics, biothreats, autonomous weapons, climate change, human rights, cybersecurity, education, or disarmament, to name a few.

Selection Criteria

The panel of judges will select the winners (first, second and third place), and the selection will be based on the following criteria:

• Dedication to sustainable global peace and security;
• Creativity;
• Originality;
• Transformative potential;
• Sustainability;
• Incubation potential;
• Implementation potential;
• Potential impact on peace and security;

Application

• Applications must be submitted via the online application form in order to be considered for the prize, and shall include:
  • a project concept abstract of 250 words maximum;
  • a well-developed project concept description which should not exceed 750 words in length;
  • a description of the technical process of the project concept submitted (if applicable);
  • an estimate of the budget required for the project concept;
  • an explanation of how the project concept provides a novel contribution to the field of global peace and security;
  • a description of the short-term and long-term impact of the project concept in the field of global peace and security;
  • up to five image files (optional)
• Applications must be in English.

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For more information, visit GCSP Prize.