Prize for Cities

With over half of the world’s population living in urban areas, healthy cities are critical for advancing high-quality and sustainable living. This Prize cycle invites submissions from projects leading the way in strengthening livability, nature and cities together for healthy, accessible and thriving communities.

Finalists will be chosen for projects that most fully embody the following:

• The big idea, or the extent to which the project uses an innovative approach to solve an important urban problem;
• The life-changing impact, or the extent to which the project has changed people’s lives, seen through change to the physical environment, institutional structures and routines, financial/money flows, behaviors and daily life, and perceptions and mental models; and
• The ripple effects, or the extent to which the project has had impact beyond its boundaries, seen through change in local or national institutions, in other neighborhoods or areas of the city, or in other cities or geographies.

Finalists have a chance to:

• Be celebrated on a global stage
• Win a cash prize
• Gain exposure to international media and a world-class jury
• Join a global network of urban experts and change-makers