Zuckerberg Water Prize

Eligibility

The Zuckerberg Water Prize is an international award, and the Executive Committee welcomes the nomination of candidates researching, developing or implementing impactful and lasting water knowledge, solutions, management and policies all over the world.

Summary

Water touches each and every one of us on this planet as the root of our food, our health, our livelihoods, and very lives – in routine and in emergencies. Climate change amid the growing global population poses a clear challenge: there is less of it, and more of us. This requires urgent solutions across the board to ensure both the quantity and quality of water through science, technology, engineering, agriculture, systems, development, and more.

The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research (ZIWR) at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is uniquely positioned at the tip of the expanding desert to conduct and facilitate advanced water research. Founded two decades ago, ZIWR engages in experimental and theoretical research with its interdisciplinary team of hydrologists, soil scientists, geologists, chemists, microbiologists, and engineers.

Inaugurated in 2022, this legacy award was established to acknowledge the outstanding achievements and global impact of an individual or organization in the broader field of Water. 

The prize is awarded within the International Water Summit, with a special ceremony and gala evening featuring the laureate as keynote speaker.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

Submissions must include all the following items:

A) Nomination Cover Form

B) Nomination Letter

The primary nominator should draft a letter briefly outlining (2 pages max.) the following for the candidate: 

1. Outstanding and lasting achievements: Top career accomplishments, with special attention to significant and lasting projects with enduring results.
2. Academic, technology or policy research, or international development: Current research or policy endeavors, including active engagement in basic or applied research, policy endeavors, policy-to-practice and/or applicable developments, including technologies.
3. Public Advocacy: Contribution to increasing public awareness of water issues around the world.
4. Leadership in Water Issues: Demonstrated leadership in advancing safe and sustainable water supply, water conservation and management of water resources.

C) Three Recommendation Letters

Recommendation letters should provide a detailed summary of the candidate's suitability for the Zuckerberg Water Prize as per the 4 criteria above (Section 2). Letters should include the recommender’s letterhead, electronically signed, and limited to two pages each.

D) Curriculum Vitae

The CV should be limited to 4 pages, highlighting the candidate's most important work, including peer-reviewed publications, honors, awards and recognitions.

Link to Nomination Form