How much funding does Keeling Curve Prize provide?

Keeling Curve Prize provides $25,000 per project in funding.

When is the deadline for Keeling Curve Prize?

This grant has a rolling deadline or the deadline has not been announced.

Keeling Curve Prize

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Funding Amount

$25,000 per project

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Keeling Curve Prize

Award Amount: $25,000 per project

Recurrence: Annual

Overview:
The Keeling Curve Prize awards $25,000 annually to each of 10 projects (2 in each of 5 categories) designed to reduce heat-trapping emissions or increase carbon uptake. The prize is named after scientist Charles David Keeling's iconic graph of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.

Geographic Scope: International (projects from multiple continents eligible)

Focus Areas:
The 2020 Keeling Curve Prize awards in five categories:

Transport & Mobility: From charging stations to freight logistics, supporting high-impact improvements from personal to industry-level applications

Energy: Promoting low-cost and reliable energy to replace and discourage continued fossil fuel use

Social & Cultural Pathways: Cultural attitude change toward global warming; identifying leaders and solutions

Capture & Utilization: Direct sequestration and carbon markets to reforestation; projects that capture carbon and use it as a marketable product

Finance: Increasing and improving the flow of funding across climate solutions avenues

Eligibility:

ICLEI members tackling climate change

Cities, towns, and counties

Projects can be from any continent

Selection Process:
Finalists and winners chosen by panel of esteemed climate scientists, public policy experts, and researchers, including:

Achala Abeysinghe, Ph.D., International Institute for Environment and Development

Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, Ph.D., Union of Concerned Scientists

Lucas Joppa, Ph.D., Microsoft