UNESCO Prizes are awarded to projects offering sustainable solutions to the global challenges of gender equality, the fight against poverty, access to quality and inclusive education, climate change monitoring and cultural diversity for a culture of peace. Supported by different Member States, each Prize carries a high symbolic value and are often include a substantial monetary award.
UNESCO Prizes cover UNESCO’s four core programmes of Education, Science (Natural and Social & Human), Culture, and Communication & Information.
Within each of the programmes, Prizes are based around the themes of peace, tolerance and human rights, literacy and teaching, safeguarding and sharing our culture and environment, and science and research for sustainable development.
UNESCO also runs a number of Prize initiatives relating to Gender Equality, including the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education and L'Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme.
Learn more about each individual UNESCO Prize – deadlines, eligibility, judging criteria, value etc. – by clicking on the appropriate Prize title below.
Make contact with the UK National Commission for UNESCO. We will answer any initial queries you have and provide further information where possible.
Please note that UK applicants for UNESCO Prizes must formally apply through the UK National Commission for UNESCO. The UK does not participate in all UNESCO Prizes. Not all applications to the UK National Commission for UNESCO for Prizes will be endorsed for submission to UNESCO. Further, not all applications for Prizes submitted to UNESCO by the UK National Commission will ultimately be successful.
