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Carbon Neutrality Award

The Sustainability Carbon Neutrality Award was established in 2022 to acknowledge the scholars who have made, and continue to make, a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular. Nominations are accepted from June to December every year, with winners notified by April 30 the following year.

The Prize
– First class: CHF 1500, one winner;
– Second class: CHF 1000, one winner;
– Third class: CHF 500 each, for three winners.

Number of winners: five.

How to Apply

Please send all required application materials to <> with the subject line: Sustainability 2025 Carbon Neutrality Award Application – [Your Name].

 
Sustainability Carbon Neutrality Award
 
Winner announcement: 30 April 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

Applicants must have a Ph.D. and have made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular.

List of Documents for Nomination

The application materials will contain two parts: a self-recommendation summary and a related work summary.

(1) The self-recommendation summary will include the following requirements:
– Title, first name, middle name, and last name;
– Position and institutional affiliation of applicants;
– Email address;
– Photo of applicants.

(2) The related work summary will include the following requirements:
– A detailed description of the applicant’s work (max. 3000 words), highlighting the contributions to carbon neutrality;
– Applicant’s detailed CV;
– Applicant’s carbon-neutrality-related publications or social work;
– Applicant’s list of funded projects (if available);
– Other relevant information (supplementary materials).

 

 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Ming Hu
School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
Hui Hu
School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University
Carolina Blanco Fontao
Department of General and Specific Didactics and Theory of Education, Area of Didactics of Experimental Sciences, University of Leon
Francisco Javier Cano
Institute of Molecules & Materials of Le Mans (IMMM)-UMR CNRS 6283, Le Mans Université
WU Wei
City University of Hong Kong

Award Committee

Dr. Marc Rosen Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Bao-Jie He
Chongqing University
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum
Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering

Winner

Shunde Yin
University of Waterloo, Canada
Rui Jing
Xiamen University, China
Monica Louise T. Triviño
Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Award Committee

Dr. Marc Rosen Chairperson
University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Winner

Jing Meng
University College London, UK
Matthew Tom Harrison
University of Tasmania, Australia
Ademola Adelowo Adenle
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Hsing-Juh Lin
National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Qilin Wang
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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