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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].

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Sustainability Carbon Neutrality Award

Winner announcement date: 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

Winner
  • Ming Hu avatar imageMing Hu
    Ming Hu
    School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
  • Hui Hu avatar imageHui Hu
    Hui Hu
    School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University
  • CFCarolina Blanco Fontao
    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 avatar imageFrancisco Javier Cano
    Francisco Javier Cano
    Institute of Molecules & Materials of Le Mans (IMMM)-UMR CNRS 6283, Le Mans Université
  • WU Wei avatar imageWU Wei
    WU Wei
    City University of Hong Kong
Award Committee
  • Marc Rosen avatar imageMarc Rosen
    Marc Rosen
    Chairman
    University of Ontario Institute of Technology
  • Bao-Jie He avatar imageBao-Jie He
    Bao-Jie He
    Chongqing University
  • Muhammad Abdul Qyyum avatar imageMuhammad Abdul Qyyum
    Muhammad Abdul Qyyum
    Petroleum and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering

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