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Competition for USA, Canada, and International organizations, businesses, and individuals for innovative projects to reduce greenhouse gases. Winning submissions will receive a $40,000 prize. Eligible projects either eliminate or reduce emissions or increase the uptake of greenhouse gas emissions in the oceans and the atmosphere. Prizes are awarded for ongoing work only (not as a reward for unimplemented ideas or past work).
The KCP team is looking for projects with a proven track record of taking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. The Keeling Curve Prize for Excellence will be awarded to two projects in each of the following categories:
Carbon Sinks (Natural & Engineered) Projects in this category are advancing technological and nature-based strategies for capturing and/or utilizing heat-trapping gases from the air or oceans. For more information: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/carbon-sinks
Energy: Projects in this category decarbonize energy, support zero-carbon energy innovations, and lead the way in improving the supply, distribution, and access of low or zero-emissions energy systems worldwide. For more information: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/energy
Finance: Projects in this category are making financial mechanisms and economics work for greenhouse gas reduction and/or reversal ventures. For more information: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/finance
Social and Cultural Pathways: Projects in this category are changing the way people consider, understand, and act concerning human impacts on planet Earth. They are trying to answer the question: what does it take, socially and culturally, to develop beyond fossil fuels? For more information: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/social-cultural-pathways
Transport and Mobility: Projects that apply in this category are reimagining and reinventing all types of vehicles, fuels, and mobility options for both people and products. These projects will confront the carbon footprint of the vehicles themselves and the routes traveled. For more information: https://www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/transport-mobility
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)
Additional Eligibility Criteria
KCP accepts applications from a broad range of innovators and climate thinkers, ranging from those elevating tried and true traditional solutions to those pursuing new high-tech frontiers. Whether you are an entrepreneur/startup, a university research group, a non-profit or community leader or an intrapreneur at a large company or organization, KCP wants to hear about the best initiatives to reduce emissions or increase uptake of greenhouse gases.
Applicants that have not received an award are welcome to apply in subsequent years.
Previous prize winners may submit applications for new projects that are different from their previously awarded project and that utilize different methods and approaches to reduce or increase uptake of greenhouse gas emissions.
Ineligible
Applications that are incomplete or that do not meet these requirements will not be considered.
Applications centered on past work, unimplemented ideas or untested hypotheses will not be accepted.
Applications that do not attempt to quantify their emissions reductions or address the project’s functional and financial scalability (Questions #8 through #10) will not be considered.
Pre-Application Information
The prize application period opens on November 1, 2022 and closes at 11:59 PM MST (Mountain Standard Time), February 10, 2023. To be considered, your application must be completed and submitted before this time, and before the cap of 500 applications is reached. For this reason, you are encouraged to submit your application as early as possible.
The application form requires that you designate a primary category for your application, but also allows you to list secondary categories for consideration.
Applications for the Keeling Curve Prize must be submitted in English.
