The 2023 RELX Environmental Challenge for Global Entrepreneurs ($50,000 Prize)

The 2023 RELX Environmental Challenge is a unique annual challenge whereby scientists, engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs will cooperate to organize innovative solutions to global environmental challenges. The challenge concentrates on four specific areas:

1. Combatting air pollution,
2. Conserving water resources,
3. Improving land management and
4. Restoring nature.

This year the RELX Environmental Challenge is granted to projects that best display how they can deliver sustainable access to safe water or sanitation. There is a $50,000 prize for the first-place entry and a $25,000 prize for the second-place entry. The winners also receive free access for one year to ScienceDirect, our Scientific, Technical & Medical business database of full-text, scientific information, including almost 250,000 articles since 2000 in Environmental Sciences. The 2023 RELX Environmental Challenge for Global Entrepreneurs ($50,000 Prize)

Projects must have clear practical applicability, address identified need, and advance related issues such as health, education, or human rights.

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Eligibility Conditions for the 2023 RELX Environmental Challenge

The RELX Environmental Challenge is available to individuals or organizations working in the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors. Projects must promote sustainable access to safe water where it is currently at risk and/or access to enhanced sanitation, and contain the following criteria:

• Be replicable, scalable, and sustainable. and set a benchmark for innovation
• Have practical applicability
• Address non-discrimination/equity of access
• Involve and impact a range of stakeholders
• Have local or community-level engagement

Prize Range & Merits

• $50,000 prize for the first-place entry
•  $25,000 prize for the second-place entry.
• The winners also receive free access for one year to ScienceDirect, our Scientific, Technical & Medical business database of full-text, scientific information, including almost 250,000 articles since 2000 in Environmental Sciences.

Procedures for Application

Applications are reviewed against the RELX Environmental Challenge criteria by the RELX Environmental Challenge advisory group, comprised of relevant internal and external water and sanitation specialists. Those in contention for the shortlist are reviewed by an expert panel of external judges.

Get in touch at environmental.challenge@relx.com. 

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The 2023 RELX Environmental Challenge for Global Entrepreneurs ($50,000 Prize)