Deadline: 20 March 2024
Applications are now open for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award 2024 . The UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award is given annually to an individual, group or organisation that has shown outstanding dedication and service to people forced to flee their homes or stateless people. Since 2017, they have also recognised several regional winners each year.
The prize is named after the famous Norwegian explorer and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen. Through its recipients, the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award aims to showcase Nansen's values of perseverance and commitment in the face of adversity.
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Prize
- The 2024 global laureate will receive a commemorative medal and a cash prize of 100,000 dollars to be reinvested in the humanitarian initiatives for which they are being recognised.
- Several regional winners will receive a smaller cash prize to promote their humanitarian work.
Eligibility
Anyone can nominate a candidate for the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. If you've nominated someone in the past but they didn't win, you can nominate them again.
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- Candidates can be individuals, groups or organisations.
- Their work must have a direct and positive impact on the lives of forcibly displaced or stateless people.
- Your work is related to an important displacement situation or problem.
- This year, the UNHCR is particularly encouraging nominations related to statelessness, climate, sport, solutions and inclusions, but they are open to other themes.
- They devote substantial time and effort to supporting forcibly displaced or stateless people, going beyond their duty and outside their expected role.
- They have the ability to successfully implement a suitable project with the prize money (US$ 100,000 for the global laureate, US$ 25,000 for regional winners).
- They have three strong references.
Selection process
- The global laureates and regional winners are chosen by an independent Selection Committee.
- The selection process remains strictly confidential and no information about the status of your nomination will be disclosed.
- The overall winner and the 2024 regional winners will be announced at the end of 2024.
Appointment
Please note that self-nominations are strongly discouraged. Current or former UNHCR staff are not eligible.
The deadline for submitting applications is midnight CET on 20 March 2024. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
