Impact Funding Resources
The WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities recognizes trailblazing projects and initiatives for their contribution to inclusive and sustainable urban transformation. It seeks to inspire urban change-makers across the globe by amplifying lessons and telling impactful stories of transformative change.
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End Date28 May 2025 Funding AmountUSD 25k to 250k Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderWRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Award
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Learn more about WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
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Prizes will be awarded as follows:
1. Five Finalists will be selected from all eligible Applicants based on an assessment by WRI’s evaluation team of the Projects that most fully embody the following:
a. The big idea, or the extent to which the Project uses an innovative approach to solve an important urban problem;
b. The life-changing impact, or the extent to which the Project has changed people’s lives, seen through changes to the physical environment, institutional structures and routines, financial/money flows, behaviors and daily life, and perceptions and mental models; and
c. The ripple effects, or the extent to which the Project has had impact beyond its boundaries, seen through change in local or national institutions, in other neighborhoods or areas of the city, or in other cities or geographies.
2. The Jury will select one Winner from the five Finalists through deliberation and a vote. The decisions by the Jury are final and not subject to review.
Eligibility
1) All types of organizations/entities and individuals from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors are eligible to apply for the Prize. The Applicant may be a single organization or a group of organizations and individuals with at least one organization among the group. Applicants may submit one or more Projects for consideration, but each must be submitted separately and must meet the eligibility requirements.
2) Submission may be for Projects anywhere in the world that commenced after January 1, 2000 and that meet the other criteria for eligibility
