Deadline: September 19, 2025
The Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life is now open for applications, inviting individuals and organisations worldwide to propose innovative, measurable, and impact-driven interventions aimed at improving child health outcomes. This year’s edition takes a bold focus on building sustainable infrastructure that supports children’s survival, growth, and long-term well-being.
About the Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life
The Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life competition is a global open call that seeks to identify and fund solutions that combine science, innovation, and real-world impact. Unlike short-term interventions, the 2025 theme places emphasis on hard, resilient infrastructure that directly and indirectly affects child health.
Areas of focus include:
- Buildings – such as health facilities, shelters, or educational centres that serve children.
- Energy systems – ensuring reliable access to electricity for healthcare, clean water supply, and essential services.
- Water and sanitation – improving hygiene, clean water access, and waste management.
- Transportation – enhancing safe and reliable access to healthcare facilities.
- Communication systems – supporting health awareness, emergency response, and community mobilisation.
- Environmental and flood-control systems – protecting children and families from disasters and hazardous conditions.
This year’s prize will fund the most promising project that demonstrates how infrastructure can serve as a foundation for saving lives and promoting healthier futures for children.
Prize Amount
The winning project will be awarded a $165,000 grant to scale its solution and achieve measurable impact in child health.
Key Dates and Timeline
- Application Deadline: September 19, 2025
- Second Round Invitations: November 2025
- Winner Announcement: December 2025
Who Can Apply?
The competition is open to:
- Individuals with a proven commitment to child survival and measurable interventions.
- Organisations (non-profits, NGOs, social enterprises, or research groups) working on child health, development, and infrastructure-related solutions.
Applicants must demonstrate a scientific mindset, clarity of purpose, and the ability to implement and evaluate the proposed project effectively.
Why Apply?
- Opportunity to secure $165,000 in funding for an impactful project.
- Gain visibility and recognition on a global stage.
- Join a community of innovators and changemakers focused on child survival.
- Influence policy and practice in child health through evidence-driven interventions.
How to Apply
Applicants are required to submit a detailed proposal describing their intervention, evidence of impact, and implementation strategy before the deadline.
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Final Thoughts
The Children’s Prize 2025: Infrastructure for Life is more than a funding opportunity—it’s a call to action to create long-lasting change through resilient infrastructure. If you or your organisation has a transformative idea to improve child health, this is the chance to make it a reality.
For expert support in proposal drafting, refining, and review, contact grantsdatabase.org.