Bezos Earth Fund Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize

They are seeking diverse, creative, and impactful ideas from across the world. Your participation will help the Bezos Earth Fund illuminate ideas worthy of support, guide upcoming strategy planning and roadmaps, and contribute to a growing ecosystem of innovators in this field.

Greenhouse Gas Removal (GHGR) is crucial for achieving the Paris Agreement objectives and mitigating the worst impacts of climate change. Rapid emissions reduction must remain a first order priority, however science suggests that reductions alone are insufficient; they must also remove greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, from the atmosphere. This removal is vital for returning greenhouse gas concentrations to pre-industrial levels and offsetting emissions from sectors challenging to decarbonize. Effective GHGR demands bridging the current gap in removal capabilities and scaling solutions to have a tangible impact on atmospheric greenhouse gas levels and global temperatures. The challenge of scale in particular requires attention to the whole ecosystem of challenges and opportunity spaces, including as relates to science & technology, markets & finance, socio-behavioral aspects & communities, and policy & regulation.

Prize Information

• Up to $4,000 will be awarded to each of the eligible winning Submissions. The breakdown is as follows:
  • $2,000 to each of the eligible winning Submissions selected by the judges
  • For winning submissions,
    • An additional $1,000 that were submitted before the Early Submission Deadline.
    • An additional $1,000 for filling out the survey linked in the primary submission form.
• While they welcome ideas and solutions from for-profit companies, it is important to note that although these solutions may be selected and promoted as winners, these entities are ineligible to receive grant awards.
• Prize Disbursement: Winning Entrants must provide all necessary taxpayer identification for the disbursement of monetary prizes.
• Taxes: Entrants are solely responsible for all applicable taxes related to the receipt or use of any prize.

Eligibility Criteria

• This Prize is open to individuals and entities, as follows:
  • Individual entrants must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older as of January 8, 2024.
  • Nonprofit and for-profit entities, each of which must designate a Project Lead to serve as the designated representative for the entrant. By submitting an entry, the Project Lead confirms they are authorized to act on behalf of the for-profit or nonprofit in submitting the application.
  • They encourage innovators, scientists, and environmental enthusiasts – whether you’ve spent decades in the climate space or are brand new – to engage with this opportunity to drive change and make a tangible impact in the fight against climate change.
• Entries may not be submitted by employees, officers, directors, agents and representatives of Experiment Foundation and its fiscal sponsor, Social Good Labs (collectively, the “Administrator”), the Bezos Earth Fund (“Prize Sponsor”), and their respective affiliates (including without limitation any parent, sister, and subsidiary companies and employees, officers, or directors of Prize Sponsor or its affiliates), and any other person directly connected with this Prize (collectively, with the Administrator and Prize Sponsor, hereinafter referred to as the “Released Parties”) and their respective immediate family members (mother, father, sister, brother, child, husband or wife, and their respective spouses). This Prize may only be entered from and in eligible jurisdictions. Void where prohibited by law.

For more information, visit Experiment Foundation.