Competition: The Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge in its Sixth Edition and a Chance to Win a Prize of €25,000

The Elsevier Foundation announces the start of the application for a competition; the sixth edition of the Elsevier Foundation Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge. It encourages thousands of proposals from around the world with a focus on climate action, gender equality, recognizing the pivotal role that women play in combating climate change. Projects submitted to the challenge must integrate a gender dimension (such as addressing the role of women in adapting to climate shifts and participating in policy-making and leadership roles).

If your project wins this competition, you will have:

• a prize of €25,000. 

The winners will be announced at the 6th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 16-18 November 2021.

You should follow the following criteria:

1. The Challenge is open to individuals and organizations whose projects use green and sustainable chemistry solutions to tackle some of the developing world’s greatest sustainability challenges. 
2. Your proposal clearly describes the urgency of the problem. 
3. You should provide a description of the project background and include a description of the broader context and highlight how the project links to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs).
4. The project is replicable, scalable, sustainable (make sure to specify why), and sets the benchmark for innovation.
5.  New ideas or concepts in development will be given preference over more advanced projects.
6. The proposal highlights the novelty of your approach. 
7. The project is applicable in and suitable for developing countries.
8. Describe the project’s social impact on local communities, including gender equality either in design or implementation.
9. Include an implementation plan of the project.
10.  If the idea presented is already patented, it will not be eligible. 
11. The project utilizes innovative green and sustainable chemistry and chemical sciences approach, for example:

• CO2 reduction and utilization, energy conversion, and storage. 
• Reduces or eliminates the use or generation of one or more hazardous substances or materials.
• Increase reuse or recyclability of chemicals/products.
• Designs a new business model related to a circular economy.

About the Elsevier Foundation:

The Elsevier Foundation is a corporate non-profit, contributes over $1 million a year to non-profit organizations and it’s funded by Elsevier, a global information analytics company specializing in science and health. It is part of Elsevier’s corporate responsibility program, which centers on the unique contributions to sustainable development in health, climate, gender, and reducing inequalities.

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