Allianz Climate Risk Award 2025 (€7,000 prize)

Applications are open for the Allianz Climate Risk Award 2025. Launched in 2017, the Allianz Climate Risk Award celebrates scientists at the start of their career whose work sheds light on the nexus between climate change and extreme weather events. In 2025, they are adding a new category, the Allianz Trade Award, focusing on how climate risk is affecting global trade.

The Allianz Climate Risk Award is a global award open to PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers whose research focuses on:

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• Understanding and mitigating the risk of extreme weather events that are intensified by climate change;
• Fostering resilience by applying technological solutions.

Award of Allianz Climate

• The winner of the Allianz Climate Risk Award 2025 will receive a monetary award of EUR 7,000.
• The other finalists will receive a monetary award of EUR 3,000 each.

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Eligibility for Allianz Climate

• Open to university students currently pursuing either a PhD degree or a post-doc, as well as recent PhD graduates (Graduation/defense of final research to obtain title should not be more than two years before the time of the application).
• Research applicable to focus and topic of award.

Selection Criteria

• Innovation: Research project is focused on a compelling approach for assessing risks of natural catastrophes and how new technologies can help mitigate these risks and foster resilient societies.
• Impact: Research project can make a difference on the current insurance practice and/or advance current practices around societal resilience.
• Applicability: Research project addresses a relevant problem and is ideally connected to a practical solution.
• Academic excellence: Sound research approach and methodology.

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Application

Submission documents include:

• A non-technical essay on the research project
• A letter of recommendation from the candidate’s academic mentor
• Filled and signed declaration form
• Completed application form
• CV

Core of your application should be a brief (max. 800 words) non-technical essay that outlines your research idea and highlights central findings.

To submit your application, send the filled out and signed forms as well as the required supporting documents, including essay, CV, reference letter, to [email protected].

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