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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD  

Application Deadline: 2nd November 2025

LOCATION: Monaco

The Award aims to celebrate the incredible beauty of our planet and illustrate the different relationships that human beings have with nature—whether destructive or regenerative—through 5 categories: Polar Regions, Forests, Ocean, Humanity versus Nature, and Changemakers.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Award is global and open to photographers of all nationalities who will be aged 18 or over on 2nd November 2025.

It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that they have read and will abide by these rules and Photocrowd’s Terms and Conditions. By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to these rules, that their entry complies with these rules, and that they will be liable to the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Photocrowd and their licensees in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a breach of the rules.

Employees or agents of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Photocrowd, their families or other persons connected with this promotion (excluding the sponsors) are not eligible to enter.

Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. Use of a false name or other false details will result in disqualification.

Entrants are required to create a Photocrowd account in order to facilitate entry to the Award and provide their contact details, but participation in and engagement with the wider Photocrowdcommunity is not a requirement of entry to the Award.

All entries must be submitted via the Photocrowd online platform before the closing date of 23:59 (CET)/22:59 (UTC) on 2nd November 2025. 

Entry is free of charge. Photographers can enter up to 5 images in each of the 5 categories, allowing therefore for a maximum of 25 images in total. If any photographer is found to have entered more than 5 images into a category, all their entries will be invalidated and removed from judging.

There is a required minimum image size of 3000 pixels on the shortest side of the image. Images should be saved as jpegs at the highest quality available, at 300 dpi resolution, with a colour profile attached—preferably Adobe RGB (1998).

BENEFIT:

Grand Prize Winner (Environmental Photographer 2026): (chosen by the jury among the 5 category winners)

5,000 € grant

Invitation (including travel and accommodation) to the opening ceremony of the exhibition in Monaco

Category Winners: 1,000 € grant for each of the 5 category winners

Public Award & Students’ Choice: (to be chosen for each across all categories)

500 € grant for the Public Award-winning image and invitation (including travel and accommodation) to visit the Amazon Research Station of the International University SEK in Ecuador

500 € grant for the Student’s Choice winning image

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HOW QUANTUM IS LIFE? COMPETITION

Application Deadline: September 29, 2025

LOCATION: USA

This Competition is presented in partnership with the Paradox Science Institute. The advent of quantum mechanics overhauled the physical sciences, leading to huge leaps in physics, chemistry, and computer science. In recent years, biology has made great advances through interdisciplinary work with chemistry and physics. Yet the quantum revolution’s impact on biology remains largely unexplored. Among the most intriguing aspects is the possible role that quantum physics plays in biology. This topic has ignited vigorous and enduring debate.

ELIGIBILITY:

No purchase is necessary to enter or win. A purchase does not increase your chance of winning.

Relevant: The essay must be relevant to the topic, “How Quantum is Life?” (This is also one of the criteria for the Expert Judges’ review.)

Accessible: The essay must be readable and understandable to non-specialist audiences, not overly technical. (This is also the criteria for the Expert Judges’ review.)

Submitted via FQxI’s Submission Form—Competition Entrants must use a QSpace Forums account to submit an entry via the submission form.

Within the Text Limit: (25,000-character limit)

Minimal in References and Endnotes: An addendum is discouraged, but Competition Entrants can provide additional references and technical endnotes in the text boxes provided on the application. There is no guarantee Public Readers or Competition Evaluators, including the Expert Judges, will review these additional pages. All essays should be accessible so readers can understand the essay without these notes. Excessively technical essays could be disqualified.

Written or Translated into English: We welcome essays from across the globe, but the essay should be submitted in English. There are online translation tools, such as DeepL or Google Translate, that Competition Entrants can use. Please note: we cannot guarantee the accuracy of these online sites, so please have someone proofread your essay if possible. Please contact FQxI if you have questions.

Anonymous: Essays should make no implicit or explicit reference to the Essay Author. This includes referring to the Essay Author’s other outputs in the first person or heavily referencing the Competition Entrant’s own work, making it very clear that you are the author.

Not Harmful: Essays deemed offensive will be disqualified and will not be displayed on the site. Examples of offensive content include, but are not limited to, inappropriate language (curse words, epithets, flame wars, advertisements, etc.), pornography, and content that may incite violence or hate crimes or which denigrates specific groups of people.

Please review your essay thoroughly before submitting it to the Competition. We will not accept requests for edits once an essay is posted to the Competition Entries page.

BENEFIT:

Cash: There will be up to $53,000 in cash prizes awarded in this Competition. The Expert Judges can award multiple or no winners in each of the prize categories:

First Prize: US$10,000 each

Second Prize: US$5,000 each

Third Prize: US$2,000 each

Fourth Prize: US$1,000 each

Discretionary Prizes: as determined by the judges

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