Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2025 ($50,000 Unrestricted Grant)

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Applications are open for Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2025. The Prizes are awarded annually to outstanding leaders who demonstrate the willingness and capacity to address the complexity of 21st-century challenges and whose work is global in aspiration or implication and is rooted in universal values.

The world faces accelerating climate change, disruptive technology, increasing conflict and war, massive numbers of displaced people seeking safety, and the breakup of the post-war global order that framed and facilitated the great human advances of the past decades. We seek leaders who believe they can bend the arc of history.

What kind of leaders are needed?

Leaders who are innovative, courageous, dynamic, and ethical.
Leaders who might work in dramatically different fields and geographies, but share the recognition that global problems demand global solutions.
Leaders who seize the moment instead of waiting for politicians to stop squabbling and act.
Leaders who reject the lengthening list of “isms”—nationalism, exceptionalism, racism, wokeism, the list goes on—that substitute for thought today.

Prize winners are honored not only for what they have already accomplished but for their commitment and capacity to continue seeking the kinds of positive change our societies demand.

Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Benefits

In 2025, through the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), They will award three prizes. Each winner will be celebrated by their peers, receive an unrestricted grant of $50,000, and be invited to join the Tällberg network of global leaders. Indeed, the ongoing engagement with other leaders working for positive change at the global level is an integral element of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.

Eligibility Criteria

Anyone can nominate a leader (except Prize jurors and candidates themselves).
The Prize is open to leaders in all fields: business, politics, science, human rights, entrepreneurship, technology, arts, media, etc.
Only individuals can be nominated (not organizations).
No self-nominations.
The working language for the nomination is English.
They believe that great leaders exist in every corner of the world and in every discipline. If you know someone who meets the Prize criteria—an innovative, courageous leader tackling global challenges—nominate that person.
The nomination process is conducted through an open, online platform. In 2025, nominations open on March 15 and close on May 15.