We welcome entries for active projects or programs from anywhere in the world.

The Keeling Curve Prize is awarded for current programs and projects only - not ideas that are only conceptual.

Applications centered on past work, unimplemented ideas or untested hypotheses will not be accepted.

Applications for the Keeling Curve Prize must be submitted in English. To ensure the legitimacy and accuracy of your responses, GWMP cannot take responsibility for their translation. We encourage the use of online translation tools, if necessary, and please know that applications will be scored on concept, not grammar.

Your project may align with more than one prize category. The application form requires that you designate a primary category for your application, but also allows you to list secondary categories for consideration. However, applicants are only eligible to win in one category in any given year.

Previous applicants are welcome to apply in subsequent years. However, past prize winners may only submit applications for new projects that are measurably different from their previously awarded project and that utilize different methods and approaches to reduce or increase uptake of greenhouse gas emissions.

Applications that do not attempt to quantify their emissions reductions or address the project’s functional and financial scalability will not be considered.

By completing an application, you are granting the Global Warming Mitigation Project permission to disseminate information about your project at its discretion. Applicants that are scored highly by our analyst team, regardless of whether they win the prize, will be included in our Climate Impact Conduit database unless they opt out. Requests for confidentiality can be designated within the application.