Award of the Prize & Grants

  • There will be one Rio Tinto Prize winner each year.
  • Winners of the Rio Tinto Prize for Sustainability are encouraged to generate and leverage additional resources to fulfill their goals.
  • Training grants to the value of US$15,000 are awarded to the remaining nine short listed organisations, with the specific intention of investing in certifiable training and capacity building for the organisation (eg. Cambridge University Post Graduate Certificate in Cross Sector Partnership).
  • The annual US$1M Rio Tinto Prize is paid in three instalments over a three year time period agreed in consultation with the winner.