RELX Environmental Challenge 2025

Each year, the RELX Environmental Challenge is awarded to projects that best demonstrate how they can provide sustainable access to safe water or sanitation. There is a $50,000 prize for the first-place entry and a $25,000 prize for the second-place entry. The winners also receive free access for one year to ScienceDirect, our Scientific, Technical & Medical business’s database of full-text scientific information, including almost 250,000 articles since 2000 in Environmental Sciences.

Projects must have clear practical applicability, address identified needs and advance related issues such as health, education, or human rights.

Summary

1. Application Deadline: 27 July 2025
2. Type: Contest
3. Sponsor: RELX
4. Gender: Men and Women
5. Eligible Countries: All countries

Eligibility Criteria for RELX Environmental Challenge 2025

The RELX Environmental Challenge is open to individuals or organizations operating in the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors. Projects must advance sustainable access to safe water where it is presently at risk and/or access to improved sanitation and include the following criteria:

1. Be replicable, scalable, and sustainable. and set a benchmark for innovation
2. Have practical applicability
3. Address non-discrimination/equity of access
4. Involve and impact a range of stakeholders
5. Have local/community-level engagement

Applications are reviewed against the RELX Environmental Challenge criteria by the RELX Environmental Challenge advisory group, comprised of relevant internal and external water and sanitation specialists. Those in contention for the shortlist are reviewed by an expert panel of external judges.

Benefits of RELX Environmental Challenge 2025

The winning project in the RELX Environmental Challenge will receive a single payment of $50,000, with the second place finisher receiving a single payment of $25,000.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to RELX on relxenvironmentalchallenge.awardsplatform.com to apply

Get in touch at environmental.challenge@relx.com.

For more details, visit RELX Environmental Challenge webpage

Application Deadline

July 27, 2025

Application Link(s)

• Apply for RELX Environmental Challenge 2025