Individuals and organizations in non-profits and profits sectors interested in advancing sustainable access to safe water, the RELX Environmental Challenge has been opened to you. This is a skill-based competition where participants submit proposals outlining innovative ideas that advance access to safe water and/or sanitation in places where there are little to no access there.

Each year the RELX Environmental Challenge is awarded to projects that best demonstrate how they can provide sustainable access to safe water or sanitation.

Benefits of the RELX Environmental Challenge

• 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’ database of full text, scientific information, including almost 250,000 articles since 2000 in Environmental Sciences.

Projects for the RELX Environmental Challenge must advance sustainable access to safe water where it is presently at risk and/or access to improved sanitation, and include the following criteria:

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

Application Deadline: July 27, 2025

For more details, kindly visit the official website of the RELX Environmental Challenge