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Are you a young (between 18 to 35 years old) and dedicated nature conservationist committed to protecting wild species? Do you combine passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation? Are you the future of nature?

The application for the 2025 Future For Nature Awards is closed! Now comes the challenging task for the National Selection Committee to select the 2025 FFN nominees. The nominees will be announced in December.

The application for the Future For Nature Awards 2026, will be open late June to late August 2025.

Application criteria

Please check the application criteria carefully to ensure that you are eligible to apply for the 2026 FFN Awards. Your application will not be considered if you do not meet these criteria.

Application process

View the summary of the application process for an outline of the process.

Winners will join our global network of young conservationists

Each year FFN awards three young, talented, and ambitious nature conservationists with the FFN Award. This award provides the winners with international recognition, €50,000 for their nature conservation work, and a warm welcome to the growing FFN Family! Read more about the Future For Nature Award and previous Award Winners.

We are looking forward to receiving your application. Should you have any questions, please contact us via info@futurefornature.org.

“You can form all the committees, all the working groups that you like, but you know that in the end, it is that one individual that has passion, that one individual that has fire in the belly, that one individual that is determined that something should be done”

Sir David Attenborough, 2009 Guest of Honour