2026 Kluz Prize for PeaceTech

[Ana Isabel]

"The Kluz Prize for PeaceTech is an annual initiative that seeks to support and accelerate innovative technologies that are being used to save lives, foster peace, reduce conflict, and safeguard human rights and dignity around the world. 

Eligibility Criteria 

1. Tech companies, peace and humanitarian organizations and initiatives, particularly those initiated by the younger generation and the tech community, including entrepreneurs, engineers, programmers, scientists, startups, accelerators, and venture capitalists. 

2. Achievements and contributions to the evolving field of technologies for peace, in building peaceful and resilient societies. 

3. The project or initiative:

a) has the intentional use of technologies and data to save lives, safeguard human dignity, prevent, mitigate, or recover from conflict, enable accountability, and help people live with dignity, agency, and security;

b) includes a new or unique approach that fills an identifiable gap in the broader PeaceTech ecosystem (for instance, communities served, methods, partners, or technologies);

c) clearly explains how the technology works, demonstrates that its level of maturity is appropriate, and shows that there are concrete measures in place to ensure safety, reliability, privacy, security, and responsible use;

d) has strong potential for meaningful impact, including clear articulation of its intended impact and a plan for measuring results;

e) presents a feasible and thoughtful plan for using award funds to expand its scope or operations beyond its initial pilot (for instance, new contexts, users, or partners).

The award grants the selected winner US$20,000 for their accomplishments in the field and to support the further advancement of their project in the emerging field of technologies for peace.

Additionally, special distinctions will be awarded to organizations depending on quality of proposals who will all be invited to present their achievements at the awards ceremony, which will take place in New York City in September in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly and the International Day of Peace. 

Applications will be open until July 31st at 11:59PM ET. "

For more information please visit 

https://www.kluzprize.org/updates/launch-of-the-fifth-annual-kluz-prize-for-peacetech/ 

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