The Roy Award for Environmental Partnership

All nominees to the Roy Award must meet the following criteria:

• Engage in partnership, defined as participation of two or more separate organizations
• Partner organizations must operate in at least two different sectors: academic, civic, business, government, or non-profit
• Partner organizations must work together collaboratively on a project or program that tangibly improves the quality of the environment.

Projects can be domestic or international in scope. Self-nomination is permissible and encouraged.

The Roy Award is given to partnerships that have demonstrated:

• Innovation - Demonstrates a leap in creativity
• Effectiveness - Achieves tangible results
• Significance - Successfully addresses a challenging environmental problem
• Transferability - Shows promise of inspiring successful replication by others

Award staff research nominations thoroughly. Final selections are made by a selection committee composed of Harvard faculty, fellows, and other distinguished environmental experts. The winner is honored at an award ceremony at Harvard Kennedy School, typically held in the fall.

There is no monetary prize attached to the Roy Award, but finalists and winners receive the following benefits:

• Finalists receive rigorous due diligence review based on the award program’s well-established evaluation criteria
• Visibility and recognition from Harvard University that may catalyze expansion or additional partnerships
• Winners join a prestigious group of partnerships from around the world