Deadline:
September 01, 2027
Location(s)
Norway Online
Overview
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their non- violent commitment to peace, democracy and human rights?
The Student Peace Prize was established in 1999 – as an initiative by volunteers from the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT). It is awarded biannually to a student or student organization working to promote peace, human rights and democracy. The prize is awarded on behalf of all students in Norway, while an independent Student Peace Prize Committee makes the selection itself. The election happens through the independent committee for the Student Peace Prize, while the award itself, takes place during ISFiT’s own award ceremony.
Details
About the Student Peace Prize
The Student Peace Prize was established in 1999 – as an initiative by volunteers from the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT).
It is awarded biennially to a student or student organization working to promote peace, human rights and democracy. The Prize is awarded on behalf of all students in Norway, while an independent Student Peace Prize Committee makes the selection itself. The election happens through the independent committee for the Students Peace Prize, while the award itself, takes place during ISFiT’s own award ceremony.
Students often play central roles in peace processes and make sacrifices to strengthen human rights, but the awards and attention often go elsewhere; to those already established on the international arena. The Student Peace Prize aims to shed light on students still working in the dark, and to offer significant and measurable support to students devoted to making peace all over the world.
The Prize is awarded on behalf of all students in Norway, while the selection itself is made by an independent Student Peace Prize Committee.
We need your help to find the best candidates to the Student Peace Prize 2027!
How it started
The Student Peace Prize was an idea that came from Sigvart Voss Eriksen and Gisle Bråstein a late night at Studentsamfundet in Trondheim in the fall of 1998. The editor at thetime in Under Dusken and the Foundation leader, Noralv Pedersen, remembers the two running into the Dusken office and throwing out the idea of an own peace prize to students. They questioned why the Nobel Peace Prize often went to presidents and leaders, but very rarely to students and young people who were actually at the front line. Already on the 12thof March the upcoming year 1999, the first Student Peace Prize was awarded to Antero Benedito da Silva from East Timor together with the organization he was leading, East Timor Student Solidarity Council (ETSSC). They were awarded the Prize for their nonviolent struggle for democracy and independence from the brutal Indonesian occupation.
How is a winner selected?
Even though the Student Peace Prize is handed out during the ISFiT Festival, the prize is handed out on behalf of all Norwegian students. The prize is administraded by the Secretariat of the Student Peace Prize. The election of who will be awarded the prize is a process of two independent committees: The Nomination Committee and the Peace Prize Committee. Anyone can nominate students and student organizations they meandeserve the Student Peace Prize!
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
The Student Peace Prizes vision is to support students all over the world who are doing important work to promote peace, human rights and democracy. The Student Peace Prize aims to shed light on these students work, and to offer tangible and measurable support. Anyone who is a student can be nominated. The laureate will be announced early fall 2027. The Prize is awarded the 15th of February at the Student Peace Prize Ceremony during the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT). You can find information about the selection process, earlier laureates and the Student Peace Prizes work at www.studentpeaceprize.org.
Dates
Deadline: September 01, 2027
Cost/funding for participants
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