Do you have an idea that could improve your community? Consider pitching it to the Arctic Inspiration Prize.
Nominations for the annual awards have opened for the nearly $4 million in prizes that will be awarded in 2026.
Earlier this year, a Yellowknife-based project to help youth gain skills was awarded $500,000.
At the same ceremony, the largest $1-million prize went to a Yukon First Nations-led project that will establish a “culturally rooted birth and reproductive health centre” in Whitehorse.
Nominations for 2026 can be submitted for the $1-million top prize category, the AIP category worth up to $500,000 or the $100,000 youth category, where more than half of team members must be aged 30 or younger.
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The deadline to submit initial proposals and letters of intent, which are optional but encouraged – is October 20, which allows for organizers to provide feedback.
Final nominations are then due by January 19, 2026 and the winners will be celebrated at a ceremony in May.
