Applications are currently being accepted for the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
About Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize
Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leaders are innovative, courageous, and ethical. They transcend sectors and borders to tackle pressing challenges with measurable impact and a fundamentally global worldview. They represent what is uniquely human about leadership: the capacity to see beyond systems and structures to the people they serve.
Benefits of Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize
With the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), three winners will be selected in 2026.
- Each laureate will receive an unrestricted $50,000 grant, be celebrated at an awards dinner in early 2027, and join Tällberg’s global network of leaders,an active forum for engagement, collaboration, and sustained impact.
Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Requirements
- Anyone can nominate a leader (expect Prize jurors and candidates themselves in other words,you cant nominate yourself.
- Nominess can be leaders across all fields, from business and politics to science, human rights, entrepreneurship, technology, arts and media.
- Only individuals can be nominated (not organizations).
- No self-nominations.
- The working language for the nomination is English.
They are looking for:
- Leaders who are innovative, courageous, dynamic and ethical.
- Leaders who might work in dramatically different fields and geographies, but share recognition that global problems demand global solutions.
- Leaders who seize the moment instead of waiting for politicians to stop squabbling and act.
- Leaders who reject the lengthening list of "isms"- nationalism, exceptionalism, racism, wokeism, the list goes on- that substitutes for the thought today.
- Leaders who represent what is uniquely human about leadership: the capacity to see beyong systems and structures to the people they serve.
Application Date and Process
Nominations are open through March 31, 2026. However, nominators are encouraged to submit as soon as possible.
- Provide your and the nominee's contact details.
- Explain how the nominee meets the leadership criteria.
- Share career highlights.
- Upload supporting materials (videos, articles, CV etc,)
Application Deadline
31 March, 2026
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