Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize 2026

🏆 About Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize

Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leaders are innovative, courageous, and ethical individuals who 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.
• Winners will be celebrated at an awards dinner in early 2027.
• Laureates will join Tällberg’s global network of leaders, an active forum for engagement, collaboration, and sustained impact.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

• Anyone can nominate a leader (except Prize jurors and candidates themselves; self-nominations are not allowed).
• Nominees can be leaders across all fields, including:
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • Human rights
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Technology
  • Arts
  • Media
• Only individuals can be nominated (not organizations).
• The working language for the nomination is English.

🌟 Ideal Candidate

They are looking for leaders who:

• Are innovative, courageous, dynamic, and ethical.
• Work in dramatically different fields and geographies but share recognition that global problems demand global solutions.
• Seize the moment instead of waiting for politicians to act.
• Reject the lengthening list of "isms" (e.g., nationalism, exceptionalism, racism, wokeism) that substitute for thoughtful leadership today.
• Represent what is uniquely human about leadership: the capacity to see beyond systems and structures to the people they serve.

📅 Application Date and Process

Nominations are open through March 31, 2026, but nominators are encouraged to submit as soon as possible.

Steps to Apply:

1. Provide your and the nominee's contact details.
2. Explain how the nominee meets the leadership criteria.
3. Share career highlights.
4. Upload supporting materials (e.g., videos, articles, CV).

⏰ Application Deadline

31 March, 2026

🌐 Application Portal

• View details of the Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize.
• Apply for the prize via the Nomination Portal.

Make sure to nominate deserving leaders who embody the spirit of global leadership!

• Each laureate will receive an unrestricted $50,000 grant.
• Laureates will be celebrated at an awards dinner in early 2027.
• Laureates will join Tällberg’s global network of leaders, an active forum for engagement, collaboration, and sustained impact.