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National Nominating Bodies (NNB)

These are the universities and research institutions that have agreed to nominate their scientists for the Frontiers Planet Prize. Participating scientists submit their applications directly to their NNB.

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Angola

  • Oscar Ribas University

  • Universidade Agostinho Neto

Argentina

  • Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales

  • Biodiversity and Environment Research Institute

  • CONICET CCT Córdoba

  • CONICET CCT SALTA - JUJUY

  • CONICET La Plata

  • CONICET Mar del Plata

  • CONICET Mendoza

  • CONICET Nordeste

  • CONICET Santa Fe

  • INGAR Instituto de Desarrollo y Diseño, CONICET, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional

  • Instituto Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Basicas

  • Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal

  • National Institute of Limnology (INALI)

  • National Institute of Oceanography (IADO), CONICET Bahía Blanca

  • National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

  • National University of La Plata

  • National University of the South

  • University of Buenos Aires

  • Unidad de Estudios Agropecuarios CONICET

Australia

  • Australian Antarctic Division

  • Australian National University

  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

  • Centre for Marine Socioecology

  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

  • Deakin University

  • Edith Cowan University

  • Federation University

  • Flinders University

  • Griffith University

  • James Cook University

  • Murdoch University

  • Monash University

  • Queensland University of Technology

  • RMIT University

  • Southern Cross University

  • University of Adelaide

  • Swinburne University of Technology

  • The University Of Queensland

  • The University of Sydney

  • University of Melbourne

  • University of New South Wales

  • University of Tasmania

  • University of Technology Sydney

  • University of Western Australia

  • Western Sydney University

  • Victoria University

Austria

  • Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW)

  • BOKU University

  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

  • University of Graz

  • University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

  • Vienna University of Economics and Business

  • Vienna University of Technology

Bangladesh

  • University of Dhaka (DU)

Belgium

  • Ghent University

  • KU Leuven

  • University of Antwerp

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles

  • University of Hasselt

  • Belgium - University of Liège

    University of Liège

  • University of Mons

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Brazil

  • Bahia Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology

  • Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (IBICT)

  • Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste

  • Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Piaui

  • Federal Institute of Minas Gerais

  • Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro

  • Federal University of ABC

  • Federal University of Amazonas

  • Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)

  • Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre

  • Federal University of Goiás, Jataí

  • Federal University of Itajubá

  • Federal University of Pampa

  • Federal University of Rondonia

  • Federal University of Santa Maria

  • Federal University of São Carlos

  • Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO

  • Federal University of Western Bahia

  • Federal University of Uberlandia

  • Federal University of Viçosa

  • Fundação Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados

  • Insper

  • Instituto Federal Catarinense

  • Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Goiás (IFG)

  • Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Sul de Minas Gerais

  • Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo

  • Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC)

  • Instituto Federal de São Paulo

  • Instituto Federal de Sergipe - Campus Socorro

  • Juiz de Fora Federal University

  • Mackenzie Presbyterian University

  • National Institute for Space Research

  • Santa Catarina State University

  • São Paulo State University

  • State University of Ceará

  • State University of Londrina

  • State University of Mato Grosso

  • University of Brasilia

  • University of Fortaleza

  • Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

  • Universidade Estadual do Maranhão

  • Universidade Estadual Paulista - Unesp

  • Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

  • Universidade de São Paulo

  • Universidade do Estado do Amazonas

  • Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

  • Universidade Federal de Alagoas

  • Universidade Federal do Amapá

  • Universidade Federal do Cariri

  • Universidade Federal Fluminense

  • Universidade Federal de Lavras

  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

  • Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

  • Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul

  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

  • Universidade Federal do Paraná

  • Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Norte

  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  • Universidade Federal de São Paulo

  • Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri (UFVJM)

  • Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina

  • Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco

  • Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

Canada

  • Brock University

  • Carleton University

  • Concordia University

  • Dalhousie University

  • Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université du Québec

  • McGill University

  • McMaster University

  • Polytechnique Montréal

  • Queen's University

  • Simon Fraser University

  • Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Trent University

  • University of Alberta

  • University of British Columbia

  • University of Calgary

  • Université Laval

  • University of Manitoba

  • Université de Montréal

  • University of Ottawa

  • University of Prince Edward Island

  • University of Regina

  • University of Saskatchewan

  • University of Toronto

  • University of Victoria

  • University of Waterloo

  • University of Winnipeg

  • Western University

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

  • York University

Cape Verde

  • University of Cape Verde

Chile

  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  • Universidad Mayor

China

  • Beijing Normal University

  • CBAS

  • City University of Hong Kong

  • China University of Petroleum (East China)

  • China University of Geosciences, Beijing

  • China University of Geosciences, Wuhan

  • Fudan University

  • Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry

  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University

  • Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

  • Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  • Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

  • Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

  • Macau University of Science and Technology

  • Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

  • Ocean University of China

  • Peking University

  • Southern University of Science and Technology

  • Tianjin University

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  • The Education University of Hong Kong

  • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

  • Tsinghua University

  • University of Macau

  • Wuhan University

  • Zhejiang University

Colombia

  • Asociación Colombiana de Hematología y Oncología Pediátrica

  • Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (AGROSAVIA)

  • EAFIT University

  • ICESI University

  • Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses de Colombia

  • Instituto Nacional de Salud

  • National University of Colombia

  • Pontifical Javeriana University

  • Rosario University

  • Sergio Arboleda University

  • Sociedad Geografica de Colombia

  • Technological University of Pereira

  • Tolima University

  • Universidad Antonio Nariño

  • Universidad Autónoma de Occidente

  • Universidad de Antioquia

  • Universidad El Bosque

  • University of the Llanos

  • University of Los Andes, Colombia

  • University of Magdalena

  • Universidad del Norte

  • Universidad del Quindío

  • Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia

  • University of Santiago de Cali

  • Universidad del Valle

Côte d'Ivoire

  • University of Nangui Abrogoua

Cuba

  • Centro de Investigaciones de la Economia Mundial

Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • University of Kinshasa

Denmark

  • Aalborg University

  • University of Copenhagen

  • University of Southern Denmark

Egypt

  • Suez Canal University

Ethiopia

  • Arba Minch University

  • Ministry of Innovation and Technology

  • St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College

  • University of Gondar

Fiji

  • Fiji National University

  • University of Fiji

Finland

  • Tampere University

  • University of Helsinki

  • University of Turku

France

  • Collège de France

  • École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Université de Lyon

  • École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris

  • Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)

  • Institut Universitaire de France

  • Montpellier Business School

  • Observatoire de Paris Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

  • Sorbonne Université

  • Université Gustave Eiffel

  • University of New Caledonia

  • University of Rennes 1

  • Université de Toulouse

Germany

  • Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

  • Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

  • Freie Universität Berlin

  • GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

  • German Aerospace Center (DLR)

  • Goethe University Frankfurt

  • Hamburg University of Technology

  • Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (HZ)

  • Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

  • Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

  • Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren

  • Humboldt University of Berlin

  • Ifo Institute

  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

  • Julius Kühn-Institut

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

  • Leibniz Association

  • Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

  • Leibniz Institut für Katalyse

  • Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

  • Leipzig University

  • Leuphana University

  • LMU Munich University

  • Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

  • Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

  • Osnabrück University

  • RWTH Aachen University

  • Senckenberg Nature Research Society

  • Technical University Dortmund

  • Technische Universitat Braunschweig

  • Technische Universität Berlin

  • Technical University of Darmstadt

  • Technische Universität Dresden

  • Universität Hamburg

  • University of Augsburg

  • University of Bayreuth

  • University of Bonn

  • University of Cologne

  • University of Duisburg-Essen

  • University of Giessen

  • University of Göttingen

  • University of Konstanz

  • University of Munster

  • University of Potsdam

  • University of Tübingen

  • Ulm University

Ghana

  • University of Energy and Natural Resources

  • University of Ghana

Greece

  • Agricultural University of Athens

  • National Observatory of Athens

  • Technical University of Crete

  • University of Patras

Hungary

  • Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Eötvös Loránd Research Network

  • Budapest Metropolitan University of Applied Sciences

  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics

  • Corvinus University of Budapest

  • ELTE Centre for Economic And Regional Studies

  • Institute of Geography and Geoinformatics, University of Miskolc

  • Institute for Soil Sciences Centre for Agricultural Research

  • HUN-REN Biological Research Centre

  • HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research

  • HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research

  • HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research

  • HUN-REN Wigenr Research Centre for Physics

  • Óbuda University

  • University of Miskolc

  • University of Szeged

India

  • Birla Institute of Technology and Science

  • Centre for Wildlife Studies

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  • Physical Research Laboratory

  • SRM Institute of Science and Technology

  • University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

  • Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology

  • Wildlife Institute of India

Indonesia

  • University of Brawijaya

Ireland

  • University College Cork

  • University of Limerick

Israel

  • Agricultural Research Organization (ARO)

  • Bar-Ilan University

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

  • Geological Survey of Israel

  • Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute

  • Technion Israel Institute of Technology

  • Tel Aviv University

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • University of Haifa

  • Weizmann Institute of Science

Italy

  • Anton Dohrn Zoological Station Naples

  • Ca' Foscari University of Venice

  • Enrico Fermi Center for Study and Research

  • Institute of Atmospheric Science and Climate - National Research Council ISAC- CNR

  • International School for Advanced Studies

  • Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

  • Marche Polytechnic University

  • National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

  • Politecnico di Milano

  • Roma Tre University

  • Scuola Superiore di Catania

  • Universita' degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

  • University of Bologna

  • University of Brescia

  • University of Calabria

  • University of Cassino

  • University of Florence

  • University of Milano-Bicocca

  • University of Padua

  • University of Parma

  • University of Trento

Japan

  • Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

  • Hiroshima University

  • Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

  • Nagasaki University

  • Okayama University

  • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

  • Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

  • Tohoku University

  • University of Fukui

  • University of Tokyo

  • University of Tsukuba

Jordan

  • Yarmouk University (YU)

Kenya

  • Africa Bioethics Network

  • Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO)

  • Kenya Institute of Primate Research

  • Mount Kenya University

Madagascar

  • Laboratoire des RadioIsotopes

Malaysia

  • Division of Research and Innovation, Universiti Sains Malaysia

  • International Islamic University Malaysia

  • Malaysian Palm Oil Board

  • Monash University Malaysia

  • Multimedia University

  • Sunway University

  • UCSI University

  • Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

  • University Malaysia Perlis

  • University of Malaya

  • University of Malaysia Sarawak

  • Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

  • Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

  • Universiti Teknologi MARA

  • Universiti Tenaga Nasional

  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

  • University of Technology Malaysia

  • WorldFish Malaysia

  • Xiamen University Malaysia

Mexico

  • Autonomous University of Coahuila

  • Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí

  • Center for Atmospheric Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico

  • Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM)

  • Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

  • Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Morocco

  • Abdelmalek Essaadi University

  • Hassan Premier University

  • Ibn Tofail University

Netherlands

  • Delft University of Technology

  • Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Leiden University

  • IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

  • Maastricht University

  • Naturalis Biodiversity Center

  • Netherlands Institute of Ecology

  • Radboud University Nijmegen

  • Tilburg University

  • University of Amsterdam

  • University of Groningen

  • University of Twente

  • Universiteit Utecht

  • Wageningen University and Research

  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

New Zealand

  • AgResearch Ltd

  • Auckland University of Technology

  • GNS Science

  • Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)

  • Landcare Research New Zealand

  • Lincoln University

  • Massey University

  • New Zealand's Biological Heritage National Science Challenge

  • Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand's Maori Centre of Research Excellence

  • Te Wananga o Aotearoa

  • The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd

  • The University of Auckland

  • University of Canterbury

  • University of Otago

  • University of Waikato

  • Victoria University of Wellington

Nigeria

  • Covenant University

  • Federal University of Health Sciences Otukpo

  • Federal University of Technology

  • University of Ilorin

  • University of Lagos

  • Obafemi Awolowo University

  • Federal Medical Centre Asaba

  • University of Port Harcourt

Norway

  • Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO)

  • Norwegian Research Institute

  • SINTEF Ocean

Pakistan

  • Aga Khan University

  • COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus

  • University of Management and Technology, Lahore

Papua New Guinea

  • New Guinea Binatang Research Centre (NGBRC)

  • Research and Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea

  • Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Paraguay

  • National University of Asunción logo

    National University of Asunción

Peru

  • Continental University

  • Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina

  • Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo

  • National University of Santa

  • National University of Ucayali

  • Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

  • Universidad Católica de San Pablo

  • Universidad Nacional José María Arguedas

  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Philippines

  • Ateneo de Manila University

  • International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Poland

  • Adam Mickiewicz University

  • Cracow University of Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy

  • Kielce University of Technology

  • Jagiellonian University Medical College

  • Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences

  • Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation

  • Marie Curie-Sklodowska University

  • Poznan University of Life Sciences

  • Silesian University of Technology

  • University of Agriculture in Krakow

Portugal

  • NOVA University of Lisbon

  • Universidade dos Açores

  • University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE)

Romania

  • West University of Timisoara

Saudi Arabia

  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

  • King Faisal University

Senegal

  • Centre de Suivi Ecologique

  • Gaston Berger University

Singapore

  • Nanyang Technological University

  • National University of Singapore

  • Singapore University of Technology and Design Logo

    Singapore University of Technology and Design

Slovenia

  • National Institute of Biology (NIB)

  • National Institute of Chemistry

  • Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

South Africa

  • Agricultural Research Council of South Africa

  • Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

  • Durban University of Technology

  • iYunivesithi Walter Sisulu

  • Mangosuthu University of Technology

  • Nelson Mandela University

  • North-West University

  • Rhodes University

  • Sol Plaatje University

  • South African Medical Research Council

  • Srellenbosh University

  • The Independent Institute of Education, Varsity College

  • Tshwane University of Technology

  • University of Cape Town

  • University of Johannesburg

  • University of KwaZulu-Natal

  • University of Limpopo

  • University of Mpumalanga

  • University of Pretoria

  • University of South Africa

  • University of the Free State

  • University of Venda

  • University of the Witwatersrand

  • University of Zululand

  • Vaal University of Technology

South Korea

  • Chung-Ang University

  • Ewha Womans University

  • Hanyang University

  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

  • Kyung Hee University

  • Postech University

  • Yonsei University

Spain

  • Complutense University of Madrid

  • Polytechnic University of Madrid

  • Polytechnic University of Valencia

  • Pompeu Fabra University

  • University of Salamanca

  • Sevilla University

  • Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

  • Universidad de Oviedo

  • Universitat Politècnica de València

  • University of Almeria

  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  • University of Castilla La Mancha

  • Univesidad de León

  • University of Navarra

  • University of Santiago Compostela

  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide

  • University of Valencia

  • University of Valladolid

  • University of Vigo

  • University of Zaragoza

Sudan

  • Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum

Sweden

  • Chalmers University of Technology

  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology

  • Linnaeus University

  • Lund University

  • Research Institutes of Sweden

  • Umeå University

  • Uppsala University

Switzerland

  • Agroscope

  • ETH Zurich

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

  • Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

  • Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)

  • Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)

  • Université de Fribourg

  • University of Geneva

  • University of Lausanne

  • University of Zurich

  • Zurich University of Applied Science

Tanzania

  • Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute (KCRI)

  • Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology

Thailand

  • King Mongkut's University of Tech Thonburi

  • National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)

  • National Nanotechnology Center

Tunisia

  • Gabes University

  • National Institute of Research and Physicochemical Analysis

  • University of Sfax

Turkey

  • Ankara University

  • Hacettepe University

  • Istanbul Technical University

  • Istanbul University

Uganda

  • Kyambogo University

  • Makerere University

  • National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI)

United Arab Emirates