Nominations Now Open for $1 Million Global Humanitarian Award

Nominations open beginning June 1st for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an annual international humanitarian award.

YEREVAN””Nominations are open beginning June 1st for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, an annual international humanitarian award. The Aurora Prize is seeking personal stories of individuals who have put themselves at personal risk for the sake of others. Nominations are open to the public from now until September 9, 2016 at www.auroraprize.com.

Anyone can nominate a candidate they believe has overcome great personal challenges to make an exceptional impact on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes. A description of the Prize criteria and selection process can be found here.

Every year, an Aurora Prize Laureate is honored with a US $100,000 grant, as well as a US $1,000,000 award to be donated to charitable organizations that inspired their work.

“The Aurora Prize highlights those risking their lives for the less fortunate to combat some of the world’s gravest humanitarian crises,”