Eshani Jha from the USA is the winner of the prestigious 2021 Stockholm Junior Water Prize. She was awarded the Prize for her research on simple and affordable ways to purify water. 

With less than a week to go before the award ceremony, excitement is growing around Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2021. On 24 August 2pm CEST we will find out who the winners are.

A record number of 55,000 people had voted for their favourite Stockholm Junior Water Prize projects. Thank you for participating. The winners will be announced on 24 August during World Water Week. 

Now anyone can vote for their favourite Stockholm Junior Water Prize project. Until 12 August, the People’s Choice Award is open to the public. Learn more here and cast your vote.

In 2020, we held the inaugural People’s Choice Award as part of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. For the first time ever the general public could vote for their favorite project. We spoke to the winners, Adittya and Khaled who represented Bangladesh. They told us how they came up with their project, the support they received and share some words of encouragement and advice with this year’s finalists.

For 25 years, an esteemed jury has chosen winners from around the world to be awarded the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. We spoke to Professor Krishna Pagilla about his time as a jury member and advice for new finalists.

For 25 years, an esteemed jury has chosen winners from around the world to be awarded the Stockholm Junior Water Prize. We spoke to Professor Yoshihisa Shimizu about his time as a jury member and his advice for new finalists.

"I hope this can inspire more young people and National Organizers. Thanks to the initiative some institutions are interested in support more youth to implement their projects."

SIWI and Swedish Water House are gathering the greatest minds in water for a series of Water Dialogues. Selected Stockholm Water Prize Laureates, for the first time, be joined in conversation by Stockholm Junior Water Prize finalists. The series kicks off with 2020’s Stockholm Water Prize Laureate John Cherry discussing his life’s work on the vital issue of groundwater.