The Rolex Awards celebrate and encourage the spirit of enterprise by supporting pioneers taking on major challenges in order to benefit mankind.

The 2014 Awards are dedicated to candidates aged between 18 and 30 years old by 31 December 31, 2014, who have a project in one of five areas: science and health, applied technology, exploration and discovery, the environment, and cultural heritage.

Five Young Laureates will be chosen by an international jury of experts and will each receive 50,000 Swiss francs to advance their project, as well as a Rolex chronometer, and will gain worldwide recognition of their work through an international publicity campaign.

Candidates are invited to submit a pre-application in English on rolexawards.com/about/apply.