The 2025 Norman B. Leventhal City Prize

The MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism is delighted to announce that we have opened submissions for the third round of the Norman B. Leventhal City Prize.

The Leventhal City Prize seeks to catalyze innovative urban design and planning approaches that will improve the environment and quality of life for citizens.

A prize of $100,000.00 USD is awarded on a three-year cycle to an interdisciplinary team of MIT faculty to work together with either a government agency, non-profit or civic leadership organization. The winning team must demonstrate the potential to improve the quality of life in cities through an innovative urban design and/or planning project, and be able to incorporate the collaborative project in future teaching and research at MIT.

In its current cycle, the Leventhal City Prize is soliciting novel responses focused on our current research theme Energy Intersections which looks at the urban implications of energy transition.   

Please visit https://leventhalcityprize.mit.edu/ for more information and a link to the application. 

The deadline for LOIs is Friday May 23rd, 2025. Any questions? Please be in touch with us at lcau-lp@mit.edu.