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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Visionary Awards provide grant funding to support exceptional explorers in advancing their work in science, conservation, sustainability and exploration.
Thanks to the generosity of Eric and Wendy Schmidt, our 2025 winners are:
Dale Andersen – Biosignature in an Antarctic Oasis
Biruté Galdikas – Reforestation for Survival
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza – Project Stingless Bees
Eric (FN’17) and Wendy Schmidt (MN’19 and 2023 President’s Award for Conservation Recipient) are proud to support the future of exploration and celebrate this year’s awardees, as they join the incredible legacy of The Explorers Club and continue to push the boundaries of exploration, on this planet and beyond.
Eric and Wendy Schmidt founded the Schmidt Family Foundation, Schmidt Ocean Institute and Schmidt Sciences. Through their philanthropy, the couple are working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all.
“We believe we are in living a new era of discovery, one that is pushing us further into space, deeper into the sea, and knitting us more closely with our plant and animal kin on Earth, bringing us closer than ever to understanding the origins and nature of life itself. Eric and I are excited to see the new worlds these passionate explorers will discover.”
– Wendy Schmidt, president and co-founder, Schmidt Family Foundation and Schmidt Ocean Institute
