Overview
The biennial, unrestricted $100,000 award is given to the prize winner. The Prize was established by the Indianapolis Zoo to encourage conservation of animals.
The Indianapolis Prize is one part of a broad-based conservation initiative being undertaken by the Indianapolis Zoo. The Eli Lilly and Company Foundation has pledged the startup funding for the Indianapolis Prize, and in addition to the $100,000 award the winner also receives the Lilly Medal.
The obverse of the Lilly Medal features a shepherd surrounded by nature and the rising sun. On the reverse is inscribed a quote from naturalist John Muir, "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe."
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