Prizes and competitions: Difference between revisions

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Various prizes and competitions are available for inventions or research which helps sustainability or tackles poverty.

Prizes

The ^W announced by Richard Branson offers a prize of USD 25 million (EUR19.2 million at the time of offer) to any individual to come up with a commercially viable system for removing at least 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from the Earth's atmosphere.

Awards

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Other prizes and competitions

These awards are general in scope rather than specifically about sustainability or poverty, but winners do often cover these issues:

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See also Wikipedia's ^W

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+Various prizes and competitions are available for inventions or research which helps  sustainability or tackles poverty.
+==Prizes==
+The {{WP|Virgin Earth Challenge}} announced by Richard Branson offers a prize of USD 25 million (EUR19.2 million at the time of offer) to any individual to come up with a commercially viable system for removing at least 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from the Earth's atmosphere.
+==Awards==
+*{{WP|Rolex Award}}
+*{{WP|United States National Academy of Engineering}} - ''no Wikipedia article yet.'' From the  {{WP|United States National Academy of Engineering}}
+==Other prizes and competitions==
+These awards are general in scope rather than specifically about sustainability or poverty, but winners do often cover these issues:
+*{{WP|MIT IDEAS Competition}}
+*{{WP|Lemelson-MIT Student Prize}}
+*See also Wikipedia's {{WP|Category:Awards}}
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+[[Category:Incentives]]