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Various prizes and competitions are available for inventions or research which helps sustainability or tackles poverty | Various prizes and competitions are available for inventions or research which helps sustainability or tackles poverty: | ||
* The {{WP|Virgin Earth Challenge}} sponsored by Al Gore and 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. | |||
* Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability (run by the {{WP|United States National Academy of Engineering}} (NAE) supported by the Grainger Foundation). A $1 million prize - in 2007, it was awared for the {{WP|Sono filter|Sono filter,}} a workable, sustainable, economical, point-of-use water treatment system for arsenic-contaminated groundwater. | |||
The {{WP|Virgin Earth Challenge}} | * Automotive X PRIZE. Prize in excess of $10 million sponsored by private {{WP|X PRIZE}} foundation for vehicle that wins long distance stage race and achieves 100 MPG. | ||
*{{WP|Rolex Award}} | *{{WP|Rolex Award}} | ||
==Other prizes and competitions== | ==Other prizes and competitions== | ||
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*{{WP|MIT IDEAS Competition}} | *{{WP|MIT IDEAS Competition}} | ||
*{{WP|Lemelson-MIT Student Prize}} | *{{WP|Lemelson-MIT Student Prize}} | ||
*See also Wikipedia | *See also [[Wikipedia:Category:Awards|Wikipedia's "awards" category]]. | ||
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Revision as of 12:24, 24 April 2007
Various prizes and competitions are available for inventions or research which helps sustainability or tackles poverty:
- The W sponsored by Al Gore and 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.
- Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability (run by the W (NAE) supported by the Grainger Foundation). A $1 million prize - in 2007, it was awared for the W a workable, sustainable, economical, point-of-use water treatment system for arsenic-contaminated groundwater.
- Automotive X PRIZE. Prize in excess of $10 million sponsored by private W foundation for vehicle that wins long distance stage race and achieves 100 MPG.
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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 "awards" category.