Are you a design student with a great idea for a new product, material or system that would benefit the earth and promote sustainability? The EPA is now accepting proposals for the 4th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet. The creators of the accepted proposals will receive grants to help fund research and development of solutions for challenges to sustainability.
The P3 Awards program is a partnership between the public and private sectors to progress toward sustainability by achieving the mutual goals of economic prosperity, protection of the natural systems of the planet, and providing a higher quality of life for its people. EPA and its affiliates offer the P3 Awards competition to respond to the technical needs of the developed and developing world in moving towards the goal of sustainability.
There are approximately 50 grants available during the first round of the competition, and from those 50 10 will be chosen for the second round. You must be an enrolled in a college in the U.S or U.S territories to enter, and no submissions will be accepted after Dec. 21, 2006 4pm EST. For complete eligibility information and to learn how to apply for a grant, please visit The 4th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity, and the Planet.
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