EPA Calls for P3 Award Entries

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with dozens of government, industry, and nonprofit partners, is accepting applications for the 2006 P3 Award, a design competition for scientific and technical solutions to environmental challenges. “P3 highlights people, prosperity, and the planet—the three pillars of sustainability,” according to the program website. The contest is limited to undergraduate or graduate institutions of higher education located in the U.S., but EPA encourages collaboration with industry, nonprofit organizations, government, and the scientific community, as well as with schools outside the U.S. Winning teams will receive up to $10,000 each to research and develop their projects as well as the chance to compete for up to $75,000 to further develop their designs, implement their projects in the field, and bring them to the marketplace. Submissions are due February 20, 2006. Details are online at http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/.