The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is sponsoring an award for K-12, undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates who have done something remarkable to address the Grand Challenges our world faces. The National Academy of Engineering has identified 14 specific NAE Grand Challenge problem areas in Sustainability, Health, Vulnerability, Joy of Living. Many of these problems potentially have a significant computational component.
If you know of a student has already made a special contribution in one of these areas, please nominate them!Nominations may REUSE existing materials such as videos, essays, articles, business plans, posters, presentations, photo essays or can be newly created.
- Nominations are due 1 March 2010.
- There are $15,000 in cash prizes and trip to Boston Summit on the Educational Implications of the NAE Grand Challenges.
- All submitted stories will be celebrated at http://www.grandchallengestories.org/stories.
- Visit: http://www.grandchallengestories.org/ for more information
- To nominate a story: http://www.grandchallengestories.org/stories/nominate.php
- Boston Summit April 21: http://grandchallengesummit.olin.edu/
