The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
Catalyzing the vanguard of a design science revolution
Each year a distinguished jury will award a single $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a solution that has significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems in the shortest possible time while enhancing the Earth's ecological integrity.
Find out more at: http://challenge.bfi.org/
UC Berkeley Conference Travel Grants - ongoingPh.D. students in the final stages of their dissertation work may apply for funds to attend professional conferences where they will present a poster or paper on their dissertation research and make professional contacts. The maximum amount awarded is $500. Only one conference travel grant will be awarded per academic year. No reimbursements are granted. Find the application and more information at: http://www.grad.berkeley.edu/fellowships/pdf/travel_grants.pdf
About the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation focuses on the pressing health and health care issues facing our country. The Foundation's Pioneer Portfolio supports innovative ideas and projects that may trigger important breakthroughs in health and health care. For more information, visit http://www.rwjf.org.
About Changemakers
Changemakers is an initiative of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Changemakers focuses on the rapidly growing world of social innovation. For details on the competition, visit http://changemakers.net/en-us/competition/disruptive. |
