The University of St Andrews and international integrated energy company ConocoPhillips announced, this week, the call for entries for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2012.
As the University of St Andrews celebrates its 600th Anniversary, the University and ConocoPhillips have announced that the prize value has risen from £78,000 last year to its highest ever value of £95,000.
Now in its fourteenth year the primary objective of the prize is to find innovative solutions to environmental challenges. The solutions should be combine good science, economic reality and political acceptability.
Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups for the annual prize of £63,000 for the winner and £15,800 for each of the two runners up.
The prize offers people from all backgrounds around the world the chance to help transform their environmental ideas into reality and also provides a network of connections and support.
Anyone wishing to enter the 2012 prize should submit a single page project summary of no more than 500 words by 31 October 2011.
For full details about the prize and how to enter go to: www.thestandrewsprize.com or contact the St Andrews Prize for the Environment office on 01334 462 161.
The St Andrews Prize for the Environment can also be found on Facebook.