9th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet
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Moreover, the program also aims to develop research outputs in the form of innovative, inherently benign, integrated, and as well as interdisciplinary designs that are all geared towards advancing the scientific, technical, and policy knowledge of the people, which are all essential to further the goals of sustainability.

In line with that, the project specifically aims to achieve the following objectives:

a) maintain or improve human health and well-being

b) boost economic competitiveness

c) protect and preserve the environment by efficiently using water materials and energy, thereby reducing the emission of hazardous substances.

The program plans to grant up to 40 $15,000 awards, with its allocated project budget amounting to $1,050,000.

To know more about this program, visit Topgovernmentgrants.com or go to the Grants.gov website.

Public nonprofit institutions/organizations and private nonprofit institutions/organizations located in the US and its territories are all eligible to apply for the 9th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet program.

The United States Environmental Agency, the primary agency funding the 9th Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet program, is the United States federal government's leading agency responsible for protecting human health and the environment.

Furthermore, the agency has been constantly working towards a cleaner, healthier, and greener environment since its establishment in 1970.

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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on environmental grants and grants for youth programs.

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Ethical Schools Project in Peru
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences
NASA has recently established the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program for the year 2011, which encourages interested institutions to submit proposals that involve ground-based research and technology investigations that seek to comprehend naturally occurring phenomena, both in the Earth and in space.

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National Institutes of Health: Expanding the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in Human and Model Organisms
The National Institutes of Health, in cooperation with the National Human Genome Research Institute, has established a funding opportunity to support the Expanding the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements in Human and Model Organisms project.

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United States Agency for International Development: Citizen Engagement and Elections Project in Mongolia
The Citizen Engagement and Election Projects in Mongolia aims to encourage increased citizen participation, mobilization and education during the months prior to the Mongolian parliamentary elections in 2012.

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