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Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

January 22nd – January 29th 2010

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 Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants

• Number of Grants: 587

• Value of Grants: $38billion*

• Countries Covered: 40+

• New Grants this Week: 7

• Latest update: January 29th , 2010

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and
expired grants

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 This Week on Skipso

• 7 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s

funding database

• Focus this week: new international Environmental prizes and

awards, US fellowship in Marine Conservation, US R&D seed
funding

• Skipso Open Innovation Challenges are live: University CleanTech

Challenge (£5k Cash Award) The Green Lighting Challenge ($10k
Cash Award) and the Concepts for CO2 Offsetting Challenge ($5k
Cash Award)

• 14 grants and awards approaching application deadline in January

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 587 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives and over $38b in value, all are
accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com

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 International Environmental Prizes

The Goldman Environmental Prize

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $150,000
• Geographic Focus: US / Global
• Deadline: April 2010
http://www.goldmanprize.org/

• Announced every April to coincide with Earth Day, the Goldman Environmental
Prize winners are selected by an international jury from confidential nominations
submitted by a worldwide group of environmental organizations and individuals.

• The Prize recognizes individuals for sustained and significant efforts to protect
and enhance the natural environment, often at great personal risk.

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 International Environmental Prizes

The Aristotle Onassis Prize for the

Protection of the Environment

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: €250,000
• Geographic Focus: Greece / Global
• Deadline: 31st December 2010
http://www.onassis.gr/sectpage.php?lang=en&secID=3&subID=6&sub2ID=9

• The Prize will reward persons or entities who have provided an outstanding
scientific contribution to the problems of Environmental Protection and
Improvement including the sustainable use of energy.

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 International Environmental Prizes

The Sophie Prize

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $100,000
• Geographic Focus: Global
• Deadline: November 2010

http://www.sophieprize.org/

• The Sophie Prize is an international award (US $ 100,000), for environment

and sustainable development, awarded annually. The Sophie Prize is
established to inspire people working towards a sustainable future. The Prize
was established in 1997 by the Norwegian author Jostein Gaarder and his wife Siri
Dannevig.

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 International Environmental Awards

Rolex Award for Enterprise

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $100,000
• Geographic Focus: Switzerland / Global
• Deadline: November 2010
http://rolexawards.com/en/index.jsp

• For every series of the original Awards, Rolex gives generous support to five
Laureates and five Associate Laureates for their efforts to expand
knowledge and improve life on our planet. This international programme
promotes original projects in the fields of science, technology, exploration, the
environment and cultural heritage.

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 International Environmental Prizes

Virgin Earth Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $25,000,000
• Geographic Focus: Global
• Deadline: 8th January 2010

http://www.virgin.com/subsites/virginearth/

• The Virgin Earth Challenge is a prize of $25m for whoever can demonstrate to
the judges' satisfaction a commercially viable design which results in the removal
of anthropogenic, atmospheric greenhouse gases so as to contribute
materially to the stability of Earth's climate.

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 Research Fellowship

Pew Fellowship in Marine

Conservation

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $150,000
• Geographic Focus: US
• Deadline: N/A
http://www.pewmarinefellows.org/

• The prestigious Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation is annually awarded to

five outstanding global leaders or teams who are working to preserve and
protect the world’s oceans and marine species. Designed to promote
innovative work, the Pew Fellowship provides flexible support and encourages
creative, interdisciplinary approaches to the preservation of marine systems.

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 R&D Funding

CITRIS Seed Funding Request for

Proposal

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Amount: $30,000 to $75,000
• Geographic Focus: US
• Deadline: 29th January 2010

http://www.citris-uc.org/research/funding/rfp

• CITRIS is pleased to announce a new round of seed funding for Fiscal Year 2010.
It is open to all CITRIS investigators in UC Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa
Cruz. Seed funding supports high-risk/high-impact projects that are distinctive
and novel in their approach and have potential to attract larger scale grants.

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 Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (1 of 3)
Refer a friend – Win $1,000!

The Green Lighting Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $10,000 / $1,000 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Italy / International
• Deadline: 8th March 2010

http://www.skipso.com

• GC is looking for innovative solutions and products to enhance the performance of its
LED-based product line and extend its functional application to a wider range of
fittings.

• Win $10,000 cash award for submitting solutions that will allow GC to meet the
required illumination coefficients and to expand its Green Lighting fittings to
motorways, urban areas, sports installations and other public areas.

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 Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (2 of 3)
Refer a friend – Win $500!

Concepts for CO2 Project Sourcing

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: $5,000 / $500 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Developing Countries
• Deadline: 10th March 2010
http://www.skipso.com

• Myclimate, The Climate Protection Partnership, is looking for innovative approaches to

secure and expand the sourcing of carbon offsetting projects.

Win $5,000 for submitting the most compelling concept for myclimate to find and
approach Cleantech companies, technology providers and other organizations that
apply and implement CO2-reducing technologies and initiatives in developing
countries, mainly in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency.

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 Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (3 of 3)

University CleanTech Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: £5,000
• Geographic Focus: Europe
• Deadline: 21st February 2010 (Phase 1)
http://www.cleantechnologychallenge.com

• The CleanTech Challenge is a student competition jointly hosted by London Business

School and University College London where students from top European
business and engineering schools compete in cross-functional teams. The challenge
is to develop innovative clean technology ideas from the concept phase to a stage in
which they would attract Series A funding or otherwise be self-sustainable.

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