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EVERGLADES FOUNDATION GRAND CHALLENGE:
A $ 10 MILLION SCIENCE
PRIZE
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Everglades Foundation: who we are?
Science based organization dedicated to the Greater Everglades ecosystem.
‣ EXCEPTIONAL SCIENCE, ‣ EDUCATION, and ‣ SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
USA
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Why Phosphorus ? National Water Quality Inventory
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List of impaired waterbodies by State Cause of impairment
Total: 41,509 impaired waterbodies
Source: USEPA (2009)
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Lake Okeechobee Sub-watersheds Drainage area of 3.5 million acres
Use of fertilizers – phosphorus P, nitrogen N
Non treated wastewater and stormwater (P, N)
Manure (P, N)
Polluted run-offs
Drainage into the Lake
Urban, agricultural and farming
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Total Initial Costs - $ 13 – 15 billion
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Solution = Innovation
Phosphorus Grand Challenge
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$10 million science prize aimed at solving worldwide phosphorus problems.
Aims to attract innovative ideas and provides an opportunity to test breakthrough technologies.
7 year competition to evaluate performance at a large scale.
It will succeed in reducing the cost of phosphorus removal technologies.
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TO WIN THE $10 MILLION, THE WINNER MUST
DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING:
Remove excessive phosphorus from the water body in both
warm and cold weather conditions.
Find a solution that is cost effective.
Not require modifications to existing laws or regulations.
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Phosphorus Grand Prize
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
YEAR 3
YEAR 4 to 6
YEAR 7
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Phosphorus Grand Prize
YEAR 1
YEAR 2
- Entrants will be given a flow variability graph and the
chemical composition of the water to prepare them
for ulterior stages of the competition.
- Winners will be selected based on submitted
documents and results.
- $ 35,000 will be awarded.
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Phosphorus Grand Prize
- Testing the different technologies in the labs under
cold and warm conditions.
- Each technology will be tested for 2 weeks cleaning
15 gallons per day (steady flow regime but variable P
concentrations).
- $ 50,000 will be awarded.
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Phosphorus Grand Prize
- Each technology will be tested for 3 months cleaning
an average of 150 gallons per day (variable flow
regime and variable P concentrations).
- $ 800,000 will be awarded (4 winners).
YEAR 3
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Phosphorus Grand Prize
- Each technology will be tested for 2 years cleaning
an average of 15 MGD (variable flow regime and
variable P concentrations).
- $ 10 million will be awarded.
YEAR 4
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5 SATELLITE PRIZES
PHOENIX PRIZE
Discover a new high value added P
product (most financial value
per kg of P recovered)
P FOOTPRINT PRIZE
OUT OF THE BOX
PRIZE
EVERGLADES
NATION PRIZE
GATOR TANK
PRIZE
ForEverglades
Grand
Prize
GRAND
PRIZE
Novel and disruptive fresh
approaches to P removal and
recovery from waterbodies
Yr 1: $ 20,000
Yr 2: $ 50,000
Yr 3: $100,00
Calculation of P footprint
and implementation of the methodology
to decrease an entity P footprint
Yr 1: $ 15,000
Yrs 2 and 3: Recognition Prize
$ 10,000 / Yr for 3 Years
Proof of a technology
transfer concept: A business
plan competition
to support the transition of
scientific ideas into commercial
practice
$ 20,000 / Yr for 3 years
Innovative approach to
reduce P input to ecosystem
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TIMELINE
- Applications will be accepted in 2016.
- Awards for sub-prizes will be given out annually starting in 2016.
- Award for the Grand Prize ($ 10 million) will be given out to the
winner in 2022.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.evergladesfoundation.org/grandchallenge/
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ENDORSED BY
SIR HAROLD KROTO
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN CHEMISTRY, 1996
“Let us applaud this new initiative by
the Everglades Foundation. The Grand
Challenge will capture the imagination
of problem solvers while putting an
international focus on the global threat
of excessive phosphorus in our water
supply.”
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