[Editors] Call for Nominations

[Elizabeth Thomson]

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Elizabeth
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Elizabeth A. Thomson
Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
News Office, Room 11-400
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)
<thomson at mit.edu>

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>     CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
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>    $20,000 Homeland Security Awards
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>    $50,000 Frank Annunzio Awards
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>The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is proud to announce 
>it is now accepting Nominations for the 2005 $20,000 Homeland 
>Security Awards  and the 2005 $50,000 Frank Annunzio Awards honoring 
>"cutting edge" innovations, and providing incentive for continuing 
>research and/or a specific project.  The awards will be bestowed on 
>living United States citizens who are making or have recently made 
>significant and positive beneficial contributions.
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>Four $5,000 Homeland Security Awards will be presented to 
>individuals or companies that are making measurable and constructive 
>contributions related to basic and/or advanced research in the 
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>1) Biological, Radiological, Nuclear; 2) Border/Transportation 
>Security; 3) Emergency Response; and
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>4) Information Sharing. 
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>One $25,000 Frank Annunzio Award will be presented to an individual 
>who is making a beneficial
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>impact on society through talent, knowledge, and determination in 
>the Science/Technology field, and one
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>new $25,000 award will be presented in the Alternative Energy 
>Sources (AES) field.
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>The purpose of the new AES award is to strengthen America's energy 
>security; environmental quality;
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>enhance energy efficiency and productivity; and bring clean, 
>reliable and affordable energy technologies to the
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>marketplace for both consumers and industry.  New technologies may 
>harness the Earth's power and resources
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>through the use of renewables such as bio energy, geothermal, 
>hydrogen, solar and wind; or make more proficient
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>use of electric power, fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), 
>fusion, hydropower and nuclear as it relates to developing "cutting 
>edge" energy efficient technologies for buildings, homes, 
>transportation, power systems and/or industry.
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>All nominations are accepted online at: 
><http://www.ccolumbusfoundationawards.org/>www.ccolumbusfoundationawards.org. 
>The deadline for 2005 Homeland Security Awards Nominations is 
>Friday, April 29, 2005.  The deadline for the 2005 Frank Annunzio 
>Awards Nominations is Friday, May 13, 2005.  You may nominate 
>yourself and/or another worthy candidate.
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>All rules and details of the competition are included on the above 
>website.  Any questions related to the
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>competition may be directed to Darlene Cavalier at: 
><mailto:darcav1 at aol.com>darcav1 at aol.com or (215) 629-8662.
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>Foundation is an independent Federal government agency established 
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>1992 to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to 
>produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit
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>of mankind."  The Foundation has created Frontiers of Discovery-Work 
>in Progress and Discover the Future programs that honor
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>"cutting edge" innovations; innovative ideas of America's youth; and 
>teachers who dedicate their lives to students despite great personal
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>hardships.  For more information, please visit: 
><http://www.columbusfdn.org/>www.columbusfdn.org or contact Judi 
>Shellenberger at (315) 258-0090 or email: judithmscolumbus at cs.com.
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