The University of St Andrews and international integrated energy company ConocoPhillips have announced the call for entries for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment 2011.

Applications are invited from individuals, multi-disciplinary teams or community groups for the 2011 annual prize of $75,000 USD for the winner and $25,000 USD for each of the two runners-up.

The primary objective of the prize is to find innovative solutions to environmental challenges. The solutions should be practical, combining good science, economic reality and political acceptability. 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 2011 prize should submit a single page project summary of no more than 500 words by 31 October 2010. The shortlisted entries will be invited for a more substantial submission in January 2011 and the winners will be announced at a seminar at the University of St Andrews in May 2011.

Full details about the Prize, and how to enter are available from the website www.thestandrewsprize.com or from the St Andrews Prize for the Environment office at St Andrews University on Tel + 44 (0)1334 462161. Email entries to: prize@st-andrews.ac.uk.

For further information, contact Doug Allsop at:
Mearns and Gill
7 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1 PP

Tel +44 (0) 1224 646311 Fax +44 (0) 1224 631882
Email doug@mearns-gill.com