Prize

Venba Wins the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the 26th Annual Independent Games Festival Awards

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.

Key Points: 
  • Visai Games’ Venba won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 26th annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards tonight.
  • The IGF Awards is the longest-running festival, summit and showcase honoring the most innovative and excellent independent games of the past year.
  • Developed by Visai Games, Venba is a narrative cooking game in which players experience life as an Indian mom who has immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s.
  • In addition to the Grand Prize, Venba was also nominated in the Excellence in Audio, Narrative and Visual Art categories.

New European Bauhaus shines spotlight on its progress and gears up for its next Festival in Brussels

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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BRUSSELS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an initiative launched by the European Commission to translate the European Green Deal into tangible change on the ground that improves our daily lives. It brings about sustainable solutions for transforming the built environment and lifestyles for the better under the green transition, matching sustainability with good design that needs less carbon. At the same time, it makes these solutions inclusive, accessible and affordable for all, while respecting the diversity of places, traditions, and cultures that we have in Europe and beyond. 

Key Points: 
  • The Festival of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) – the European Commission's initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces – is coming back to Brussels for its second edition.
  • BRUSSELS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an initiative launched by the European Commission to translate the European Green Deal into tangible change on the ground that improves our daily lives.
  • By March 2024, close to EUR 380 million of EU funds have been committed to the New European Bauhaus.
  • Moreover, the annual New European Bauhaus Prizes reward exemplary projects, new concepts and ideas aligned with the NEB principles.

New European Bauhaus shines spotlight on its progress and gears up for its next Festival in Brussels

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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BRUSSELS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an initiative launched by the European Commission to translate the European Green Deal into tangible change on the ground that improves our daily lives. It brings about sustainable solutions for transforming the built environment and lifestyles for the better under the green transition, matching sustainability with good design that needs less carbon. At the same time, it makes these solutions inclusive, accessible and affordable for all, while respecting the diversity of places, traditions, and cultures that we have in Europe and beyond. 

Key Points: 
  • The Festival of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) – the European Commission's initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces – is coming back to Brussels for its second edition.
  • BRUSSELS, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is an initiative launched by the European Commission to translate the European Green Deal into tangible change on the ground that improves our daily lives.
  • By March 2024, close to EUR 380 million of EU funds have been committed to the New European Bauhaus.
  • Moreover, the annual New European Bauhaus Prizes reward exemplary projects, new concepts and ideas aligned with the NEB principles.

It's Time to Vote, Canada! Kruger Big Assist Names 5 Regional Winners in the Running for Grand Prize

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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The five regional winners will each receive a $25,000 Kruger Big Assist donation to subsidize player enrollment fees for those in need.

Key Points: 
  • The five regional winners will each receive a $25,000 Kruger Big Assist donation to subsidize player enrollment fees for those in need.
  • "We're celebrating our five Kruger Big Assist regional winners who are all doing incredible work in their communities to make the game of hockey more accessible and inclusive for all Canadians," said Susan Irving, CMO of Kruger Products.
  • "This year, we're also excited to get Canadians more involved in the Kruger Big Assist by giving them the deciding vote on which association receives the additional $75,000 Grand Prize!
  • Whitecourt Minor Hockey Association – Whitecourt, AB
    St. Catharines CYO Minor Hockey League – St. Catharines, ON
    Beaujeu Minor Hockey Association – Napierville, QC
    TASA Minor Hockey Association – Upper Tantallon, N.S.

DUCK® BRAND STUCK AT PROM® SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST KICKS OFF WITH A TWIST

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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AVON, Ohio, March 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all crafty high schoolers! It's time to show off your unique skills and style by entering the 24th Annual Duck® Brand Stuck at Prom® Scholarship Contest. The friendly competition challenges college-bound high school students across the U.S. and Canada to handcraft their dream prom dress or tux using Duck Tape® for a chance to win sizable college scholarships.

Key Points: 
  • It's time to show off your unique skills and style by entering the 24th Annual Duck® Brand Stuck at Prom® Scholarship Contest.
  • Beginning on March 27th, students are invited to participate in the most rewarding Stuck at Prom® contest, yet.
  • Runner-Up Rewards: Runner-up rewards have increased from $500 to $1,000 for second, third and fourth place winners in each category.
  • For more information about the 24th Annual Duck® Brand Stuck at Prom® Scholarship Contest and official rules, visit StuckAtProm.com .

Vilcek Foundation announces expansion of Prizes Program: Open call for immigrant artists and curators

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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NEW YORK, March 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vilcek Foundation in 2025 will double the amount of prizes they award in the arts and humanities as part of the philanthropic organization's annual prize program. Applications for the 2025 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and in Curatorial Work are now open; applications will be accepted through June 10, 2024, at 5:00pm ET.

Key Points: 
  • The Vilcek Foundation will award $300,000 in prizes to immigrant artists and curators in 2025 with the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Visual Arts and the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Curatorial Work.
  • Since 2006, the foundation has awarded the Vilcek Foundation Prizes in Biomedical Science and in a rotating category in the arts and humanities.
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes are awarded to immigrant professionals living and working in the United States.
  • The Vilcek Foundation Prizes are composed of the Vilcek Prizes and the Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise.

Novo Nordisk Foundation: The revolution began at a local pub: now, the human genome can be read in just one hour

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Friday, March 15, 2024
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Understanding the genetic basis for what makes us all unique, including disease-related aspects, requires sequencing of not just one, but many, human genomes.

Key Points: 
  • Understanding the genetic basis for what makes us all unique, including disease-related aspects, requires sequencing of not just one, but many, human genomes.
  • In 2000, one human genome took over 10 years to sequence at a cost of more than 1 billion dollars.
  • Their new technology means that a human genome can be sequenced in just one hour and for less than USD 1,000, meaning millions are sequenced each year.
  • For their pioneering efforts, Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian are receiving the 2024 Novo Nordisk Prize.

Novo Nordisk Foundation: The revolution began at a local pub: now, the human genome can be read in just one hour

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Friday, March 15, 2024
Diagnosis, Genomics, Health, The Prize, Survival, Disease, Panton Arms, Science, COVID-19, University, DSM-IV codes, Human, NGS, Research, DNA, Human genome, Cancer, Life, University of Cambridge, Prize, Genome, Novo Nordisk Foundation, USD, Paper, Pharmaceutical industry

Understanding the genetic basis for what makes us all unique, including disease-related aspects, requires sequencing of not just one, but many, human genomes.

Key Points: 
  • Understanding the genetic basis for what makes us all unique, including disease-related aspects, requires sequencing of not just one, but many, human genomes.
  • In 2000, one human genome took over 10 years to sequence at a cost of more than 1 billion dollars.
  • Their new technology means that a human genome can be sequenced in just one hour and for less than USD 1,000, meaning millions are sequenced each year.
  • For their pioneering efforts, Sir David Klenerman and Sir Shankar Balasubramanian are receiving the 2024 Novo Nordisk Prize.

The New European Bauhaus Festival returns to Brussels 50 projects nominated for the NEB Prizes 2024

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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BRUSSELS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission, in collaboration with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organises the second edition of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, an initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces. The official opening  will take place on 9 April in the presence of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commissioners Iliana Ivanova and Elisa Ferreira, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and State Secretary Thomas Dermine, as well as the Director General of IIASA Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, the Festival is featuring the awards ceremony of the fourth edition of New European Bauhaus Prizes, where 20 winners will be awarded a total of € 390,000.
  • Next to the event in Brussels, the Festival will also be spreading throughout Europe and beyond via Satellite Events.
  • BRUSSELS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission, in collaboration with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organises the second edition of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, an initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces.
  • The Festival represents an important bridge between the New European Bauhaus movement, high-level EU representatives, policymakers, industry leaders in art, architecture, design, sustainability, innovation and the wider public.

The New European Bauhaus Festival returns to Brussels 50 projects nominated for the NEB Prizes 2024

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
Civil service commission, Festival, Culture, European Commission, Science, NEB, Education, Art, Quality of life, Nature, Carbon, Fair, Opening ceremony, European Green Deal, Architecture, Council, Prize, PARC, Creativity, Ecosystem, Music, Balkans, State, Cinquantenaire, IIASA

BRUSSELS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission, in collaboration with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organises the second edition of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, an initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces. The official opening  will take place on 9 April in the presence of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commissioners Iliana Ivanova and Elisa Ferreira, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and State Secretary Thomas Dermine, as well as the Director General of IIASA Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber.

Key Points: 
  • Additionally, the Festival is featuring the awards ceremony of the fourth edition of New European Bauhaus Prizes, where 20 winners will be awarded a total of € 390,000.
  • Next to the event in Brussels, the Festival will also be spreading throughout Europe and beyond via Satellite Events.
  • BRUSSELS, March 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission, in collaboration with the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organises the second edition of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, an initiative connecting the European Green Deal to our daily lives and living spaces.
  • The Festival represents an important bridge between the New European Bauhaus movement, high-level EU representatives, policymakers, industry leaders in art, architecture, design, sustainability, innovation and the wider public.