VPS Launches Marine Sustainability Project Competition

Testing agency VPS has launched a contest in search of to seek out college students with new concepts for initiatives themed round marine sustainability.

Students within the UK, UAE, Netherlands, Singapore and Texas aged 18-25 are in a position to enter the competitors, with a $10,000 scholarship first prize and work placements inside the VPS community obtainable to runners-up, the corporate mentioned in an emailed assertion on Monday. The agency might also fund preliminary feasibility research for a number of the initiatives entered.

The initiatives should be aligned to one of many following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the corporate mentioned:

  • UN SDG 03: Health and well-being
    Concept should present the way it:
    Improves the standard of coastal air by way of the discount of transport emissions
  • UN SDG 07: Affordable and clear power
    Concept should present the way it:
    Advances greener marine fuels expertise and/or improves the reliability of
    electrical energy provide, era and monitoring units
  • UN SDG 13: Climate motion
    Concept should present the way it:
    Improves the reliability of electrical energy provide, era and monitoring units,
    and/or improves marine gasoline, lubrication and energy station effectivity
  • UN SDG 14: Life beneath water
    Concept should present the way it:
    Helps scale back ocean acidification and/or reduces marine air pollution from vessels

The deadline for entry to the competitors is August 31. More data is offered on the VPS website.

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