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The San Jose, California-based Tech Museum of Innovation (www.thetech.org) annually presents the Tech Awards to individuals and organizations utilizing technology to help solve global problems.

The program honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to improve the human condition in the categories of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible to apply.

Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to submit applications. At the awards gala each November, five laureates in each category are honored and $250,000 in cash prizes is awarded.

The Tech Museum encourages and solicits nominations from anyone who can identify a worthy candidate, including self-nominations. Nominations can be submitted online. See the Tech Museum Web site for complete program guidelines. rfp link: www.techawards.thetech.org/about.cfm or additional RFP in Science and Technology, visit: http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_science.jhtml. Important: deadline, May 2, 2003.