   The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is world's most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. The prize taps into the unlimited potential of today's high school students as they seek to address current and future water challenges.
This competition is open to students in grades 9 through 12 with science projects aimed at enhancing the quality of life through the improvement of water quality, water resource management, or water and watershed treatment. Projects can explore water issues on a local, regional, national, or global level using a research-oriented approach. For more information on the SJWP visit http://www.wef.org/PublicInformation/page_sjwp.aspx?id=146Stockholm Junior Water Prize Winners Congratulations to Becky Ye last years Maine winner and United States National Champion! Becky was named the United States winner at the SJWP competition in St. Louis June 17-20 2010. She represented the United States at the Stockholm International Water Prize competition in Stockholm Sweden in September 2010( http://www.wef.org/about/page.aspx?id=7441). Becky's paper can be viewed below. Great job Becky! Jennifer Rowe and Anne Marie Lausier were winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for Maine in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Both students participated in the National competitions. Their papers were published in the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Journal and can be seen or downloaded below. This is a great honor as only 8 papers are selected from the entire country each year for publication! Read a great article about Anne Marie below! http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/105730.html |