Google is looking for ideas to fund

Submission Deadline: October 20, 2008

Google launched Project 10 to the 100th an initiative to identify and fund ideas in the following eight categories:

• Commmunity: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?

• Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families?
• Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?
• Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?
• Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?
• Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education?
• Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?
• Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don't fit into any category at all.

Projects will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Reach: How many people would this idea affect?
• Depth: How deeply are people impacted? How urgent is the need?
• Attainability: Can this idea be implemented within a year or two?
• Efficiency: How simple and cost-effective is your idea?
• Longevity: How long will the idea's impact last?

For more information visit: http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html

Ideas will have to be submitted online before October 20, 2008