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MSSI announces 2023 Ideas Fund recipients
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Published: 24 March 2023
The º«¹úÂãÎè Sustainability Systems Initiative (MSSI) has announced the results of its latest Ideas Fund competition. The Ideas Fund awards seed funding to projects led by º«¹úÂãÎè researchers, enabling them to pursue high-risk, high-reward projects in sustainability research.
Five teams received awards of $40,000 each to explore diverse research questions that included the use of color developers in thermal labels, improving efficiencies in photocatalysis, reducing electronic waste through the development of biodegradable batteries,Ìýthe conservation of pollinator biodiversity, and novel packaging to reduce food waste.