SIWW 2014 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Call for Nominations

Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014 C all for Nominations

Honouring the Best Minds of Our Generation — The Game Changers in Water Solutions The highlight of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize honours outstanding contributions by individuals or organisations towards solving the world's water problems by applying innovative technologies or implementing policies and programmes which benefit humanity. This prestigious international award is named after Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, whose foresight and leadership has enabled Singapore to attain a sustainable water supply.

The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize laureate receives S$300,000, a certificate, and a gold medallion at the award ceremony held during SIWW.

Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014 Nomination FORM

The Prize Sponsor — Singapore Millennium Foundation

I. Type of Nominee Please indicate ONE of the following: Individual(s), proceed to Section II Institution or organisation, proceed to Section III II. Nominee Details

The Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF), a philanthropic body supported by Temasek Holdings, is the sponsor of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize.

With a primary aim to promote research and development of human capital, and enhance Singapore as a centre for research, the SMF partners universities in Singapore as well as research institutes such as Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National Cancer Centre Singapore, National Neuroscience Institute, Institute of Mental Health, and Singapore General Hospital. It has supported research into liver cancer, Parkinson’s disease, neuromuscular disease, mental health, and biofuel. SMF has future plans to expand into research areas including pedagogy and learning, special needs education, ageing and palliative care, and nonmedical bioscience.

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The 2012 Laureate of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Professor Mark van Loosdrecht was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize in 2012 for his breakthrough, Anammox — an innovative biological process that provides a cost-effective, robust, and sustainable way to remove unwanted pollutants from used water.

With the discovery of a unique group of bacteria that removes the pollutant ammonia in used water using less oxygen and no added organic carbon, Anammox greatly reduces the overall energy consumption, chemical usage, and carbon emissions of conventional used water treatment plants. By pioneering an innovative biological process that serves as a cost-effective, reliable, and sustainable way of removing pollutants from used water, Prof van Loosdrecht changed the established understanding of the used water treatment process. His groundbreaking work in marrying nature and engineering has formed the basis for many used water treatments today, and continues to gain worldwide adoption.

Prof van Loosdrecht has dedicated his career to pushing the boundaries and challenging the paradigms of used water treatment. Aside from Anammox, Prof van Loosdrecht is also credited with the development of Sharon®, Nereda®, CANON® and BABE®.

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Call for Nominations

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Singapore International Water Week calls for nominations for the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014. Qualified parties, such as leaders of international water companies and water utilities, top academics in water research, policy and management, heads of international organisations, members of government, or distinguished individuals in the water field are welcome to submit nominations.

All nominations will undergo two rounds of rigorous selection. The Nominating Committee will thoroughly evaluate all submitted nominations and make their recommendations to the Water Prize Council, which will then decide on the prize winner.

Nominations close on 31 May 2013.

For more information, visit www.siww.com.sg or email leekuanyewwaterprize@siww.com.sg

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V. Other Requirements Please refer to the Nomination Guidelines for details a) Write-up

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Nomination documents must reach the following address by 31 May 2013: Singapore International Water Week Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Secretariat 40 Scotts Road, #22-01, Environment Building Singapore 228231 Please enclose a CD containing the softcopy of the nomination or email: leekuanyewwaterprize@siww.com.sg

Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014 N o m i n a t i o n GUID E L I N E S

1. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is an international award given to recognise an individual or organisation for outstanding contributions towards solving the world’s water problems by applying novel technologies, or implementing innovative policies and programmes which benefit humanity. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize will be presented during the Singapore International Water Week.

For 2014, the Water Week will be held from 1 to 5 June in Singapore.

2. The submission of nominations for Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize follows a strict process, and under which the submission of nominations are accepted only from qualified Nominators. Nominators are expected to be one of the following: • Water industry or water utilities leaders • Leading academics in the field of water research, policy and management • Heads of international organisations • Members of government • Individuals deemed fit by Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Nominating Committee 3. Self-nominations and nominations by family members of Nominees will not be accepted. Self-nomination includes nomination made by an individual from the same organisation as the Nominee.

4. All nominations will be examined by the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Nominating Committee. Its members include leaders of water companies, and distinguished academics in the water sector. The Committee will make its recommendation to the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Council, which will make the final selection of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Laureate.

7. The completed nomination form must consist of the following: a. A detailed write-up describing the nature of the cited technological innovation and/or the implemented water policy and programme. The write-up should clearly highlight the role of the nominee in delivering actual wide-scale benefits to society either by a technological innovation or by the effective implementation of a novel policy/programme in the field of water. The write-up should not exceed 5 single-spaced pages typed in a 12-point font; b. A summary (not exceeding 200 words) of the nominee’s achievements in terms of its relevance to the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize must be submitted as part of the nomination; c. Names and contact information (e.g. email, telephone, fax, mailing address etc.) of two to five referees who are familiar with, but not directly involved in the work of the nominee; and d. Additional supporting documents such as articles, curriculum vitae, background information about the organisation, publications, reports, videos, testimonials or any other material which provides relevant support to the nomination. Please submit softcopies as far as possible and ONE hardcopy of such document(s).

8. The completed nomination documents should be mailed to: Singapore International Water Week Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Secretariat 40 Scotts Road, #22-01, Environment Building Singapore 228231 or sent via email to leekuanyewwaterprize@siww.com.sg

5. Nominations for the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014 open on 15 January 2013. All nominations for the Water Prize 2014 must be submitted to the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Secretariat by 31 May 2013.

9. For additional information on the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, please email leekuanyewwaterprize@siww.com.sg.

6. The official nomination form and all accompanying materials must be submitted in English. Information about the Nominee and the Nominator should be filled in completely and as accurately as possible in the nomination form.

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