$143,750 Awarded in EWB-USA's Spring 2010 Project Grants Cycle

29 Grants awarded to EWB-USA projects spanning the globe

Thank you to all applicants that participated in EWB-USA's Spring 2010 Project Grants cycle, our most competitive to date! Through the generous support of donors including the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Bill Barclay, Brook Family Foundation, GeoEngineers, Inc., Caterpillar Foundation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, MWH Americas/HDR, Thornton Tomasetti Foundation, the Tyler Palmer Memorial Fund, and individual contributors to the EWB-USA Projects Grants Fund we were able to award funding to the exceptional chapters and projects below.

To learn more about the grant award winners, please view project summary pages by selecting the project titles.

Chapter Name	Project Name	Country	Amount awarded	Grant Type Awarded
Cal Poly State University Student Chapter, San Luis Obispo	Slow Sand Water Filters	Thailand	$6,000	Lockheed Martin Corporation
Carroll College	Source Water and Structural Assessment	Guatemala	$2,900	Brook Family Foundation
Case Western Reserve University / Central Ohio Professionals	Clean Drinking Water for Batoula- Phase I	Cameroon	$6,000	Barclay
Central Houston Professional Partners	Bukhaweka Vocational Training Centre Water and Power	Uganda	$4,567	Caterpillar Foundation
Central Michigan University	La Quebrada Bridge Project	El Salvador	$12,500	Caterpillar Foundation
Central Michigan University	La Quebrada Bridge Project	El Salvador	$5,000	Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
Central Ohio Professional	Improving the Quality of Life for Families in a Marginalized Community	El Salvador	$2,000	EWB-USA
Florida International University	Tichia Project	Costa Rica	$12,833	Caterpillar Foundation
Florida International University	Tichia Project	Costa Rica	$1,500	MWH Americas/HDR
Greater Austin	Sieykin Water and Health Project	Panama	$4,000	Barclay
Iowa State University	Solar Fruit Dryers, Stoves	Belize	$5,000	Caterpillar Foundation
Kansas University	Ecological Composting Latrines	Bolivia	$2,000	EWB-USA
Montana State University	Khwisero Community Water Project	Kenya	$5,000	American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Orange County Professionals	Segera Mission Footbridge	Kenya	$5,000	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Oregon Institute of Technology	Tanzania Water Well Project	Tanzania	$5,700	GeoEngineers, Inc.
Penn State University	Construction of a 4-Seater VIP Latrine for Baoma community School	Sierra Leone	$4,000	Lockheed Martin Corporation
Rutgers University	Water Supply for NSCI	Guatemala	$2,000	EWB-USA
San Francisco Professionals	Ngelenge Water and Health Improvement Project	Tanzania	$1,500	Tyler Palmer Memorial Fund
University of California Davis	Implementation 4	Uganda	$6,800	GeoEngineers, Inc.
University of California Riverside, Inland Empire, California Polytechnic University Pomona	A Safe and Reliable Water Supply for San Lorenzo El Tejar	Guatemala	$2,900	Brook Family Foundation
University of Florida	Providing Food, Profit, and Hope for 100 Families	Bolivia	$2,500	MWH Americas/HDR
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign	Ntisaw Village Water Project	Cameroon	$15,100	Caterpillar Foundation
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign	Ntisaw Village Water Project	Cameroon	$5,000	Lockheed Martin Corporation
University of Miami	El Socorro Water Project	Honduras	$5,000	MWH Americas/HDR
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Solar Mexico	Mexico	$2,900	Brook Family Foundation
University of Wisconsin – Madison	Hindiro Rainwater Catchment System and Drinking Water Pipeline Repair	Rwanda	$5,000	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
West Virginia University	Rancho Grande Water Filtration Project	Nicaragua	$4,050	Brook Family Foundation
Wisconsin Professional Partners/Marquette University	Rio Chiquito Bridge	Guatemala	$5,000	Thornton Tomasetti Foundation
Yale	Health and Sanitation in Kikoo, Cameroon	Cameroon	$2,000	EWB-USA

EWB-USA Announces 2010 Premier Chapters

EWB-USA recognizes a number of premier chapters each year at the EWB-USA International Conference. The chapters are chosen based on the following criteria:

• Technical preparedness, presentation and design
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Community Education and participation
• Health and Safety for the community and the chapter
• Administrative attentiveness and following EWB-USA procedures and guidelines

The EWB-USA Premier Chapters of 2010 are:

The Northeastern University Student Chapter
The Central Houston Professional Chapter
The Nashville Professional Chapter
The Las Vegas Professional Chapter
The Michigan Tech University Chapter
The University of Arizona Chapter
The Minnesota Professional Chapter

To learn more about our Premier Chapters please click here