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The sponsor has issued a request for proposals to examine civil false claims activities of federal, state, and local highway administrations, with particular attention to false claims defenses and agency liability in highway construction claims, potential false claims abuses, taxpayers’ actions, individual civil false claims state statutes and their implementation, court litigation, and administrative actions.

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The ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is a graduate-level annual competition that is intended to provide an interdisciplinary learning experience for real estate and design students in the United States and Canada. Self-formed student teams are asked to provide an urban design and a financial feasibility strategy for a large-scale real life site that ULI has identified somewhere in the United States. Through the formation of multidisciplinary teams, the program encourages cooperation and teamwork among future real estate professionals and the many allied professions, such as architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, engineering, real estate development, finance, psychology, law, and others.

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Funds are available to support a unique learning experience in Washington, D.C. This fellowship is designed to familiarize dental educators with the federal legislative process as it relates to dental education. A stipend of $$15,000 is available to cover travel and expenses for the three-month residency.

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The sponsor provides support for three or four postdoctoral research fellows in residence for an academic year. Candidates who do work that is qualitative and humanistic in nature are drawn from the humanities, the social sciences, and the life sciences. The Fellowship carries a stipend of $50,000.

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Support is provided for predoctoral and postdoctoral in-residence historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire, and for the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Disciplines of the humanities and social sciences are eligible.

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The sponsor provides an award to honor individuals who have advanced the cause of justice as delivered through the legal system. A gold medal and unrestricted $500,000 cash prize are presented annually.

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The Guy Bradley Award will be presented to those persons whose dedication and service to protecting the nation's natural resources demonstrate outstanding leadership, extended excellence, and a lifetime commitment to the field of wildlife law enforcement and whose actions advance the cause of wildlife conservation.