InnoCentive announced that one of its latest scientific-challenge
winners, Dr. Jim P. Boyce, a scientist at Amgen Inc., has donated his
"Solver" award of $5,000 to the Chemistry Department at Cal Poly San
Louis Obispo. Dr. Boyce's winning solution involved devising a
chemical sensor-based method for detecting crop fumigants at low
levels.
Ali Hussein, InnoCentive's chief marketing officer, vice president
of global markets, said, "Dr. Boyce's generosity is a good example of
the dedication that many of our 100,000 on-line Solvers feel toward
the importance of helping to promote science and the next generation
of scientists. However, Dr. Boyce is the first InnoCentive winner to
donate his award to a scientific university."
Dr. Boyce said, "It was personally rewarding for me to participate
in this international chemistry competition and to challenge myself to
'think outside the box' on an issue that affects the safety of farm
workers. I am also pleased to be able to help support the next
generation of chemists."
InnoCentive has developed a solid global brand with their unique
virtual R&D network of over 100,000 scientists spanning more than 175
countries that has greatly helped companies reduce the escalating
costs required to bring products to market. InnoCentive's goal is to
further advance scientific research and collaboration in worldwide
markets.
About InnoCentive
InnoCentive is the first online forum that allows world-class
scientists and science-based companies to collaborate in a global
scientific community to achieve innovative solutions to complex
challenges. Companies including Dow AgroSciences, Eli Lilly and
Company, Procter & Gamble and others, which collectively spend
billions of dollars on R&D, post scientific problems confidentially on
the InnoCentive Web site where over 100,000 scientists and scientific
organizations in more than 175 countries can solve them. Scientists
who deliver solutions that best meet InnoCentive's challenge
requirements receive financial awards ranging up to and over $100,000.
To learn more and to register as an InnoCentive Solver, visit the
InnoCentive Web site at www.innocentive.com.
