Sentences with phrase «prize money offered»

«We want to understand the effect of trust in social networks,» and the prize money offered is one element of the competition meant to test that trust, he adds.

THE SPORT»S HAPPY INFLATION Since professional golf became a glamour issue with the emergence of Arnold Palmer in 1960, the total prize money offered on the tour and the average winner's purse have climbed remarkably.

The Virginia Slims Championships will return to L.A. next year (in April) with even more prize money offered, and the details are being hammered out now on a contract with CBS calling for live TV coverage of six 1975 tournament finals on Saturday afternoons.

Not exact matches

The $ 5,000 prize money they receive for the College Entrepreneur of 2012 award will be used for retooling the Star website — crucial because its interface allows customers who see a coupon they like to enter information and download a PDF, so that they don't have to carry a square of toilet tissue into a store to redeem the offer.

Once you introduce money into the equation, and offer a cash prize to the winner, the waters quickly get muddied.

In a May 2, 2016 news release, Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said: «My concern is that the daily fantasy sports offerings my office reviewed require participants to risk money for a cash prize contingent upon individual athletes» collective performances in various future sporting events.

Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have been linked with a big - money offer for the England international, as reported by The Daily Mail, but Spurs have a plan in place to avoid selling one of their most prized assets.

«It's so important to me, first, because it pays the highest prize money ever offered and, second, because I want to see if I can win the toughest one after a long exhausting season.»

Whoever comes up will have a huge task ahead of them to survive in the top flight, but the money and prestige on offer really makes it the ultimate prize.

Grandi then remembered that Jordache had offered $ 250,000 as prize money for last year's New York Marathon, only to withdraw the offer when The Athletics Congress ruled money would have to be given not directly to the runners but to their clubs.

Nakash went on to say, «If the New York Marathon will allow the prize money to go straight to the athletes, then we'll renew our offer of $ 250,000.»

They don't see us as being a bigger team, we don't offer enough money to prize their best players away.

In addition to offering prize money, Finlandia donates $ 50,000 to nonprofit groups dedicated to protecting waterways along the race route.

With a deft touch, Fergie managed to prize away Arsenal's top player, who revealed that even though City wanted him and offered more money, in his heart, the little child inside told him United is where he wanted to be.

However Lorient will not budge in their efforts to keep one of their prized jewels, and it will take a big money offer to consider selling him, according to Lorient vice-president Alex Hayes, who has publicly said that none of four clubs have bid enough money for the 22 - year - old.

A growing number of organizations are taking a cue from reality TV, offering prize money for successful solutions to science and technology problems.

Palfrey: At the Michelson Prize and Grants we are offering $ 50 million in grant money towards a nonsurgical sterilization for cats and dogs, and we are also offering $ 25 million in prize money to whoever comes up with a product.

Imagine what could be possible for autistic people and their families if, instead of offering a $ 100,000 prize to anyone who can prove that vaccines are safe, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Robert De Niro invested that money in services that could improve the quality of the lives that they think are so tragically altered by autism?

At the drama's outset, Billie Jean and her sardonic, skunk - streaked business partner Gladys (a career - best Sarah Silverman) form their own championship tour when the female players are offered an eighth of the prize money that male athletes get.

With her family hard - up for cash, Kim is lured to the slopes by the prize - money offered for a local snowboarding competition.

You don't necessarily have to spend money on free trips or gift cards to offer as a prize to retain LMS clients.

Jenny Kesterton, Brand Manager at Boots Soltan said: «We are excited to bring the Boots Soltan Sun Ready campaign back for another year, and offer schools prize money to put towards school trips.

You could turn it into something fun for the kids to get involved in, for example by offering some sort of fun prize if enough money is raise.

Griffith University also offers a poetry prize with equal prize money.

Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize offers a total of AUD$ 8000 (US$ 7000) in prize money and is open to writers worldwide.

The competition offers a total prize money of 500,000 rand ($ 57,000) in three categories for books published in Afrikaans the previous year: literary fiction, non-fiction and book with most film potential, with the latter being won by Zirk's novel.

Some amount of money and / or influence in the literary world, to be sure, but also a personal connection to the prize being offered and its specific criteria.

At around $ 100 for a device — a price in line with Amazon's offering in the US — both firms will be looking to lock customers in to their format with their eyes on the content prize, where the real money is to be made.

There is a total of US$ 1500 on offer in prize money in addition to the regular publication payment.

«PLS accounts differ from a traditional savings account in that each participant has the opportunity to win a lottery in the form of money or prizes instead of earning a competitive interest rate on balances,» says Kate Lawton, brand manager with Filene Research Institute (FRI), a U.S. consumer financial think tank that worked with the Michigan Credit Union League and Doorways to Dream Fund to offer the first PLS in the U.S., in Michigan.

We will put any prize money earned toward our most pressing animal problems: reducing the number of homeless pets by offering more free and low - cost spay / neuter options; enhancing our foster and adoption programs; and expanding the pet food pantry for the community's neediest pet owners.

A twist of fate occurred when a wealthy American, Roswell Eldridge, came to England and offered outlandish prize money for the best «pointed - nosed» spaniels — those most resembling the old type.

This year will again offer the women equal prize money for the women in the new open division and age group categories.

During the season from September to December, the city becomes the meeting place for anglers from around Australia and around the globe with many tournaments offering high prize money for the winning teams.

World of Warcraft, because of its popularity, is somewhat of a household name, and now Blizzard is offering competitors prize money, which will attract even more attention.

A total of $ 1200 in prize money is on offer across all titles and casuals will also be available throughout the day.

Alongside the big name awards, the Independent Gaming Festival Awards (handed out at GDC) offered accolades and a hefty sum of prize money to their winners, which included Quadrilateral Cowboy (Excellence in Design, Grand Prize), Hyper Light Drifter (Excellence in Visual Art and the Audience pick), and Ladykiller in a Bind (Excellence in Narrative) to name a few.

February 23, 2017 • There's no prize money involved, although League of Legends maker Riot Games offers scholarships for the e-sports teams at Ohio State and competitors at other Big Ten campuses.

The Contemporary Art Society is delighted to announce that this year's Annual Award, Commission to Collect, which offers one of the largest sums of money of any contemporary art prize in the UK, has been awarded to The Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln, with artist Oliver Laric.

The prize on offer is not at all a great deal of money which may be expected.

Now in its eleventh year, the Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for artists in the country, offering total prize money of # 30,000, including a First Prize of # 15,000.

Through InnoCentive's online network of 300,000 engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs --- the world's first open innovation marketplace --- we offered prize money in exchange for successful solutions to problems in the social space that confounded experts working in only one place.

We can't offer prize money or a trip to Mars, but we can promise you credit and glory.

Nationally, we offer an essay contest with a cash prize of 250 dollars and we also award a micro-grant as seed money for environmental projects.

Greener Computing reminds us of an important step in combating e-waste - reuse - through the announcement of the International e-Waste Competition at University of Illinois, which offers $ 20,000 in prize money for smart ways to reuse e-waste or otherwise keep electronics out of the waste stream.

With the Launch / / Code contest, Clio is offering $ 100,000 in prize money to find the most creative, powerful, and useful integrations for Clio.

Over the years there has been a change in the landscape so more and more tournaments have added a charitable component but still offer great meals, fantastic prizes, and still cost a huge amount of money — yet now the competitors help pay for it.

Nike's game will offer a $ 100,000 prize pot, along with some sort «prize that money can't buy» for 100 winners.

Sprint kicked off a neat sweepstakes promotion called the 2017 Sprint Getaway Giveaway, offering 20 Samsung Galaxy J3 Emerge smartphones, $ 2,000 spending money and a grand prize of 100,000 American Airlines AAdvantage miles.

Here's a sneak preview of our upcoming startup competition offering $ 10,000 in prize money.