Instead, the endowment awarded large grants to an array of gaming and Web-based projects.
Shortly after Mr. Statman received the national endowment award, he was featured on "American Routes," Mr. Spitzer's radio show.
There will also be a $15,000 People's Choice award and a $25,000 university endowment awarded to the college or university with the greatest number of entries.
This work was supported by National Human Genome Research Institute T32-HG0002536 and the Stein Oppenheimer Endowment Award, UCLA.
But the integrity of the process, and its respect for excellence, encouraged many corporations, foundations and individuals to augment the endowment's awards with matching contributions.
This research was supported by funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (#2006-35604-17242) awarded to SJK and POA and by the National Peanut Board, the Peanut Foundation, the Georgia Seed Development Commission, and Georgia Research Alliance endowment funding awarded to SJK.
In 1997 he was awarded the Seaver/National Endowment for the Arts award, a prize that, like the Avery Fisher Award, is given on the basis of performances over a long period rather than at a contest; and last month he took up the directorship of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic.
Since the first prize, in 1987, the endowment financing the award has given nearly $250,000 to 52 artists.
No money from the $3 million prize endowment has ever been awarded.
Memorial contributions may be sent in memory of Sue Workman to The Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation or The David T. Workman Award Endowment at 1249 Fifth Ave . Suite 907, NY, NY 10029.
