The Lirpa Sloof Foundation is announcing the suspension of the quarterly Sloof Amateur Project Grant Program. The grant which was awarded for the 4th Quarter 2004 was the last one currently planned. The Foundation will continue to maintain accounts for prior recipients of the program as promised. The Foundation reserves the option to resume the program in the future.

In pursuit of its goal of promoting science and technology research, the Lirpa Sloof Foundation will be reorganizing its grant program to offer monetary prizes for scientific achievements. It's similar in concept to NASA's Centennial Challenges but aims at different topics. It was inspired by the success of the Ansari X-Prize in spurring the world's first civilian manned space flights.

About the Sloof Foundation

The Sloof Foundation is a non-profit philanthropic organization which supports science and technology research projects. The foundation is based in Las Vegas, Nevada and was founded by Dr Lirpa Sloof. The Foundation's primary focus is on university research projects. In 2003-2004 the foundation offered a quarterly grant to amateur projects which provided them with tools of the professionals in their subject area. The foundation plans to offer prizes for scientific achievements in 2005. The foundation's web site is at www.sloof.us.