I remember a guy that I used to work with told me about a venture he was involved with. He and a friend of his were working on marketing a pre-cooler for A/Cs that was basically a narrow mini swamp cooler using pads. He also told me that they applied for a grant from the government, but the government wanted to give them TOO MUCH. These guys wanted only a couple hundred thousand, but the government insisted on a couple MILLION. They never went for it.
Actually, Ben does not need to wait to WIN a grant at all. He could apply for a multi-million dollar grant outside of this 'contest' or whatever it is that the EPA is doing.
He probably should have done it a long time ago.
Maybe it never occurred to him that he could do that.
Go GDGI