Awards, Honors, and Accomplishments
- 2008 Polak received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the University of Western Ontario
- 2008 Polak received Il Monito del Giardino for contributing to the preservation and safeguarding of an environment
- 2008 IDE received a $27 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2006 IDE received a $14 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2004 IDE received The Tech Museum Award for Technology Benefiting Humanity, Accenture Economic Development Award
- 2004 Polak was named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Western States
- 2003 Polak was named to the Scientific American Top 50 as an Agriculture Policy Leader
Polak has written more than a hundred papers and articles on water, agriculture, design, and development, as well as in the field of mental health. He has been the subject of articles in print media such as National Geographic, Scientific American, Forbes, Harpers, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
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