PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A project that aims to make Rhode Island the first state to eradicate Hepatitis C, and another to teach young people how to think like designers have each won a contest for a fellowship worth $300,000.

The Rhode Island Foundation on Tuesday announced Lynn Taylor, a doctor at Miriam Hospital, and Adrienne Gagnon, a designer, had won the 2013 Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship. The fellowship is in its second year. It’s funded by philanthropists John and Letitia Carter.

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