The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking applications for its Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students.
Donor Name: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Challenge
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $20,000
Details:
EPA and partners have launched the Environmental Justice (EJ) Video Challenge for Students to enhance communities’ capacity to address environmental and public health inequities. The goals of the challenge are to:
- Inspire students at accredited colleges and universities in the United States and its territories to work directly with communities in the identification and characterization of EJ challenges using data and publicly available tools, and
- Help communities (including residents and other stakeholders) address EJ challenges and/or vulnerabilities to environmental and public health hazards using data and publicly available tools.
Funding Information
Prize Distribution for Phase 1 Winners
- (1) First Place Prize of $20,000
- (1) Second Place Prize of $12,000
- (1) Third Place Prize of $6,000
- Up to (7) Honorable Mention Prizes of $1,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
The eligibility criteria for this EJ Video Challenge are noted below.
- Open to undergraduate and graduate students (18 years and older as well as international students under the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 102(2)(F)) enrolled in accredited institutions of higher education (including community colleges) across the United States and its territories.
- At least one (1) faculty advisor is required to serve as a mentor to the student(s) participating in the Challenge.
- Only student(s) who submitted videos in Phase 1 are eligible to participate in Phase 2 of the Challenge.
- Students are strongly encouraged to work in teams.
- For teams, there must be at least one (1) student in Phase 1 who participates in Phase 2 of the Challenge. This is to help with continuity in cases where students graduate prior to Phase 2 completion.
For more information, visit Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students.
