The Accenture Innovation Challenge (AIC) is a multi-round case competition that provides college students from across the United States an opportunity to offer ideas and solutions to support a priority goal of a nonprofit organization.
Donor Name: Accenture
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 12/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Accenture partners with a new nonprofit partner each year to identify a real-world pressing issue, structure a case challenge, and facilitate a competition for student teams to present dynamic solutions to address the non-profit partner’s pressing issue.
This year, Accenture is partnering with the National Park Foundation. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service (NPS), the National Park Foundation (NPF) raises private funding to protect and preserve national parks and connect everyone to America’s most special places.
Rounds of Competition
- Round 1 – Successful applicants are assigned to a team of up to four students, are paired with an Accenture consultant coach, and given one week to prepare a solution to the case question. Three teams from each first round event advance to the semi-finals.
- Round 2 – Teams refine their solution over 1 week and submit a revised, written presentation for Accenture judges to review. Four finalist teams are selected to advance.
- Round 3 – In this final round event, four teams are invited to travel to present their solution live to a panel of judges comprised of Accenture and National Park Foundation. The winning team is offered a Summer 2024 internship and a cash prize!
Prize Details - Semi-Finalist Teams: Semi-Finalist Teams will receive, an automatic first round interview for an internship with Accenture in the Summer of 2024.
- Finalists: Finalists will receive (1) an individual cash prize of up to $500 (2) an automatic first round interview for an internship with Accenture in the Summer of 2024.
- Winners: Winners will receive (1) a team cash prize up to $6,000.00 (2) an automatic first round interview for an internship with Accenture in the Summer of 2024.
Qualifications
The Accenture U.S. Innovation Challenge is open to legal United States residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older (19 for residents of AL and NE) at the time of entry and are enrolled full time in a four-year degree undergraduate program, authorized to work in the United States, and will receive an undergraduate Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science upon graduation in December 2024 – May 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
The Accenture U.S. Cross-Campus Innovation Competition (the “Competition”), brought to you by Accenture LLP (the “Sponsor” or “Accenture”), is governed by these Official Rules. The Competition is open to legal United States residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older (19 for residents of AL and NE) at the time of entry and are enrolled full time in a four-year degree undergraduate program, authorized to work in the United States, and will receive an undergraduate Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science upon graduation in December 2024 – September 2026. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements in any manner it deems appropriate. Employees and directors of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, licensees, advertising, promotion or production agencies and provider companies and their immediate family members and individuals residing in their same household are not eligible to participate. Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling, or any person residing in the same household as an employee or director of Sponsor. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor.
Entry Requirements
By submitting a Proposal (“Entry”) in the Competition, you hereby warrant and represent that your Entry conforms to the Entry Requirements set forth herein.
- Entry cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent, or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;
- Entry cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), or any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous;
- Entry cannot promote any particular political agenda or message;
- Entry cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
- Entry cannot defame, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies;
- Entry cannot contain trademarks, logos or trade dress owned by others, or advertise or promote any brand or product of any kind, without permission, or contain any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
- Entry cannot contain copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media or musical “samples” other than the musical tracks provided) without permission;
- Entry cannot contain materials embodying the names, likenesses, photographs, or other indicia identifying any person, living or dead, other than entrant without permission;
- Entry cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and
- Entry cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
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