The Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Awards recognize mid-career women who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and accomplishments in the clean energy sector.
Donor Name: U.S. Department of Energy
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 02/13/2025
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Award Categories
The C3E Awards for outstanding leadership and extraordinary achievement are given in the categories. The Awards are intended to spotlight mid-career women who have professional experience working in clean energy. The nomination should be tailored to the category selected, and only one nomination in one category should be provided.
- Business: This award recognizes leaders within private entities of any size, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. Strong candidates will have accelerated or expanded the adoption of clean energy within their own business footprints or portfolios.
- Education: This award recognizes educators who have helped to increase clean energy knowledge and/or educators who have helped to inspire future generations to pursue careers in clean energy. This includes teaching at the K-12, technical or vocational schools, or other education-focused organizations.
- Entrepreneurship and/or Commercialization: This award recognizes entrepreneurs who have developed and demonstrated innovative clean energy technologies or business models that have the potential to drive market transformation toward clean energy.
- Finance and Investment: This award recognizes finance professionals who have advanced the development or scaling of innovative financing structures, business models, capital markets or investment products that have resulted in increased financing of clean energy technologies. Individuals could be working for banks, investment firms, companies, academia, government or industry associations.
- Fundamental and Applied Research: This award recognizes scientists and researchers working at universities, national labs, or in industry who are researching and developing advanced innovative clean energy technologies with the potential for demonstrable and scalable impact. Relevant research fields include but are not limited to engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biophysics, cyber, nuclear, environmental and marine sciences, geothermal earth sciences, agricultural sciences, and material sciences.
- Government: This award recognizes local, state, or federal government employees (e.g., civil servants or regulators) who have advanced programs to support the development, deployment, and diffusion of clean energy.
- International: This award recognizes individuals who have developed and/or deployed clean energy products and services that increase access, promote efficiency, and expand clean energy around the world.
- Policy and Advocacy: This award recognizes clean energy advocates and policy workers who have driven a greater uptake of clean energy policies, regulations, incentives, and/or technologies in society. Individuals could be working for nongovernmental organizations, not including political advocacy groups and for-profit lobbyists.
Who may submit nominations?
Nominations may be submitted by employers, universities, professional societies, membership organizations, associations, community groups, or individuals on behalf of outstanding mid-career women in clean energy. Nominators should know the accomplishments and capabilities of their nominee first-hand. Nominators of the Award winners are invited to the annual C3E Symposium. Self-nominations will be also accepted.
What are the criteria for nominees?
Nominees should have a record of significant accomplishments; leadership qualities and other relevant attributes; and mentorship of women and girls. They should also be in good standing in their field and communities. In addition, nominees will:
- Be outstanding mid-career professionals with a minimum of five years of experience in clean energy. Nominees typically have 10-15 years of professional experience (excluding time spent in degree programs). Individuals with more than 20 years of experience in clean energy are not eligible for the mid-career awards but may apply to be considered as a future C3E Ambassador;
- Use their talents to advance clean energy sources, technologies, practices, and policies, such as efforts to increase clean sources of energy or reduce energy use, energy-related environmental impacts, or energy system costs;
- Have made a compelling impact in their fields—working within a company, team, university, government agency, non-government organization, professional community, or as an individual;
- Have accomplishments sufficient to merit national recognition;
- Be emerging leaders with a demonstrated, strong commitment to advancing clean energy in their areas of work/expertise/experience;
- Be inclusive leaders who have helped to mentor women and develop future leaders in their professions, avocations, or communities; and
- Be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
For more information, visit C3E Award.
