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: Award
Deadline: 02/15/2023
Details:
C3E Award Categories
- Advocacy: This award recognizes clean energy advocates, for example through nongovernmental organizations, who have driven greater uptake of clean energy policies and technologies in society (political advocacy groups and for-profit lobbyists excluded).
- 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 to inspire future generations to pursue careers in clean energy. This includes teaching at the K‐12, technical or vocational schools, universities or other education-focused organizations.
- Entrepreneurship: 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: 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 in banks, investment firms, companies, academia, government or industry associations.
- Government: This award recognizes local, state, or federal government employees (e.g., civil servants, regulators, or elected officials) who have advanced policies, regulations, or incentives 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.
- Law: This award recognizes lawyers, academics, or other legal professionals working in law to advance energy efficiency and clean energy uptake and enable regulatory structures designed to incentivize and support clean energy.
- Social, Economic, & Policy Innovation: This award recognizes scientists, researchers, and practitioners working at universities, national labs, or in industry who are researching and analyzing how technologies, economics, public policy, equity, and decision-making interact to affect the adoption of clean energy systems. Relevant research fields include but are not limited to applied research in humanities, social, economic, and behavioral sciences.
- Technology Research & Innovation: 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.
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.
- New this year: Self-nominations will be accepted (requirement information below). If you are submitting a self-nomination, please use the corresponding nomination form at the top of this page.
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), but that is not a hard-and-fast rule;
- 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.
