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Organization: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched “My Electric Ride: An EV Transportation Video Challenge,” an exciting prize competition that encourages people to share their personal experiences with electric transportation. The challenge aims to showcase real-world experiences of those who use electrified transportation in everyday life and help inform the public about more sustainable transportation. Interested participants are asked to submit a short (1- to 2-minute) video for a chance to win up to $3,000.
Participants can submit videos in one of three categories:
• Personal Mobility: Electric 2- and 3-wheel personal mobility devices such as e-bikes, e-trikes, e-scooters, or e-cargo bikes.
• Electric Vehicles: Electric vehicles such as cars, trucks, or SUVs.
• Electric Buses: Electric buses such as school buses, shuttle buses, or transit buses.
The videos will be judged on their creativity, originality, and effectiveness in conveying the positive aspects of electric transportation. EPA will select up to nine winning videos, with each of the three categories having a first, second, and third place winner. Selected videos may be featured on EPA’s website and social media channels.
Information about the video challenge and instructions on how to submit a video can be found on the EV Transportation Video Challenge webpage.
Required Skills or Qualifications:
All participants must be United States citizens that reside across the United States and its territories.
Participants under 18 years of age must have parental permission to participate. Please have your parents submit the entry form. See EPA’s Privacy and Security Notice for information about how EPA handle’s privacy of information related to minors.
Federal employees acting within the scope of their employment are not eligible to participate. A Federal employee acting outside the scope of his or her employment should consult his or her ethics official before participating in the Challenge.
EPA employees, spouses, and children of EPA employees are not eligible to participate.
Teams and organizations are eligible to submit together, but prize amounts will remain the same regardless of the number of applicants per submission.
Desired Skills or Qualifications:
Location:
Opportunity Type: Fellowship or Grant
Audience: All
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Duration:
Start Date: October 23, 2023
End Date: January 23, 2024
Applying
Application Process:
Video Content
Videos should showcase real-life experiences using electric vehicles. In the 1- to 2-minute video, applicants should highlight their positive personal experience with electric mobility.
Videos should be informative and help to educate potential future users on what it is like using an electric vehicle.
Applicants should strive to be creative, innovative, and educational in their video content.
Videos may include explanations, instructions, and/or lessons learned.
Videos should not promote or advertise for a specific vehicle model or manufacturer.
Identities of people, organizations, companies, and institutions cannot appear in the video.
Use of music within video entries must follow EPA Music Licensing Guidance (pdf) (144 KB) related to copyrights.
Application Deadline: January 23, 2024
Contact: EVVideoChallenge@epa.gov