How to Apply

How To Apply:

Begin by registering your team.

Team leads must register their team on the Clean Energy Exchange portal hosted by Clean Energy Trust. Registration begins October 1 and ends December 3, 2012. Here is a quick video on how to use the Clean Energy Exhanges website and how to apply

The Application

Deadline: Monday, Dec. 3, 2012

Application Template

Intellectual Property Disclosure Statement

Intellectual Property Declaration Form

Teams will submit their completed application electronically through the Clean Energy Exchange portal byMonday, Dec. 3, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. CST.

 

Student Application Submission Requirements

Student teams are required to submit complete applications that will include the following:

1. Basic company information, team information, funding history and needs, technology type, stage of venture, and source of intellectual property

2. Answers to the six-part application questionnaire that will address the following areas of the business concept:

• Solutions / Product (max 300 words)
• Market Validation & Analysis (max 250 words)
• Industry Attractiveness (max 250 words)
• Business Model & Company Economics (max 150 words)
• Risk v. Talent (max 250 words)
• Impact on the Department of Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Mission (max 150 words)

3. A link to your 3-minute video investor pitch

• Your 3-minute video investor pitch should provide enough information to pique the interest of potential investors and strategic partners; provide a clear picture of the company and its solution; and should be delivered effectively and succinctly.
• Videos may be created using any recording technology available to you: handheld video cameras, webcams, mobile phones, etc.
• Feel free to use your preferred video hosting service. We recommend creating an unlisted YouTube video. This means that a link to your video will not be visible in public search.

4. The completed and signed Intellectual Property Disclosure Statement; signed Intellectual Property Declaration Form, and signed letter from your school’s technology transfer office or Department of Energy licensing officer.

• Completed documents will be uploaded with your online application.
• We recommend contacting school’s technology transfer office or Department of Energy licensing officer as soon as possible to validate that your technology in question has been approved for inclusion in your Challenge application, and to obtain the required signed letter.

We understand that you may not have answers to all the application questions, but more complete applications tend to get better evaluations. The application will be scored by a subset of the competition’s reviewers. Please carefully review the evaluation criteria for information on evaluations and scoring.

To view evaluation criteria visit, click here (coming soon)