There must be at least one (1) team member from Phase 1 who participates as a team member in Phase 2 of the Challenge. This is to help with continuity in cases where\u00a0students graduate prior to Phase 2 completion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nNOTE: EPA recognizes that it is important to engage all available minds to address the\u00a0environmental challenges the Nation faces. At the same time, EPA seeks to expand the\u00a0environmental conversation by including members of communities which may have not\u00a0previously participated in such dialogues to participate in EPA programs. For this reason,\u00a0EPA strongly encourages all eligible applicants identified above, including\u00a0undergraduate\/graduate students from minority serving institutions (MSIs), to apply\u00a0under this opportunity.<\/p>\n
Prizes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nFor Phase 1, up to 10 prizes will be awarded. The top ten selected winners will receive
\nmonetary prizes in the amounts noted below, and all the winners will receive recognition from
\nEPA and their co-sponsors.<\/p>\n
Prize Distribution for Phase 1 Winners*<\/h3>\n\n- (1) First Place Prize of $20,000<\/li>\n
- (1) Second Place Prize of $12,000<\/li>\n
- (1) Third Place Prize of $6,000<\/li>\n
- Up to (7) Honorable Mention Prizes of $1,000 each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
* NOTE: The total amount to be awarded will be dependent upon the number of submissions
\nreceived. The final amount of the monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place winners may differ if
\nthe number of Honorable Mentions is less than (7) seven.<\/p>\n
Additional Benefits for Phase 1 Winners<\/h3>\n
Winning teams will also receive the following benefits:<\/p>\n
\n- The winning videos will be posted on EPA\u2019s EJ Video Challenge for Students webpage.<\/li>\n
- Additionally, winning videos will be shared on EPA social media channels and communications.<\/li>\n
- If a tool developed by EPA’s Office of Research and Development was used, winners and their community organization partner(s) will have the opportunity to speak with a team member for that tool for Phase 2.<\/li>\n
- Challenge winners will have an opportunity to submit an article for publication (subject to the journal\u2019s formal review\/acceptance process) in\u00a0Environmental Justice<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NOTE: All teams who submitted a video in Phase 1 will have the opportunity to participate in\u00a0Phase 2 where they will continue their work to display how they used data and publicly\u00a0available tools to identify strategies and opportunities to address an identified EJ issue(s).\u00a0Details regarding the Phase 2 prize distribution and benefits will be provided at a later date.<\/p>\n
Terms and Conditions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nIntellectual Property<\/h3>\n\n- Winning videos for Phase 1 will be posted on an EPA webpage and announced in June\u00a02022.<\/li>\n
- Video entries may be used by EPA (e.g., on EPA social media accounts and webpages) in connection with this video challenge and the production, distribution, promotion,\u00a0broadcast at public meetings\/conferences, and online posting thereof.<\/li>\n
- All teams will need to provide their video file to EPA in the file format specified under the Video Specifications section above.<\/li>\n
- All video entries must be accompanied with signed License Agreement and Consent Forms found above (see Required Paperwork). Note that each individual appearing on the\u00a0video must sign a consent form.<\/li>\n
- Use of music within each video entry must follow EPA Music Licensing Guidance (see Required Paperwork section above).<\/li>\n
- Challenge teams are responsible for complying with applicable copyright and intellectual property laws for any materials used in their video entries. \u201cFair use\u201d rules may allow the\u00a0use of copyrighted material in certain circumstances (e.g., see the fair use guidelines on\u00a0YouTube). Participants should seek legal guidance if they have questions about using\u00a0copyrighted materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Non-Endorsement<\/h3>\n
EPA and EPA officials do not endorse any product, service, or enterprise that may appear in\u00a0submitted videos. Furthermore, by recognizing winning videos, EPA is not endorsing any\u00a0products, services, or enterprises that may appear in those videos.<\/p>\n
Judging<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nJudging Panel<\/h3>\n
Submissions will be judged by a panel of EPA and non-EPA judges with expertise in environmental justice and capacity building. The judges will evaluate, score, and rank submissions based on the criteria listed below.<\/p>\n
Judging Criteria<\/h3>\n
The judging panel will use a 100-point scale to evaluate the videos. The scale will rank the
\nextent in which the video meets the following criteria:<\/p>\n
\n- Clarity (15 points) \u2013 Video has a clear message and the theme and is easily understood.<\/li>\n
- Storytelling (15 points) \u2013 Video is educational, engaging, or deepens the understanding of how the team developed their innovative approach and worked with the community or community\u00a0organization(s) to do so.<\/li>\n
- Creativity\/Innovation (20 points) \u2013 Video shows an innovative approach to identify\/characterize an EJ issue(s) in a select community using data and a publicly available tool(s).<\/li>\n
- Level of Community Engagement (25 points) \u2013 Team engaged with community and\/or community organizations in their effort in a meaningful and community capacity building manner.<\/li>\n
- Use of Data & Publicly Available Tools (25 points) \u2013 Information about the data and tool(s) are provided and the use of the proposed data\/tool(s) demonstrates a feasible method to identify\/characterize an EJ issue(s) in your community (e.g., are you using the most highly applicable data and tool(s) to identify\/characterize the EJ issue(s) in your community).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
NOTE: Judging criteria for Phase 2 will be communicated during the roll out of Phase 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44003,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44002\/revisions\/44003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}