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<p class="MsoNormal">Apply to the Student Environmental Innovation Challenge, Deadline Feb 12<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the deadline approaching, please consider sharing with your students and student networks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached are a few images for social media and/or email; more digital resources can be found in this shared google folder:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_mF5cNMJVb1bpeGMgQVk0h65y7dRuQQ0?usp=drive_link__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!mRwhFLO2hl49z4fWCmKnUmeR8lQQRZ1cXrLzuQC6xTumqzUEm-edJ_Hq3CBK3H9NV9E2jf_qmnNe$">
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_mF5cNMJVb1bpeGMgQVk0h65y7dRuQQ0?usp=drive_link</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lauren<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Lauren Brohawn </span></b><span style="color:#002060">|<b>
</b>Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#002060">She/Her/Hers</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/entrepreneurship/eic/Pages/eic.aspx"><span style="color:#002060">Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge</span></a><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">University of Washington | Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:brohal@uw.edu"><span style="color:blue">brohal@uw.edu</span></a> |
<a href="startup.uw.edu"><span style="color:blue">startup.uw.edu</span></a><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Apply now<span style="color:#202020"> for the
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="http://eic.uw.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge</span></a></span><span style="color:#202020"> (EIC) hosted by the University of Washington’s Buerk
Center for Entrepreneurship<br>
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</span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Open to all undergraduate and graduate students at colleges and universities in WA, OR, ID, AK and British Columbia</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#202020">Be Part of the Solution!
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Apply to<span style="color:#202020"> the
</span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/platform.younoodle.com/competition/2024_alaska_airlines_environmental_innovation_challenge__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nNO37tF_TlGwiiWrHhqXN1ZnkZ5n34YVrNr1Ve_0VjkLVN0GswyqksYq-y-rV3J3clU7p76KIEqdTUm1de6KXg$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Alaska
Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge</span></a> <b>by February 12<span style="color:#202020"><br>
</span></b>Bring your skills or innovative ideas to create change in the environmental space!
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<i>Open to all students attending an accredited college/university in WA, OR, ID, AK and British Columbia</i><b><span style="color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="eic.uw.edu">The Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge
</a>(EIC) is UW’s annual student-led environmental startup competition hosted by the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. This exciting, hands-on experience for both undergraduate and graduate students is<span style="color:#202020"> the place to bring your idea
to life (think </span>cleantech, <span style="color:#202020">circular economy, climate tech,
</span>clean energy, ocean health, <span style="color:#202020">SDGs, regenerative ag and more!) with the help of local entrepreneurs and industry experts. Students who enter will receive judges’ feedback on their ideas, networking opportunities, and the potential
to win prize money. </span>Enter the EIC with any product, process, non-profit, or service idea that addresses an environmental problem.
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<b>Learn more. </b>Full details on the </span><a href="eic.uw.edu"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">EIC website</span></a><br>
<b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Application Office Hours </span>
</b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.startuptree.co/event/s/JtfNouDaq9Movq6CQUx7Y3/EIC-Application-Office-Hours__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nNO37tF_TlGwiiWrHhqXN1ZnkZ5n34YVrNr1Ve_0VjkLVN0GswyqksYq-y-rV3J3clU7p76KIEqdTUlz6-h74g$">February
8</a>, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/washington.startuptree.co/event/s/iZnUsFrHdH4hgeEcZPfCjb/EIC-Application-Office-Hours__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nNO37tF_TlGwiiWrHhqXN1ZnkZ5n34YVrNr1Ve_0VjkLVN0GswyqksYq-y-rV3J3clU7p76KIEqdTUn8lt-hfw$">
February 9</a><br>
<b>Apply! </b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/platform.younoodle.com/competition/2024_alaska_airlines_environmental_innovation_challenge__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nNO37tF_TlGwiiWrHhqXN1ZnkZ5n34YVrNr1Ve_0VjkLVN0GswyqksYq-y-rV3J3clU7p76KIEqdTUm1de6KXg$">Submit
your application</a> by February 12 @ 12 noon PT<br>
<b><span style="color:#202020">Questions?</span></b><span style="color:#202020"> E-mail EIC manager Lauren Brohawn at
</span><a href="mailto:brohal@uw.edu">brohal@uw.edu</a><span style="color:#202020">.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><br>
Did you say prizes?!<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">In addition to the chance of winning 3<sup>rd</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup>, or the $15,000 grand prize, finalist teams could win one of these:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Big Picture Prize ($5,000)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><br>
<b>Clean Energy Prize</b> sponsored by the <a href="https://www.cei.washington.edu/">
UW Clean Energy Institute</a><br>
Rewards student innovations that can reduce carbon emissions through solar energy production, electrical energy storage, conversion and distribution, and energy efficiency. This can include software and/or hardware.<br>
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<b>Best Idea Prizes ($2,500)</b><br>
<b>Climate Impact Prize</b> sponsored by Eric Carlson, Board Member of <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.e8angels.com/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!lM5NwIVqIQKjm1RNf8ZyWVFDRgKzlvnhvKXChNWmyrpH7yWmsQR_zv5l6qdPkzKzZGuyms-UzxoZ$">
E8 Angels</a><br>
Recognizes a team that has thoughtfully incorporated and quantified carbon footprint into the development and communication of their innovation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Leo Cup Innovation in Oceanography Prize</span></b><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> sponsored by the
<a href="https://www.ocean.washington.edu/story/Leo_Cup_Launch">Leo Maddox Family and UW’s School of Oceanography</a><br>
Recognizes students for creating innovative solutions to address issues of ocean health, with a preference for addressing marine pollution, including ocean plastics or other pollutants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#002060">Lauren Brohawn </span></b><span style="color:#002060">|<b>
</b>Associate Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#002060">She/Her/Hers</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/entrepreneurship/eic/Pages/eic.aspx"><span style="color:#002060">Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge</span></a><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">University of Washington | Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
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<a href="startup.uw.edu"><span style="color:blue">startup.uw.edu</span></a><span style="color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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