Prizes

Why should you participate in the Contest? Two reasons:

Gain visibility with potential employers by participating in the only international student contest solely focused on hydrogen and fuel cells.

Sponsors and judges from previous years have included representatives from many leading organizations, including the U.S. Department of Energy, Chevron, Ballard Power Systems, FuelCell Energy, Linde, NYSERDA, Sandia National Laboratories, South Carolina, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Alliance, Swagelok, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Green Building Council., and many others. Sponsors are given each teams’ design with the winning team having their design posted on the contests’ website. The winning team will also be featured in contest press releases and via our media contacts.

Each year we aim to provide students from winning teams with an unforgettable experience. This year is no different.  For the 2011 Contest, winning teams will receive:

• Expenses-paid trip to present design to thousands in a keynote session of the National Hydrogen Association’s annual conference in February 2011 in Washington, DC.  (Grand Prize winner only)
• Priority consideration for summer internships at participating sponsor organizations (Grand Prize and Honorable Mention winners)
• Invitation to the NHA Members Only and Opening Receptions at the 2011 NHA Conference (Grand Prize and  Honorable Mention winners)
• Invitiation to present design in the poster presentations component of the 2011 NHA Conference (Honorable Mention winners)