Bring your idea or capstone project to life.
Use your skills to create innovative solutions.
Enter the Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge.
Open to students across all disciplines from colleges and universities throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Our most pressing environmental problems are opportunities for innovation. If you have a passion for cleantech, smarts to play in the green economy, and the desire to make an impact, now is the time to think creatively and take action!
Form a team and enter the 2017 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge.
To Enter
1. Picture your team winning
2. Complete the Team Registration Form
- All team members must be registered
- Need Team Members? Check out the Student Entrepreneur Team Building site. Register an account as a team looking for members, or an individual with skills searching for a good team to join. Then go to the Showcase website to browse for students interested in joining a team. (Note: This site is for college/university student use only)
3. Prepare Your Business Summary
- Review the judging criteria for the Screening Round.
- View 5-7 page business summaries from previous years under the Resources tab. To view more business summaries, contact Lauren Brohawn, brohal@uw.edu and make an appointment to come by the office.
- Schedule an appointment with one of our MBA Business Development Consultants by emailing Lauren Brohawn, brohal@uw.edu.
- Attend or watch Resource Nights, covering various aspects of creating a startup venture, from idea generation to legal issues to raising capital. The classes are recorded and streamed live each Thursday night starting at 6:00 pm. Watch the video any time after the original broadcast.
4. Upload Your 5-7 page Business Summary by February 20, 11:59 pm (late entries not accepted)
The top 21 teams from the Screening Round advance to the Challenge on March 30, at Seattle Center Exhibition Hall.
Office Hours with the Professionals
Sign up for a 30-minute session Thursday, February 9 or February 16
3:00-5:00 pm, Dempsey Hall, Room 227
This is a unique opportunity to meet 1-on-1 with John Plaza, Mike Moyer, and/or Josh Binder, for 30-minutes to get their feedback and advice on your idea, prototype, market opportunity, etc. – bring your questions! To access the Office Hours appointment page, use your UW login, or email brohal@uw.edu for the guest login.
Open to students only.
Environmental Innovation Challenge Key Dates
- February 9 Office Hours with Professionals
- February 16 Office Hours with Professionals
- February 20 DEADLINE FOR OFFICIAL ENTRY into Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, 5-7 page business summary due by 11:59 pm
- February 27 Teams notified of acceptance to the March 30 final Environmental Innovation Challenge event
- March 8 5:30-8:00 pm Mandatory pitch clinic for finalists
- March 26 1-page business summary due for finalists
- March 30 Environmental Innovation Challenge for finalists, Seattle Center