Student Awards & Competitions

Teams are responsible for completing the competition entry process in its entirety by the submission deadline in order to be eligible to compete. To submit your team’s entry, you will need to complete the online Global Student Video Competition Entry Form, following all form instructions and providing all required items. 

Click here to view all Global Student Video Competition Entry Form instructions and list of required fields. 

Please note that Wufoo limits the maximum size of each uploaded item to 25 MB, and places a combined limit of 100 MB on multiple uploaded items submitted via the same form. Click here to test uploading your team's completed video submission, copyright statement form, and safe experimentation form (if applicable) prior to submitting your official entry. Testing is optional, but recommended.  If uploading a video larger than 25 MB, you will need to submit it via a secondary process - see below.

Ready to submit your video?

Click here to begin the online Global Student Video Competition Entry Form. 

Click here to submit a video larger than 25 MB.

2022 Competition Deadlines and Important Dates

*Attendance at the Annual Student Conference is not required to compete.

Video Qualification Criteria

You will be judged on the following qualifications:

• Video length of 2-5 minutes
• Video narration must be in English OR video must include English subtitles
• University name and team name are written in the first frame of the video
• YouTube compatible video format
• No copyright violations (read Competition's Copyright Rules)
• Original content and creativity
• Accuracy and relevancy of technical content and communication of that content to the proper audience
• Presentation quality

Additional Qualification Criteria

• All team members are active AIChE undergraduate student members at the time of submission
• Team has completed all submission requirements by the specified deadline

Each university can create as many videos as they wish for submission into each category; however, a university will only be eligible to win a maximum of two (2) awards.

Competition's Copyright Rules

Upon submission of each video, teams will need to confirm that they have read, reviewed and adhered to the Competition's Copyright Rules.

Tips on a successful competition video:

Who are the judges?

The final evaluators for the Judges' Choice award will consist of individuals from different fields of expertise to ensure fair evaluation as well as to foster interest of experts from other disciplines in the chemical engineering activities.

Team Voting Process

All competition videos will be posted on the Global Undergraduate Student Video Competition YouTube page. An email announcement will be made to all participating team captains with instructions for casting the team's vote once the team voting period is open.

Each participating team will be eligible to cast one vote for another participating team’s entry, with the following exclusions:

• Teams cannot cast their vote for their own entry
• Teams cannot cast their vote for another entry from the same university

Winning videos will be those with the most number of votes.

Questions? Email us at ypc@aiche.org.

A certificate and $5,000.

Rules, Criteria and Submission Requirements

1. Applicants must be AIChE student members at the time of the nomination and be entering their third or final year of a 4 year program in Chemical Engineering or equivalent for a 5 year co-op program.
2. Selection of winners will be based on the following criteria:
   
   1. The applicant’s academic record, minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0.
   2. The applicant’s leadership and participation in either the school’s AIChE student chapter or other university sponsored campus activity outlined in the leadership activities essay.
   3. Applicant’s career goals in the chemical engineering process industries as outlined in the career essay.
3. Only students attending ABET accredited schools in the U.S, Canada, and Mexico* are eligible.
4. Limited to one nomination per AIChE Student Chapter per year.
5. Awardees will be notified by October 1 and will be required to provide tax informaton (Social Security Number for U.S. residents) in order to receive payment. Award prize must be claimed by December 31.

Instructions for submitting an application

• A completed application submitted online.
• A maximum three page (750 word) essay outlining the applicant's career goals in the Chemical Engineering process industries.
• It is preferred/ strongly encouraged that the nominee describe leadership activities in either the schools AIChE Student Chapter or other university sponsored campus activity. 

• A minimum of two letters of recommendation (in English). One nomination letter must be from the AIChE student chapter advisor, and the other from either a department faculty or technical work supervisor (internship or REU supervisor).
• Official copy of student transcript sent (by the school) to AIChE.

It's important to read, and understand the above Rules, Criteria and Submission Requirements before submitting your application for this award. It is also recommended that you prepare your answers and have your supporting documents ready in advance of completing the online application (answers and supporting documents cannot be saved within the application before submission). Incomplete or unqualified applications will not be accepted.

Go to Application Form

A one-time award of $1,000 per student. Approximately 15 scholarships are presented annually.

Note: You can only submit an application once using this form and you cannot edit your submission after completing it. Please have all materials prepared before submitting (It is strongly recommended that you practice and prepare your application using the worksheet provided with the nomination packet below.) Duplicate applications will be disregarded. Detailed instructions are provided on the Online Submissions Form.

 Click here to access the application form.

Students have an opportunity to win $65,000 in cash prizes for themselves, their faculty advisors and their universities.