Application Deadline: July 14, 2021
The Stay Stoked Award is open to all Wayfinders looking to get some financial support for their personal education and development, school efforts, community projects, internships, networking events, etc. connected to addressing the plastic crisis.
What’s the prize?
In 2021, $15,000 USD will be awarded to Wayfinders! The funds awarded must be applied to your education, projects, or other opportunities you state in your application.
Stay Stoked Award Benefits
We will be awarding a total of $15,000 USD to Stay Stoked Award recipients. Prize minimum is $500 USD, no maximum!
Each winner will also receive:
- A limited edition Stay Stoked Award winner pin.
- Social media coverage on Algalita’s social media channels.
- The opportunity to contribute to a blog post on the Wayfinder Society website.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Stay Stoked Award, applying Wayfinders must be:
- No older than 20 years old on the application deadline.
- A participating member of Wayfinder Society who has accumulated at least 75 Cairns.
- Currently working to end plastic pollution in your local community, region, state, or on a national/international scale.
- The Stay Stoked Award is open to Wayfinder applicants from anywhere in the world!
- The Wayfinder Society and Stay Stoked Award do not discriminate against its applicants based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Selection Criteria for the Stay Stoked Award
- Every Wayfinder’s journey is unique, we encourage you to be true to yourself during this application process! Our judges look at the following criteria when reviewing your application:
- You have participated in Wayfinder Society’s online program, accumulating a minimum of 75 Cairns. Your Cairns must have been earned on an individual basis, not through group participation (i.e. taking credit for other participant’s Cairns in the program.)
- You have shown you are committed to continuing your work to prevent plastic pollution through furthering their education or conducting projects on a local, regional, national, or international scale. Example areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
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- Zero Waste
- Social Justice
- Environmental Justice
- Philosophy
- Social Science
- Marketing
- Business Communications
- Policy
- Chemistry
- Science
- We encourage Wayfinders to apply no matter what your area of focus is, as long as you can relate it to ending plastic pollution!
You have:
- Shown your desire for systemic change.
- Demonstrated your search for deeper knowledge.
- Proven to us that you want to stay stoked
You have explained why you should be a recipient of the award. The application will ask you to tell us about:
- Why are you involved in the plastic pollution movement, what is your backstory?
- What have you learned and gained from participating in Wayfinder Society?
- How have you taken action on the issue of plastic pollution, and what’s next for you?
- How will you use the funds you receive from the award? (If you have a specific dollar amount request for award funds for a project or education needs, please provide the dollar amount and an explanation of how it will be used. Documentation of how the Award funds are spent will be required).
You have included contact information for two references, and a letter of recommendation:
- Your references should be adults who have a good understanding of your work to solve plastic pollution and can vouch for you. Basically, you want this person to give you a glowing review!
- The written recommendation should not exceed 3000 characters (about 500 words). Let your reference know this when you ask them if they can write a recommendation for you.
- Examples of people who may be a good references include teachers, mentors, school counselors, youth program representatives, coaches, politicians, business leaders, religious leaders, etc.
- Your family members cannot be listed as references.
- We may contact your references to ask them about you, so make sure to get their permission before including them as a reference.
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