How To Apply
You are eligible to apply if you are:
- A college freshman, sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student
- Enrolled full time in a Bachelor’s degree program or Master’s degree program
- Attending an accredited United States college or university in one of the 50 United States
- Pursuing any degree of study
- Maintaining a minimum GPA of 3.0 cumulative out of a 4.0 (4.0 cumulative out of a 5.0)
- A citizen of any country (US Citizenship is not required)
- Passionate about the global climate crisis
If you would like to apply, submit your completed application by June 30, 2008. Any application received after June 30, 2008 will not be considered.
The following four components need to be included in your application:
- Resume
- Transcript
- Letter of referral
- Webcast (brief video message)
All completed applications will be accepted via e-mail only. E-mail your resume, transcript and letter of referral AS ATTACHMENTS IN PDF FORMAT to Ashley@BladeYourRide.com. Include your name, school and the words SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION in the subject line of your e-mail.
After we receive your e-mail, we will reply with instructions for submitting your webcast. At this time, you will follow the instructions and submit your webcast. Your webcast must be submitted in either AVI or MOV format and cannot exceed 100MB in size. If your webcast is larger than 100MB, you will need to compress your file before submitting it to us.
Resume
Be sure to include the following information on your resume:
- Your permanent address and phone number
- Your e-mail address
- School address and phone number
- Student ID number
- Academic major
- Expected graduation date
Letter of referral
Your letter of referral must be from a faculty member or an academic adviser.
Webcast
The webcast, or brief video message, is the most crucial component of your application and also the most fun. This is your opportunity to let your creative talents, and unique genius shine through an original, persuasive, buzzworthy video broadcast about the global climate crisis AND an affordable, convenient solution. We want people to get excited about BLADE, talk about it with their friends and family and use it to reduce their personal impact on the environment.
Learn as much as you can about vehicle emissions and global warming. Read everything about BLADE on BladeYourRide.com. You will learn that BLADE has three distinct benefits. Be sure to communicate each of these three benefits in your webcast.
- Environmental
- Economic
- Human Health
Your webcast will help us spread the word about BLADE if it is educational, empowering and compelling. Give your audience the knowledge they need to share your passion about this issue and BLADE as a solution. Empower them to do their part by disproving the belief that this problem is unstoppable, or that individual actions won’t make a difference. Most importantly, make it exciting, engaging and fun to watch so people will want to share it with others.
Webcast length should be a minimum of 60 seconds, but not more than 2 minutes. Your webcast must be submitted in either AVI or MOV format and cannot exceed 100MB in size.
For inspiration and direction please check out the Fall 2007 Blade Your Ride Scholarship winning webcast at www.BladeYourRide.com as well as Current TV and the Alliance for Climate Protection’s eye-opening “60 Seconds to Save the Earth” ecospots at www.current.com/ecospot
The webcasts belonging to the three award recipients will be featured on BladeYourRide.com and other web-based broadcast forums.
Have fun with this!
Questions
Questions not answered here or in FAQ’s can be directed to:
Ashley Fontaine
Ashley@BladeYourRide.com
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