The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental projects by K-12 youth. The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation's natural resources and encourages positive community involvement. Since 1971, the President of the United States has joined with EPA to recognize young people for protecting our nation's air, water, land, and ecology. It is one of the most important ways EPA and the Administration demonstrate commitment to environmental stewardship efforts created and conducted by our nation's youth.

Each year the PEYA program honors a wide variety of projects developed by young individuals, school classes (kindergarten through high school), summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness. Thousands of young people from all 50 states and the U.S. territories have submitted projects to EPA for consideration.

EPA has ten regional offices across the country. Based on the evaluation criteria, each regional office will be responsible for selecting up to two winners per region– one for Grades K-5 and one for Grades 6-12.  Each award-winning project will receive a Presidential plaque. All qualified applicants will receive a certificate honoring them for their efforts to protect human health and the environment.

PEYA has two parts — a regional award for Grades K-5 and a regional award for Grades 6-12. Students must complete an environmental project and submit an application for through their sponsoring school and teacher.

• A project summary of up to 300 words must be provided on the application form. Please note that applicants that are applying in the 6-12 grade level category must complete the project summary section themselves. Applicants in the K-5 grade level may be advised by the sponsor and sponsors may assist in the writing of the project summary.
• A more detailed description of the project, no more than five pages, and addressing each of the evaluation criterion should be attached to the application.
• Applicants may submit up to five additional pages of photographs, newspaper articles, and other supporting materials to provide a more comprehensive view of the project. Accompanying videos must be web-based with functioning links (e.g., no CDs).
• Sponsors must sign and date page A-3 of the application.

 

Each application is evaluated by a regional awards panel. The panel members review and evaluate each application based on the criteria. There are separate evaluation criteria for K-5 and 6-12 applications. A maximum of 100 points can be awarded to a given application. Evaluation criteria for PEYA applications from K-5th grade students

Youth Initiative: How did the applicant(s) come up with the idea for the project? To what extent does the applicant(s) take charge of the project?	15 points
Environmental Stewardship* and Impact: Was there an environmental stewardship component to the project? How did the applicant(s) identify the environmental need for this project? How did the project positively affect the environment?	30 points
Competition and Project Goals:  Winning projects may highlight environmental stewardship in a variety of areas. Did the project address one of the focus areas of the competition. Did students complete the project?	15 points
Community Involvement: To what extent did the project involve others in the school or community? Please describe the community.	15 points
Project Creativity and/or Innovation: What creative and/or innovative approach(es) did the applicant(s) use for the project?	15 points
Project Approach: To what extent does the application tell a complete story about the project? Did the applicant(s) have a thought-out approach to solving the problem?	10 points
Total	100 points

Evaluation criteria for PEYA applications from 6th-12th grade students

Youth Initiative:  To what extent was the project designed, coordinated and implemented due to applicant (s) initiative? How was the project created and completed by the applicant(s)? The driving force for the project must be the applicant(s), not the sponsor.	15 points
Environmental Need and Appropriateness: To what extent was there a clear environmental need for the project? How appropriate was the project for the community in which it was performed?	20 points
Environmental Stewardship* and Impact: Was there an environmental stewardship component to the project? How did the project positively affect the community? Were there any long-term environmental benefits or outcomes of the project?	15 points
Competition and Project Goals: Winning projects may highlight environmental stewardship in a variety of areas. Did the project address one of the focus areas of the competition. Did students complete the project?	15 points
Community Involvement: To what extent did the project positively involve others in the community? Please describe the community What community resources, expertise, leadership, or publicity did the applicant(s) use?	15 points
Project  Creativity and Innovation: How did the applicant(s) use creative and/or innovative approaches to achieve positive results?	10 points
Soundness of Approach, Rationale, and Scientific Design: Was the approach to the problem clear? Did the applicant(s) have a sound justification for choosing that approach? If so, what is that justification?	10 points
Total	100 points

This competition has not yet listed it's awards.

Website: https://www.epa.gov/education/presidents-environmental-youth-award

Managing Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Contact:

peya@epa.gov

Eligibility:
<ul> <li>Project is completed while the applicant(s) is in kindergarten through 12th grade.</li> <li>Applicant(s) is a citizen of the United States or its territories or has been lawfully admitted for permanent residency.</li> <li>Represented preferably by a teacher sponsor. If the sponsor is not a teacher, the sponsor must seek a co-sponsor that is a teacher. <ul> <li>The sponsor/co-sponsor must be an adult at least 21 years of age.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Projects started on or after January 1, 2019 are eligible for consideration. As long as there was activity on the project after January 1, 2019, a project initiated prior to that date is eligible for consideration.</li> <li>Projects must include an environmental stewardship component.</li> </ul>

Registration Opens: January 1, 1970

Registration Closes: January 16, 2020

The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental projects by K-12 youth. The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation's natural resources and encourages positive community involvement. Since 1971, the President of the United States has joined with EPA to recognize young people for protecting our nation's air, water, land, and ecology. It is one of the most important ways EPA and the Administration demonstrate commitment to environmental stewardship efforts created and conducted by our nation's youth.

Each year the PEYA program honors a wide variety of projects developed by young individuals, school classes (kindergarten through high school), summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness. Thousands of young people from all 50 states and the U.S. territories have submitted projects to EPA for consideration.

EPA has ten regional offices across the country. Based on the evaluation criteria, each regional office will be responsible for selecting up to two winners per region– one for Grades K-5 and one for Grades 6-12.  Each award-winning project will receive a Presidential plaque. All qualified applicants will receive a certificate honoring them for their efforts to protect human health and the environment.

PEYA has two parts — a regional award for Grades K-5 and a regional award for Grades 6-12. Students must complete an environmental project and submit an application for through their sponsoring school and teacher.

• A project summary of up to 300 words must be provided on the application form. Please note that applicants that are applying in the 6-12 grade level category must complete the project summary section themselves. Applicants in the K-5 grade level may be advised by the sponsor and sponsors may assist in the writing of the project summary.
• A more detailed description of the project, no more than five pages, and addressing each of the evaluation criterion should be attached to the application.
• Applicants may submit up to five additional pages of photographs, newspaper articles, and other supporting materials to provide a more comprehensive view of the project. Accompanying videos must be web-based with functioning links (e.g., no CDs).
• Sponsors must sign and date page A-3 of the application.

 

Each application is evaluated by a regional awards panel. The panel members review and evaluate each application based on the criteria. There are separate evaluation criteria for K-5 and 6-12 applications. A maximum of 100 points can be awarded to a given application. Evaluation criteria for PEYA applications from K-5th grade students

Youth Initiative: How did the applicant(s) come up with the idea for the project? To what extent does the applicant(s) take charge of the project?	15 points
Environmental Stewardship* and Impact: Was there an environmental stewardship component to the project? How did the applicant(s) identify the environmental need for this project? How did the project positively affect the environment?	30 points
Competition and Project Goals:  Winning projects may highlight environmental stewardship in a variety of areas. Did the project address one of the focus areas of the competition. Did students complete the project?	15 points
Community Involvement: To what extent did the project involve others in the school or community? Please describe the community.	15 points
Project Creativity and/or Innovation: What creative and/or innovative approach(es) did the applicant(s) use for the project?	15 points
Project Approach: To what extent does the application tell a complete story about the project? Did the applicant(s) have a thought-out approach to solving the problem?	10 points
Total	100 points

Evaluation criteria for PEYA applications from 6th-12th grade students

Youth Initiative:  To what extent was the project designed, coordinated and implemented due to applicant (s) initiative? How was the project created and completed by the applicant(s)? The driving force for the project must be the applicant(s), not the sponsor.	15 points
Environmental Need and Appropriateness: To what extent was there a clear environmental need for the project? How appropriate was the project for the community in which it was performed?	20 points
Environmental Stewardship* and Impact: Was there an environmental stewardship component to the project? How did the project positively affect the community? Were there any long-term environmental benefits or outcomes of the project?	15 points
Competition and Project Goals: Winning projects may highlight environmental stewardship in a variety of areas. Did the project address one of the focus areas of the competition. Did students complete the project?	15 points
Community Involvement: To what extent did the project positively involve others in the community? Please describe the community What community resources, expertise, leadership, or publicity did the applicant(s) use?	15 points
Project  Creativity and Innovation: How did the applicant(s) use creative and/or innovative approaches to achieve positive results?	10 points
Soundness of Approach, Rationale, and Scientific Design: Was the approach to the problem clear? Did the applicant(s) have a sound justification for choosing that approach? If so, what is that justification?	10 points
Total	100 points

This competition has not yet listed it's awards.

Website: https://www.epa.gov/education/presidents-environmental-youth-award

Managing Organization: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Contact:

peya@epa.gov

Entry Fee:

Eligibility:
<ul> <li>Project is completed while the applicant(s) is in kindergarten through 12th grade.</li> <li>Applicant(s) is a citizen of the United States or its territories or has been lawfully admitted for permanent residency.</li> <li>Represented preferably by a teacher sponsor. If the sponsor is not a teacher, the sponsor must seek a co-sponsor that is a teacher. <ul> <li>The sponsor/co-sponsor must be an adult at least 21 years of age.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Projects started on or after January 1, 2019 are eligible for consideration. As long as there was activity on the project after January 1, 2019, a project initiated prior to that date is eligible for consideration.</li> <li>Projects must include an environmental stewardship component.</li> </ul>

Registration Opens: January 1, 1970

Registration Closes: January 16, 2020