Question 1

What is Pitch for the future?

Accepted Answer

The Global Sustainability challenge is a team competition for high school students, gap year students, as well as college freshmen and sophomores who are passionate about making a difference and tackling real-world challenges in their community!

This competition empowers young minds to become change-makers, by forming a team of 2-3 students to create a video addressing a social issue in their community they care about as well as providing solutions to this issue.

The top 3 teams from each region will be invited to represent their region in the Finals.

Finalists will proceed to a live pitch session and Q&A.

The top 3 teams globally will be announced as the Global Winners of Pitch for the Future!

Question 2

How much is it to register for Pitch for the Future?

Accepted Answer

Early Bird registration fee is $15 USD per student.
Regular registration fee is $20 USD per student.

Question 3

Should I join a team or participate as individual?

Accepted Answer

PFF is open to individuals as well as team participation. While participants are required to sign up individually for the competition, participants can compete individually or can create teams of 2 to 3 students to compete in the Global Sustainability Challenge.

If chosen to compete in a team, after students have registered individually, they must nominate a team leader who will then fill in a “team registration form” (which will be emailed to registered participants at a later date). This form will ask who the team members are and which category your team is competing in.

Question 4

Who is eligible to participate?

Accepted Answer

To apply, you must be in high school, currently on a gap year, a college freshman, or a college sophomore.

Question 5

What if my teammates have not signed up individually?

Accepted Answer

All team members MUST sign up and pay individually BEFORE filling in the team registration form.

If your team progresses to the regional or global round, and your teammates are not registered individually, your team will automatically be disqualified.

Question 6

Which region should I join?

Accepted Answer

Please join the region in which you reside:
(NOTE: The region you select must be the region you reside in or study in and must not be selected based on nationality or place of birth if it differs from the aforementioned.)

APAC (including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, NZ & AU): Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, Brunei, Cambodia, China (including special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau), Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.

North America: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.

Europe + Central Asia: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan.
 
Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, México, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela.
 
MENA + Africa + Russia: Angola, Bahrain, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Rwanda, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Question 7

Can I register with teammates from several countries?

Accepted Answer

Yes, team members can be from different countries. Teams may choose to represent any one member’s region for the regional round.

Question 8

What are the prizes associated with each award?

Accepted Answer

1st place team will receive $1,000 cash (for the whole team) + Free access to a virtual work experience program at a renowned company (typically retails at $4000 USD) + A certificate of Achievement + Global Fame (Pitch & Solution will be published on PFF website & social media accounts)

2nd place team will receive $500 cash (for the whole team) +Free access to a renowned research program (typically retails at $4000 USD) + A certificate of Achievement + Global Fame (Pitch & Solution will be published on PFF website & social media accounts).

3rd place team will receive $250 cash (for the whole team) + 50% off to a virtual work experience program or a renowned research program (typically retails for $4000 USD)  A certificate of Achievement + Global Fame (Pitch & Solution will be published on PFF website & social media accounts).

Question 9

Is it mandatory to attend the webinars?

Accepted Answer

Webinars will be available post registration (information on access will be sent to participants only). While it is not mandatory to attend, we highly encourage participants to attend in order to gain useful insight on how to create an effective pitch and video submission from our expert presenters.

Question 10

Why I am having troubles at payment stage of registration?

Accepted Answer

Please ensure you are using the Google Chrome browser and have cleared all cookies/cache. After doing so, try your payment again. It should now go through without any issues.

Question 11

Will I receive a score and marked rubric after first round submissions?

Accepted Answer

No. Unfortunately we will not be providing scores, marked judging rubrics, or written comments for first round submissions as we do not have the capacity to provide this to everyone due to the immense amount of submissions.

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