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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!

Early Bird registration fee is $10 USD per student. Regular registration fee is $ 15 USD per student.

While participants are required to sign up individually for the competition, competitors must create teams of 2 to 3 students to compete in Global Sustainability Challenge. 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.

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

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.

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.) Asia Pacific (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 + Russia + 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, Ukraine, 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: 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.

You are allowed to. However, at least two of the members in your team must be from the same region, which will be the region you compete in.

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).

Webinars will be available post registration (information on access will be sent to participants). 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.

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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.