PAVE Essay Contest and Scholarship Program Aims to Shape Future of Transportation
The Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) has launched an essay contest and scholarship program, providing high school juniors and seniors with the opportunity to contemplate a future with automated vehicles and write about its potential impact on their communities. The program aims to engage young people in shaping the future of transportation, with a focus on creating a system that serves more people more effectively, while making roads more efficient and environmentally sustainable.
Key Takeaways:
- The essay contest is open to students in select areas, representing communities with diverse geography, transportation challenges, and economies.
- The contest is planned to be an annual event, with locations changing each year.
- Students will choose from three essay prompts related to automated vehicle technology and its societal effects.
- A committee of experts from the AV ecosystem will score student essays and select the winning essays.
- Scholarship funding will be given to the top three submissions in each location, with first place winners receiving $2,500, second place winners receiving $1,500, and third place winners receiving $500.
- Companies and organizations from the AV ecosystem are donating the scholarship funding and sponsoring the contest in each location.
Statistics:
- The contest offers nearly $15,000 in college scholarship funding to the top three submissions in each location.
- The essay contest is open from November 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023.
- There are three different contest locations: Metropolitan Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Athens and Vinton Counties in Southeast Ohio.
- The locations were chosen for their diversity in geography, transportation challenges, and economies.
- A total of 9 students will receive scholarship funding, with 3 winners from each location.
Sources:
- PAVE Essay Contest and Scholarship Program press release