Deadline: 15 December 2023
Applications are now open for the Accenture Innovation Challenge, an opportunity for college students across the U.S. to help a nonprofit organization solve a business challenge.
Making a positive impact on society, gaining hands-on consulting experience, networking with the leaders, and potentially land an internship are just a few of the perks of the Accenture Innovation Challenge.
This year, Accenture is partnering with the National Park Foundation. As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service (NPS), the National Park Foundation (NPF) raises private funding to protect and preserve national parks and connect everyone to America’s most special places.
Details About the Three Rounds of Competition
- Round 1 – Successful applicants are assigned to a team of up to four students, are paired with an Accenture consultant coach, and given one week to prepare a solution to the case question. Three teams from each first round event advance to the semi-finals.
- Round 2 – Teams refine their solution over 1 week and submit a revised, written presentation for Accenture judges to review. Four finalist teams are selected to advance.
- Round 3 – In this final round event, four teams are invited to travel to present their solution live to a panel of judges comprised of Accenture and National Park Foundation. The winning team is offered a Summer 2024 internship and a cash prize!
Eligibility Criteria
- The Competition is open to legal United States residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico who are 18 years of age or older (19 for residents of AL and NE) at the time of entry and are enrolled full time in a four-year degree undergraduate program, authorized to work in the United States, and will receive an undergraduate Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science upon graduation in December 2024 – September 2026.
- Sponsor reserves the right, at any time, to verify eligibility requirements in any manner it deems appropriate.
- Employees and directors of Sponsor, its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, licensees, advertising, promotion or production agencies and provider companies and their immediate family members and individuals residing in their same household are not eligible to participate.
- Immediate family member is defined as a parent, sibling, or any person residing in the same household as an employee or director of Sponsor. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor.
Entry Requirements
- Entry cannot be sexually explicit or suggestive, unnecessarily violent, or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group, profane or pornographic, or contain nudity;
- Entry cannot promote alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing), or any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous;
- Entry cannot promote any particular political agenda or message;
- Entry cannot be obscene or offensive, endorse any form of hate or hate group;
- Entry cannot defame, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor or its products, or other people, products or companies;
- Entry cannot communicate messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or goodwill to which Sponsor wishes to associate; and
- Entry cannot depict, and cannot itself, be in violation of any law.
For more information, visit Accenture.
