Evaluation Criteria
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Detailed Challenge Evaluation Criteria
Provided by the U.S. Department of Energy
Note: The evaluation criteria will be the same for the Ohio, Midwest regional, and National competition
Solution/Product (weight 20%)
- Competition, Subs. & Differentiation
- Intellectual Property
- Non-IP Barriers to Entry
- Technology Validation
- Product Development Risk
Market Validation & Analysis (weight 15%)
- Customer Engagement
- Partnership/ Channel
- Market Sizing Analysis
- Market Segmentation
Industry Attractiveness (weight 15%)
- Market Size
- Market Growth
- Incumbents’ Power
Business Model (weight 12.5%)
- Pricing
- Downstream Value
- Company Economics
- Scalability
- Funding Strategy
Presentation Quality (weight 12.5%)
- “Elevator Intro”
- Data Quality & Attribution
- Visual Design
- Oral Delivery
- Quality of Prose
Risk vs. Talent (weight 15%)
- Risk Narrative
- Team Membership
- Advisors
EERE Mission Impact (weight 10%)
- Economy
- Environment
- Foreign Oil
Judges
Benefits to Judges:
- Support the emerging clean technology industry in the Midwest
- Work with the state’s top student talent
- Stay abreast of cutting-edge technologies emerging from Ohio’s top research institutions
- Ability to select ventures of interest
- Network with thought leaders: mentors participating in the 2013 Ohio Clean Energy Challenge receive complementary invitations to the Ohio Competition on Jan. 28 & 29 in Columbus, Ohio which attracts leading venture capitalists, angel investors, corporate strategic investors, and government representatives
Judge Responsibilities:
Judges will be responsible for evaluating the student teams in two separate rounds of judging.
Semifinals: Judges will evaluate the student teams’ online application and 3-minute video pitch to identify semifinalist teams that will move on to provide live pitches at the Ohio Competition on Jan. 28 & 29, 2013.
Finals: At the Ohio Competition, judges will evaluate each team’s live pitch, ultimately selecting one Ohio winning team to advance to the Midwest regional competition.
- Judges will provide written feedback based on the established evaluation criteria at the semifinal stage that the teams may utilize to further develop and refine their business concepts and pitches.
- At the Ohio Competition, teams will have the opportunity to participate in short in-person feedback sessions with the panel of judges
- Judges are required to attend the Ohio Competition on Jan. 28 & 29 in Columbus, OH.
