Current and past employees of Economic Fuel, SN Servicing Corporation, all members of the Judging Panel, and all immediate family members of such persons are ineligible to compete in Economic Fuel. For purposes of the competition, “immediate family members” include a person’s spouse, partner, parent, stepparent, child (both biological and adopted), sibling, and stepsibling. Faculty at both College of the Redwoods and Humboldt State University are ineligible to compete in Economic Fuel. For purposes of the competition, “faculty” includes permanent, temporary, full time, part time and adjunct faculty.  They may participate in an advisory capacity only.

 

All team members must sign the following:

Registration Form
Eligibility Criteria
Official Rules and Entry Guidelines
Required Major Components of Submitted Business Plans
Advisor Program-Competitor Conduct Agreement
Original Work Certification 

Each Student Team Member must submit, when applicable, the following:
An unofficial transcript for the Fall 2010 semester and Winter 2011 session, and a class schedule for the Spring 2011 semester.

Each Graduate Student/PhD Candidate Team Member must submit the following:
A letter from their faculty advisor confirming graduate student/PhD candidate status and stating that the student is making adequate progress on their thesis/doctoral project. 

Each Recent Graduate Team Member must submit the following:
Proof of Graduation since December 1, 2008 AND proof of Humboldt County residency since September 1, 2010.   Proof of residency can be established by submitting a billing statement from a Humboldt County Residence, in the Team Members name, dated prior to September 1, 2010.  For information regarding additional methods to establish residency contact theteam@economicfuel.org at least a week prior to the registration deadline.  Any registration form found to be incomplete may result in that team being disqualified.