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With more than a million combined followers associated with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) social media accounts, consider connecting with these profiles and leveraging the U.S. Department of Energy AlgaePrize posts. Please use the #AlgaePrize hashtag when posting to social media platforms.

To help ensure consistent U.S. Department of Energy AlgaePrize messaging, teams and stakeholders were encouraged to use language from the following documents in their outreach, or as a guide when creating their own language.

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The AlgaePrize is a DOE-sponsored contest that encourages students—from high school to graduate school—to pursue innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain. Watch a short recap video of the 2022–2023 competition.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) AlgaePrize Amplification Kit includes logos, fliers, photos, graphics, sample social media posts, and summary descriptions to help spread the word about the AlgaePrize through social media, newsletters, blog posts, and other channels.

The AlgaePrize Competition encourages students to pursue innovative ideas for the development, design, and invention of technologies within the commercial algae value chain. Watch how 15 finalist student teams converged over 3 days in 2023 for 1 shared goal at the inaugural competition: Showing the power of algae to help solve the energy, food, economic, and climate challenges facing our world today.