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President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA)

Today's Youth Protecting Tomorrow's Environment

Application Deadline
  • Regional award program: the deadline for submitting applications is December 31 of each year.
  • Certificate program: applications may be submitted at any time during the year.
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Your project – or one you are sponsoring – could be an award winner. Encourage one or more students you know to apply for a PEYA and see what a difference they can make for the environment with an award-winning project. Applicants from all 50 states and U.S. territories are eligible to compete for an award.

Green Scene: EPA's President's Environmental Youth Awards Program

Visit EPA's Multimedia page to view a video interview of one of the 2008 regional PEYA winners and Megan Gavin, an EPA Environmental Education Coordinator.

Get the PEYA WidgetPEYA Widget - Add the PEYA widget to your Web page.



The PEYA application may be downloaded below. Visit How to Apply for complete details.

Download the PEYA Application
Format File size Instructions / Tips
Microsoft Word 6 pages, 3.0 MB
  • If you have Microsoft Word installed on your computer, select the document, download it to your computer, and type in the information as required.
  • Save the completed form and print a hard copy.
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) [about PDF] 6 pages, 301 KB
  • The interactive PDF application can be viewed using a PC or Macintosh computer. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to open the pdf form.
  • If you want to use the interactive PDF version, select the form and download it to your computer.
  • You may either complete the form online or print a blank copy of the form to complete by hand. If completed online, print a hard copy of the completed form.


For help, contact your regional coordinator.

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