The Promoting Electric Propulsion competition has quickly grown into one of the strongest workforce development programs for students interested in robotics, mechanical engineering, and maritime solutions. PEP 25 featured 36 universities, 45 boats in Virginia Beach, and 35 qualified boats. For context, the first collegiate PEP in 2021 at the US Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore had 6 collegiate teams.
We invite you to find your future workforce and support this non-profit STEM program.
40+ PEP26 50+ University Teams
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What is PEP?
PEP is the Office of Naval Research program focused on today's workforce development. Teams build crewed and uncrewed craft with speed and strength necessary for today's operations. They have the opportunity to design autonomous systems and to send data back and forth over large distances.
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Annual competitors, like Princeton, and first-year teams, like Arkansas Tech, have passionate, innovative student engineers. Pushing boundaries and developing the skills that will empower any organization into the next decade. These students understand how to work with power, put it to use efficiently, work within a team environment, and find solutions to challenging problems. Help us get these bright, enterprising students into our industry!
Sponsorship Opportunities
We can support your workforce development needs by connecting your organization with these students from their initial design through the capstone competition.
| PEP Supporter | PEP Sponsor | PEP Champion |
| Schools supported: 3 | Schools supported: 10 | Schools supported: 20 |
Unlimited job postings
Recorded job discussion | Unlimited job postings
2 live job webinars | Unlimited job postings
4 live job webinars |
Logos on: Team Boats
University Pages | Logos on: Team Boats
University Pages
PEP T-shirts | Logos on: Team Boats
Race Buoys
Safety, Food Tents
University Pages
PEP T-shirts |
| Full-page ad in Naval Engineers Journal | Inside front cover ad in Naval Engineers Journal | Front page, back cover ads in Naval Engineers Journal |
| Public SM thanks from ASNE | Public SM thanks from ASNE and PEP teams | Public SM thanks from ASNE and PEP teams
Press releases in 3 national publications |
| | Title sponsor of pre-PEP event | Title sponsor of 2 pre-PEP events |
| $25,000 | $100,000 | $300,000 |
Support Tomorrow's Navy Today
Please contact us to discuss any opportunities you foresee at education@navalengineers.org.