General Conference Events
NSBE Golden Torch Awards
Saturday, March 13th
Partnership Cost: $25,000–$100,000
Limit: 10
The NSBE Golden Torch Awards (GTA) ceremony is the closing extravaganza of the Annual Convention. Featuring a celebrity emcee and nationally recognized entertainers, this festive, high-profile event celebrates the accomplishments and achievements of the best and the brightest in engineering and other STEM fields. Join us as we acknowledge excellence among technical professionals, corporate, government and academic leaders as well as university and pre-college students. The NSBE Golden Torch Awards are the highest attended event of the Convention and give your organization the opportunity to shine.
Lifetime Members Reception
Partnership Cost: $10,000
Limit: 3
This prestigious event acknowledges NSBE’s newest Lifetime Members. The reception gives you the unique opportunity to mix and mingle with Lifetime Members, NSBE Leadership and NSBE Golden Torch Award winners. Partnership of this event gives your organization face-to-face interaction with some of the best and the brightest in engineering.
Expected Attendance: 75
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, marketing materials, goodie bags and/or giveaways at the event
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms § Signage with logo displayed prominently at the event
Power Receptions
Partnership Cost: $20,000
Limit: 1 per day
These high-visibility opportunities give students an opportunity to hear from speakers on various topics related to STEM. Your featured speakers will share their insights on a specific STEM industry topic, aimed at educating and empowering participants. Highly interactive panel presentations are recommended for this event.
Expected Attendance: 100
- Opportunity to provide a keynote speaker for the event
Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms § Signage with logo displayed prominently at the event
Chapter Officers Reception
Partnership Cost: $20,000
Limit: 1
Our Chapter Officers Reception is an invitation-only event that honors NSBE collegiate chapter officers and the contributions they have made to the Society over the past year. Get exclusive face-to-face interaction with the leaders across all six NSBE regions.
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, marketing materials and giveaways at the event
- Recognition in social media posts on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine
- Signage with logo displayed prominently at the event
Academic Pyramid of Excellence (APEx) Reception
Partnership Cost: $20,000
Limit: 3
Our APEx students have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Sponsorship of this event provides you with exclusive access to these accomplished undergraduate and graduate students outside of the Career Fair in a more informal setting.
Expected Attendance: 300
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, marketing materials and giveaways at the event
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms § Signage with logo displayed prominently at the event
**Hackathon
Partnership Cost: $30,000 Power / $20,000 Supporter
Event will be separated into a minimum of two sessions.
Limit:1 Power / 3 Supporter
Showcasing the programming and technical skills of NSBE collegiates, the Hackathon gives participants the opportunity to build a working prototype alongside their peers and industry professionals. Information Technology Think Tank (ITTT) and Entrepreneurship Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Directors will lead this hackathon to determine the specific challenge with sponsors. This overnight 18-hour event includes food, drinks and prizes for the winners.
Expected Attendance: 100
- Primary responsibility for planning the content, format and logistics of the Hackathon (Power Sponsor Only)
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, judges, mentors and prizes for the Hackathon
- 1 complimentary exhibit table at the event. Take advantage of the opportunity to provide literature, giveaways and other branded items.
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms § Signage with logo displayed prominently at the event
**The Hackathon is contingent upon sponsorship. NSBE reserves the right to cancel this event if there are fewer than three confirmed partners.
Pre-Collegiate Initiative (PCI) Conference Events
The Pre-College Initiative Conference is a unique and exciting event within the Annual Convention, in which NSBE Jr. students, members in grades K–12, convene, learn and compete in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Pre-Collegiate Student Sponsorship
NSBE Jr. Student Sponsorship:
$15,000 ($300.00 per student/guardian)
No Limit
Becoming a NSBE Jr. member is only the beginning of a young student’s journey. Being able to envision themselves in STEM positions and roles by attending conventions and conferences is vital to maintaining the pipeline. This sponsorship allows for 50 students, and their guardian, to attend the Annual Convention with no registration cost. Only registered NSBE Jr. members will qualify for this opportunity. § Acknowledgment on NSBE’s social media platforms
Community Student Sponsorship:
$7,500 ($75.00 per student/guardian)
Limit: 1
Aiming to increase the NSBE Jr. pipeline by introducing and encouraging STEM interest in those who do not ordinarily have this exposure. This sponsorship allows for 100 students, and their guardian, to attend the following events; College Preparation Day and STEAMfest, with no registration cost. Only non-NSBE students will qualify for this opportunity.
Acknowledgment on NSBE’s social media platforms
PCI Virtual Convention Welcome Box: $10,000
Supplies for 300 participants Limit: 2
This year we are offering a virtual conference experience. To increase connectivity of virtual participants, we would like to send those students gift boxes that include items like snacks and NSBE “swag”.
- Branding and welcome notes for each welcome box
- Logo on promotional flyers and marketing materials
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
PCI STEM Supplies: $10,000
Supplies for 500 participants Limit: 1
This is an opportunity to help us offer engaging, hands-on workshops by providing essential supplies for both the on-site and virtual convention.
- VIP invitation to attend the entire PCI Conference
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
NSBE Jr. Pre-Torch Awards
Saturday, March 13
Virtual Partnership Cost: $12,000
Limit: 3
The Pre-Torch Awards event recognizes the accomplishments of our NSBE Jr. students. Awards will be presented to the winners of competitions that took place during the Convention, and the ceremony will include a keynote speaker. Partnership of this event puts your name and logo in front of future leaders in STEM.
Expected Attendance: 250
- VIP invitation to attend the entire PCI Conference
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Signage with logo displayed prominently across virtual platform during event
Virtual STEAM Club
Virtual Partnership Cost: $10,000
Limit: (1 sponsor per activity)
Expected Attendance: 100 per activity
Created to engage our virtual attendees, the STEAM Club will highlight STEM concepts through a guided activity. Students will receive an activity kit prior to the Convention.
- Signage with logo displayed prominently across virtual platform during event
- Logo on promotional marketing materials
- Option to participate in virtual event
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website and NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
Ideation Lab
Thursday, March 11- Saturday, March 13th
Virtual Partnership Cost: $7,500
Limit: 3 (1 sponsor per day)
Expected Attendance: 250
The Ideation Lab serves as a brainstorming area for NSBE Jr members to contribute their ideas on how we/ they can realize a better future. Each day, students will jot down their ideas focused on a new topic or the sponsor’s choice. Students can use this as an opportunity to share their ideas on how to solve the world’s largest engineering problems.
- Logo displayed prominently on-site, and virtually
- Corporate branding on all brainstorming boards both on-site, and virtually
- Invitation to attend the entire PCI Conference
- Opportunity to have representatives interact with PCI Conference participants in the Ideation Lab area
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
Visit to Orlando Science Center
Virtual Partnership Cost: $5,000
Limit: 1 Expected Attendance: 100
Orlando Science Center has adapted many of their activities and experiences to virtual events. This sponsorship allows for our K-5 virtual attendees to be able to have a similar interactive experience as our onsite attendees.
- Logo displayed before and after virtual event
- Logo on promotional marketing materials
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website and NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
College Tours
Virtual Partnership Cost: $4,000
Convention registrants will have an opportunity to tour college campuses and explore the colleges’ academic programs. In addition, a virtual panel of students, faculty and staff will allow the attendants to experience the campus culture.
Expected Attendance: (based on sponsor capacity)
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks,marketing materials and giveaways at the event
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and NSBE’s social media platforms
NSBE Jr. Receptions
Saturday, March 13
Virtual Partnership Cost: $15,000
Limit: 2
Get started on developing your engineering pipeline and sponsor a reception for NSBE’s growing K-12 demographic. These receptions occur in between NSBE Jr. programming and competitions.
- Opportunity to provide keynote speaker
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and NSBE’s social media platforms § Signage displayed prominently at the event
NSBE Jr. Movie Night
Virtual Partnership Cost: $7,500
Limit: 2
To provide a space for social interaction between students and chapters, this sponsorship will provide entertainment for students by offering an all-inclusive experience with snacks.
Expected Attendance: 500
- Acknowledgment on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Logo on promotional flyers and marketing materials
- Signage displayed prominently at the event
STEMulating Young Minds Institute (SYMI)
Virtual Partnership Cost: $10,000
Limit: 1 Expected Attendance: 50
The STEMulating Young Minds Institute (SYMI) trains a cohort of educators on how to start an after-school or in-school NSBE Pre-College Initiative (PCI) Program. The SYMI program gives teachers the
opportunity to receive hands-on STEM training through NSBE’s National Partnerships. By equipping teachers with the tools necessary to teach STEM to students, the SYMI teacher training program has the potential to impact more than 9,000 students nation- wide per year!
- Logo on promotional flyers, press releases and SYMI marketing materials
- Recognition during the NSBE Golden Torch Awards
- Recognition in the NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
College Preparation Day
Saturday, March 13
Virtual Partnership Cost: $10,000
Limit: 2
Working to prepare 11th-12th graders for the road to college success, this event gives students the opportunity to participate in interactive workshops, including college prep challenges. In addition, students can spend time with corporate leaders and educators in STEM fields, as they discuss career opportunities and tips for getting the most out of college experiences.
Partnership Level: Virtual Primary Sponsors
Partnership Cost: $12,000
Limit:2
Partnership Level: Virtual Secondary Sponsor (Workshops)
Partnership Cost: Corporate/Federal Agency: $2,000 / Nonprofit, College or University: $1,000
Virtual Primary Sponsor
- Virtual space allotment*
- Signage with logo displayed prominently across virtual platform during event
- Logo on promotional flyers and College Preparation Day marketing materials
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website and NSBEGuide convention mobile app
Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
Virtual Secondary Sponsor
- Recognition in the NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Recognition in social media posts on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Recognition in/on College Preparation Day materials
*Some benefits may be platform dependent
STEAMfest (formerly TORCHfest)
On-site Partnership Cost: $15,000
Part science fair, part county fair and part interactive laboratory, the TORCHfest is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, educators and students. TORCHfest serves as an exciting exploration of STEM through more than 75 hands-on activities. This event will solicit local organizations and those exhibiting at the Annual Convention Career Fair to host a table where students can learn more about their organizations and what engineers do.
Partnership Level: Virtual Primary Sponsors
Partnership Cost: $8,000
Limit: 2
Partnership Level: Virtual Secondary Sponsor (PCI Career Fair)
Partnership Cost: Corporate/Federal Agency: $2,000 / Nonprofit, College or University: $1,000
No Limit
Virtual Primary Sponsor
- Virtual space allotment
- Logo on promotional flyers and TORCHfest marketing materials
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website
- Recognition in the NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
Virtual Secondary Sponsor (Career Fair Booth)
- Virtual Space Allocation
- Logo on promotional flyers and TORCHfest marketing material
- Recognition in social media posts on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Recognition in/on TORCHfest materials
Leadership Seminar
Virtual Partnership Cost: $5,000 + supplies
Limit: 1 Expected Attendance: 125
The NSBE Leadership Seminar is for NSBE Jr. chapter officers only. This seminar will help to equip our young leaders with the leadership skills necessary to support their personal development as chapter officers. This training includes support in group dynamics, communications and will support the development of good leader habits.
As a sponsor, your company/organization would present a leadership workshop/panel of your choice. The sponsorship includes materials* and snacks for the sessions.
*Materials include note taking supplies only.
- Logo displayed throughout virtual platform
- Logo on promotional marketing materials
- Branding and company note for each NSBE Jr, attendee
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website and NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
KidsZone
Virtual Partnership Cost: $3,000
Limit: 3 Expected Attendance: 30
A space where students grades K-3 can cultivate their love for and understanding of science and technology. This will include various on-demand STEM activities, live STEM content, and a complimentary activity book.
- Logo on promotional marketing materials
- Logo and messaging on activity book
- Ability to host STEM show on topic of choice
- Ability to submit pre-recorded activity/challenge
- Recognition on the NSBE Annual Convention website and NSBEGuide convention mobile app
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and on NSBE’s social media platforms
Corporate Facility/Plant Tours
Virtual Partnership Cost: $7,500
The Facility/Plant tours are designed to provide our membership with real-life exposure to the workforce and the respective company’s culture. Partnering companies will have the option to limit attendees based on major, GPA, and/or any other recruiting criteria.
Expected Attendance: (based on sponsor capacity)
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, marketing materials, and giveaways at the event
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine and NSBE’s social media platforms
Graduating Seniors Reception
Virtual Partnership Cost: $20,000
Limit: 1
Each year NSBE celebrates high school graduates and incoming freshmen by providing a special reception where students have an opportunity to network with other students from across the country. NSBE sees this as an opportunity to strengthen and support our STEM student pipeline. Partnership with this event shows your support for new graduates and their continued academic development.
Expected Attendance: 100
- Opportunity to provide welcome remarks, marketing materials and giveaways at the event
- Acknowledgment in the Convention issue of NSBE Magazine
- Signage displayed prominently at the event
NSBE Jr. Game Night
Virtual Partnership Cost: $10,000
Limit: 1
To provide a virtual space for social interaction between students and chapters, this sponsorship will provide entertainment for students by offering an all-inclusive game night experience. Students will have an opportunity to connect with other students in a fun, non-stressful environment outside of competitions and workshops.
- Acknowledgment on NSBE’s social media platforms
- Logo on promotional flyers and marketing materials
- Signage displayed prominently at the event
