Sponsorship

The 2004 University of Southern California Formula SAE entry is an extracurricular educational project with no intrinsic source of income. Sponsorship is therefore vitally important to the team’s participation and success at the competition. The University of Southern California Formula SAE team welcomes contributions in any form.  Sponsors are customarily awarded advertising space on either our race trailer or on the Formula SAE Car.  Benefits include:

• Tax deductible receipt 
• Company logos are placed visibly on the vehicle, team apparel, trailer, and all promotional correspondence
• University exposure
• Positive exposure to 25,000 students, 2,000 faculty, and alumni from regular campus promotions, fund-raisers, articles in campus newspaper (distribution: 15,000)
• Booth at Homecoming with over 15,000 direct impressions in one day 
• Good PR for companies who recruit on campus 
• Reputation as a contributor to student projects 
• Early access to quality engineering students 
• Automotive enthusiast will see the team participating in Southern California Regional SCCA Solo II events and displaying the car at various trade shows and auto expositions (i.e., LA International Auto Show & The Long Beach Grand Prix Auto Expo) 
• The "Big Three" Auto Manufacturers jointly host the annual Formula SAE event, and thus automotive related sponsors receive extensive exposure to many potential customers 
• Vehicle display at sponsors place of business or any trade show the sponsor attends 

The USC Formula SAE Team welcomes any level of support your company may be able to provide. The items listed above are typical examples of benefits from sponsoring the USC Formula SAE Team, however each sponsorship arrangement is unique and tailored to meet the specific promotional or technical needs of the sponsor. For sponsorship inquiries or questions of a general nature, please feel free to contact: 

Mike Williams, SAE Vice President mdwillia@usc.edu

Or download our sponsor information packet HERE.