The UNCG Green Fund Committee is pleased to invite proposals from UNCG students and employees for efforts that support sustainability initiatives at UNCG.
In 2016, UNCG students elected to allocate a portion of their student activity fees toward environmental stewardship and established the Green Fund. Governed by a committee of students with assistance from faculty and staff experts, the fund operates as a campus-based grant program that offers education, research, and professional development opportunities for students and employees by investing in campus infrastructure and programming to help meet the goals of the UNCG’s sustainability mission. Through the Green Fund, students have invested over $500,000 in in nearly 100 projects.
We encourage submissions for projects that address the following:
- Just sustainabilities/environmental justice: proposals that educate, explore, or advance topics of racial justice and social equity at UNCG and surrounding communities.
- Sustainability education and outreach: proposals that call for the participation of scholars and community members in sustainability initiatives at UNCG.
- Environmental humanities: proposals that connect sustainability with humanities (language, philosophy, literature, history, art) in order to advance sustainability initiatives at UNCG.
- Efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction: proposals that advance the efficient use of energy, materials, or other resources and reduce the carbon footprint of the UNCG community.
This list includes topics that the current Committee is most interested in funding, but please do not think of these categories as limitations. The Committee will happily consider projects that address other issues, as long as projects are related in some way to sustainability.
We accept proposals in September, October, November, February, March, and April. The application deadline is at 5 p.m. on the first day of these months.
If you submit a proposal for more than $1,000, your application will be accepted on October 1st in the fall, and/or on March 1st and April 1st during the spring. These particular deadlines allow us more time to make decisions on projects with larger budgets.
If you submit a proposal for less than $1,000, you can submit by the first of any of the months listed above.
More information can be found on the UNCG Sustainability website and on the UNCG Mobile App.
For questions or consultations, contact the Office of Sustainability: 336-334-3664 / greendfund@uncg.edu