Katherine JohnsonThe Sustainability Challenge Grant Program is designed to engage transdisciplinary teams from the university community to foster scholarly, creative and research projects that promote sustainability and advance fields of study. Sustainability, in this context, is intended to convey the need to seek to balance between environmental, social and economic impacts.
Applications for the University of Kentucky Sustainability Challenge Grant Program are being accepted now through Sept. 15. Total project funds available are expected to be $200,000 with individual projects eligible to receive up to $50,000. Application materials can be found here.
“This program has been such an important component of our sustainability efforts over the past nine years. We are very excited about the proven potential it has to engage and support our students, faculty and staff who are interested in using sustainability as a framework for exploring critical issues,” said Shane Tedder, UK’s sustainability officer and co-coordinator for the program.
In the nine years of the program to date, 61 projects have been awarded a total of $1.75 million to pursue a wide range sustainability-driven projects on campus and beyond.
