WE WANT YOU TO PROPOSE!
DO YOU HAVE A GREAT IDEA AND DREAM OF TURNING IT INTO A REALITY?
DO YOU WISH TO TAKE AN EXISTING PROJECT TO A HIGHER LEVEL?
WE WILL SUPPORT YOU!
Middlebury College's Environmental Council wants to tap the intellect, talent, imagination, and interest of the college community to expand and strengthen our commitment to a sustainable future. Thanks to on-going support from President Ron Liebowitz, the Environmental Council is offering its eighth year of environmental grants.
Interested in proposing? Complete and submit a proposal form by February 10, 2006 - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEB 23. We will make final decisions by February 28, 2006 and respond to all submissions immediately after. To find out more or to download a proposal form, follow the links below. Students, faculty, and staff are eligible.
Environmental Grant Information
2006 Environmental Grant Proposal Form
The Environmental Council manages an innovative grant program designed to inspire environmental leadership across the campus while enhancing sustainability initiatives. Funded in its pilot year from the Environment Council's own budget, President McCardell's intrigue with the program's potential resulted in generous support for the grant program for the next three years. Nearly 40 grants have been awarded utilizing more than $65,000 of funding.
Faculty, staff and students have received funding – ranging from $50 to $10,000 – to establish a community bike program, study the wind potential at the Snow Bowl, explore the development of an organic garden, assess the potential support for hybrid vehicles in the college fleet, inventory trees on campus, construct a greenhouse and access the heat from nearby compost windrows to heat greenhouse soil, and create biodiesel fuel from waste vegetable oil generated by dining services. Due to limited funds this year, successful grant applicants will likely receive no more than $500.
LIBRARY OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS