Sustainability Initiative for the Great Lakes College Association
College of Wooster • Denison University • Kenyon College
Sustainability in the Great Lakes Colleges Association
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Campus Sustainability Projects
Background and Objectives
The College of Wooster, Denison University and Kenyon College have collaborated on an initiative to investigate ways to combine curricular and non-curricular activities which enhance attention to sustainability issues on campus. In order to more effectively explore how faculty expertise in sustainability-related areas can be leveraged to achieve institutional impact, the three colleges sought support from the Academic Leadership and Innovation (GALI) Institute which funds professional development opportunities for faculty of Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) member colleges. Grant funding secured from the GALI Institute will support a sustainability conference to be held Spring Semester 2010 on Denison’s campus as well as a small grants program to fund sustainability projects.
This funding opportunity seeks innovative project proposals that involve faculty, staff and students in addressing environmental sustainability, through relevant faculty research, investigations of campus issues or implementation of new programs on campus. Funds may be used to pay student assistants, fund travel, or purchase supplies associated with the projects. Intercampus collaboration and/or consultation on these projects is encouraged.
Proposals for projects will be reviewed by the project implementation team made up of representatives of each college.
Eligibility
Projects with faculty sponsorship from any department from any of the three participating colleges are eligible for funding. Staff, students and student groups are encouraged to apply but must include a faculty sponsor in order to be eligible.
Funding range
Proposals are invited in the $100 - $1,000 range.
Timeline
October 6, 2009: Request for Proposals announced
October 26, 2009: Deadline for proposals
November 1, 2009: Award recipients announced
January 23, 2010: Award recipients present progress report at Sustainability Conference at Denison
April 22, 2010: Final report and posters due
Application
When submitting a proposal, respondents are required to include the following information:
- Contact information for lead applicant and faculty sponsor
- List of collaborators
- Include all participants involved in the implementation of the project
- Description of the proposed project
- Include project goals, objectives and anticipated outcomes
- Project plan (i.e. milestones for each task and persons responsible)
- Total amount of project funds requested
- Itemized project budget
Proposals should not exceed two pages in length.
Submission Process
All proposals shall be submitted via email to: kings@denison.edu no later than 4:00 p.m. on Monday October 26, 2009.
Key Contacts
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER
Susan Clayton
Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology
Chair of Environmental Studies
The College of Wooster
930 College Mall
Wooster, OH 44691
sclayton@wooster.edu
KENYON COLLEGE
Jesse Matz
Advisor to the President
Associate Professor of English
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH 43022
740-427-5926
matzj@kenyon.edu
DENISON UNIVERSITY
Abram W. Kaplan
Associate Professor and Anne Powell Riley Director of Environmental Studies
McPhail Center for Environmental Studies
108 Barney-Davis Hall
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
Voice: 740-587-6736; Program Office: 740-587-5757
kaplan@denison.edu
Susan Studer King
Program Manager
McPhail Center for Environmental Studies
Denison University
106 Barney-Davis Hall
Granville, Ohio 43023
740-587-6763
kings@denison.edu