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Funding-University of Kentucky’s Sustainability Challenge Grant Program; October 16, 2016

We are pleased to announce the third year of the University of Kentucky’s Sustainability Challenge Grant Program. $200,000 will be available for the 2016 Sustainability Challenge Grant Program thanks to the generous support of the Executive Vice President for Finance & Administration, the Provost, the Student Sustainability Council, and the Vice President for Research.

The Sustainability Challenge Grant program is designed to engage multidisciplinary teams from the University community in the creation and implementation of ideas that will promote sustainability by simultaneously advancing economic vitality, ecological integrity and social equity.

The call for proposals is now open and the deadline to apply is October 16, 2016. More details, the application, and application instructions can be found here: http://www.uky.edu/sustainability/sustainability-challenge-grants

The Sustainability Challenge Grant Program was developed as a collaborative effort of the President’s Sustainability Advisory Committee, The Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment and the Office of Sustainability.

Funding for the Challenge Grant Program provided by the Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Vice President for Research and the Student Sustainability Council.