11/01/2016

ANNOUNCEMENT: CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY FUND

We are excited to announce the new Campus Sustainability Fund,a competitive grant program for UW-Platteville Students, Faculty, and Staff to help campus better "meet the needs of the present while also enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (the official UW-Platteville definition of “sustainability”).

Fall 2016 marks the first time that this funding is available; funded by University Segregated Fees as overseen by the Segregated University Fee Allocation Commission (SUFAC), the funding will be distributed by the UW-Platteville Environmental Sustainability Committee based upon the competitive process outlined here. We expect to announce this funding opportunity annually with the possibility of two funding announcements in the 2016-2017 academic year. In this, the first year of funding, guidelines have been left relatively open-ended. Expect that these guidelines will be refined in future competitions.

More information about the Environmental Sustainability Committee:

Funding availability: There currently is an estimated $20,000 available in this 2016-2017 grant cycle and as many qualified projects as possible will be funded with these monies; applicants may apply for any funding amount up to $20,000.

Grant timeline:

  • Grant announcement: November 1st, 2016
  • Applications due:Sunday, January 15th, 2017
  • Awards announced: Friday, February 10th, 2017
  • Funds spent or encumbered: June 30th, 2017
  • Projects completed: December 31st, 2017 (particularly compelling multi-year projects may be considered)
  • Project final reports due: December 31st, 2017

Project Final Reports: Recipients will be expected to submit a brief final report by Dec. 31st, 2017 outlining how the project went and whether it achieved the expected outcomes.

Talk to us: If you have a project idea or questions about the application, we encourage you to call the campus sustainability coordinator (Amy Seeboth-Wilson) to talk about your idea before submitting your application. She can be reached at or (608) 342-7244

Submit your application: All applications should be submitted as a pdf to by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2017 with “Sustainability Fund Submission” in the email subject.

UW-Platteville Campus Sustainability Fund– 2016-17 Application

To apply, complete the following application and submitas a pdf to ith “Sustainability Fund Submission” in the email subjectby 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 15, 2017.

Before you complete the application, however, we encourage you to call the campus sustainability coordinator (Amy Seeboth-Wilson) to talk about your idea. She can be reached at or (608) 342-7244.

Project title:

Project contact information

  • Name: A UW-Platteville student, faculty, or staff must serve as the primary contact (non UW-Platteville people or groups may participate as a project partner but cannot serve as the primary contact);
  • Title: Please describe your title relative to this application (can be your job title, role in a student organization, your major, etc.);
  • Email: A UW-Platteville email is preferred;
  • Phone number: (XXX) XXX-XXXX.

Project description: Please describe your project; tell us about what it accomplishes and how you plan to do it (up to 200 words).

Project outcomes: Please tell us how your project helps us achieve one or more of our campus sustainability goals (up to 200 words). The goals are:

  • Visually exhibit sustainability on campus to make campus a living laboratory for sustainability;
  • Integrate sustainability into formal curriculum and professional preparedness;
  • Build resources that promote and support campus sustainability;
  • Increase awareness of campus sustainability efforts within the community and broader region;
  • Make sustainability part of our daily campus operations.

Qualifications: Please tell us about who will be doing this project and why you / your team has the right skills to see the project to completion (up to 300 words).

Project start date and duration: Projects should begin by April 1st, 2017 with all funds spent or encumbered (dedicated through purchase requisitions) by June 30, 2017. Projects should aim to be completed by Dec. 31st, 2017; particularly compelling multi-year projects may be considered.

Requested funding amount: We have an estimated $20,000 available in funding and will fund as many qualified projects as possible with these monies; applicants may apply for any funding amount up to $20,000. We reserve the right to work with applicants to adjust budgets in order to make the best use of funding available.

Project budget & timeline: Please complete the following table to tell us how you will spend your funding, by when you will spend it, and what you will spend it on. Add more rows if necessary. Please total your funding request in the final row.

Item / Date of planned expenditure / Cost / Description
Posters / 4/1/17 / $40 / We will print posters for the event at Pioneer Printing
Speaker fees / 5/1/17 / $3,000 / We will bring Jane Smith to speak on 5/1/17
Total Funding Request / $3,040