Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.14
Liaison Alexis Reyes
Submission Date June 3, 2011
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Pomona College
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 6.00 Ginny Routhe
Director
Sustainability Integration Office
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Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:

The Schulz Fund for Environmental Studies is a Summer Research Award for Pomona College juniors. Students are encouraged to give lectures or lead seminars the following year, and special consideration is given to projects approaching an environmental issue from a multidisciplinary approach. The Joint Sciences Department of the Claremont Colleges offers the annual summer Mellon Research Fellowship for up to 10 Claremont College undergraduates, who engage in an interdisciplinary and multifacted research to address a wide-range of global enviromentally-related issues. Pomona College also provides 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) grants, available to all students.


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Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
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