Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 53.15
Liaison Phil Valko
Submission Date Aug. 6, 2011
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Washington University in St. Louis
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Chad Henry
Operations Manager
International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES)
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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:

Student participation in sustainability research is encouraged in multiple ways and through different paths. Additional support is available in internal pilot funding for faculty research projects to protect funding for student participation. Programs are devoted directly to students. Increasingly, large-scale projects are also looking for avenues to increase student participation in ways that align with curriculum and provide mentoring opportunities.


The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

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

Faculty participation in sustainability research is largely provided through internal pilot research funding from the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES), the McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP), the Institute for Public Health and the Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization. Additional funding through the Office of Technology Management’s Bear Cub Fund and the Vice Chancellor for Research University Research Strategic Alliance program are focused on technology development and facilitating new interdisciplinary connections, respectively. Those they two aren’t fully devoted to sustainability research they are certainly programs under which sustainability research would fit well.


The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Additional information on student research programs:
Interdisciplinary Certificate of Accomplishment in Bioenergy and the Environment: http://parc.wustl.edu/outreach/certificate
Undergraduate Research: http://ur.wustl.edu/

Additional information on faculty research programs:
MAGEEP Funding: http://mageep.wustl.edu/FUNDINGOPPS/FundingOpportunities.aspx
CCCU Funding: http://cccu.wustl.edu/research-fund.php


Additional information on student research programs:
Interdisciplinary Certificate of Accomplishment in Bioenergy and the Environment: http://parc.wustl.edu/outreach/certificate
Undergraduate Research: http://ur.wustl.edu/

Additional information on faculty research programs:
MAGEEP Funding: http://mageep.wustl.edu/FUNDINGOPPS/FundingOpportunities.aspx
CCCU Funding: http://cccu.wustl.edu/research-fund.php

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