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Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant is a grant from the University of Michigan that funds student-initiated projects addressing campus sustainability or social sustainability at the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor campus.
Grants of up to $2,500 support small-scale projects, events, or initiatives covering environmental sustainability such as energy efficiency, waste reduction, and regenerative food sourcing, as well as social sustainability such as expanding access to fresh produce, affordable housing, and inclusion of diverse perspectives. Projects may address either environmental or social sustainability, though consideration of both is encouraged.
Only student-initiated and student-driven projects are eligible; staff and faculty may not apply for this particular grant. The program does not fund compensation for students' time. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until funds are exhausted, with reviews conducted bi-weekly.
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Grants & Resources | Planet Blue Social and Environmental Sustainability Grant (SES) Apply for up to $2,500 through the Social and Environmental Sustainability (SES) Apply for this grant if you or your student organization is working on a small-scale project, event, or initiative that addresses campus sustainability or social sustainability.
Projects awarded funding through the SES grant are not required to have an equal focus on environmental and social criteria. Projects about either social or environmental sustainability are eligible; however, the co-consideration of both topics in any project is encouraged by the SSC team.
Increases environmental sustainability on the University of Michigan’s campus P rojects eligible for funding address environmental aspects of sustainability, typically dealing with our planet's natural resources.
Examples of this might include, improving energy efficiency, reducing consumption of single-use items, sourcing food grown with regenerative practices, reducing waste, etc. Increases social sustainability on the University of Michigan’s campus P rojects eligible for funding embody sustainability as a mindset and framework for ensuring that current and future generations have equitable access to resources for full and vibrant life without the exploitation of people, society, or the planet.
Examples of this might include, expanding access to fresh produce, increasing affordable housing options, fostering inclusion of diverse perspectives, etc. Projects should engage students in a variety of ways. Examples include research, education, and experiential learning, hands-on involvement, outreach & awareness, teaching about a topic, student usage of end product, etc .)
The SES grant prioritizes projects that make a clear impact on the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor’s campus. This specific grant program will only accept applications from student-initiated and student-driven projects.. SSC prioritizes funding projects that p resent a clear and realistic budget and plan for completion.
Further considerations include project durability, cross-collaborativeness, impact across multiple areas of sustainability, maximizing of impact. Please note we do not award funding for compensating students’ time, or budget items not justified as necessary. The SES grant does not have a specific application deadline .
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the funds are exhausted. SSC reviews SES grants bi-weekly.
The Fall 2025 semester application deadlines: T he Winter 2026 semester application deadlines: Submit your Application >) Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) Apply for up to $30,000 for the 2025/26 academic year through the Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund (PBSIF) A TTENTION : Due to cuts in funding, we have significantly less money for our grant program this year.
This resulted in our PBSIF grant only being offered in the Winter semester. We continue to engage U-M leadership in ways to increase funding for this year and future years. Aply for this grant if you or your student organization is working on a project with long-lasting impact that addresses a campus sustainability challenge and enhances campus-wide student engagement with sustainability.
Project and application must be student-generated and student-driven. Staff and faculty are also welcome to submit grant applications as long as they clearly specify what the student involvement and learning outcomes will be from the project.
Projects should provide opportunities for a wide range of student engagement Some examples include research, education, and experiential learning, hands-on experience, outreach and awareness, training & development, student usage of end product, etc. Priority will be given to project proposals that engage students throughout the project build or are student-facing upon completion/deployment.
Projects must be student OR staff/faculty-initiated This specific grant program will accept project applications that are initiated by both students and faculty/staff. We expect that all grant applications demonstrate a strong student engagement component regardless of who initiated the project.
Projects should address campus sustainability and carbon neutrality goals We prioritize funding projects that align with and work toward the University of Michigan’s campus sustainability and carbon neutrality goals.
Projects should be Innovative & transformative We don’t want to limit what “innovative” or “transformative” could be, but if you have a new idea, an improvement on an old one, a design or technology to prove a path to a new way of looking at old problems, a new tool or method, a new way of looking or thinking about something, these are what we are looking to fund with our grant.
Projects should demonstrate long-term durability We want to support projects and ideas tied to a longer-term vision. We do not want to award grants for projects that end the moment the grant is over. Our grants primarily serve as seed grants or start-up funds for projects and efforts; therefore we will look for how you plan to secure other funding further down the road, if needed.
P rojects must be campus-facing This grant program funds projects that take place on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. Projects taking place off campus or on Dearborn/Flint are not eligible for this particular grant program. P rojects should incorporate environmental justice We prioritize initiatives that incorporate and work toward environmental justice.
Fall 2025: NO GRANTS AVAILABLE Letter of intent due by Thursday, January 18th @11:59P Application due by Sunday, February 15th @ 11:59 A successful application requires the following: Submission of a Letter of Intent Submission of a Full Application All potential grant applicants are strongly encouraged to meet with our team during Grants Program Office Hours before applying to strive for the strongest application possible.
After funding requirements: Grant recipients will be required to meet with our Resource & Impact team in an ongoing & consistent manner. Grant recipients will be required to share updates and reports on their respective projects on an ongoing basis. Projects are required to acknowledge/promote SSC as a sponsor whenever possible to help advance our mission of raising awareness about SSC resources across campus.
S ubmit a Letter of Intent Workshop your ideas during office hours and strengthen your application before you apply! Review SSC's Grant Application Guide for everything you need to know about applying for grants. Frequently Asked Questions We don’t have a department/unit/faculty sponsor, should we still apply?
Yes! SSC is here to help applicants meet the requirements of each grant. While final grant approval requires a department/unit/registered student group to transfer funds, you don’t have to find one by yourself!
Please reach out via email or drop by during our grant office hours, and we will be happy to assist you! We want to do this project in Detroit/Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor. Can you make an exception?
No. SSC does not fund any off-campus projects in an attempt to focus our limited resources on our AA campus community. If you would like help finding more sources for your project, feel free to reach out via email or drop by one of our office hours! We want to pay people to do some of the work in our project.
Can we? Generally, we do not fund applicants' time spent working on projects. However, we may consider funding honorariums as part of the request, provided we understand how it ties into the project.
We are a group staff/faculty. Can we apply? Staff and Faculty are welcome to apply for the PBSIF grant.
However, the SES grant does not support staff/faculty projects. We’re not a student org, but a few individual students. Can we apply?
Yes! However, for us to transfer funding, your project must be sponsored by a unit/department/student group. Funding cannot be transferred to individual students.
What Happens after I get the funding? If you receive PBSIF funding, your team will have required regular check-ins with the SSC team to foster a partnership between SSC and the project. For SES funding, the SSC team will do their best to support the project through participation throughout its duration.
The details of these commitments are outlined further in the applicant agreement. Are we required to promote SSC as a condition of receiving funding? Yes, projects are required to acknowledge/promote SSC as a sponsor to help advance our mission of raising awareness about SSC resources across campus.
Detailed guidelines on this will be provided during your post-award grant check-in meeting. If my project doesn’t match SSC’s grant criteria, where else can I find funding?
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: University of Michigan students and student organizations. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $2,500 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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Review timelines vary by funder. Federal agencies typically take 3-6 months from submission to award notification. Foundation grants may be faster, often 1-3 months. Check the program's timeline in the official solicitation for specific dates.
Many federal programs offer multi-year funding or allow competitive renewals. Check the official solicitation for continuation and renewal policies. Non-competing continuation applications are common for multi-year awards.
UROP Student Success Grant is a fellowship from the University of Michigan's LSA Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program that supports advanced undergraduate students transitioning into Junior Research Leads within their ongoing faculty-mentored research projects. The award provides a $2,000 per semester student stipend (for an average of 10-12 hours of research per week), a $2,000 annual mentor discretionary fund for supplies and software, and access to travel grants for presenting at national conferences. Eligible applicants are U-M undergraduates who have completed at least four semesters of research with their current mentor and are committed to continuing through graduation. Faculty-student pairs must submit a Joint Mentorship Transition Plan. The 2026 application deadline was April 6, 2026.
Small Grant Program is a grant from the University of Michigan School of Social Work that funds community-university partnerships focused on social work research and community impact in southeast Michigan. The program connects UM School of Social Work faculty with Detroit-area community organizations to conduct collaborative research addressing issues such as mental health, racial equity, interpersonal violence, immigrant services, youth engagement, and environmental justice. Eligible applicants are community organizations in southeast Michigan partnering with a faculty member from the school. Awards are up to $5,000 per project, supporting joint research initiatives that benefit Detroit and surrounding communities.
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.