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Sustainability Seed Grant Program is a grant from University of New Hampshire Sustainability Institute that funds emerging sustainability-focused research projects across all colleges at UNH. The program provides small seed grants to encourage innovative sustainability projects and advance knowledge and practices in New Hampshire and beyond. Eligible applicants are University of New Hampshire faculty and researchers.
Past funded projects include agrivoltaics, algae-powered buildings, sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystems, and environmental research. In 2025, the program received 17 submissions and funded 6 awards. The program is supported in part by the Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizen Project.
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unh. edu/sustainability/blog/2025/02/sustainability-seed-grant-program-announces-2025-award-recipients) # Sustainability Seed Grant Program Announces 2025 Award Recipients Monday, February 17, 2025 Betty Woodman, Faculty Engagement Fellow, Sustainability Institute; Faculty Member, Sustainability Dual Major The Sustainability Institute is excited to announce the six award recipients of the 2025 Sustainability Seed Grant Funding program.
Designed to support emerging sustainability-focused research, the program provides small seed grants to encourage sustainability projects and highlight the innovative research taking place at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). This year, the Sustainability Seed Grant program received seventeen high-quality submissions, showcasing sustainability-related research from across all colleges at UNH.
The recipients are pioneering projects that promise to advance sustainability knowledge and practices in New Hampshire and beyond. _We extend our sincere gratitude to the Sustainability Seed Grant Selection Committee for their dedicated work: Dr. Sara Morris, Dr. Katharine Duderstadt, Dr. R. Scott Smith, Dr. Fiona Wilson, Elisabeth Farrell, and Dr. Betty Woodman.
Special thanks to Dr. R. Scott Smith and the__**Responsible Governance and Sustainable Citizen Project**__for their generous support of the 2025 Sustainability Seed Grant program. _ ### **Award Recipients and Their Projects** 1.
**“Agrivoltaics in New Hampshire”** Submitted by Dr. Constantine Spandagos, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Energy Policy, and Jillian Zube, Ph. D. student in Natural Resources and the Environment at COLSA.
This project addresses the challenges of implementing agrivoltaics in New Hampshire—an innovative system combining agricultural and solar energy production on the same land. The team aims to establish a knowledge-sharing network in the state, laying the groundwork for future agrivoltaics projects that boost both crop yields and renewable energy production. 2.
**“Franklin NH Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (SEE)”** Submitted by Dr. Guangzhou Chen, Assistant Professor of Recreation Management and Policy; Dr. Devkamal Dutta, Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship; and Charlie French, Extension Professor and Program Team Leader for Community and Economic Development, UNH Cooperative Extension.
This project explores how Franklin, NH, transformed into a thriving sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. using archival research, interviews, and focus groups. The team will present their findings at a UNH policy symposium they will host and through academic publications and conferences focused on sustainability and entrepreneurship.
3. **“Algae Powered Buildings”** Submitted by Felix DeVito, Instructor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Faculty Advisor for the Ocean Engineering, DOE Solar Decathlon, and Innovative Scholars teams. This research takes the concept of algae-powered buildings from the lab to a workable model.
The goal is to demonstrate how algae can be grown on-site to generate enough energy to power a sustainable home, with potential to engage rural and suburban communities in the development of algae-based building technologies. 4.
**“Microplastic Pollution and Water Quality in Alaska”** Submitted by Dr. Jessica Ernakovich, Associate Professor in Natural Resources and the Environment, along with graduate students Sarah Gianturco and John Henkelman. This project will assess microplastic pollution in the Gunnuk Creek watershed in Kake, Alaska, providing a baseline for microplastic distribution and water quality.
The research will also involve indigenous communities, educators, and students in developing a community-based water quality monitoring program. 1. **“Newcomer Mothers in N.
H. ”** Submitted by Dr. Ngozi Enelamah, Assistant Professor of Social Work. This research focuses on the mental health and well-being of newcomer mothers in New Hampshire—refugee mothers who face unique challenges related to healthcare, language barriers, and psychosocial stress.
The study aims to explore the factors that influence resilience and well-being in these mothers and their children during early childhood. 2. **“UNH Flax-to-Linen Project”** Submitted by Dr. Kimberly Alexander, Director of Museum Studies; Dr. Meghan Howey, UNH Center for the Humanities; Katie Umans, UNH Center for the Humanities; and Dr. Becky Sideman, Chair of Sustainable Agriculture.
This project builds on the educational film series, “Flax: From Field to Fabric,” creating three short films that teach middle and high school students about the sustainability of flax as an alternative to the fast fashion industry. The films highlight the historical, current, and future roles of flax in sustainable fashion.
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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.