Areas of Focus
Priority will be given to proposals that align with one or more of the following areas of focus:
Sustainability Programs
Successful proposals will align with the university's sustainability goals and support either: 1) the continuation of successful initiatives, or 2) the development and/or implementation of new programs.
Leadership Development
Successful proposals in this category will align with the university's strategic plan. Proposals should support programs or initiatives that strengthen leadership competencies of our faculty, staff and/or students.
Arts and Humanities
Successful proposals will align with the university's strategic plan and support programs or initiatives in the visual and performing arts or in the humanities disciplines at large.
Funding Levels and Eligibility
- Awards between $10,000 and $50,000 will be given to select proposals. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2022.
- Applicants must consider the current operating environment of the university and our community as a result of COVID-19.
- Proposals for programs and initiatives that align with one or more of the priority areas of focus are eligible for consideration.
- Proposals must be submitted by an active member of the Ohio State faculty, staff or student body. If a proposal is from a student, a letter of support from an advisor is required.
- Proposals that focus on coal energy or on political advocacy are not encouraged.
Timeline
The OSEP Academic Collaborations awards program follows a standardized process. Applicants are invited to submit an application for review. A detailed timeline is provided below:
November 2020: Online portal opens for proposals.
January 29, 2021: Proposal submissions due.
February 2021: Review teams evaluate proposals and develops a list of funding recommendations to share with OSEP leadership and the provost for their consideration.
April 2021: Awarded proposals are announced.
May 2021: Funding is made available for approved projects.
Application Instructions
The window to submit proposals has closed. For assistance or questions, please contact Jody Poth at poth.20@osu.edu.
Ohio State Mansfield
$50,000 Dawn Kitchen; Developing STEM leadership in traditionally underrepresented groups through near-peer mentoring, role modeling, and experiential learning
College of Engineering/Knowlton School
$50,000 Jacob Boswell; Sustainable Ohio Urban Landscape Lab (SOULL)
Wexner Medical Center
$50,000 Lauren Koch; Zero Waste initiatives at Wexner Medical Center locations
College of Engineering/Center for Design and Manufacturing Excellence
$50,000 Nate Ames; Holistic Building Data Gathering for Optimized Energy usage
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
$49,959 Amy Youngs; Emerge: The Network for Prototyping the Future
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences/School of Environment and Natural Resources
$46,241 G. Matt Davies; An ecosystem carbon account for OSU’s forest properties – towards a budget for carbon storage, sequestration and offsets
College of Engineering
$44,000 Michael Groeber; Workforce Development for a Digital World
Administration and Planning
$42,976 Ed McGowan; Creating a greener campus through zero emission landscape equipment
College of Engineering
$35,000 Ramteen Sioshansi; Convergent Graduate Training and EmPOWERment for a Sustainable Energy Future
Wexner Center for the Arts
$31,051 Johanna Burton; Wexner Center for the Performing Arts
College of Arts and Sciences/Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center/Center for Applied Plant Sciences
$13,075 Courtney Price; WestFest 2021: The West Campus Science & Sustainability Festival
Office of Student Life/Recreational Sports
$12,698 Brian S. Gaydos; Semester-Long Bike Rental Pilot Program
College of Arts and Sciences
$10,000 Barbara Harvey; Career Accelerator Fund for Visual and Performing Arts
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences/Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
$10,000 Sathya Gopalakrishnan; Professional Development for Sustainability Leadership
In addition to the above, the Ohio State Energy Partners supported the following projects this year:
- Ross Heart Garden Program
- Hack OH/IO
- Deliver Black Dreams in partnership with Greater Columbus Arts Council
- Residence Hall Energy Competition
Student Advocacy Center
$100,000 Student Emergency Fund
College of Public Health
$75,000 Community and Partner Response/Recovery
College of Arts and Sciences
$60,000 Mid-east Studies
$12,884 Dance in Conversation with Global Issues
College of Medicine
$50,000 Office of Research for COVID-19 Projects
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
$50,000 Education Abroad Access and Affordability Initiative
$20,000 Hale Ambassadors Leadership Development Program
$12,500 A Symposium on Leadership for Women of Color in Higher Education
College of Engineering
$48,350 STEAM Interdisciplinary Outreach and Research Program in Sustainable Urban Systems
$47,831 Building Energy Living Lab Digital Twin Pilot
$42,000 Olentangy River as Campus Laboratory
$35,000 NRT Program Coordinator
$25,000 Fuel Cell Test Station Refurbishment and Access for All
Fisher College of Business
$30,000 Distinguished Teaching Fellows
$30,000 Staff and Faculty Recognition Awards
Office of Industry Partnerships
$30,000 UDIP Conference Support
College of Nursing
$30,000 Expanding Mental Resilience and Wellbeing Utilizing MINDSTRONG
College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences
$26,690 Environmental and Social Sustainability Lab: Campus Sustainability Survey
$14,000 Zero Waste Initiative at the Parker Food Science and Technology Dairy Store Café
Department of History
$20,900 1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and its American Legacies
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
$6,400 WestFest
$6,000 Creating a Culture of Care: a collaboration between OSU Harding Hospital and Office of Student Life
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
$8,000 WestFest
Center for Automotive Research
$30,000 Student experiential learning programs
College of Engineering
$2,000 Engineering Recharge Retreat
$50,000 Women in Engineering
College of Social Work
$10,000 LiFEsports Youth Leadership Academy
Department of Dance
$10,000 National dance collaboration
Department of English
$24,000 Scholarly research database
Fisher College of Business
$30,000 Distinguished teacher fellows
$30,000 Staff and faculty recognition awards
Kirwan Institute and Moritz College of Law
$70,000 Virtual toolkit for community resilience
Office of Academic Affairs
$200,000 Campus Student Sustainability Challenge
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
$50,000 Create Education Abroad Access and Affordability Initiative
Office of Outreach and Engagement
$900 Community Engagement Conference
Ohio State ADVANCE and Office of Research
$50,000 REACH for Commercialization
School of Earth Sciences
$24,000 Mirror Lake Water Science Learning Lab
School of Environment and Natural Resources
$10,000 Campus bike parking at Kottman Hall
$80,000 Ohio State forest research
School of Music
$13,500 Music and Science Colloquium and Teaching Seminar
Institute for Materials Research
$10,000 Annual Materials Week conference
Waterman Agricultural and Natural Resources Laboratory
$70,000 Waterman Farm sustainable food-waste disposal
WOSU
$25,000 WOSU
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
$25,000 Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center
College of Arts and Sciences
$50,000 Arts and Humanities
$10,000 Ottoman and Turkish History Lesson Series
College of Engineering
$50,000 Women in Engineering Program
Fisher College of Business
$30,000 Distinguished Teaching Fellows
$30,000 Distinguished Staff and Faculty Recognition Awards
Institute for Materials Research
$10,000 OSU Materials Week
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
$50,000 Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Office of Energy and Environment
$25,000 2018 Climate Engagement Forums
Office of Research
$100,000 OSEP Research Seed Grant Fund in support of sustainable energy collaborations
Office of Student Life
$50,000 Collegiate Recovery Community
$20,000 Women on Fire Retreat
$50,000 Undergraduate Student Government Sustainability Committee
$50,000 Student Projects Fund for energy projects that engage Undergraduates
$60,000 Support for sustainability-related Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional student organizations
School of Environment and Natural Resources
$50,000 Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS) Program
The STEAM Factory
$50,000 The STEAM Factory
University Libraries
$100,000 Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum