Focus Area
Successful proposals will align with Ohio State’s sustainability goals and support the continuation of successful initiatives or the development/implementation of new programs or research projects that continue the trajectory of meeting the stated goals.
Funding Levels and Eligibility
- Awards between $10,000 and $50,000 will be given to select proposals. Funds must be spent by June 30, 2023.
- Applicants must consider the current operating environment of the university and our community as a result of COVID-19.
- 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 2021: Online portal opens for proposals.
February 11, 2022: Proposal submissions due.
February/March 2022: Review teams evaluate proposals and develops a list of funding recommendations to share with OSEP leadership and the provost for their consideration.
April 2022: Awarded proposals are announced.
May 2022: Funding is made available for approved projects.
Application Instructions
An informational seminar will take place on Jan 11, 2022 at 1 p.m. Click here to register for the seminar.
Click here to apply. Applications are due Feb. 11, 2022. 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 Arts and Sciences
$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
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:
- College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Scienes and Ross Heart Garden Project: $250,000
- Deliver Black Dreams in partnership with Greater Columbus Arts Council: $50,000
- Holistic Building Data Gathering for Optimized Energy Usage: $50,000
- Wexner Center for the Arts: $31,051
- Residence Hall Energy Competition: $10,000
- Hack OH/IO: $5,000
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