Apply Now: New BU Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant Program

Sustainability is a pluralistic and inclusive way of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The Sustainability Innovation Seed Grant program is an opportunity for students to be part of this balance. With grant funding and resources offered by sustainability@BU and Innovate@BU, students are empowered to kick-start a project or develop an intervention that tackles the leading sustainability challenges facing Boston University.

Background Information

The topics that constitute environmental sustainability – climate change resilience, emissions and energy, education and engagement, zero waste, and more – are interconnected, but each one can be uniquely explored through innovation.

• Climate change is a result of human activities that alter the atmosphere, resulting in rising temperatures, extreme weather, adverse human health effects, and more. (Learn more from the BU Climate Action Plan)
• The impacts of climate change will disproportionately impact vulnerable populations. (Learn more from the Carbon Free Boston Report)
• Resilience is the ability for individuals, communities, institutions, and systems within a city to adapt and mitigate to social, economic, and climate shocks. (Learn more from the Resilient Boston Report)
• Even if greenhouse gas emissions were to stop immediately, their long lifetimes in the atmosphere would ensure that climate change would continue for decades. (Learn more from the BU Climate Action Plan)
• Zero Waste means diverting 90% or more of waste from the landfill through reducing, reusing, recycling, composting, and inspiring innovation (Learn more from Zero Waste Boston)