Ithaca College

The IC coordinating team for the Ithaca College-EcoVillage at Ithaca Partnership for Sustainability Education is offering five grants of $1,000 for curriculum development initiatives in the area of sustainability, including the "people" element of the "people-planet-prosperity" intersection. The minigrants are to support work conducted this coming summer and fall.

This year, we are encouraging applications from the fields of the arts, music, and communication. We especially seek a commissioned piece of art, a musical score, photographic work, or a film that could be shown on campus. Online courses or module development are also given preference.

Proposals are due April 3, 2009!

In the past, we have funded proposals to teach new courses, develop new components of existing courses, and revise existing courses to deal with issues relating to sustainability. Proposals have been funded for faculty in anthropology, politics, therapeutic recreation and leisure services, art history, health promotion and physical education, mathematics, women's studies, writing, biology, physics, economics, and environmental studies.

Phase II Grants Now Available

Past recipients of sustainability minigrants are now eligible to apply for Case Study Grants of $400 each, to be awarded to faculty or staff on successful submission of a detailed description which specifies how they integrated sustainability into the course or other educational activity funded by the initial minigrant. See links for guidelines on how to apply, and a template for development of the writeup.

Proposal Guidelines and Forms