Indiana University Indianapolis
AC-10: Support for Sustainability Research

1. Greening IUPUI Grants are awarded once a year to fund student, faculty and staff-led initiatives that advance our campus sustainability principles. IUPUI dedicates a total of $25,000 annually to fund these projects. Eligible projects include student-led research projects that impact campus sustainability efforts.  Past student projects that have received funding include: sustainable laundry alternatives, energy use in lab settings, bird collisions, and more. https://sustainability.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/greening-iupui/index.html


2. The IUPUI Office of Community Engagement provides financial support for student and faculty research projects, including Community-engaged research grants, Service Learning Scholarships, and Research Fellowships.  Past funded projects have included work on urban gardens. https://engage.iupui.edu/research/funding-opportunities/index.html


3. The IUPUI Center for Research and Learning (CRL) helps undergraduate students get started in research programs. CRL serves students through three primary program areas: Undergraduate Research Programs, Diversity Research Programs, and Summer Research Programs. Student research is led by a faculty mentor: https://crl.indianapolis.iu.edu/studentprograms/crlprograms/ 


4. Innovate Indiana provides resources for students at Indiana University, as part of a university-wide entrepreneurial ecosystem where students can find the support and resources to make their ideas a reality. Prior funded research projects have focused on food insecurity, transit options, and more. https://innovate.iu.edu/students/index.html

1. Greening IUPUI Grants are awarded once a year to fund student, faculty and staff-led initiatives that advance our campus sustainability principles. IUPUI dedicates a total of $25,000 annually to fund these projects. Eligible projects include faculty-led research projects that impact campus sustainability efforts.  https://sustainability.indianapolis.iu.edu/resources/greening-iupui/index.html


2. The School of Science provides Sustainability research opportunities through: a) The Center for Earth and Environmental Science (CEES) studies how pollution affects water systems, and how water resources affect human health. The Center's extensive research program examines current and emerging threats to central Indiana's water resources. Current Projects include; Algal Toxicology, Fluvial Erosion Hazards, Edge of Field, Watershed Monitoring https://cees.iupui.edu/ b) The Center for Urban Health The central theme of the Center for Urban Health is Environment, Community, and Health. The goal is to enhance health and sustainability for urban populations, with an eye toward both environmental legacies and emerging threats. The Center for Urban Health will promote discovery by building research collaborations, providing seed funds for new research areas, funding graduate fellowships, and sponsoring educational activities such as public lectures and a Visiting Scholars Program. Recent Projects include; 360 Dust Analysis at IUPUI offers free test of household dust contaminants, Using NASA Data and Models to Improve Heat Watch Warning for Decision Support, Impact of Demographic Characteristics on Attitudes about Clean Air Policies http://www.urbanhealth.iupui.edu/


3. The IUPUI Polis Center enhances IUPUI's leadership and application of technology in collaborative and creative solutions for healthier and more resilient communities and extends the university's long tradition of service to Indianapolis and Central Indiana. The Center conducts community-facing research, collaborating with a wide range of organizations to define, measure and improve community health, well-being and resiliency. https://polis.iupui.edu/


4. The O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and The Public Policy Institute offer faculty and students many opportunities in sustainability-related research. The Public Policy Institute delivers unbiased research and data-driven, objective, expert analysis to help public, private, and nonprofit sectors make important decisions that directly impact quality of life in Indiana and throughout the nation. Research areas covered include Criminal Justice, Economic Development, Housing and Community Development, Land use and Environment, Public Safety, and Tax and Finance.  https://oneill.iupui.edu/research/public-policy-institute.html


5. The IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute (IAHI) showcases and promotes the major intellectual and scholarly contributions that IUPUI faculty members from across the disciplines are making in the arts and humanities, serving individual faculty members, groups, and interdisciplinary teams through grant programs, workshops, symposia, and research collaborations. Recent Projects include; Rivers of the Anthropocene, The Cultural Ecologies Project https://iahi.sitehost.iu.edu/grants/


6. The IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health is addressing many of today’s pressing health issues. Their collaborative research centers include: Center for Health Policy, Center for Public Health Practice, Community Health Engagement and Equity Research, and the Public Health Training Center. https://fairbanks.indianapolis.iu.edu/research-centers/centers/index.html 


7. The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI provides sustainability research opportunities through: a) The Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy (LCRE) was established in 2007 to address the societal needs for clean, affordable, renewable energy sources while improving the nation's energy security and helping to mitigate the negative impacts of climate change. b) The Transportation Active Safety Institute (TASI) is a collaborative University, Industry, and Government consortium to facilitate research, development, evaluation and assessment of transportation active safety systems. c) Initiative for Product Lifecycle Innovation (IPLI) The mission of IPLI is to work collaboratively with partners from industry, universities, and government to advance Product Life Cycle and related practice and technology in order to enhance student education, improve research and increase industry productivity and competitiveness. The initiative aims to enable excellence in Life Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing through Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Digital manufacturing and design, and Advanced Engineering. d) The IUPUI Industrial Assessment Center (IP-IAC) provides free energy, productivity, and waste assessments to small and medium-sized industrial facilities through funding provided by the US Department of Energy. https://et.iupui.edu/research/


8. The IU Business Sustainability and Innovation Lab was founded in 2021 with the goal of offering years of research and on-the-ground business experience to firms seeking sustainability strategies. https://kelley.indianapolis.iu.edu/faculty-research/business-sustainability-lab/about-us/index.html 

The IU Libraries assist all IU researchers working with data in all stages of the research life cycle, including support for data management and preservation. Available services include GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Services, Science Data Management, and Statistical Data Services. https://libraries.indiana.edu/ and all IUPUI campus libraries can be found at http://ulib.iupui.edu/ A full list of all IUPUI campus libraries and resources can be found at: https://www.iupui.edu/academics/libraries.html

Also available to all IU researchers is the Center for Evaluation, Policy, & Research (CEPR) which conducts rigorous, high-quality, and nonpartisan evaluation, policy analyses, and research that address real-world problems within and across multiple sectors (e.g., health and medicine, business and industry, workforce development, criminal justice, human and social services, government, science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science [STEM+C], international development, and education. https://cepr.indiana.edu/about-cepr/index.html