Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 76.41
Liaison Krista Bailey
Submission Date Dec. 12, 2023

STARS v2.2

Pennsylvania State University
IN-40: Sustainability Projects Fund

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Krista Bailey
Sustainable Campus Strategist
Sustainability Institute
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Name of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Environmental Sustainability Fund

Which of the following best describes the primary source of funding for the sustainability projects fund?:
Student fees

Year the institution’s sustainability projects fund was established:
2,021

A brief description of the institution’s sustainability projects fund:
Approved in 2021, the Penn State Environmental Sustainability Fund enables University Park campus organizations and offices to request funding for on-campus sustainability efforts. $250,000 a year have been allocated to the fund.

A brief description of the multi-stakeholder decision-making process used to determine which projects receive funding through the sustainability projects fund:
The Environment Sustainability Subcommittee takes sustainability-related project proposals each year by mid-December. Projects applying for funding must have the support of a university office or department which has the ability to operationalize it.
A news story about the fund when it was created can be found at https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/penn-state-student-fee-board-approves-new-environmental-sustainability-fund/article_384a755c-fa05-11eb-b430-af56ea5c3a97.html

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