| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.45 |
| Liaison | Austin Sutherland |
| Submission Date | May 1, 2014 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Pennsylvania
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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6.00 / 6.00 |
Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:
Climate Action Plan Research Grants enable selected undergraduates to participate in summer research projects in sustainability field work under the guidance of Penn faculty. Past research project topics ranged from nonprofit sustainability management models to the study of relative sea level on the Georgia coast. In the past three years, a total of 19 grants were awarded.http://www.upenn.edu/curf/research/grants/p-ucag
The website URL where information about the student research program is available:
Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:
Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum (ISAC) Program was established in 2012 to help Penn faculty introduce environmental sustainability into existing and new courses. Faculty participants explore sustainability concepts at a one-day workshop in the late spring, and then are partnered with an undergraduate student research assistant to work over the summer integrating sustainability into the course syllabi, lectures, assignments, reading material, and tests. Six students and ten faculty members participated in ISAC 2012. http://www.upenn.edu/sustainability/programs/integrating-sustainability-across-curriculum
The Benjamin Franklin Scholars Course Design Grants provide funding for faculty to develop and launch new undergraduate seminar programs, targeted to a select cohort of scholars each year. Four new seminars are launched each year by the Provost. Since the launch of the Climate Action Plan, at least one of the four seminars has been focused on environmental sustainability. The funding is used to pay undergraduate and graduate students to help develop the course theme, syllabus, and reading list. Interdisciplinary courses are preferred. http://www.upenn.edu/sustainability/news/call-proposals-ben-franklin-scholars-course-design-grants-0
The website URL where information about the faculty research program is available:
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