Student Sustainability Collective

TGIF Grants

Mission Statement: The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) provides funding for projects that reduce UC San Diego’s negative impact on the environment and to make UC San Diego more sustainable in both the social and environmental sense. The goal is to enable and empower students to take an active role in making UC San Diego a leader in sustainability, providing much needed funding for projects that complete this goal.

All projects to be considered for TGIF funding must meet the following criteria:

  • Projects must promote environmental or social sustainability on UCSD’s campus, including off-campus activities which influence sustainability on campus.
  • Projects must have a clearly-defined, measurable outcome.
  • Project proposals may only be submitted by UCSD students or on behalf of student organizations that have significant undergraduate involvement. Outside organizations, staff, and faculty may not apply. However, students are encouraged to apply in collaboration with faculty and/or staff advisors to help with project implementation.
  • Projects shall have received all necessary written approval by appropriate campus officials prior to consideration.
  • TGIF will not support projects already mandated by law or UCSD policy directive (e.g., standards for new building construction), since UCSD is already obliged to allocate funds for such projects. TGIF will fund projects which go above and beyond minimum requirements.
  • All projects shall have a mechanism for evaluation and follow-up after funding has been dispersed. At minimum, a project plan must include a report made to the Grant-making Committee after successful (or unsuccessful) implementation. If a project is expected to have on-going benefits such as annual cost savings, the project plan must include a mechanism for tracking, recording, and reporting these benefits back to the Grant-making Committee on an (at least) annual basis.
  • Projects must have undergraduate student involvement.

UC San Diego TGIF Funding Application 2010-2011 Download the Word version here

We look forward to reviewing your proposals,

TGIF Grant-Making Committee

Student Sustainability Collective