The Green Fund Student Research Grant
In accordance with the Green Fund’s mission to reduce NAU’s negative impact on the environment and contribute to a culture of sustainability on campus, the Green Fund Student Research Grant was created during the fall 2019 term with the vision of incentivizing solution-oriented research on sustainable initiatives local to Flagstaff and NAU.
The Green Fund Student Research Grant is a semesterly application that will accept research proposals each Fall and Spring. Grants will be awarded using rolling deadlines and the committee will enforce a priority date with a soft close during week 12 of the semester. Due to limited time and a reduction in weekly meetings at the end of the semester, the committee may not review applications submitted after. Funds will be allocated at the beginning of each semester and as grants are approved, that pool may diminish prior to the end of the semester. All full-time NAU students, undergraduate and graduate, may apply for funding. We eagerly await the opportunity to review applications.
Past Research Projects
2024 Accordion Closed
- Gabrial Harju, Identifying Impervious Surface Runoff Quality and the Roles of Low Impact Development Basins in Filtration and Groundwater Recharge, $2,736.83
2023 Accordion Closed
- Tongayi Mwedzi, Evaluating the benefits of the 2022 True Blue Summer flex policy: Financial, human, and environmental sustainability of the “New NAU workplace”, $3,100
- Ross Priehs, Categorizing NAU’s Scope 3 Category 1 & 2 Emissions, $5,400
- Abraham Plis, Passive Radiative Cooling Research, $3,297.00
2022 Accordion Closed
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Alejandro Grajal-Puche, Improving Agricultural Sustainability through Ecosystem Services at Local and Global Scales, $2,500.00
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Lindsey Falkenberg, State of Emotional Climate Resiliency at Northern Arizona University: Challenges and Opportunities, $3,727.50
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Brandon McNamara, Quantifying Financed Emissions at NAU: A Novel, Data-based Approach to the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement, $3,000
- Andrew Bugh and Ally Parker, UPass Pilot Program for NAU students, $4,830.00
2021 Accordion Closed
- Kelcie Kraft, NAU Campus Refrigerant Audit, $3,150.00
- Bachmayer, Rihs, and Bingham, Creating a Roadmap to Zero Waste at NAU’s Flagstaff Mountain Campus, $4,400.00
2020 Accordion Closed
- Mikela Peterson, Dining Energy Audit, $3,070.00
2019 Accordion Closed
- Christina Osterink, NAU Office Food Waste Collection for Vermicomposting Program, $2,815.80
- Trong-Doan Nguyen, Data-Driven Analytics of Building Utility Demand, $2,419.20
- Miles Dunlap, NAU Fleet: Path to Carbon Neutrality, $2,700.00
- Justin Case, Testing Effectiveness of PET-Plastic Eating Microbes at NAU, $2,500.00
- Galen Dennis, Carbon Sequestering Algae Bioreactor, $2,675.00
- Jordan Masayesva, Data Acquisition System for Small Wind Turbines, $5,000.00