Green Spark Grant

The Green Spark Grant aims to help realize practical sustainability initiatives on the university campus. Associated with the Green Office, this grant hopes to promote smaller scale sustainability ideas and initiatives from members of the UU community. The grant is intended to enable the implementation of activities and the realization of the initiatives. Consider material funding, room hire, food/drink, salary costs, etc. The maximum amount to be disbursed for this grant is €5,000 per application. 

• Applicants are students and/or employees of Utrecht University. 
• The grant is primarily intended to finance the costs incurred by students and/or staff in carrying out the project. 
• The project contributes directly to environmental and/or social sustainability of Utrecht University, in line with the university's sustainability goals. Examples of goals are becoming equitable CO2 neutral and zero waste by 2030, restoring and enhancing local biodiversity and making sustainability accessible to all. 
• The project will be carried out and implemented within the time frame of one year and will be reviewed at mid-term and afterwards through a progress report and impact summary.

A sustainability initiative or activity can be submitted by any student or employee of Utrecht University to the Green Office UU. The Green Office will check with the initiators what the possibilities are and what stakeholders inside or outside the university can contribute to the realization of the initiative or activity. To assess an application, at least the following five questions must be answered: 
 

• What is your initiative or activity? 
• What is the goal of your initiative or activity? 
• What will it bring to the sustainability of the university? 
• What is your plan of action to achieve your goal? 
• What do you need to realize your plan of action? 

Applications in both Dutch and English will be accepted. There is no deadline and applications for the Green Spark Grant will remain open and be accepted as long as funds remain available. Please submit your application in pdf format via email to sustainabilityfund@uu.nl, any questions you have can also be sent to the above-mentioned email.