Research Award on Campus Sustainability

This award recognizes outstanding student research that advances the field of campus sustainability. Students are invited to submit research papers on campus sustainability of any length. The winning paper or papers will receive priority review for possible publication in Sustainability: The Journal of Record. Longer papers will be edited to meet the Journal's length standards. The awards will be presented at the Greening of the Campus VIII Conference (Sept. 20-23 in Indianapolis, IN). Examples of research topics that could merit an award include:

• Best practices for a specific type of campus sustainability initiatives.
• Costs and benefits of campus sustainability efforts.
• Relationships between campus sustainability and other indicators such as number and/or quality of applicants for admission, alumni donations, number and/or quality of job applicants, campus employee satisfaction, etc.
• Case studies of campus sustainability programs.
• A comparative evaluation of different approaches to campus sustainability.
• An assessment of the effectiveness of strategies used to foster sustainability on campus.

Applicants may submit as many papers as they wish. AASHE will post eligible submissions on its website to help build the field of campus sustainability. Any undergraduate or graduate student currently enrolled at a US or Canadian institution of higher education who has written a paper on campus sustainability is eligible for this award. Groups of students who have written papers on campus sustainability are also eligible for this award. Papers that have been previously published, are in a language other than English, or were not completed within the 12-months prior to the application deadline are not eligible for this award. To apply for a 2009 Award for Student Research on Campus Sustainability, complete AASHE's online application form by July 1, 2009. Click here for further information.