The Climate Collaborative Student Activities fund is intended to empower students to promote student-driven climate and sustainability extracurricular engagement on campus and in the local community. Student organizations or individual students may apply for grants up to $500 to support climate related projects or activities. Applications exceeding $500 will be considered if multiple student organizations submit a joint request to fund a collaborative event or project. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the academic year. 

*If you are unsure if your activity qualifies for funding please email climate.collaborative@dartmouth.edu prior to submitting an application. 

Qualifications and Eligibility

Students across Dartmouth are eligible to apply including graduate and professional students from all Dartmouth schools. Funds are intended to support projects or activities taking place on campus or locally such as hosting climate-related events, inviting speakers, or collaborating with local organizations. Students requesting support to attend local conferences will be considered, but travel expenses are not eligible for reimbursement. See funding restrictions below for more information. 

Funding Criteria 

Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria.

Primary Criteria: 
Applications must clearly address the following criteria to be considered for funding:

1. Mission Alignment: How well the project or activity supports the Climate Collaborative’s mission to build climate literacy, foster climate leadership among students, and promote scholarly excellence.
    
2. Feasibility and Clarity: The completeness, clarity, and practicality of the proposal and budget.

Additional Considerations: 

Proposals that also demonstrate the following will be viewed more favorably, but these are not required:

2. Community Inclusivity: The extent to which the activity engages and is accessible to the broader Dartmouth community.
    
3. Collaborative Approach: The degree to which the initiative builds new or strengthens existing connections among students, academic departments, and the greater Upper Valley community.

Deliverables

After receiving funds students must comply with the following reporting requirements. If the event is open to the Dartmouth community, students are required to submit a brief recap and photos of the event. If the project/activity is not public facing students are required to submit a brief summary outlining how funds were used and summarizing the project/activity outcomes. 

Funding Restrictions

Funds may NOT be used for the following activities:

1. Travel expenses
2. To pay Dartmouth students for their time
3. To purchase gift cards

Allowable expenses include but are not limited to:

1. Event costs (food, venue, etc.)
2. Speaker honoraria and travel expenses
3. Local conference registration
4. Project materials