Environmental Engineering Division Offers Funding Opportunities for 2017

Jan. 13, 2017

For the second year, the ASME Environmental Engineering Division (EED) is offering funding opportunities to assist in the development of programs that promote environmental education through its Education Support Program Awards initiative. The deadline to submit a proposal for one of several grants the division plans to award this year is Feb. 15.

Launched in 2016, the Education Support Program Awards program was designed to help promote the importance of environmental engineers, who use the principles of engineering, soil science, biology, and chemistry to make the air, water and land better and safer for humans.

The program provides a maximum of $25,000 per year to students, educators and EED members who propose interesting ways to encourage environmental education opportunities in their communities. Up to five proposals will be funded each year, with a limit of $5,000 per award. Last year’s winning proposals included entries from Philadelphia University, the University of Akron, and collaborations from the Wind Energy Student Organization and Iowa State University, and Project Lead the Way, Marshalltown High School and Iowa State University.

Each proposal should include a description of the proposed project; brief professional biographies of the principal project participants; a proposed budget requesting no more than $5,000; and a letter from the proposer’s school or business stating that the project has institutional support and that the institution will receive and manage funds provided by ASME.

Program proposals, which should be a maximum of five pages in length, should be e-mailed no later than Feb. 15 to Martin Edelson, Environmental Engineering Division Executive Committee, at edelsonm2@asme.org.

For more information on the EED Education Support Program, visit www.asme.org/engineering-topics/environmental-engineering/eed-program-funds-environmental-education.