The Green Fund, formerly Green Fee, is a competitive grant program funded by UT Austin tuition fees to support sustainability-related projects and initiatives proposed by university students, faculty or staff. Each student contributes $5 per semester and $2.50 per summer session to the Green Fund. Funds are awarded each May through an annual grant competition. Alternatively, a limited number of mini grants are awarded on a rolling basis. A student majority committee solicits and reviews proposals and awards Green Fund grants.
Since the program’s creation in 2010, the Green Fund program generated almost 5 million in support of over 200 projects to students, faculty, and staff.
Making Sustainable Change on Campus
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The School of Architecture used Green Fund to launch a give-and-take system in their Materials Lab as part of UT Austin's 2020 zero waste goal | The UT Farm Stand provides a pipeline to fresh, local produce as well as information about food preparation, nutrition and other items. Read more in Orange. |
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Using a Green Fund grant to convert two UT greenhouses, Engineers for a Sustainable World are working to grow food without soil. Read more in The Daily Texan. | UT Landscaping is using UAVs to conserve irrigation water on campus. Read more in The Daily Texan |
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The Sustainability Squad sorts waste after football games, diverting much from the landfill. Read more in The Daily Texan and from Texas Sports. | A tree nursery developed at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was funded by Green Fund, as told in this 2012 article. Read more in The Daily Texan. |
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Green Fund grants have established water bottle filling stations on campus, as noted in this 2013. Read more in The Daily Texan. | The Waller Creek Working Group had Green Fund grants in 2015 and 2017. |
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