Green-Campus Open call 2024
TU Dublin Sustainability - Decarbonisation, Societal Engagement and Sustainability Education - are collaborating to offer micro-grant opportunities with a funding pot of up to €20,000 to support TU Dublin's Strategic Objectives, Climate Action Roadmap and Green-Campus programme.
During October over 70 people participated in an engaging ‘Decarbonising TU Dublin’ event. Here students and staff were invited to hear about the latest TU Dublin Climate Action Roadmap, and to take part in an ‘Ideas Factory’ to generate and develop project ideas that can enhance campus sustainability.
Green-Campus Open Call 2024 can help bring ideas like these to life by making micro-grants available to selected project ideas submitted using this form. The Green-Campus programme encourages a partnership approach to environmental education, management and this aligns with the TU Dublin Living Lab. The Green-Campus Open Call 2024 encourages project proposals that can be implemented using the living lab approach. You can read more about the TU Dublin Living Lab and access living lab planning templates.
The new Green-Campus Open Call 2024 can help bring ideas like these to life by making micro-grants available to selected project ideas submitted in form below.
Application Form
The Green-Campus programme encourages a partnership approach to environmental education, management and action. This approach aligns with the new TU Dublin Living Lab.
The proposed projects should ideally involve student engagement (Societal Engagement and Sustainability Education) and show alignment with one of the Climate Action Roadmap (CAR, Decarbonisation) objectives as well as An Taisce's Green-Campus themes (Litter & Waste, Energy, Biodiversity, Transport & Travel, Water, Green ICT).
Conditions of funding:
- Applicants must submit this form to apply for the funding.
- The proposed projects must begin in the Academic Year 2024-2025 and run until June 2025 at the latest.
- Conditions on spending the funding will be aligned to TU Dublin Policies and Procedures.
- The funding awarded to each successful applicant must be spent, or committed though raised POs, by 13 December 2024 or 07 March 2025.
- Successful projects must provide an end of project report including and Impact Story for publication on the TU Dublin website and media channels. A template will be provided.
Proposal Evaluation Criteria (50 marks)
- The overall proposed plan of work for the project including budget outline (20 marks).
- Societal Engagement: The plan to engage students and/or the wider TU Dublin community and/or external groups with the proposed project (10 marks).
- Sustainability Education: The link to students learning, e.g., coursework, or project work, or links to SDGs etc. (10 marks).
- Decarbonisation - Climate Action Roadmap: The expected impact of the proposed work on furthering TU Dublin’s Green-Campus efforts in supporting TU Dublin's Climate Action Roadmap and Strategic Intent (10 marks).
Important Dates:
- Launch: 17 October.
- Information Session: 25 October from 10.30-11.00am.
- Proposal submissions due: 11 November.
- Successful submissions announced: 15 November.
- Projects start: Academic Year 2024-2025 Monies committed (i.e. POs raised): 13 December 2024 or 07 March 2025.
- Projects to be completed: 01 June 2025.
- End of project report including Impact Story: 16 June 2025.
Download Living Lab templates: