Sustainability Grant
Application
Are you passionate about creating a greener and more sustainable future for our community? The CBE Sustainability Grant offers a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations to receive financial support for projects that promote sustainability and environmental conservation. Click the button above to apply!
Application Deadline: April 16th, 2024 at 11:59pm
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Past Grant Recipients
We're excited to announce the recipients of our inaugural CBE Sustainability Grant: young and forward-thinking local nonprofits, research initiatives, and student organizations committed to executing projects dedicated to sustainability and environmental impact in the upcoming calendar year.
Dominic Mao
Dominic Mao, a lecturer in Harvard's Biology Department, is working to help enrich the lives of children in Manipur, India by creating an educational outreach program that provides mentorship to students and training to teachers.
James Niffenegger
For his senior thesis project, Harvard undergrad James is working to develop a carbon sequestration device that requires only minimal energy input. The funding will go towards developing a prototype that uses "peridotite", a rock with high reactivity to Carbon Dioxide.
Julie Chung
For her summer research project, Harvard undergrad Julie is partnering with another CBE (Communities for a Better Environment) to bring awareness of the dangers of lead, arsenic, and benzene to the community near Exide Technologies' now-defunct battery manufacturing plant.
Social Innovation Collaborative
The Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative hosts an annual conference that promotes innovation in sustainable ways. The funds will go towards bringing in speakers in the context of urban sustainability.
Haitian Vision Foundation
The Haitian Vision Foundation develops multi-pronged, culturally sensitive, sustainable approaches to provide Haitians access to education, healthcare, and funding to support Haitian-initiated endeavors.
Harvard Democrats
The Harvard Dems' project seeks to engage the larger Harvard community in a push towards environmental sustainability and has an emphasis on collaboration with other student groups on campus and organizations within the greater Boston community.
Refresh Bolivia
Refresh Bolivia is a completely student-run non-profit organization run by students at Harvard University that serves impoverished communities of Cochabamba, Bolivia. This money will go towards funding a Community Health Center.
Students for Carbon Dividends
Students for Carbon Dividends is a national bipartisan coalition of student groups advocating for a free-market climate solution and bipartisan climate action. They host educational events, promote climate reality awareness through interviews and speeches, meet with lawmakers, and coordinate lobbying at the state and national levels.
Engineers without Borders
Harvard SEAS Engineers Without Borders received funding from CBE to go towards their Los Sanchez Water Supply Project. The ongoing second phase of this project intends to extend the water distribution system they constructed to the Alta Gracia neighborhood of Los Sanchez, Dominican Republic, providing access to 24/7 water.
Bubblebox
Fleeing war, oppression, and climate change, hundreds of refugees and migrants arrive to Paris and other European cities every month. BubbleBox, a mobile, autonomous, and eco-friendly hygiene unit, aims to improve migrants' poor living and hygiene situations as a crisis management solution.
Mission Hill After-School Program
MHASP is Boston’s oldest and largest student-run after school program, offering tutoring and mentorship to the youth in the community. The funding will go towards funding environmental-focused education curricula.
Cabot Cafe
Cabot Café is a student-run coffee shop located in Cabot House at Harvard. The funding for this project will go towards making their cafe more sustainable by reducing plastic and water usage.
THE CBE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT
Innovative drive meets environmental responsibility. This spring, we will are giving away $15,000 in grants to local nonprofits, research initiatives, and student groups working towards our mission of environmental sustainability.