DFR Innovation Fund for the Sustainability of Our Planet

Three new research projects receive "Sustainability of Our Planet" funding
June 17, 2024
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

The Sustainability of Our Planet fund focuses on discovering, developing, and adopting sustainable solutions aimed at mitigating the effects of natural resource extraction and use, climate change, land-use change, and other human activities that degrade the environment and pollute Earth.

Project that reimagines roofs in a warming world selected to receive Dean for Research Sustainability of Our Planet funding
Aug. 16, 2023
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Written by Siya Arora for the Office of the Dean for Research

A new project has been awarded a grant from the Dean for Research Innovation Fund for the Sustainability of Our Planet to develop an energy-efficient method for cooling indoor spaces.

Exploration of open ocean seaweed cultivation selected for inaugural Dean for Research fund for the Sustainability of Our Planet award
Sept. 30, 2022
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

An exploratory project to investigate the benefits of farming seaweed in the open ocean has been selected for funding.