Explore Funds

Provides support for recent Carolina graduates to directly serve underrepresented high school students and provide them with college access support.

The Weiss Urban Livability Program supports talented graduate students who seek to improve urban livability.

Provides support for the highest priorities of the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program (E3P).

Provides support to the greatest need of the department to study how environmental factors such as air, water and pollution affect human health and develop solutions to protect our communities.

Provides support for the department to investigate the causes, patterns and prevention of diseases and health conditions in populations.

Provides support for recruiting future educators and incentivizes working in Title I schools in North Carolina.

Provides support to graduate students in the UNC School of Education to allow them to immerse themselves in their studies and pursue work that holds the promise of transforming education thinking and practice.

Supports the director in expanding strategic partnerships with academic collaborators, advancing innovative research and educational initiatives, and fostering meaningful engagement with local stakeholders on critical environmental challenges.

Impact Awards recognize current graduate students and recent graduate alumni whose research contributes to the educational, economic, physical, social or cultural well-being of North Carolina communities and citizens.

This fund provides the UNC Institute for the Environment with the flexibility to deploy resources where they are most needed to support core programs, advance emerging research, and respond to urgent environmental challenges.