Explore Funds

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

Provides support for the department's greatest needs, which include showcasing faculty research, aiding students' travel to conferences and competitions, funding the Quantitative Financial Economic Program and offering seminars and Career Preparation courses.

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.

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.

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.

Provides support for stipends to MSW students completing their required internships, often relieving them of the need for outside work for pay. 

Provides support for scholarships, which allow access to cutting edge research and practices to new practitioners and recent graduates when attending may be cost prohibitive.

Provides discretionary support for the Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. The Ackerman Center for Excellence in Sustainability drives responsible thought leadership and education to accelerate progress in social and environmental sustainability through innovative and profitable business solutions.