Announcing Spring 2026 Tier 1 and 2 Grant Recipients
From investigating the health impacts of pollution emissions on residents in Gloster, Mississippi, to a week-long coding bootcamp for Denver-area community college students, 14 projects received over $49,000 in funding.
Spring 2026 Tier 2 Grant Recipients
Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Recreational/Municipal Water Quality Indicators
Analiese Terrell, M.S. Student
Department of Environmental Studies
Community-Engaged Investigation of Biomass Energy Pollution Impacts
Grace Berg, PhD Student
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Indigenous Sovereignty and Sacred Lands Convening
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor of Law
Clinical Education Program
Measuring the Impact of School Gardens
Alice Reznickova, Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Studies
Partnership with Local Shelter: Houseless Community Writing Program
Josalyn Monahan, M.A. Student
Department of English
Providing Science Support to Regional Water Planning
Nels Bjarke, Research Scientist
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Western Water Assessment
Python Bootcamp for Earth Science
Vikas Hanasoge Nataraja, PhD Candidate
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop 2026
Katya Schloesser, CEEE Associate and Curriculum Developer
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Center for Education, Evaluation and Engagement
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Spring 2026 Tier 1 Grant Recipients
Antarctica Unearthed Film Screening and Q&A
Gabe Allen, Senior Communications Specialist
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Art and Social Change in Local Indigenous Communities
Michela Ardizzoni, Associate Professor
Department of French and Italian
Comparative Studies on Communicative Praxis of Deliberative Democracy
Xiaodong Yan, PhD Student
Communication
Design as Protest Chapbook Launch: Mobilizing Design Justice
Sophie Chien, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow for Faculty Diversity
Program in Environmental Design
Disconnected—Life In a Digital Reality
Ben Forman, Undergraduate Student
Engineering
Emergence: Exploring Quantum Technology Through Music and Dance
Stacey Forsyth, Director
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