Grants Offered by the Miller Worley Center
In an effort to create a greener and more equitable world and to promote a culture of sustainability on campus and beyond, the Miller Worley Center offers a variety of grants to support the College community. The grants are intended to provide opportunities for Mount Holyoke students, faculty and staff to further develop their skills as environmental leaders, as well as the opportunity to exercise that leadership and innovation within our community.
Types of grants we offer
Contact the Miller Worley Center for more information or to learn about the application process for any of these grants. Grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis but must be submitted a month ahead of event or activity start date. Please allow two weeks from the date we receive your completed application for a decision and two additional weeks to process grant awards.
Professional development grants
These grants (up to $500) are offered to students interested in furthering their learning and networking opportunities within the scope of the Miller Worley’s Center’s mission, and are offered to help make conferences and workshops more accessible.
Sustainability in Higher Ed (AASHE) Conference
The Miller Worley Center has supported the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) as a member since 2012, through conference sponsorship and institutional membership. All MHC community members have access to this resource. Create a login using your MHC email to get started exploring sustainability and environmental justice in higher education.
Student research and independent project grants
These grants (up to $1,000) support extracurricular student learning and innovation through supervised research and projects. To qualify, projects and research must be focused around the natural environment and/or sustainability, including environmental justice and the integration of DEI principles into sustainability work on campus and beyond. Projects must also be supervised by a faculty sponsor and cannot be used in conjunction with Lynk funding.
Speaker grants
These grants (up to $500) support College members in offering opportunities for engagement with environmental and/or sustainability speakers from beyond our community. Faculty can use these grants to bring guests to speak to their courses, and recognized student organizations can use these grants to bring guests to speak to their groups.
Community sustainability grants
These grants (up to $1,000) enable members of the Mount Holyoke community to help advance a culture of sustainability and environmental justice on campus and beyond. They can be used for small scale projects that aim to advance the College’s sustainability goals, including: reducing the environmental footprint of campus life and work, promoting environmental justice, and supporting a culture of sustainability. These small scale projects can vary widely but will likely all share a similar end goal of being institutionalized at the college.
HBCU Climate Change Conference
These grants support students in attending the HBCU Climate Change Conference. This conference is designed to empower African American youth and students by providing a vibrant platform to learn about climate change and showcase their own research and innovations. Students who attend will join a vibrant community of HBCU faculty, students, researchers, climate professionals, and local residents who are tackling the real-world challenges of climate change. Apply or nominate students by January 31.
Contact us
The Miller Worley Center for the Environment
Creating a greener and more equitable world, the Miller Worley Center for the Environment prepares environmental leaders for today and the future by promoting a culture of environmental sustainability and justice on campus and beyond.
- millerworley@mtholyoke.edu
- 413-538-3091
- Dwight Hall
Mary Allison "MAK" Kane
- Assistant Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment