Grants & Scholarships
From Idea to
Execution
Get funding to support your research.
Research has enough hurdles; funding it shouldn't be. At UW-Green Bay, we understand the challenge of balancing your education with earning money. That's why we offer opportunities to fund your innovative ideas, allowing you to gain valuable experience while also earning money.
CCB Student Grants
Don't let financial issues stand between you and your passion. Our CCB student grants aren't just for science majors. Your project can focus on topics like ecology, biology, geology, water science, environmental policy, engineering, exercise fitness, photography, art, history, First Nations studies, education and inclusivity/diversity/equity. At UW-Green Bay, we offer opportunities to fund your innovative ideas, allowing you to gain valuable experience while earning money. If awarded funds, you'll complete a project with a UW-Green Bay faculty or staff member. You can propose to work on a new project of interest or help fund existing work (e.g., master's thesis, independent study). Grant opportunities are typically announced in December and will be due early in the spring semester.
Sager Scholarship
The Sager Scholarship recognizes a UW-Green Bay science or engineering undergraduate who demonstrates excellence in communicating scientific information from a classroom or extracurricular academic project. The recipient will receive a $1,500 award.
Selection of the Sager Award recipient are made by a committee consisting of the Director of the Cofrin Center for Biodiversity and faculty or staff members from the College of Science and Technology. The major selection criteria will be the quality and originality of the writing, scientific validity of the content and appropriate acknowledgment of information sources.
This award was made possible by the generosity of emeriti faculty Dr. Paul Sager and Dr. Dorothea Sager. The Sager Award was created in 2009 in memory of Chancellor Emeritus Edward Weidner and his commitment to UW-Green Bay and the Cofrin Memorial Arboretum at the Green Bay campus.
Eligibility
Any undergraduate student enrolled at any UW-Green Bay campus seeking a degree in the natural sciences, engineering or technology with at least a 3.0 GPA can apply. For maximum consideration, we recommend submitting all application materials for the upcoming academic year by February 15. Scholarship offers are sent through campus email beginning in March.
What to Submit
A broad range of activities can be the basis for an award-winning composition. Examples of acceptable submissions for the Sager Scholarship include:
- a scholarly scientific paper based on a group or individual research project or internship dealing with science
- an in-depth extension of field or lab research from a science or engineering classroom assignment
- a scientific report on a topic explored during an academic travel course, class exercise, or field trip;
- a review of current scientific literature about a subject of interest
- an original analysis of a current scientific or environmental problem
Guidance by one or more faculty members is expected, but applicants must show evidence of originality, initiative and primary authorship of the article, report or composition.
Grow Your Research Funds
Through the Natural and Applied Science (NAS) Heirloom Plant Fund, you can earn a student grant to complete your own independent research. In order to qualify, you must be either:
- a graduate student in Environmental Science and Policy or Biodiversity Conservation and Management and with an NAS committee member or course instructor as a sponsor.
- an undergraduate student majoring in biology, environmental science, geoscience, water science or chemistry, and with an NAS committee member as a sponsor.
Get Research Support
Meet Keir Wefferling, Curator of the Herbarium and Assistant Professor of biology. As an avid researcher of mosses and liverworts in bogs, fens and other peatlands, this guy loves mossing around! He can help you search for funding for your research.