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2005 Center for the Environment Seed Grants

The Center for the Environment (CFE) announces the award of the first round of CFE supported Seed Grants. These Seed Grants are designed to support PSU's regional mission, address environmental issues, and enhance off-campus partnerships. The projects awarded funding are diverse, and topics include the development of a new course, the purchase of GIS software for use in land use change, and research on air quality. Approximately $50,000 has been awarded. The RFP for the 2006 Seed Grants will be announced in late January, for funding as early as summer, 2006.

“These grants are an important part of the Center for the Environment's efforts to engage the entire campus in the regional university mission, reflecting that the Center isn't just about science,” said Steve Kahl, Director of the Center for the Environment. “We are pleased to be able to share resources that we have obtained from grant sourses, both within and outside of the university.”

Seed Grants were offered to Plymouth State University faculty and staff through a competitive process. Collaborative projects were encouraged, as were partnerships with non-PSU organizations or individuals. The following people and projects have been funded:

• Lourdis Aviles Bramer, Climatological Study of Air Quality in New Hampshire (with NH Department of Environmental Services)
• Katherine Donahue, Development of Graduate Level Materials for Students in Cultural Ecology
• Katherine Donahue, Karl Roenke, and Michael Thevenin, GIS in Sandwich Notch (with the White Mountain National Forest and Sandwich Historical Society)
• Brian Eisenhauer, Community Supported Agriculture in the North Country: Effects on Participants and Communities (with Coos County Agricultural Business Opportunities Project)
• Kevin McGuire and Scott Bailey, Using Fluorescent Tracers and Compounds to Advance Environmental Science (with Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest)
• Len Reitsma, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Collaboration Team: Avian Ecology in Temperate NH and the Tropics
• Kurt Schroeder and Patrick May, GPS-Based Data Collection for a Small Regional Environmental Organization (with Friends of the Gile State Forest and NH Department of Resources and Economic Development)
• Larry Spencer, GIS and Remote Sensing software for research and education