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Undergraduate Student Sustainability Award 

Prize: $250 from ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½â€™s Office of Sustainability

Description: The Undergraduate Student Sustainability Award recognizes an undergraduate student or group of students who have led exceptional initiatives or projects that make positive contributions to the sustainable future of ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ and of our world. These initiatives may be curricular (i.e., projects completed as part of a course) and/or co-curricular (i.e., completed outside of course time) in nature.

Eligibility:

• Nominees must be full- or part-time students in good standing and currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½.
• Individuals and groups are both eligible to receive this award.
• Self-nominations are accepted.
• If you are a registered ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ student club, we encourage you to apply for the SU Sustainability Club Award.

Graduate Student Sustainability Award

Prize: $1,500, awarded jointly by ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½â€™s Office of Sustainability ($250) and the GSA ($1,250). The winner of this award will be recognized at the Sustainability Awards and the GSA Awards.

Description: The Graduate Student Sustainability Award recognizes a graduate student or group of students who have led exceptional initiatives that make positive contributions towards the sustainable future of ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ and our world. These initiative(s) may be curricular (i.e., part of a course or program) or co-curricular (i.e., outside of course time) in nature.

Eligibility:

• Nominees must be full- or part-time students in good standing and currently enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program at ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½.
• Individuals and groups are both eligible to receive this award.
• Self-nominations are accepted.

References: The two requested references should be able to provide insight into the validity of the candidate’s submission, particularly regarding the impacts. References could include a supervisor, instructor, partner, stakeholder, beneficiary of the project, etc. 

Please submit your nomination through this webform before February 22, 2022 11:59 p.m. MST. The webform will close after this date. If you experience difficulties in submitting your nomination, please contact zahra.syeda@ucalgary.ca 

For more information about the awards, please see the Terms of Reference.