For most awards, student must be a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers.

Policy is not to pay overhead, whether stated as overhead or as indirect cost. Funding is for one year of research and may not be renewed

CREES should be funder of last resort. When submitting the application, please attach copies of your requests to other UM funding sources.

One grant per year.

Grant awards require a minimum 1:1 match of cash or contributed goods and services (in-kind) and a match of over 2:1 is encouraged.

Grant funds cannot be used for political advocacy, fundraising, lobbying or litigation activities or to support projects resulting from legally mandated mitigation projects.  The Foundation cannot provide funds for general administrative overhead or indirect expenses.  If you are uncertain about categories of budget items which may or may not be funded, please contact Suzanne Sessine. 

Organizations must be in a start-up phase. To be considered a start-up, the applicant may have been running the organization full-time for approximately two years and Echoing Green's financial support should qualify it as a major/primary early funder.

Applicants must make a full-time commitment to the organization's development. A full-time commitment is defined as a minimum of 35 hours per week; it is expected that the fellow would resign from their current employment to dedicate themselves full-time to their initiative.

Applicants must commit to attending Echoing Green's training conferences, if selected as fellows. All new fellows attend a conference in July the year they are selected, as well as a November conference that year and for the next three years.

Tuition,Travel,Other
Study must be carried out in a country with a diplomatic US presence. See here for further details:
http://www.iie.org/programs/nsep/graduate/preferences.htm
NSEP Fellowship support may not be used for study of French or Spanish unless such language instruction is at an advanced level or combined with study of business, the applied sciences, or engineering.
Geographic Location
international, countries identified in the description

Research (general),Salary/stipend,Travel,Equipment,Technical Support,Other
Grant funds may be used for direct project expenses and/or to cover living expenses. Grant funds are intended to serve as seed money, not to cover the full cost of the project. Grant awards are not transferable between students and must be carried out by awarded applicant. Payments are dispersed at the beginning and at the end of project period. Grant funds must be distributed to an Administrative Office on campus to the attention of the appropriate administrator. All distributed funds must be allocated towards direct expenses or only up to 20% can be allocated towards indirect expenses.
Fellows are responsible for collecting documentation of project expenses, including associated receipts and invoices. Copies of documentation must be submitted to the Administrative Office and/or Fellowship Coordinator. Upon receipt and approval of the final report and expense documentation (or notice of receipt from the Administrative Office), final grant payment will be released.

Matching Funds
Climate Change is a major focus and priority is given to campuses that have have applied to earn the designation of NWF Climate Champion.
Some other funding source for the project is expected.

Tuition,stipend
The Fellow must inform the Program of other awards that s/he has been offered and may be asked to accept a total package that does not exceed full tuition, fees plus $30,000.

Regions and countries currently supported by the program include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Funding is not presently available for research on the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
The fellow's home institution is expected to make a cost-sharing contribution of no less than 10 percent of the fellowship award; in exceptional circumstances, this condition may be waived. Travel grants are available only to selected fellows and require additional application materials (e.g. travel budget) that must be approved before travel grants are awarded.

Fellows will not be able to hold two fellowships simultaneously if the Awards Terms & Conditions are contradictory. In addition, fellows may not receive more than a combined total of $30,000 throughout the tenure of the award (one academic year).

Applicant must notify ASF if they receive other award offers.

 ASF does not fun: travel for attendence at professional meetings, conferences, seminars, or conventions; performances or exhibitions; publication costs; equipment purchases, including personal computers, software, and cell phones; research assistants; institutional overhead costs; tuition fees from US home institution; foregone salary; supplementation of substantial sabbatical support; support for dependents; repayment of loans or other personal obligations; acquisition of language skills; study in programs especially designed for English-language students, or at English-language institutions; beginning studies in any subject; or retroactive program support.

Applicants whose total annual educational costs exceed $20,000 must show that they have requested or secured funding from additional sources, or can contribute personally to their education costs.

TSC encourages applicants to seek other sources of funding to share project costs. A small portion of the grant may be reserved until TSC receives the final report.

Research must be within region stated above.

Must keep records of expenditures and submit a table and receipts to the current Committee Chair at the end of their project or by the end of a year following award receipt.

Projects can last a maximum of 3 months.

Do not include living expenses and/or travel under the research allowance.

Do not include living expenses and/or travel under the research allowance.

Projects can last a maximum of 3 months.

As a condition of the award, the applicant's home university will be required (consistent with its policies and regulations) to provide or to waive normal academic year tuition payments or to provide alternative cost-sharing support.

Applications should be for work on Eastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo/a, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Applicants may propose comparative work considering more than one country of Eastern Europe or relating East European societies of those of other parts of the world.

Proposal and research must occur in at least two countries, one of which hosts a research center. Refer to http://www.caorc.org/programs/multi-centers.htm for location of centers. Fellowship must last at least 90 days. Air travel must adhere to "Fly America" procedures.

The Foundation does not provide support for overhead costs of organizations, tuition, or scholarships.

Grants will not be made for the following types of projects:

Projects that do not support the implementation of the approved MotorCities General Management Plan or current activities, projects not located within the service areas of the recognized Stewardship Communities and/or Affiliates, General Operating Expenses, computer and/or computer systems, buildings or Equipment, unless a part of a rehabilitation project of a historic building, off-site costs associated with school field trips, including but not limited to bus rental expenses and venue admissions; endowments, requests from individuals, conferences and Annual Meetings