Sustainability Fund
Our sustainability fund supports staff and students in delivering unique and exciting projects linked to sustainability, recognising that student and staff engagement is integral in making continual improvement to sustainable development.
We provide funding across the year, open to all university staff and students to apply for funding of up to £250. Read on to find out more about this opportunity.
Funding Guidance
The Sustainability Fund seeks to provide you with funding to deliver sustainability projects that support our strategic sustainability goals to 2026 and that support our position as the number one sustainable university in the UK.
Sustainability Funded projects can be delivered through several means and seek to further embed sustainable development in education and research, our campus, and practices, or working with our partners to bring tangible environmental and social benefits, locally, nationally, and internationally.
Ideally, the activities that you deliver should raise awareness, enhance skills and knowledge of sustainable development and topical issues, or seek to integrate sustainability in all that we do here at Manchester Met. Where relevant, activities could take place on-campus, or be delivered remotely. It provides our communities with resources to progress sustainability at the university and beyond, encouraging individuals and groups to act on sustainability - amplifying our impacts, and our contributions to the world’s sustainability agenda.
The application window is currently closed. Further information will be posted regarding the next application on this page.
Funding information
- Funding of up to £250 is available per project and is open to all staff and students*
- Individuals and teams can apply for funding, however we encourage team applications and will look at ways to connect individual that have similar project ideas
- Applicants will be notified within two weeks of the end of the application window
- As part of your application, we encourage sustainable sourcing of any budgeted resources (e.g. materials and vegan food) and to consider Man Met services where appropriate.
- Unfortunately, the fund will not support
- Employee and student costs (in time) for delivering the activity or project
- Unsustainable means of travel e.g. Internal combustion engine cars
- Student course credit-bearing projects
*Applicants or the team applying must be current Manchester Met students or members of staff and the fund application windows open once per term.
The application window is currently closed. Further information will be posted regarding the next application on this page.
To apply for funding, you will need to agree to the below terms of funding in your application.
Terms of funding
Successful applicants agree to:
- Use the funds received for the purpose outlined in the proposal that was submitted and approved
- Provide proof of purchase of items.
- Submit evidence to the Sustainability Team of project outputs and benefits after project completion through an evaluation and legacy survey.
- Their projects to be published on The Manchester Metropolitan University website and The Unions’ website, and that their projects can be used for marketing and promotional materials.
Declaration
Applicants declare that the project proposal submitted is based on their original idea and that they are solely responsible for any intellectual property violations that may arise as a result of not seeking permission from intellectual property holders whose ideas were used in this project.
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Application form
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Dye Garden
The textile industry is reported to be one of the largest polluters of our waters; chemical dye pollution can cause environmental impacts to our streams, rivers, and oceans.
Dyeing and finishing are responsible for 3% of global CO2 emissions, by 2050 this is predicted to increase to over 10%, more than the C02 caused by shipping and aviation combined. 20% of global water pollution.
The Technical Services team have built planter frames using recycled tires & used the Sustainability Fund to provide planting supplies for several varieties of natural dye species.
Biobin Pilot
Biobins have been funded as part of a pilot to divert non-sharp plastic waste across three laboratories across All Saints Campus at Man Met.
