Grants

Morgan B. Johnston, E.I.T.Sustainability Coordinator, Facilities & ServicesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Big Ten Environmental Stewardship Group

November 14-16, 2010

Suhail Barot, ChairStudent Sustainability CommitteeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

John G. Dempsey, Ph.D., P.E., LEED® APExecutive Director, Facilities & ServicesUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

State Grants

• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCEO)

• Public Sector Electric Efficiency Program (EEPS)• Large Customer Program• New Construction Program• Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Programs

• Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation• Lighting Retrofits• Wind Turbine, Biomass Boiler

• Illinois Finance Authority• New Energy Efficiency Initiative Program

• Illinois State Treasurer’s Office• New Cultivate Illinois Green Energy Program

Finding Grants

Illinois Library IRIS: http://www.library.illinois.edu/iris/

Resources for GrantsU.S. Federal Government Departments, Agencies, and Institutes (via FedWorld)Grants.govCatalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)FedBizOppsFederal Demonstration Partnership (FDP)The Foundation Center National Council of University Research

Administrators (NCURA)

Unknown Territory

Grants are ubiquitous on campus, but this was the first time we were using them for facilities

Our accounting staff had to learn the processes

We are still working through the best methods for using the grants

Worth the Effort: $7,197,810