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The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) fosters and conducts collaborations with faculty, students and staff across the university to identify and solve the world’s environmental challenges and sustain and improve the environment.
The IE develops multidisciplinary collaborations to understand major environmental issues and engage myriad academic disciplines, public and private partners and an informed and committed community. Through IE’s air and water research centers, its public service and outreach, sustainability initiatives and field sites and experiential education programs, the IE provides interdisciplinary forums for faculty, students and community partners to meet pressing environmental challenges.
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$2,000 Match
IE Director Mike Piehler will give a donation to match every contribution to the IE up to $2,000 to support the exciting new IE BlueTech Challenge. UNC students will compete for prize money in case competitions and hackathons to solve vexing problems using blue technology.
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$5,000 for Every Gift up to $50,000
An anonymous alumnus of Carolina will make a $5,000 gift for every gift made to the UNC Institute for the Environment up to $50,000.
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$5,000 for Every Gift up to $50,000
Alumnus Danny Morgan will make a $5,000 gift for every student gift received up to $50,000.
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$25,000 for 15 Donors
Bryan and Carson Brice will make a $25,000 gift to the UNC Institute for the Environment if at least 15 current or former IE BOV members make a contribution to the UNC Institute for the Environment during GiveUNC.
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$500 for Every Student Gift up to $25,000
Bryan and Carson Brice will donate $500 for every student donation that is received during GiveUNC up to $25,000.
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$750 for Every Gift up to $7,500
IE BOV Chair Brian Bednar and his wife Rebecca will donate $750 for every gift received during Cleantech Summit events up to $7,500.
Our Focus Areas
Our Greatest Needs
The Annual Fund is one of the Institute for the Environment’s key fundraising priorities. Donations from Carolina alumni, family, and friends allow the Institute to grow and enhance various environmental programs that benefit students and citizens worldwide. Your donations are immediately used to help fund programs that don’t have another immediate funding source, which is what makes donations to the Institute’s annual fund so important.
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Community Outreach
Through the Center for Public Engagement with Science (CPES), the Institute partners with environmental faculty across campus to translate environmental knowledge and research results into action in North Carolina communities and beyond. CPES enhances public understanding of current environmental science and health research and its relevance to daily life.
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Sustainable Carolina
Sustainable Carolina is the University’s comprehensive initiative to advance and amplify all sustainability activities and reduce the University’s environmental footprint. It works to build and balance societal well-being, ecological integrity, and economic prosperity now and into the future. Your support allows students to engage in cutting edge sustainability practices, moving the university toward our sustainability goals and preparing tomorrow’s sustainability leaders.
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