SERC & TGIF Eco Fund

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Thank you for your interest in TGIF + SERC’s Eco Fund. This Fall, we are accepting funding requests from 09/16/2024-11/22/2024.

Please review the SERC Eco Fund Purchasing Guidelines and Resources doc before applying. 

We award small stipends to student groups as well as individual students. Student leaders organizing projects that incorporate environmentalism, sustainability, and/or environmental justice in their events can apply for a stipend of up to $400. These stipends can cover the cost of food, venue fees, books/materials, travel costs, and speaker stipends, as long as they fall within SERC’s Eco Fund Purchasing Guidelines and Resources. The Eco Fund also awards stipends of up to $200 to students that are enrolled in environmental courses and need support accessing course materials (including but not limited to textbooks, calculators, software, etc.).

TO APPLY

Fill out our google form applicationAll instructions and details are listed on the form. (Due to institutional delays, funding will take around 4-6 weeks to reach you after your application is submitted.)

If you have any questions about the Eco Fund, please email serc@berkeley.edu.

Eco Fund Impact & What we Fund 

Since 2021, the Eco Fund has dispersed $25,714 to 125 students and student leaders for requests covering costs ranging from a bag of soil, music fundraising festivals, binoculars, to textbooks. 

Please note, we have a hard cap of $400 for group requests and $200 for individual requests. Applications will be reviewed biweekly starting September. We aim to notify applicants of their application status within 2 weeks of submission.