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Award Winning Research Projects

Sustainable Development Research Awards 

In Spring 2023, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette awarded $40,800 in faculty research grants related to Sustainable Development - that is, research related to Social Inclusion, Environmental Protection or Economic Growth - and to the 17 United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. This initiative was a collaboration between 6 campus entities: Faculty Affairs (Dianne Olivier), the Graduate School (Mary Farmer-Kaiser and Philip de Mahy), the Office of Campus Diversity (Kiwana McClung) the Office of Sustainability (Gretchen Vanicor), Brian Bolton, Professor of Finance and the Dwight W. Andrus, Jr. / BORSF Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Finance and the Office for Research, Innovation & Economic Development.

This program has several key goals: (1) to celebrate the amazing research being done across the UL Lafayette campus, (2) to show how vital research on sustainable development is for Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Region, and (3) to create a platform to share research and to encourage collaborations where faculty can help solve some of society's greatest challenges. This Program is expected to have at least 4 rounds of research and awards.

To learn more about the Sustainable Development Research Awards please visit UL Lafayette's College of Business website for more detials and the list of winners. 

Office of Sustainability Winning Research Projects

The Office of Sustainability's staff and students have participated and won first place for national and international research projects.

 

Pictured: First place winners for the VerTech Student Design Competition(from left): Blair Begnaud, Kyle Farmer, Sam Ekong, Jon Trahan, Walker Powell, and Nicholas Marcil

If you are intested in bringing the Office of Sustainability into a competition project or receiving feedback on your sustainability related projects please email Blair Begnaud.