Analysis of Successes, Failures, and
Characteristics of an Established
Campus Sustainability Granting
Program
Max Liboiron
New York University
Bike Share
Green Apple Move Out
Two Birds, One Stone
Community Agriculture Club
Igoe Renewable Energy Project
NYU Green Lease
60
53
Number
of Grants
Funded
50
Number of Grants
40
34
33
30
30
20
31
30
Average Number
of Grants Funded
Per Year
26 26
18 18
20
18
Total Grants
Funded
15
11
10
7
6
6 6
4
0
4
1 1
Percent of Elgible Campus Members who
Submitted Applications
Quantity of Proposals Submitted
5.00%
180
160
4.50%
140
4.00%
120
100
100
80
60
40
54
47 47
43
35
33
21 21
20
14 14
7
5 5
5
0
Number of Proposals Submitted/
Elgibale Population Pool
Proposals Submitted
163
3.50%
3.00%
2.50%
2.00%
1.50%
1.00%
0.50%
0.00%
Average Number of Proposals Submitted Yearly
Total Number of Proposals Submitted
4.30% 4.27%
0.26% 0.21% 0.17%
0.10% 0.05% 0.05%
Green Grants by Original Budget
25
Number of Projects
20
15
Overall
10
Last Cycle
5
0
$0-$1,500
$1,501-$5,000
$5,001-$999
Original Budget of Grant
$10,000+
Grant Recipients by Project Leader Type
25
Number of Projects
20
15
Overall
Last Cycle
10
5
0
Undergraduate
Staff
Faculty
Graduate
Green Grants by Project Type
18
16
Number of Projects
14
12
10
8
Overall
6
Last Cycle
4
2
0
Operations Engagement Operations Research Research & Operations,
&
Engagement Research &
Engagement
Engagement
Completion Rate
25
Number of Projects
20
15
10
5
0
Completed
Completed, awaiting
documentation
Defunct
In Progress
Top three reasons projects
become defunct:
1)Personnel leave NYU
2)Project leader abandoned
project
3)Project leader decided to pursue
project outside of Green Grant
Support
Completed Project Leader Type by Success Rate
20
18
16
Number of Projects
14
12
Successful
10
Incomplete
8
Defunct
6
4
2
0
Undergraduates
Successful:
Defunct:
73%
27%
Graduate Students
71%
29%
Faculty
Staff
71%
29%
50%
50%
Completed Project Group Type by Success Rate
30
Number of Projects
25
20
Successful
15
Incomplete
Defunct
10
5
0
Collaboration
Solo
Green Grants Assistant Position:
Contribution to Completion Rate
100%
90%
Project Completion Rate
80%
70%
Defunct
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Current Anticipated
Completion Rate
Anticipated Completion
Rate before Position
Green Grants Assistant: Ratio of Time Spent on Major Tasks
Outreach &
Communications
21%
Payments
34%
Institutionalization
17%
Planning &
Execution
28%
Thank you!
green.grants@nyu.edu
Percentage of
Proposals Funded
Percent of Selection Committee
Members who are Experts
Funded
Rejected
100%
90%
90%
80%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Percent of members who ar experts
Percentage of Submitted Proposals
100%
100%
70%
60%
50%
40%
40%
30%
40%
33%
29%
20%
20%
17%
16%
11%
10%
0%