Specifications

University*of*Washington*Climate*Action*Plan*
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ing! scholarship! in! the! core! sciences! and! technologies! present! within! the! UW,!
with!academic!disciplines!such!as!business,!economics,!law,!ethics,! political!sci‐
ence,!public!policy,!built!environments!and!public!health!and!with!administrative!
areas!such!as!Facilities!Services,!Environmental!Health!and!Safety!and!UW!Tech‐
nology.!!As!a!benefit,!many!of!our!scientific!and!technical!research!programs!can!
be!enriched!with!social,!business!and!policy!dimensions!that!unite!students!and!
faculty! from! across! the! campus(es)! in! common! purpose! and! teamwork.! ! Once!
again,!what!we!offer!here!will!be!greatly!expanded!upon!by!work!within!the!new!
College.!
2.1.1 Strategy:)Foster*Undergraduate*Participation*in*Environmental*Research*
The!University!and!the!Puget!Sound!region!offer!an!array!of!research!opportuni‐
ties!to!UW!students.!!Undergraduate!students!from!every!discipline!and!campus,!
most!of!whom!are!facing!an!institution!of!the!UW’s!size!and!complexity!for!the!
first!time!in!their!lives,!must!have!guidance!to!find!meaningful!research!and!off‐
campus!internship!opportunities.!
Access!is!just!one!part!of!the!student!engagement!process.!!Financial!support!of!
undergraduate! environmental! research! requires! on‐going! funding! of! research!
efforts!outside!the!formal!curriculum!and!during!the! summer.!!Support!needs!to!
be!made! available!at!UW!Seattle,!UW!Bothell!and! UW!Tacoma.!!These!endow‐
ments!can!be!targets!for!University!Advancement.!
Proposed&Actions:!Each!strategy!in!the!Climate!A ction!Plan!will!be!followed!with!
a!brief!list!of!Proposed!Actions!that!are!intended!as!a!seed!and!inspiration!for!the!
complete!analysis!of!options!we!will!publish!in!201 0.!!The!Proposed!Actions!also!
provide!a!more!concrete!anchor!for!visualizing!how!each!strategy!might!be!im‐
plemented.! ! For! this! strategy,! Proposed! Actions! include:! Create! a! web‐based!
clearinghouse!for!current!environmental!research!opportunities!in!the!sciences,!
engineering,!public!health! and! the!social!sciences;!include!in! the! clearinghouse!
descriptions! of! exemplary! recent! student! accomplishments,! and! provide! clear!
explanations!of!how!to!pursue!opportunities;!and!make!undergraduate!research!
scholarships!available!on!all!campuses.!
environmental research