The MPCA had approximately $119,000 available to support development of green chemistry and design curricula at post-secondary institutions in Minnesota. The grants also help strengthen Minnesota and national networks of post-secondary faculty teaching green chemistry principles.
Closed: Applications were due by March 28, 2025.
Questions and answers
Submit questions about this grant to grants.pca@state.mn.us with the subject line “FY25 Statewide Green Chemistry Curriculum” no later than 4 p.m. on March 13, 2025.
MPCA employees cannot answer questions about this grant opportunity, and direct contact regarding this RFP with any MPCA personnel may result in disqualification.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include Minnesota not-for-profit and nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, institutions, political subdivisions of the state (including counties, cities, towns, etc.), state agencies, and tribal governments. Multi-organizational collaboration is encouraged.
Eligible project proposals must develop and implement curricula to demonstrate green chemistry and/or safer product design at secondary and/or post-secondary educational institutions. Projects must show the development of new syllabi, lesson plans and/or lab experiments; number of enrolled students reached; pre/post testing to measure green chemistry/safer product design awareness; or achievement of waste reduction as a result of new lab experiments developed. See college curriculum grants at Green and Safer Product Chemistry for examples.
Available funds
Total available funds: $119,000
Maximum award: $30,000 (There is no minimum individual grant amount for projects, nor match requirement).
More information
Green chemistry and design represent a high-level commitment to pollution prevention. It's more common for product makers to reduce pollution in the manufacturing process than to redesign the products themselves. But the product design stage is critical to reducing a product's environmental impact.
Companies want scientists that know how to design chemistry to be more environmentally friendly. Rather than needing to be a fixer of problems, chemistry can be a way to not have problems in the first place.