The Henry David Thoreau Foundation is proud to provide grants to undergraduate professors conducting student-based research and field studies that develop problem solving skills and instill students as catalysts of change. Our grants support creative approaches to environmental work at local and global scales that have lasting, positive impact. We encourage cooperative efforts with community organizations and businesses that can further cultivate future environmental leaders.   Applications for the Thoreau Foundation's Faculty Grants Program are by invitation only.

We have supported a variety of projects taking undergraduates from the coral reefs of Belize to the streets of Boston. Here are our Faculty Grant success stories.

Smith College student Kate Buckman and Danny Acosta of Belize make a papier-mâché model of a fish. Danny designed the model based on adaptations of shape, color, and feeding for the habitat. The Henry David Thoreau Foundation awarded an institutional grant to Smith college for a coral reef ecology program. It was taught to elementary school students in Belize and Northampton, Massachusetts. [Photo courtesy of Smith College.]