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Get Involved

Action Items for Community Members

  • Attend garden workshop

  • Utilize Price Center Compost bin

  • Apply for the Starbucks Scholarship (undergrads only)

  • Apply to the sustainability assistant position

Student Sustainability Resources 

  • University Centers created, and cares for the Student Center Garden, located just below the LGBT Resource Center. All harvested produce is donated to the Triton Food Pantry, helping combat food insecurity on campus. For more information, please email ucensustain@ucsd.edu.

  • The Sustainability Resource Center (SRC) is the one-stop place where people can go to learn more about sustainability, get resources, and relax and study in a “green” space! 

Involvement Opportunities

  • Student Employment Opportunity

    • The sustainability assistant position for Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 has been filled. Check back late spring to apply for Fall 2025 - Spring 2026. Visit (handshake link) to apply.

  • Have a sustainable idea? Let us know ucensustain@ucsd.edu.

  • Interested in receiving $5,000 for your summer sustainability research project? The for UCSD Starbucks Sustainability Grant is an annual scholarship for undergraduate students. Learn more about this opportunity and here. This year's deadline to apply is February 28, 2025. The step-by-step application guide below is a helpful tool to get you started.

Past recipients of UCSD Starbucks Sustainability Grant:

  • 2023-24 // Tesa Manto

  • 2022-23 // Matthew Dulansky

  • 2021-22 // Wenbo Ding

  • 2020-21 // Sabrina Lin

  • 2019-20 // Joseph Vechinski  

  • 2018-19 // Will Tanaka 

  • 2017-18 // Enid Partika 

  • 2016-17 // Fatima Alcantara-Valadao 

Learn more about the Annual Starbucks Sustainability Scholarship

One $5,000 grant is awarded each year to assist a UC San Diego student with research or learning projects related to sustainable food production, and distribution, resource conservation, or agricultural environmental practices. 

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Bookmark this page to apply for the Starbucks scholarship once it reopens.

The Starbucks Sustainable Solutions and Learning Opportunities Scholarship is an undergraduate research scholarship (URS) opportunity provided by Starbucks Corporation in collaboration with University Centers at UC San Diego. One (1) scholarship will be available each year, with the award totaling $5,000. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist UC San Diego students with research or learning projects related to sustainability, including resource conservation or agricultural environmental practices (herein referred to as the project).