CEES - Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability at Wake Forest University

$150,000

Since 2011 CEES has awarded 64 seed grants to faculty and external fellows for a grand total just shy of $150,000. Tell us about your new research endeavors and how we can help you get there.

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130+ Faculty

Our faculty affiliate community is growing. Join 130+ colleagues across the college and professional schools who are performing at the top of their fields.

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$10 million

In 2016 a $10 million grant helped CEES establish CINCIA, the leading research station for biological conservation and environmental restoration in the Peruvian Amazon.

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At CEES we bring together over 130 faculty experts to focus on the critical issues of energy, the environment and human systems. We’re collaborating to develop solutions in support of a sustainable future that transcends traditional academic boundaries.
Here’s how we do it.

FEATURED CEES STORIES

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Erin Stephens2019-12-19T10:51:16-05:00December 2, 2019|

By: Justin Catanoso, CEES Affiliate and Board Member; Professor of Journalism at Wake Forest and career journalist with over 30 years experience. This will be Catanoso's sixth climate summit. COP25, originally slated for Brazil, then Chile, but starting today in Madrid comes as global temperatures, sea level rise, [...]

Apply for 2019 – 2020 Funding Opportunities

Erin Stephens2019-12-17T16:11:01-05:00November 12, 2019|

The 2019 CEES fall funding application is live. CEES mini grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and scholarly activities at Wake Forest. All scholars (including faculty and staff) who are dedicated to addressing problems related to the center’s mission of building a community dedicated to effecting [...]

CEES Director Researches Ways to Reforest the Amazon

Erin Stephens2019-12-19T10:35:34-05:00August 29, 2019|

Bob Buckley, reporter for My Fox News Channel 8, talked with CEES Director, Dr. Miles Silman, about the research he has conducted with Wake Forest University’s Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA) to reduce illegal gold mining and protect the Peruvian rain forest. We think of organisms out [...]