The UALR Sustainability Committee will hold a session to disseminate information about 10 available Sustainable Communities Regional Planning mini-grants open to faculty and student researchers from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30.

The session will be held in the Donaghey Student Center Room G.

Dr. Nancy Landrum, former chair of the Sustainability Committee, said participants can learn more about the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant opportunity during the event.

The mini-grants will be awarded to faculty and student researchers for $3,000 to $5,000 for research projects locally or regionally focused on transportation, housing, economic development, energy and environment, and health relevant to the broader national conversation on sustainability.

The grants will be awarded through Metroplan, the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Conway metropolitan area.

The grants can be used to disseminate best practices, encourage peer learning, publish data analysis and research, or help incubate and test new ideas.

For more information, contact Nancy Landrum, associate professor of management, at 501-569-8850.