SEEDS Chapters Program

SEEDS at Canyonlands National Park.

2022 – 2024 SEEDS Report

SEEDS chapters, as autonomous undergraduate student clubs, provide key focal points for local and regional environmental leadership advancement, community engagement, and career development activities. Since 1996, SEEDS has built a wide network of campus chapters across the country, and today, we are proud that more than 100 campus groups have affiliated with the program.

Welcome New SEEDS Chapters!

Our newest SEEDS Chapters in the 2026 – 2027 academic year are:

• University of California, Northridge
• Binghampton University

2026-2027 Chapter Grants Awardee Projects

•  California State University, Northridge – Beyond the Classroom: Learning Field Biology in the Mojave
• Chicago State University – Exploring Urban and Coastal Ecology Through Field Research at Indiana Dunes
• CU Boulder, Colorado State, Fort Lewis College – Grand Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Field Trip
• Florida Atlantic University – Tortuga Trail Restoration Project
• Moorpark College – 2026-2027 San Diego Field Trips and Whale Watching
• UC Davis, UC Berkeley – Angelo Coast Regional Field Trip
• UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz – Rancho Marino Undergraduate Research Field Trip
• University of California, Santa Cruz – Fort Ord Natural Reserve Field Workshop
• University of Puerto Rico, Cayey – Student-Led Research Program on Artificial Light and Nocturnal Insect Ecology at UPR Cayey
• University of Richmond – Opportunities in Ecology: UR ECO Field Trip

2025-2026 Chapter Grants Awardee Projects

• Colorado State University, CU-Boulder and Fort Lewis College – Colorado SEEDS Student Collaboration with the Montezuma Land Conservancy and Trees, Water, & People in Southwest Colorado
• Duquesne University – Powdermill Trip
• Lander University – Habitat Protection: Building nest boxes for bats, ducks, and bees in South Carolina
• University of California, Davis & University of California, Santa Barbara – SEEDS Regional Collaboration to UC Reserve’s: SNARL
• University of Wisconsin-Madison/University of Minnesota-Twin Cities – United Field Ecology Experience
• Virginia Commonwealth University – Community Connection and Financial independence through Art

2024-2025 Chapter Grants Awardee Projects

• Auburn University at Montgomery – Warhawk SEEDS Caving Trip
• Virginia Commonwealth University – Spring 2025 Research Rendezvous
• UCD and UCSC – Joint Field Trip to Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
• CU Boulder + Fort Lewis – Field Trip To Mountain Research Station
• FAU, FSU, & FAMU – Promoting Ecological Awareness Through a Conjoined Field Trip at Silver Springs State Park
• Morehouse College – Growing Green: Empowering Ecological Research at Morehouse
• Duquesne University – Powdermill Specimen Collection Trip
• Temple University – Bird Safe Temple: Reducing bird fatalities through inclusive student action
• University of California, Davis – SEEDS New Membership Drive

2023-2024 Chapter Grants Awardee Projects

• Agnes Scott College and Emory University (joint project) – Diversity in Ecology Field Trip to the Georgia Coast
  
• Auburn University at Montgomery, Warhawk SEEDS – Warhawk SEEDS Field trip to Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL
• Florida Atlantic University, FAU SEEDS – Big Cypress Camping Trip
• St. Olaf College, StoSEEDS – Establishing Funds for Expanding Membership and Initial Events
• UC Berkeley SEEDS – Recruitment & Muir Woods Educational Field Trip
• UC Davis SEEDS – UC Davis Lake Tahoe Camping Trip
• UC Davis and UC Berkeley (joint project) – UC Davis & UC Berkeley Angelo Coast Trip
• UC Riverside SEEDS – UCR SEEDS Central California Field Excursion
• UC Santa Barbara SEEDS – Local Field Trips in Santa Barbara County