How to Apply for the Award

Applications are no longer being accepted for the 2009 Illinois Governor's Sustainability Awards.

• Download a Sample Application Narrative (PDF)
  
• Governor's Sustainability Award Evaluation Criteria
  

Your organization will be judged on the strength of your application. It is extremely important that you be as complete and descriptive as possible. If possible, include real numbers and concrete results from your efforts. Also, we look very closely at the areas of employee involvement and management commitment, two areas in which we often find applications are weak.

Application Information

Applications must be submitted by May 29, 2009.

Before beginning the on-line application, be sure to have:

• your organizational information (address, telephone number, etc.) ready
• a designated contact person at your organization to field questions relating to the application
• an approximately 250-word abstract of the application completed
• the narrative (read "Application Requirements" below) as well as any supportive document completed in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, plaint text, or HTML.

The applicant should CAREFULLY review and confirm what they are submitting. ISTC can only review and consider the information received by the deadline, and we are not responsible for incomplete or incorrect information submitted by applicants.

Application Requirements:

1. An Application Narrative

   You may submit up to and no more than six pages of narrative/descriptive material. This narrative should address any of our evaluation criteria relevant to your organization.

2. An approximately 250-word abstract

   You should include an approximately 250-word abstract of the project. The abstract will be used in news releases and the program book for winning entries.

Optional Supplemental Information:

• Supplemental Documentation

  Summary reports or other supporting documents totaling no more than four pages may be included. This should not be additional narrative. Examples of appropriate supporting materials are copies of fliers used to promote your project internally or charts/graphs showing results of your efforts.