The 2024-2025 academic year was a successful one for UVA's Environmental Institute as its programs continued to expand in impact. The EI funded over 50 faculty during the year and, since its inception, has engaged 170 faculty from 11 schools and 49 departments, centers, and institutes at the University of Virginia.

This is collaboration for environmental solutions.

Other highlights in this report include:

• Four new Grand Challenges hires in sustainability and resilience research
• A new Climate Collaborative, this one in the Arctic
• Updates on research in key areas like Energy + Infrastructure, Environment + AI, and Coastal Resilience
• The creation of new Research Interest Groups
• Two new Practitioner Fellows
• A cohort of twelve Climate Fellows
• The expansion of the Decarbonization Corps for students