Research Promotion
What is the Resource Promotion Campaign?
The RP Campaign is an annual fundraising campaign benefiting the funding of numerous ASHRAE Programs. These programs include:
• ASHRAE Research
• ASHRAE Scholarships for undergraduate students
• ASHRAE Learning Institute (ALI) development of new courses & materials
• Graduate Research Projects (Grants-in-Aid)
• Young Engineers in ASHRAE (YEA) Leadership Training
• Permanently endowed support to all the above programs
The Research Promotion Committee manages and supports both the Society-level fundraising and Chapter-level fundraising of the RP Campaign. Traditionally supporting just research, the RP Campaign was expanded 10yrs ago to include support of Education & ALI, Endowed Research through ASHRAE Foundation, YEA programs, ASHRAE Scholarships, and the General/Unrestricted fund. Research, the backbone of ASHRAE, remains the primary fund of the program with over $2 million raised for this program annually. These donors are made up of ASHRAE Members, industry associations, and organizations.
NIKOLA KRAVIK, Resource Promotion Chair
