About NICCS

Welcome to the Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability. NICCS seeks to connect research at NIU and across our region to address important sustainability challenges that communities face, especially related to water, energy, food systems, and environmental adaptation. We’re glad you’re interested in learning more about our mission, research and future plans.

• Learn about our mission, values, history and impacts. 
• Discover the research that’s happening at NICCS and the grants that are supporting it.
• Learn about how our location in DeKalb, Illinois, is enabling cutting-edge sustainability research.