Diversity & Excellence Grants fund innovative projects that promote inclusive excellence and diversity throughout the University of Colorado System.
Grants of up to $3,000 each are awarded to proposals that creatively advance the principles of diversity and inclusion in substantive ways.
Each of the four University of Colorado campuses forwards top proposals to a system-wide committee for review.
This year, the Diversity & Excellence Grants Advisory Board reviewed twenty-four proposals, with funding requests totaling $73,338. The Advisory Board recommended funding for fourteen proposals, three at CU Denver and five at the Anschutz Medical Campus.
CU Denver grants:
Proposal title: Indigenous Knowledge Series at the University of Colorado: Strengthening inclusive campuses through Indigenous research, perspectives, and pedagogies
Authors: Deborah Hunt & Mary Sommerville
Amount awarded: $3,000
Proposal title: Providing the Foundations for the ‘Colorado Organization for the Advancement of Diverse Scholars in Science – CU Denver’, Annual Seminar and Outreach Activities
Author: Marino Resendiz
Amount awarded: $3,000
Proposal title: Scholarship Funding for The Wildlife Experience at CU South Denver
Authors: Erin Kendall and Samantha Moreno
Amount awarded: $2,500
CU Anschutz grants:
Proposal title: health Professions opportunity day (hPod): Bridging Middle and High School Students to Health Careers
Authors: Abenicio Real & Vicky Saulsberry
Amount awarded: $3,000
Proposal title: Improving Education on Diversity Issues in Public Health
Authors: Carol Runyan, Jan Gascoigne and Carolyn DiGuiseppi
Amount awarded: $2,998
Proposal title: Leadership Education for Aspiring Doctors (LEAD): Creating the next generation of minority leaders in health systems management
Authors: Amira del Pino-Jones, Darlene Tad-Y, Emilie Keeton and Jeffrey Glasheen
Amount awarded: $3,000
Proposal title: MCAT Study Academy: A Collaborative Approach to MCAT Preparation
Authors: Beshoy Tawfik, Christian Valtierra and Kevin Kim
Amount awarded: $3,000
Proposal title: “Myrtle’s List:” Patient-Provider Empowerment Workshops
Authors: Janet Meredith and Margaret Brawley
Amount awarded: $3,000
