High-Impact Practices Grant
Overview
Supporting the development and implementation of practices that strengthen community-campus partnerships, these projects aim to deepen student learning and development as a means of preparing the next generation of civic-minded leaders.
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High-Impact Practices Grant
Applicant Qualifications
- Faculty of any rank or discipline
- Professional staff
- Senior administrators
- Graduate students from any discipline
- Community representatives of local, Indiana-based organizations
Community representative applicants may serve as a co-primary investigator on a CEA grant proposal. The primary investigator must be a student or employee of a CEA partner institution, and any funds awarded will be distributed to the partner institution for further management and distribution.
High-Impact Practices Grant
Timeline
Proposals are accepted bimonthly on the 3rd Monday through July 2024. Upcoming deadlines include:
- Monday, July 17, 2023
- Monday, September 18, 2023
- Monday, November 20, 2023
- Monday, January 15, 2024
- Monday, March 18, 2024
- Monday, May 20, 2024
- Monday, July 15, 2024
Applicants are notified of funding decisions 6 weeks following the proposal deadline. Project timeline is typically 6 to 12 months beginning 7 weeks after the application deadline.
Funding Award
Please see the terms and conditions for full information.
High-Impact Grant
- 6-12 Months
- Required Institutional Match: $800
- Faculty of any rank or discipline
- Professional Staff
- Senior Administrators
- Graduate Students of any discipline
- Community Representatives
- Proposals due bimonthly on 3rd Monday
Previous Grant Recipients
Dr. Michael Williamson
Assistant Professor in the College of Technology, Indiana State University
- Research on studying factors that affect transportation safety utilizing a state of the art driving simulator
Meredith Clark-Wiltz
Associate Professor of History and Director of American Studies, Franklin College
- Franklin College student project to collect and preserve local oral histories ahead of the city bicentennial in 2023
Other Project Ideas
Community-based and engaged curricular experiences such as:
- Service-learning courses
- Community-based writing intensives
- Capstone or first-year courses
- Undergraduate engaged research
- Community-driven internships
Co-curricular experiences such as:
- Common learning communities for students, faculty, staff, or community members
- Reoccurring community engagement activities designed in a reciprocal and collaborative framework
Community-driven research taken up by faculty, professional staff, students, or a collaborative team where the community partner plays a reciprocal role in co-creating the research initiative and where the outcomes and outputs have a clear public purpose