The Office of Inclusion and Diversity announces the launch of its inaugural Inclusive Excellence Fund and subsequent request for proposals (RFP) for mini-grant awards. The Inclusive Excellence fund will provide “seed funding” to encourage positive institutional changes that highlight the educational benefits of diversity and create a more inclusive and vibrant intellectual community. Available to academic and administrative units, the awards are designed to provide small investments towards the advancement of diversity, inclusion and excellence related efforts throughout the campus community.
Successful projects and programs funded by the Inclusive Excellence initiative will (1) represent Auburn University’s values and principles of diversity, inclusion, excellence and community across the campus, (2) advance key institutional strategic priorities and goals, and (3) exemplify recommendations from the 2016 #AUTogether Climate Assessment process.
Proposals will be accepted beginning September 19 through October 19, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. The Inclusive Excellence mini-grant selection committee will begin reviewing proposals on October 12, 2017. The program funding and implementation cycle will begin November 1, 2017 through May 1, 2018. OID will offer a maximum award amount of $3,000.
Undergraduate and graduate student organizations will have an opportunity to submit proposals for inclusion and diversity climate mini-grants via a separate RFP process administered by the Office of Inclusion and Diversity's Center for Cross Cultural Excellence (CCCE). For further information, please contact Mr. Allen Sutton, CCCE Director.
The launch of the Inclusive Excellence fund program fulfills one of the seventeen (17) #AUTogether recommendations for action outlined following Auburn University’s 2016 Institutional Climate Assessment. Given the importance of the University’s current Critical Conversations Speaker Series, speaker-focused events will not be granted priority consideration.
The Inclusion Excellence fund will be awarded through a competitive grant proposal/application process and not all projects will be funded. The Inclusive Excellence mini-grant review and selection team places a high priority on projects and programs that advance institutional progress with regard to key inclusion and diversity indicators. The committee invites grant proposals that accomplish one or more of the following:
Mini-grant applications may be submitted on behalf of any official Auburn University department, unit, or campus organization by a faculty or staff member. Proposals for speaker funding will be restricted given the University’s 2017-2018 Speaker series.
Projects/programs will be selected by the Inclusion Excellence mini-grant review and selection team. The Special Assistant for Operations & Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Dr. Timothy Fair, is the official point of contact for inquiries and assistance regarding the Inclusive Excellence mini-grant initiative.
October 19, 2017 Deadline to apply
October 25, 2017 Notification to all applicants
November 1, 2017 Grant funding begins
September 30, 2018 Deadline for expenditures for all awarded mini-grants projects in 2017 fiscal year cycle
December 1, 2018 Deadline for submission of final report for all awarded projects
To submit a proposal, please review the proposal program information list below. Completed proposals must include all sections and should be submitted to tfair@auburn.edu by October 11, 2017 at 5pm.
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Examples: Proposal to sponsor a graduate student to present research on an inclusion and diversity related topic at a national conference |
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Examples: Graduate School |
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Last Updated: September 19, 2017