Current Grant Recipients

Tier 4 (formerly CU Â鶹ӰԺ Outreach Award: Group)
2024-25 Recipients


Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Laura Hink, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Erik Willcutt, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience


Emily Richardson, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Mark Whisman, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience


Sam Hubley, Associate Research Professor, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Tara Knight, Associate Professor, Department of Critical Media Studies


Ben Kirshner, Professor, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development
Colene Robinson, Clinical Professor, Colorado Law


Sherri Tennant, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Christine Brennan, Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences


Marialis Rosario Franco, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Seth Hoernstein, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
John Keller, Director, Fiske Planetarium


Julio Sepúlveda, Associate Professor, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Jaelyn Eberle, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
William Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology

Multilingual Student Advisory Council to the Adams 12 School Board
Deborah Palmer, Professor, The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education​
Michelle Renée Valladares, Associate Director, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice


Leah Sprain, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Janet Donavan, Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science
Mike McDevitt, Professor, Department of Journalism


Shelly Miller, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor, Center for STEM Learning


Austin Okigbo, Associate Professor, Department of Musicology
Susan Thomas, Professor, Department of Musicology (courtesy appointment)
Yonatan Malin, Associate Professor, Department of Music Theory


Daniel Knight, Associate Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Hannigan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Polman, Associate Dean, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development

Tier 3 (formerly CU Â鶹ӰԺ Outreach Award: Individual)
2024-25 Recipients

College of Arts and Sciences


Rai Farrelly, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics


Rai Farrelly, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics


Lynn Kalinauskas, Director
Program for Teaching East Asia in the Center for Asian Studies

Colorado Law


Gregor MacGregor, Teaching Assistant Professor
Getches-Wilkinson Center

Increasing Native Access to Vote
Christina Stanton, Clinical Professor
American Indian Law Clinic

School of Education


Adam Crawley, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Literacy Studies


Karla Scornavacco, Director
Field Experiences


Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor
Center for STEM Learning


Elizabeth Meyer, Professor
Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice

College of Media, Communication and Information


Jota Samper, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design


Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Associate Professor
Department of Media Studies


Valeria Henao, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Environmental Design

Engaging BIPOC Youth Designers in Anti-Racist Institutional Change
Shawhin Roudbari, Associate Professor
Program in Environmental Design

College of Music


David Rickels, Associate Professor
Department of Music Education

Tier 2 (formerly Community Impact Grants)
Fall 2024 Recipients

Reinforcing Relationships & Raising Awareness in Jordan River Watershed
Zannah Matson, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design


S.C.O.P.E., Student Group
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Colorado Mobile Home Park Preservation & Community Ownership Website
Sarah Fleming, Master's Student
Department of Geography

CU Eklund Opera: Fostering Community Connections Through Music
Leigh Holman-Johnson, Associate Professor
Eklund Opera Program

Equitable Wildfire Risk Reduction in Western Â鶹ӰԺ County
Katherine Siegel, Assistant Professor
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Geo-Justice: Human-Centered Design for K-12 Geography Design-a-thon
Hayes Hart-Thompson, Graduate Student
Department of Geography


Amanda Giguere, Director of Outreach
Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Mapping Water Quality Concerns in Lower Bear Creek
Megan McCarroll, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Environmental Studies


Terri Wilson, Associate Professor
School of Education

Tier 1 (formerly Micro Grants)
Fall 2024 Recipients

Colorado Science Leaders Climate Literacy Seal Workshop
Patrick Chandler, Research Associate
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

Expansion of Fall Residency for Connecting Colorado
Ondine Geary, Managing Director
B2 Center for Media, Arts and Performance


Ann-Marie Madigan, Associate Professor
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences

Model United Nations: Multilingual Problem-Based Learning
Allarie Coleman, PhD Student
School of Education

Architectures of Woman, Life, Freedom Exhibit
Shawhin Robaurdi, Professor
Community Engagement, Design and Research Center (CEDaR)

Engaging Colorado K-14 Educators in Global Perspectives
Hannah Palustre, SSEWA Outreach Coordinator
Center for Asian Studies

Making Homelands: Tufting San Lazaro Lifeways
Sophia Chien, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow for Faculty Diversity
Program in Environmental Design