Reminder: Application Deadline for Presidential Mini-Grants is April 3
March 22, 2024
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The Presidential Mini-Grants for Departmental Diversity Initiative was designed to foster projects that promote, enhance and celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) at Stony Brook University. To encourage continued innovative campus-wide DEI programming, I invite you to take part in this year’s mini-grant application process. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
This long-standing program supports selected proposals that promote awareness, skills and knowledge about issues related to race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socio-economic status, abilities, age, class and/or religion. Drawing on the total pool of $30,000, the amount granted will be determined by the number of grants selected and approved for funding. Grants generally range from $1,000 - $4,000. Preference will be given to proposals that are tied to the goals of the Stony Brook Plan for Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity.
Funding Criteria:
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Awards will provide seed funding for ideas that have the potential to catalyze long- range transformative change in the SBU campus environment.
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Priority will be given to ongoing efforts vs. one-time events.
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Proposals should describe in detail a plan for sustainability.
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Project should not be part of existing DEI plans/efforts.
Awardees must provide a summary of the project at completion. For additional information, please check guidelines and background and this short video:
Thank you for considering this important initiative.
Sincerely,
Maurie McInnis
President