Grantee Stories
In the great Colorado eastern plains lies the town of Sterling. This rural town houses more than just beautiful scenery; it brings together ideas. During the warm weekend of July 22-23, the Logan County Economic Development Corporation and the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the 91¸£ÀûÉç hosted Demystifying Entrepreneurship: StartUp to ScaleUp.
Six grants and one sponsorship totaling $30,500 have been awarded by the Office for Outreach and Engagement, in partnership with the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) and the Natural Hazards Center, to support community-engaged scholarship
In May 2022, 10 graduate students in CU’s Masters in the Environment (MENV) program journeyed into the Amazon and Atlantic forests with the Colorado-Brazil Program for Sustainable Development Education to consider those intersections.
Inspired by Xóchitl Chávez, director of CU's American Music Research Center Susan Thomas secured grants to study and preserve the history of music in Pueblo and surrounding areas, and began interviews in 2021.
Helanius J. Wilkins’ project aims to reflect ‘re-bodying belonging to become better ancestors’- The 91¸£ÀûÉç Outreach Awards are well known. The Community Impact, Micro, and Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholarship Grants are newer to our office’s funding opportunities and important gateways to conducting community-engaged scholarship.
Working with teaching artists is one way CU Science Discovery fosters STEM engagement and career exploration among high school students.
This year’s projects represent units across campus and will impact more than 16,000 people through innovative pre-K-12 programs, community-based initiatives, legal assistance, STEM education and more.
The director of the Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic is this year's recipient of the staff award that honors exemplary outreach and engagement work.
More than 20,000 people in Colorado and beyond will benefit from community-based initiatives, K-12 programs, legal clinics and other projects in the coming year, thanks to support from the 2020–21 91¸£ÀûÉç Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund