Projects may extend through at least a semester or summer. Therefore, a short trip to gather data or present research or creative work would qualify if the research or creative process took place over the course of a semester or summer.
Grants will be awarded only for expenses associated with a DEI project.
Research projects involving human subjects need Institution Review Board (IRB) approval; those involving animals require Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (AICUC) approval.
Student projects should be supervised by a faculty or staff member.
Grants will not fund stipends and wages
Grants cannot fund expenses associated with a credit-bearing semester away from campus.
Grants may fund attendance at conferences.
The Grant proposal should specify whether the student has sought and/or been granted other sources of funding or is applying for other funding, either internally or externally.
Funds are limited. If there are multiple worthy proposals, efforts will be made to spread the grants broadly across students and departments to meet a wide variety of demands.
Those who receive a grant may either submit receipts for reimbursement after the fact or request an advance. An advance will only be done at the request of the recipient and usually takes one to two weeks to process. All expenses must be documented and accompanied by receipts; documentation and receipts must be submitted to Andrea Ryan in the Provost Office (University Hall 107). Those who receive a DEI grant will be required to book travel and accommodations through the University's designated travel services provider, Christopherson Travel, and will be advised on the process for doing so.
Upon completion of the project, the grant recipient must submit to the Chief Diversity Officer and DEI Council (dei@owu.edu) the following:
1. A short, written reflection (650 words) on the experience that includes an explanation of how the experience enhanced and/or expanded your curricular and/or co-curricular goals noted in the Grant application and, more broadly, how the experience related to the broader effort of diversity, equity, and inclusion on campus. We would also welcome digital reflections in the form of short videos, photo essays, and/or websites.
2. An expense report that documents all of the expenditures for the experience accompanied by original receipts (email to amryan@owu.edu or drop off in the Provost Office - University Hall 107).
Student projects (including the final report) must be completed prior to graduation.
Proposals submitted to fund projects or experiences that have already been completed are not normally funded.
