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The Vice Provost for Engaged Learning office is providing financial support for up to four groups of U-M faculty and staff with a faculty lead on the Ann Arbor or Dearborn campuses interested in organizing a workshop, speaker series, or similar event centered on a topic relevant to Detroit communities.
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- Request for Proposals
- For questions or more information, contact engagedmichigan@umich.edu
The University of Michigan has a long history of partnership with Detroit; today, faculty, students, and staff collaborate alongside partners to learn and serve in ways that create mutual benefits.
The Engage Detroit Workshops grant program is intended to stimulate the development of events that enhance synergistic collaborations among Detroit-based initiatives led by U-M faculty, staff, or students. Events should be organized in ways that embody U-M’s principles for community and civic engagement: recognition, respect, and equitable partnership.
The program will award grants of up to $15,000 to support small groups of U-M faculty and staff. Proposed events should bring together faculty, students, staff, and Detroit communities in discussing a topic of common interest. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 20, 2022. Events funded through this program should be held between June 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023.
“Our connections between Detroit and U-M faculty, staff, and students manifest in hundreds of different ways — ranging from student organizations and social change projects, courses and K-12 programs, and research projects to collaborations with City government, residents, and neighborhood organizations,” said Vice Provost for Engaged Learning Valeria Bertacco.
“The Engage Detroit Workshops grant program is a continuation of our commitment to Detroit and we hope to support the advancement of partnerships as well as synergies among the hundreds of U-M initiatives focused on Detroit.”
Eligible applicant teams include groups of up to three faculty and staff affiliated with an academic unit in the Ann Arbor or Dearborn campus who are currently involved in community-engaged work in Detroit. Interdisciplinary teams and proposals that involve students and community partners are encouraged. Interested applicants will be asked to develop a theme statement for their proposed events and the selected theme should be of relevance to the Detroit community. The specific activity proposed may be a workshop, speaker series, seminar, training series, or similar event structure.
