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As a member of the College of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), you can apply for up to $1,000.00 to further your learning in the areas of diversity, multiculturalism, equity, and social justice. These funds will be available on an annual basis. The Diversity Programs Office (190G Coffey Hall) will accept applications on a rolling basis. Contact Karl Lorenz with questions.
The CFANS Office of Diversity Programs is pleased to announce two important grant opportunities that will generate an enhanced capacity to deliver culturally appropriate responses to a changing academic environment. National demographic trends and the increased need for cross-cultural, interdisciplinary competency necessary to conducting research on complex issues in a global environment require that we commit to strengthening our multicultural literacy.
Departments and majors are primarily responsible for delivering on the goal of creating a more diverse institution capable of engaging the challenges that confront us. These grant opportunities support the work of the College through the departments and majors of building capacity in the area of intercultural competence and serving all of our constituencies well. As the University continues to pursue the goal of attaining “top 3” status, it is clear that an essential aspect of this work will be realized by harnessing a commitment to becoming more diverse and effective in engaging perspectives originating from more culturally diverse resources.
The following grant opportunities will support critical innovation in these areas.
Departmental Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Grant (supports innovative approaches to developing intercultural capacity within the departments)
Diversity Content Curriculum Integration Grant (supports creating more inclusive majors integrating diverse cultural perspectives and acknowledging distinctive, historical power relationships and dynamics that inform the discipline and its practices)