Current Grant Recipients
Tier 4 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Group)
2026–27 Recipients
AQuEEN Educators’ Network: Mutual Aid in Action
Elizabeth Meyer, Professor, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Bethy Leonardi, Associate Professor, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Attention, Behavior and Learning Clinic: Affordable Pediatric Evaluations
Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Erik Willcutt, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Astrosenderos: Cultivating Belonging Through Latinx Co-Created STEM Spaces
Marialis Rosario Franco, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Seth Hornstein, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
John Keller, Director, Fiske Planetarium
Building AAC Capacity for Adolescents and Adults
Sherri Tennant, Clinical Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Christine Brennan, Assistant Professor, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Building Community Infrastructure for Air Quality Monitoring at San Lazaro Mobile Home Park
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor, Program in STEM Education
Shelly Miller, Professor Emerita, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Collaborative Research with/for Multilingual Youth: Adams12 MLSAC
Deborah Palmer, Professor, Program in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
Michelle Renée Valladares, Faculty Affiliate, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Adria Padilla-Chávez, Assistant Teaching Professor, Program in Equity, Bilingualism & Biliteracy
CU Children's Book Festival 2026
Adam Crawley, Associate Teaching Professor, Program in Literacy Studies
Natalia Umaña, Assistant Professor, Research and Collections Engagement
Indigenous Connections and the Sand Creek Massacre Foundation
Brooke Neely, Research Fellow, Center for the American West
Thomas Andrews, Professor, Department of History
Andrew Cowell, Professor, Department of Linguistics
Listening to Communities: Co-developing Toolkits to Measure Sound and Air Pollution
Evan Coffey, Research Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ellen Considine, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography
Shalom Ruben, Teaching Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pilot Monitoring of Urban Pesticides for Human Health and Biodiversity Protection in Boulder, Colorado
Riley Mulhern, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Karen Bailey, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Shelly Miller, Professor Emerita, Department of Mechanical Engineering
SCENIC26: Environmental Sustainability Through Rural School Wildfire Inquiry
Daniel Knight, Associate Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Michael Hannigan, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Polman, Associate Dean, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development
Seeing Justice: Video Evidence in Tribal Courts
Sandra Ristovska, Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, Colorado Law
Training Lived Experience Experts as Community Researchers
Dave Ciplet, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Riley Mulhern, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
Tier 3 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Individual)
2026–27 Recipients
College of Arts and Sciences
Community-Engaged Language Revitalization
Ambrocio Gutierrez, Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
Literacy Practicum
Rai Farrelly, Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
Colorado Law
The Acequia Assistance Project
Gregor MacGregor, Assistant Teaching Professor
Masters of the Environment
Educating Colorado High School Students About Their Rights
Matthew Cushing, Assistant Teaching Professor
Increasing Native Access to Vote
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor
Clinical Education Program
School of Education
Mentor Advisory Boards: Bridging the Gaps in Our Teacher Licensure Programs
Karla Scornavacco, Director
Field Experiences
Reclaiming Heritage, Identity and Community
Andrea Dyrness, Associate Professor
Program in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice
College of Media, Communication and Information
Colombia Infrastructure Updating for Displaced Communities
Jota Samper, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design
College of Music
Middle School Ensembles Program
David Rickels, Associate Professor
Department of Music Education
Tier 2 (formerly Community Impact Grants)
Spring 2026 Recipients
Benthic Macroinvertebrates as Recreational/Municipal Water Quality Indicators
Analiese Terrell, M.S. Student
Department of Environmental Studies
Community-Engaged Investigation of Biomass Energy Pollution Impacts
Grace Berg, PhD Student
Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Indigenous Sovereignty and Sacred Lands Convening
Christina Stanton, Associate Professor of Law
Clinical Education Program
Measuring the Impact of School Gardens
Alice Reznickova, Teaching Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Studies
Partnership with Local Shelter: Houseless Community Writing Program
Josalyn Monahan, M.A. Student
Department of English
Providing Science Support to Regional Water Planning
Nels Bjarke, Research Scientist
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Western Water Assessment
Python Bootcamp for Earth Science
Vikas Hanasoge Nataraja, PhD Candidate
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop 2026
Katya Schloesser, CEEE Associate and Curriculum Developer
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES) Center for Education, Evaluation and Engagement (CEEE)
Tier 1 (formerly Micro Grants)
Spring 2026 Recipients
Antarctica Unearthed Film Screening and Q&A
Gabe Allen, Senior Communications Specialist
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Art and Social Change in Local Indigenous Communities
Michela Ardizzoni, Associate Professor
Department of French and Italian
Comparative Studies on Communicative Praxis of Deliberative Democracy
Xiaodong Yan, PhD Student
Communication
Design as Protest Chapbook Launch: Mobilizing Design Justice
Sophie Chien, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow for Faculty Diversity
Program in Environmental Design
Disconnected—Life In a Digital Reality
Ben Forman, Undergraduate Student
Engineering
Emergence: Exploring Quantum Technology Through Music and Dance
Stacey Forsyth, Director
CU Science Discovery
Community Perspectives Grants
2026–27 Recipients
Advancing the Rural Technical Assistance Program (RTAP) La Junta Community Action Plan
City of La Junta | Otero County
Partnering with CU Boulder Masters of the Environment program
Evaluating Effectiveness of Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County's Outdoor Equity Program
Boys and Girls Club of Pueblo County's Outdoor Equity Program | Pueblo County
(CU Boulder partner TBD)
Geoheritage of Huerfano and Las Animas Counties
La Veta Trails, Inc. | Huerfano County and Las Animas County
Partnering with Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum and Lon Abbott, CU Boulder teaching professor of distinction, Department of Geological Sciences
Rooted in Community: Growing Leadership and Life Skills at Jace's Place
Jace's Place | Pueblo County
(CU Boulder partner TBD)
Song of Pueblo: Community Voices and Archive Expansion
Sangre De Cristo Arts and Conference Center | Pueblo County
Partnering with CU Boulder American Music Research Center (AMRC)
Space Cowboy: A Traveling Exhibition and Storytelling Project
Design Age Friendly | Las Animas County
Partnering with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) and CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Walsenburg Community Engagement & Inclusion
Museum of Friends | Huerfano County
Partnering with Spanish Peaks Veterans' Community Living Center (CU Boulder partner TBD)