The Office for Outreach and Engagement Community Impact Grants support projects that connect with communities external to CU Boulder.
These grants can be used as seed funding to establish a project prior to applying for a CU Boulder Outreach Award or other external funding. For event, lecture, or travel funding, review our office's Micro Grants program. If you are an undergraduate, see our Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholars Grants.
Community-engaged scholarship and outreach programs that are the most competitive provide clear evidence of how communities beyond the CU campus are involved in and benefit from the project and meet the following criteria:
- Align with the campus definition of outreach and engagement
- Align with our office's mission
- Involve communities external to the CU Boulder campus, especially those with less access to university resources (e.g. rural, black, indigenous, Latino, immigrant, low income)
- Connect to CU Boulder scholarship (research, teaching or creative work)
- Provide mutual benefit to CU Boulder and external community participants
- Promote equity, access and inclusion for groups with less access to university resources
- Develop innovative ways to address community issues in collaboration with community partners
Please be aware that multiple proposals from a single unit within a given cycle may not be awarded, because our office has made it a priority to support activities from units across campus.
Grant Funding Comparison Spreadsheet
Frequently Asked Questions about Office Grants
Questions?
Contact Katie Kleinhesselink, community outreach program manager.