Our office helps fund outreach and engagement projects that connect research, teaching and creative work with communities external to CU Boulder around Colorado and beyond and fit with the campus' strategic priorities of fostering innovation, training tomorrow’s leaders and positively impacting humanity. The annual CU Boulder Outreach Awards as well as our office's Community Impact and Micro Grant programs fund project-related expenses such as, stipends, materials, supplies, equipment, travel and more. Each funding type has its own selection criteria, application requirements and allowable expenses.
2022 Community-Engaged Scholarship Showcase Digital Flipbook
The 2022 Community-Engaged Scholarship Showcase highlights a range of current outreach and engagement projects that broadly address environmental sustainability and the impacts of climate change. In this flipbook, you’ll find informational posters that illustrate how CU faculty, staff, students and community partners are working together to tackle issues like wildfire (including the Marshall Fire), water conservation, air quality, etc. and explore how communities grieve, heal and co-create solutions. Explore the flipbook here.
Who Can Apply
- Faculty can apply for the CU Boulder Outreach Awards
- Faculty, staff and graduate students (with faculty support) can apply for our office micro and community impact grants
- Undergraduates can apply for the office’s Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholars grants
Funding Types
CU Boulder Outreach Awards
- Awarded by interdisciplinary CU Boulder Outreach Awards Committee
- Supports substantive faculty-led outreach and engagement projects
- Up to $24,000 (group), $9,000 (individual)
- Deadline forthcoming for the Outreach Awards
- For CU Boulder faculty
Office Community Impact Grants
- Seed or extend community-engaged work
- Up to $5,000
- Academic year 2022–23 deadlines:
- Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. for fall and spring projects
- Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. for spring, summer and fall projects
- For CU Boulder faculty, staff and graduate students (with faculty support)
- Awarded by our office
Office Micro Grants
- Community-engaged scholarship and outreach-related events, materials, travel, and partnership development.
- Up to $2,000
- Academic year 2022–23 deadlines:
- Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022 by 11:59 p.m. for fall and spring projects
- Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023 by 11:59 p.m. for spring, summer and fall projects
- For CU Boulder faculty, staff and graduate students (with faculty support)
- Awarded by our office