Current Grant Recipients
Tier 4 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Group)
2024-25 Recipients
Attention, Behavior and Learning Clinic: Affordable Pediatric Evaluations
Nomita Chhabildas, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Laura Hink, Research Associate, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Erik Willcutt, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Brain Behavior Clinic: Neurocognitive Assessments for Economically-Disadvantaged Individuals
Emily Richardson, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Mark Whisman, Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Community-Based Social Emotional Learning with Disney/Pixar's Inside Out
Sam Hubley, Associate Research Professor, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Tara Knight, Associate Professor, Department of Critical Media Studies
Design and Evaluation of Hotline for Colorado's Justice-Engaged K-12 Students
Ben Kirshner, Professor, Program in Learning Sciences & Human Development
Colene Robinson, Clinical Professor, Colorado Law
Empowering Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents with Complex Communication Needs
Sherri Tennant, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Christine Brennan, Assistant Professor, Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Expanding Hispanic/Latinx Astronomy Engagement Through Scientific Empowerment
Marialis Rosario Franco, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Seth Hoernstein, Teaching Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
John Keller, Director, Fiske Planetarium
Exploring Earth's Past Climate Mysteries with Rural Underserved Students and Teachers to Broaden and Diversify Access to Engaging Science
Julio Sepúlveda, Associate Professor, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Jaelyn Eberle, Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
William Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Multilingual Student Advisory Council to the Adams 12 School Board
Deborah Palmer, Professor, The BUENO Center for Multicultural Education
Michelle Renée Valladares, Associate Director, Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
Overcoming Extremism: Visibility and Voice on the Western Slope
Leah Sprain, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Janet Donavan, Teaching Professor, Department of Political Science
Mike McDevitt, Professor, Department of Journalism
Partnering with the San Lazaro Mobile Home Community on Air Quality and Art
Shelly Miller, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor, Center for STEM Learning
Pueblo Soundscapes: A Community-Led Musical Ethnography of Pueblo, CO
Austin Okigbo, Associate Professor, Department of Musicology
Susan Thomas, Professor, Department of Musicology (courtesy appointment)
Yonatan Malin, Associate Professor, Department of Music Theory
SCENIC 2024: Southeastern Colorado Expansion and Teaching Community Integration
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
Tier 3 (formerly CU Boulder Outreach Award: Individual)
2024-25 Recipients
College of Arts and Sciences
Community-Engaged Language Revitalization
Rai Farrelly, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
Literacy Practicum
Rai Farrelly, Teaching Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
Teaching Elementary Geography Through East Asian Picture Books
Lynn Kalinauskas, Director
Program for Teaching East Asia in the Center for Asian Studies
Colorado Law
The Acequia Assistance Project
Gregor MacGregor, Teaching Assistant Professor
Getches-Wilkinson Center
Increasing Native Access to Vote
Christina Stanton, Clinical Professor
American Indian Law Clinic
School of Education
CU Children's Book Festival 2024
Adam Crawley, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Literacy Studies
Mentor Advisory Boards: Bridging the Gaps in Our Teacher Licensure Programs
Karla Scornavacco, Director
Field Experiences
Nurturing Chicanx and Latinx Youth Through Participation in Aquetza
Enrique Lopez, Associate Professor
Center for STEM Learning
Supporting Student Action for LGBTQ Equity in Colorado Schools
Elizabeth Meyer, Professor
Program in Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice
College of Media, Communication and Information
Colombia Infrastructure Upgrading for Displaces Communities
Jota Samper, Assistant Professor
Program in Environmental Design
The Colorado Environmental Justice Storytelling Project, 2.0
Phaedra C. Pezzullo, Associate Professor
Department of Media Studies
Community-Led Design of Resilient Infrastructure
Valeria Henao, Assistant Teaching Professor
Program in Environmental Design
Engaging BIPOC Youth Designers in Anti-Racist Institutional Change
Shawhin Roudbari, Associate 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 2025 Recipients
Colorado Climate Seal & Resilient Futures Teacher Workshop
Tory Nau, Program Manager for the We Are Water Project
CIRES Center for Education, Engagement, and Evaluation (CEEE)
Community-Driven LGBTQ+ Creative Technology Workshops
Shaz Zamore, Assistant Teaching Professor
The ATLAS Institute
Co-designing Compassion & Dignity Professional Learning for PK-12 Educators
Ashley Potvin, Research Associate
Renée Crown Wellness Institute
Toward Community-Informed Science Teaching & :earning
Erin Marie Furtak, Professor
School of Education
Building a Tangible Platform for AI Literacy
Krithik Ranjan, PhD Student
The ATLAS Institute
Cognitive Health and Aging: A Multi-generational, Community-based Study
Analicia Howard, Predoctoral Trainee
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Mentoring Indigenous Students in Wolf Conservation Research
Alma Rose Sanchez, PhD Student
Department of Environmental Studies
Building Community Capacity to Reduce Heat & Smoke Risks
Valentina Serrano Salomon, PhD Student
Department of Sociology
Tier 1 (formerly Micro Grants)
Spring 2025 Recipients
Cherry Yogurt: An integrated community short film
Francesca Hiatt, Undergraduate Student
Cinema Studies and Moving Image Arts
Community Roundtable on Indigenous Reparations and Restoration
Christina Stanton, Clinical Associate Professor
School of Law
Evaluating water lead risks in transitional housing communities
Riley Mulhern, Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Studies, Institute for Arctic & Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
Public Art Event at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Hanna Shell, Professor
Department of Art & Art History
Rendered Embodiment of Social Interaction (RESI)
Cass Bliss, Undergraduate Student
Creative Technology & Design