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

Past Recipients 

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

Past Recipients 

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

 

Past Recipients 

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

Past Recipients