Reminder: this semester’s CU system award and grant deadlines

Published: Sept. 10, 2019

Award nominations are due Monday, Oct 28, 5:00 pm.
Grants applications are due Friday, Nov, 8, 5:00 pm.

The Chase Faculty Community Service Award provides $10,000 to a full-time University of Colorado faculty member who, in addition to his or her university responsibilities, has, pro bono, provided exceptional educational, humanitarian, civic or other service in the community.

The President's Diversity Award recognizes significant achievements of faculty, staff, students, and academic or administrative units in developing a culturally and intellectually diverse university community reflective of inclusive excellence. As many as four awards of $2,000 each are given.

The Thomas Jefferson Award honors CU students, staff, and faculty members who advance the ideals of Thomas Jefferson: broad interests in literature, arts and sciences, and public affairs; a strong concern for the advancement of higher education; a deeply seated sense of individual civic responsibility; and a profound commitment to the welfare and rights of the individual. It includes an engraved plaque and a $2,000 honorarium for each recipient.

The Diversity & Inclusive Excellence Grant funds innovative projects that promote diversity and inclusive excellence throughout the University of Colorado. Projects selected for funding are restricted to a maximum award of $3,000.

The President's Fund for the Humanities (PFH) Grant was established to promote and enhance the humanities on and across campuses and in the wider community, and to preserve balance in the university’s programs of education and research by giving special attention to the humanities. Funding requests for proposed projects must range from $1,000 - $5,000.

More information, eligibility requirements, and applications are at the Office of Academic Affairs website.