Supporting and Rewarding Inclusive Excellence

We provide faculty seed grant funding to enable collaborative dialogue and action for systemic change towards racial equity.

Each academic year, the Office of The Provost recognizes excellence among the University's junior faculty.

Each academic year, the Office of The Provost recognizes excellence among the University's mid-career faculty.

Each academic year the Office of the Provost recognizes senior faculty who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to faculty mentoring.

Each academic year the Office of the Provost recognizes full-time faculty whose extraordinary and creative voluntary service has contributed significantly to the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

These grants support innovative faculty-led projects that leverage scholarly research for a broader societal impact. This work is intended to advance the University’s Fourth Purpose.