Scholarship Seed Grants
Scholarship Seed Grants
Scholarship Seed Grants
The College of Health Community Engaged Seed Grants are designed to catalyze meaningful and equal partnerships between the university and community stakeholders. These grants provide foundational support for developing, sustaining, and expanding collaborative initiatives that improve health and well-being. Emphasizing mutual benefit, innovation, and long-term impact, the program aims to build capacity for teaching, research, and service that directly responds to community needs. Funded projects should strengthen relationships and generate insights that can lead to sustained partnerships or larger-scale efforts.
Given that we have limited funding, please be cognizant that your funding requests match your needs. Partial funding is an option. Proposals will be accepted in the amount of $5,000 or less. To submit a proposal, follow the steps below. Preference will be given to partnerships that have not received previous College of Health seed funding in the last 3 years.
Seed Grants Information
Proposals consist of 5 sections (general information, summary, narrative, budget, and letter of support) and all documents must be submitted in ONE combined PDF.
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- General Information
- Summary (150 words or less)
- Narrative (1,000 words maximum, double-spaced). Address the following points:
- Need and Rationale: Explain the effect the project will have on the community that it is intended to benefit in a way that is clear to those outside of the discipline. Citations and/or links to information relevant to understanding the application of the proposal are welcome.
- Objectives: Explain what the partnership will accomplish.
- Plan and Timeline: Provide a proposed schedule for the activities supported by the funds. Implementation should be scheduled to begin no sooner than 1 month after the grant is awarded.
- Expected Outcomes and Long-term Community Impact: Successful applications will generally indicate how the supported activity will continue to benefit the community beyond its initial implementation.
- Describe the history and accomplishments of your partnership as they align to the preceding items (if applicable).
- Budget: Please include an itemized list of the amount of money you are requesting including detailed information about sources for rates/quotes. Please note that the intention of this funding is for the majority to go towards benefitting the community that you are partnering with. The proportion of funds allowed for internal use (i.e. travel, salary, etc.) Should not exceed 50%.
- Letter of support:
- For College of Health faculty, staff, and students – a letter of support from your community partner(s) is required. A single letter signed by multiple partners is acceptable.
- For students – an additional letter from your faculty mentor is required.
- For community members – a letter of support from your faculty or staff partner within the College of Health is required.
Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed in February, May, August, and December. Notices of award will be shared in the month following review. Projects are funded for 12 months following the notice of award.
You can submit a proposal by emailing COHCommunityEngagement@utah.edu.
- Please ensure that your proposal is attached and send with “Seed Grant Proposal” in the subject line.
Proposals will be evaluated by the Community Engagement committee based on the following criteria:
- Importance of the topic: severity and prevalence
- Quality of the letter(s) of support
- Likelihood of sustained impact
- Likelihood of obtaining other external support
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