This year 18 proposals were selected for funding through the Outreach and Engagement grants process. Grants were awarded at a maximum amount of $15,000 to support development of impact reports for programs, performances or exhibits; development of a public policy document or impact report; development or implementation of a program, performance, exhibition, or initiative based upon previous research, assessment, or public input; or enhance or expand a program that extends community access to the university, broadly defined.
- PI: Homa Amini, College of Dentistry
Community Partner(s): Scioto County Community Action, Nationwide Children's Hospital, OSU Extension Scioto County
Title: Expanding oral health services for children - PI: T.M. Ayodele Adesanya, Wexner Medical Center
Community Partner(s): Muskingum Valley Health Centers; OSU Extension Coshocton County
Title: Medical-Financial Partnerships in Rural Primary Care - PI: Samantha Bates, College of Social Work
Community Partner(s): One Linden Schools, United Way of Central Ohio, Franklin County Juvenile Justice
Title: Expanding the Youth Leadership Academy - PI: Jake Boswell, College of Engineering
Community Partner(s): Old Orchard Elementary, Columbus City Schools
Title: Landscape Architecture/STEM & Elementary Engagement - PI: Katie Calhoun, College of Social Work
Community Partner(s): Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging
Title: Shallow Subsidies for Senior Housing Stability - PI: Bridget Chapman, College of Arts and Sciences
Community Partner(s): COSI Language Pods
Title: Science Kits for Kids: Science of Stuttering - PI: Kip Curtis, College of Arts and Sciences/Ohio State Mansfield
Community Partner(s): Multiple
Title: Online Module to Expand Microgarden Program - PI: Lisa Frazier, Glenn College of Public Affairs
Community Partner(s): Multiple
Title: Batelle Center: Student Communities of Practice - PI: Bernadette Hanlon, College of Engineering
Community Partner(s): Our Helpers Non Profit
Title: Housing Needs for Somali Women - PI: Steven Ing, Wexner Medical Center
Community Partner(s): Asian Festival, Ohio Asian American Health Coalition
Title: Culture & Health: Harnessing Columbus Asian Festival for Community Data Empowerment - PI: Kenneth Martin, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences/OSU Extension
Community Partner(s): ADAMH Boards and Public Health Agencies
Title: Expansion of Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative - PI: Tracie McCambridge, College of Arts and Sciences/Wexner Center for the Arts
Community Partner(s): Sanctuary Night
Title: ReINKarnation Color Pages Project - PI: Courtney Price, College of Arts and Sciences
Community Partner(s): St. Stephens, Near East Youth Collective
Title: STEM Impact in the Community - PI: Elaine Richardson, College of Education and Human Ecology
Community Partner(s): Multiple
Title: Columbus Women & Girls' Fest: Empowering Youth Voices - PI: Haley Shoemaker, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences/OSU Extension
Community Partner(s): Columbiana County; East Palestine City Schools
Title: Pilot Youth Violence Prevention at East Palestine Middle School - PI: Shaunta Stanford, College of Nursing
Community Partner(s): PrimaryOne Health
Title: MBRACC Program (Maternal and Birthing Support Through Resources, Advocacy, and Community Connections), a community-based doula pilot program - PI: Qudsia Tahmina, College of Engineering/Ohio State Marion
Community Partner(s): Honda of America; Marion Schools
Title: Enhance summer STEM programming - PI: Laura Wagner, College of Arts and Sciences
Community Partner(s): COSI
Title: Special Youth Programming at the Language Pod at COSI