Outreach and Engagement Grant Opportunities
Outreach and Engagement Documenting Impact Grants
As a land-grant institution, engaged scholarship is essential to the work of the university's faculty, staff and students. Ohio State is dedicated to extending research and creative expression beyond our campuses by engaging in partnership with communities - elevating the quality of life for the people of Ohio and beyond.
The Office of Outreach and Engagement is releasing the following request for proposals to support program evaluation and impact reports for community-engaged research or community-engaged projects, in collaboration with a community partner, that addresses a specific need or problem within the community.
Our emphasis on evaluation and impact reporting is intended to a) demonstrate the impact of university and community partnerships to the wellbeing of the communities we serve throughout Ohio b) support faculty and staff in publishing research on the outcomes of their community engaged scholarship and c) provide meaningful data and analysis to the community partner that help advance their work.
Register for an information session on the grants taking place Feb. 7 at 1 p.m. via Zoom.
Eligibility: Faculty (all ranks and titles) and/or faculty-led teams are eligible to apply. University staff that hold PI status are also eligible to apply.
Please complete the application below and submit via email as a PDF to Assistant Vice Provost Nicole Nieto at engage@osu.edu by Feb. 25.
Additional Details:
- Grants will be awarded at the maximum amount of $10,000.
- We anticipate funding at least 10 Documenting Impact Grants in 2025.
- Priority will be given to projects located within Ohio.
- Funding will be awarded at the end of spring semester 2025 and evaluation and impact reports must be completed by June 2026.
- Projects or programs can be ongoing or recently established. Recently established projects/programs must be able to demonstrate outcomes within the 12-month duration of the grant.
- Grantees will be required to share final evaluation/impact reports and other relevant publications with the Office of Outreach and Engagement at the end of the grant period. Evaluation/impact reports and other documents will be archived in the University Libraries' digital archive.
- Projects/programs may be featured in future communications and marketing publications from the Office of Outreach and Engagement.
- Funding may be used to support release time, undergraduate, graduate student or post-doc time, external evaluation support, publication expenses, supplies, materials, incentives according to university policy, program materials, travel, meetings or data collection and analysis.
Questions?Contact Assistant Vice Provost Nicole Nieto at nieto.12@osu.edu.