Overview
(NOTE: A new Department Enhancement Grant (DEG) program is now underway and can be found here. The DEG program listed below is now complete.)
Project EPIC's Department Enhancement Grant (DEG) provides an opportunity for small department teams to create evidence-informed projects tailored to each department's needs in regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The projects are eligible for an award up to $20,000 each.
2021 Cohort of Funded Proposals
Project Title | Year Awarded | Lead Department | PI | Co-PIs |
Building Toward the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of a Diverse Biomedical Engineering Faculty at IUPUI | 2020 | Biomedical Engineering | Joseph Wallace | Steven Higbee; Julie Ji; Sharon Miller; Lester Smith |
Improving the Departmental Climate: From Climate Change to Increased National Exposure Among Underrepresented Scientists | 2020 | Chemistry | Partha Basu | Brenda Blacklock; Sebastian Laulhe; Nicholas Manicke; Tamiko Porter; Jingzhi Pu; Ian Webb |
Assessing and Improving the Climate for Women in Earth Sciences at IUPUI | 2020 | Earth Sciences | Andrew Barth | Gabriel Filippelli; William Gilhooly; Kathy Licht; Catherine Macris; Lixin Wang |
Strengthening the Department of Engineering Technology's Readiness to Recruit and Retain Women on the Tenure-Track | 2020 | Engineering Technology | Rob Weissbach | Dan Koo; W. Scott Deal; Paul Salama |
Becoming the Village | 2020 | Technology Leadership and Communication | Corinne Renguette | Katrenia Reed-Hughes; Kevin Rose; Brandon Sorge |
Developing a DEI Program for Hiring Underrepresented Group Women Faculty into the Department of Biohealth Informatics | 2021 | Biohealth Informatics | Sarath Chandra Janga | Cathy Fulton; Amir Mansour; Gary Schwebach |
Improving Climate for Female and Minority Faculty in the Department of Computer and Information Science | 2021 | Computer Science | Shiaofen Fang | James Hill; Yuni Xia; Kelly Van Busum; Suzy Leonard |
Fostering Inclusion through Intersectionality: Supporting BIPOC Women Faculty | 2021 | Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs | Dena Carson | Cullen Merritt; Lauren Magee; Rachel Brooks; Ellise Smith |
Addressing Hiring and Retention of Women of Color through Skill Building, Fostering Support Networks, and Elevating Diverse Scholars | 2021 | Psychology | Stephen Boehm | Jane Williams; Tamika Zapolski |
Recruiting, Retaining and Advancing Women of Color in Public Health - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2021 | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Jack Turman | Silvia Bigatti; Sean Grant |
Questions related to the grant or the submission process should be directed to ude[dot]iupui[at]maetcipe or 317-278-0168.