Overview
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 | Elaine Cooney | 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.
