Students standing at the Native American Student Graduation Ceremony
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Spring Native American commencement, 2014

Funding Opportunities

IHP Support for Teaching, Research, & Engagement

The IHP provides support for faculty, staff, and students on the university’s three campuses to undertake research projects, teaching initiatives, and other activities related to the IHP’s mission.

Funds may support the development of new research projects or the completion or expansion of existing ones, as well as the development of courses, engagement activities, and events that facilitate learning about and communicating U-M’s history.

To learn more about grants and additional funding opportunities available through the IHP, read more below, and reach out to [email protected] for consultations and questions.

Scroll down for a list of projects awarded in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Women's basketball team poses for a group photograph.
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Women's basketball team, Class of 1904

IHP Teaching Fund

The IHP funds compelling, innovative undergraduate and graduate teaching that advances both the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the university’s past with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Funding supports both the development of new courses and the redesign of existing ones.

  • Grant Amount

    Up to $3,000 for course redesign
    Up to $5,000 for course development

  • Deadline

    Fall 2024

  • Eligibility Reqs

    Proposals are accepted from staff and faculty members, including tenure track faculty, clinical faculty, and lecturers, on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses, as well as from collaborative teams composed of multiple instructional faculty members, staff, graduate students, and/or undergraduate students.

IHP Research & Engagement Fund

The IHP provides support for a wide range of research projects, creative endeavors, and engagement activities that advance the study and understanding of the university’s history with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through this funding program, we invite people across the university’s three campuses to join our efforts to develop deeper knowledge of U-M’s history through a DEI lens and to engage partners and audiences both on and off our campuses.

  • Grant Amount

    Up to $3,000 for mini-grants
    Up to $25,000 for large grants

  • Deadline

    Mid-winter 2025

  • Eligibility Reqs

    Proposals are accepted from staff and faculty on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses, and collaborative teams are especially encouraged to apply. Undergraduate and graduate students can be part of those collaborative teams, and may also apply for mini-grants.

IHP Event Co-Sponsorship Fund

The IHP offers co-sponsorship opportunities for events hosted by organizations and units on the Flint and Dearborn campuses. Funding is available to support events that align with the IHP’s mission to study, document, and share a history of the University of Michigan that is attentive to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Typical awards are up to $500, depending on the nature of the event(s).

  • Grant Amount

    Up to $500

  • Deadline

    Applications accepted on a rolling basis

  • Eligibility Reqs

    Applications are accepted from organizations or units on the Flint and Dearborn campuses. For organizations or units based on the Ann Arbor or medical campuses, please email the IHP directly at [email protected] for more information.

Projects Supported by the IHP Research & Engagement Fund

Mini-Grant Projects

Why I Belong @ UM-Flint: Improving our Capacity to Meet Student Needs – Current and Past Perspectives
Awardee & project lead: Sapna Thwaite (Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, UM-Flint)

Uncovering: History of the Black Student Union
Awardee & project lead: Sydney McKinney-Williams (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Benevolent Planning? Affordable housing projects in Manila, 1934-35
Awardee & project lead: Eunsoo Hyun (A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, UM-Ann Arbor)

Red Brick Dust on Your Hands: The Settler Colonial Desire to Play Indian at the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Jared Ruffing (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: So Jung (SJ) Shin (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

International Science and Engineering Students in U.S. Higher Education: Historical Insights and Evolving Trends
Awardee & project lead: Judy Kim (Marsal Family School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)

The History of the Muslim Student Association and its Contributions to the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Reem Killawi (School of Public Health, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Syed Mustafa (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Uncovering Forgotten History: The Legacies of Black Mechanical Engineering Students at the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Solomon Adera (College of Engineering, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Susan Cheng (College of Engineering, UM-Ann Arbor) and Jordan Williams (Marsal Family School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)

Large Grant Projects

Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint: History, Contributions, and Challenges
Awardee & project lead: Guluma Gemeda (College of Arts, Sciences & Education, UM-Flint)
Project co-lead: Asa A. Zuccaro (Latinx Technology & Community Center)

“How Do We Begin: A Historical Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism at U-M” Leadership Retreat
Awardee & project lead: Christine Bean (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Kyra Shahid (Student Life, UM-Ann Arbor), Sara Armstrong (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, UM-Ann Arbor), and Matthew Kaplan (Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, UM-Ann Arbor)

Restoring Native Voice at the University of Michigan-Dearborn: Reimagining the Environmental Interpretive Center and Campus Natural Area
Awardee & project lead: Martin Hershock (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-lead: Jacob Napieralski (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

A History of Community Partnerships at UM-Flint
Awardee & project lead: Laura McLeman (Thompson Center for Learning and Teaching, UM-Flint)
Project co-leads: Gary Ashley (Office of Engaged Learning, UM-Flint) and Suzanne Knight (Office of K12 Partnerships, UM-Flint)

Sexual Misconduct and Changing Campus Culture at the University
Awardee & project lead: Pamela Aronson (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-leads: Francine Banner (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn), Kathleen Darcy (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn), and Lisa Martin (College of Education, Health, & Human Services and College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Institutional Memory and Intergenerational Solidarity: Oral Histories of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Awardee & project lead: Amy Brainer (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Projects Supported by the IHP Teaching Fund

In Study and Struggle: Student Movement Histories
Project lead: Sara Awartani (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Hidden Histories Archive: A Redesign Proposal for an Inclusive History Module in HHS 309
Project lead: Finn Bell (College of Education, Health, & Human Services, UM-Dearborn)

Asian American Histories at the University of Michigan
Project lead: Manan Desai (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Unveiling the Legacy: Reflection on the Multicultural Identity Development of Cornelius Langston Henderson within Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Social Invisibility or Marginalization
Project lead: Rashid Faisal (College of Education, Health, & Human Services, UM-Dearborn)

LIN 231 Language and Law
Project lead: Emily Feuerherm (College of Arts, Sciences & Education, UM-Flint)

Under the Campus, the Land: Native and Settler Histories of the University of Michigan
Project lead: Andrew Herscher (A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, UM-Ann Arbor)

We Remember: Arab American History
Project lead: Charlotte Karem Albrecht (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

History of Race and Racism in Medicine: A Historical Campus Disorientation Tour
Project lead: Tonya Kneff-Chang (University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine)

DEI @ SEAS: Interrogating Our History and Making It Known
Project lead: Justin Schott (School for Environment and Sustainability, UM-Ann Arbor)

Building the Archives of Asian American Student Cultural Performance Activities
Project lead: Amy Stillman (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Cancer Cell Biology
Project lead: Kalyan Kondapalli (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)