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 across the university’s 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 funding opportunities available through the IHP, visit the pages for our different funding programs linked below, and reach out to [email protected] for consultations and questions.

Scroll down for the full list of projects funded by the IHP.

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

IHP Research & Engagement Fund
Mini Grants

Mini grants provide funding for research projects, creative endeavors, and engagement activities that develop and share deeper knowledge of U-M’s history through an inclusive lens.

  • Grant Amount

    Up to $3,000

  • Deadline

    Proposals accepted on a rolling basis

  • Eligibility reqs

    Proposals are accepted from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, and staff on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and at Michigan Medicine.

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 an inclusive history of the University of Michigan.

  • 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.

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 full past.

  • Grant Amount

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

  • Deadline

    Fall 2026

  • Eligibility Reqs

    Proposals are accepted from individual instructional faculty members, including tenure track faculty, clinical faculty, and lecturers, on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and at Michigan Medicine, as well as from collaborative teams.

IHP Research & Engagement Fund
Large Grants

Large grants support a wide range of projects that include research on the university’s history and engagement in some form and thereby contribute to better understanding the university’s history of inclusion and exclusion.

  • Grant Amount

    Up to $25,000

  • Deadline

    To be determined

  • Eligibility Reqs

    Proposals are accepted from staff and faculty on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and at Michigan Medicine, and collaborative teams are especially encouraged to apply. Undergraduate and graduate students can be members of those collaborative teams.

Projects Supported by the 2025-26 Campus Voices and Democratic Participation Granting Program

Smash Requirements: The Creation of the Bachelor in General Studies Degree
Awardee & project lead: Dana Schumacher-Schmidt (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Steven Plunkett (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Rooted & Rising: International Voices Shaping UM-Flint’s History
Awardee & project lead: Priscilla Mac-Kittah (College of Innovation & Technology, UM-Flint)
Project co-leads: Oluchi M. Obadoni (College of Innovation & Technology, UM-Flint) and Joyce Mitchual (College of Innovation & Technology, UM-Flint)

SCOR 2026 Social Justice Symposium — “Sankofa: Honoring the Past to Strengthen Future Democracy”
Awardee & project lead: Nia Holland (School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Cynthia Adebayo (School of Public Health, UM-Ann Arbor) and Ashleigh Plummer (School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)

Palestine on Campus: Documenting 25 Years of Student Activism
Awardee & project lead: Tarana Sharma (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Yasmeen Alhubaishi (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Voices of Dissent: 250 years of Activism and Democracy
Awardee & project lead: Chrisstina Hamilton (Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Anthony Arnove

55 Years of Action & Resilience: The Spectrum Center Anniversary Celebration
Awardee & project lead: Dawn Espy (Student Life, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Jesse Beal (Student Life, UM-Ann Arbor)

How Reproductive Freedom Won in Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Lisa Martin (College of Education, Health, & Human Services and College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-leads: Georgina Hickey (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn), Pam Aronson (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn), Kathleen Darcy (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn), and Rodina Bizri-Baryak (College of Education, Health, & Human Services, UM-Dearborn)

Ardis Ardor Ann Arbor – A UM History of Democratic Dissent
Awardee & project lead: Vadim Besprozvany (School of Information, UM-Ann Arbor)

Inclusive Voices in Colonial Spaces: An Anthology from the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Philippines Collections
Awardee & project lead: Tiffany Fryer (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Bryan Miller (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor), Jim Moss (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor), and Janice Lobo Sapigao

Revitalization and Historical Documentation of the Alvin D. Loving Cultural Center Lounge
Awardee & project lead: LaQwana Dockery (Division of Student Affairs, UM-Flint)

Voices from the Frontlines: Living with Cumulative Environmental Impacts in Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Natalie Sampson (College of Education, Health, & Human Services, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-leads: Greer Hamilton (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor), Devon Payne-Sturges (School of Public Health, UM-Ann Arbor), Jalonne White-Newsome (School for Environment and Sustainability, UM-Ann Arbor), and Amy J. Schulz (School of Public Health, UM-Ann Arbor)

AAS 201: Introduction to Afro-American Studies
Project lead: SaraEllen Strongman (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

AFA 395: Topics in African Diaspora Studies
Project lead: David Luke (College of Arts, Sciences & Education, UM-Flint)

SW 505: Engaging Social Justice, Diversity, and Oppression in Social Work
Project lead: Ayesha Ghazi Edwin (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor)
Co-instructors: Callie Torkelson (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor) and Vanesa Hernandez-Jackson (School for Environment and Sustainability, UM-Ann Arbor)

Projects Supported by the IHP Research & Engagement Fund, 2023-2026

Awarded 2025-26

Pilot Study on University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Community STEM Education Engagement
Awardee & project lead: Xiao Zhang (College of Engineering and Computer Science, UM-Dearborn)

Celebrating Feminist Psychology: Origin Points & Necessary Futures
Awardee & project lead: Sara McClelland (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Architects of Change: Documenting the Legacy of White & Griffin (Michigan’s First Black Architects)
Awardee & project lead: Wallace Bowie III (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Saundra Little (Noir Design Parti) and Karen Burton (Noir Design Parti)

Sharing a History of Stewardship: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Environmental Interpretive Center at UM-Dearborn
Awardee & project lead: Jacob Napieralski (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Curricular Milestones of Inclusion: Tracing Arabic, MEST, and Arab American Studies at UM-Dearborn
Awardee & project lead: Reena Hamad (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and College of Engineering, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-lead: Camron M. Amin (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

United Asian American Organizations Oral History Project
Awardee & project lead: Helen Xiao (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Ames Lim (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Disclosure, Dialogue, and Accommodation Disability Services at The University of Michigan Before the ADA
Awardee & project lead: James Connors (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

The Bridge Theory Hip Hop Fair
Awardee & project lead: Kiana Cook (School of Music, Theatre & Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Alana Howard (School of Music, Theatre & Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)

The History of the Prison Creative Arts Project: The Bridge Between Students in Prison and Students at the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Lauren Postl (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Changemakers: A Collectively- Devised and Historically Grounded Play about the Early History of the University of Michigan School of Social Work
Awardee & project lead: Richard Tolman (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Mark Colson (School of Music, Theatre & Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)

Awarded 2024-25

“Swallows Under Eaves”
Awardee & project lead: Tianyi Zhai (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Alexander Marshall (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor), Phoebe Harris (Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, UM-Ann Arbor), Johannes Pardi (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

The Honors Program
Awardee & project lead: Anna Muller (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-leads: Anastasey Manolatos (For Our Future) and AliReda Jeafar (City of Detroit)

Harmonizing Change: A Case Study of Social Justice History at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) at the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Julia Cave Arbanas (School of Information, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Juan Florencia (School of Music, Theatre & Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)

Examining Women’s Involvement and Experiences Throughout the History of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Awardee & project lead: Liv Heald (College of Engineering, UM-Ann Arbor)

Connecting the Voice and the Vision: A Digital History of the Voice/Vision Archive at the University of Michigan-Dearborn
Awardee & project lead: Jamie Wraight (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Awarded 2023-24

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: Iris 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-leads: Muntaha Rahman (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor) and 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)

Awarded 2025-26

“Lay Down the Books and Take Up the Musket”: The Civil War and the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Gregory Parker (Bentley Historical Library, UM-Ann Arbor)

Labadie II, Tomashi Jackson
Awardee & project lead: Christina Olsen (University of Michigan Museum of Art, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Robin K. Williams (University of Michigan Museum of Art, UM-Ann Arbor), Lisa Borgsdorf (University of Michigan Museum of Art, UM-Ann Arbor), and Tomashi Jackson

The Transpacific University: Korea-Michigan Connections in Early Twentieth Century
Awardee & project lead: Juhn Ahn (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

History as Metacognition: First-Year Student Reflections on the History of Educational Access and Inclusion at UM-Dearborn
Awardee & project lead: Shelly Jarenski (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-lead: Maya Barak (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

UMBA 50: Voices That Shaped the Block M
Awardee & project lead: Vance Jackson (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor)

Awarded 2024-25

Inclusive History Project: Oral Histories and Intersections of African and African American Studies
Awardee & project lead: Ivy Forsythe-Brown (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-lead: Terri Laws (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Centering Arab American Studies and Students: Past and Present Place-making, Identity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan-Dearborn
Awardee & project lead: Rose Wellman (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)
Project co-lead: Amny Shuraydi (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Breaking New Ground: Reflecting on 150 Years of Doctoral Research at Michigan Through the Lens of Student Experience
Awardee & project lead: Michele Siegal (Rackham Graduate School, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Emily Swafford (Rackham Graduate School, UM-Ann Arbor)

Mapping a Multi-faith Journey: A Historical Exploration of Religious Diversity at the University of Michigan
Awardee & project lead: Kelly Dunlop (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: William Calvo-Quiros (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Critical Oral Histories
Awardee & project lead: Samuel Erman (Law School, UM-Ann Arbor)

Knowledges of Care: Institutionalizing Philippine-Michigan Colonial Connections in the Development of the Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Awardee & project lead: Tonya Kneff-Chang (Marsal Family School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-lead: Angela Ebreo (Marsal Family School of Education, UM-Ann Arbor)

Communicating the Interwoven Human and Natural History of UM Biological Station-Managed Lands
Awardee & project lead: Karie Slavik (Biological Station, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Adam Schubel (Biological Station, UM-Ann Arbor) and Chrissy Billau (Biological Station, UM-Ann Arbor)

The Legacy of Black Alumni at the University of Michigan Ross Business School
Awardee & project lead: Tashira Gibbs (Black Business Alumni Association)
Project co-lead: David Wooten (Ross School of Business, UM-Ann Arbor)

Women in The Michigan Alumnus
Awardee & project lead: Katherine Fiorillo (Alumni Association, UM-Ann Arbor)

Awarded 2023-24

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 (Trotter Multicultural Center, 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)

A Visual Narrative History of the Unions
Awardee & project lead: Alison Rivett (Arts Initiative, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Chaz Vander Horst (University Unions, UM-Ann Arbor) and Kaila Sell (Center for Campus Involvement, UM-Ann Arbor)

Black Community Conversations on the Past, Present, and Future of Land Use in Ann Arbor
Awardee & project lead: Stephen Ward (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)
Project co-leads: Yodit Mesfin Johnson (FutureRoot), Jessica Letaw (FutureRoot), and Matthew Countryman (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

Projects Supported by the IHP Teaching Fund

BA 400: Corporate Responsibility
Project lead: Helet Botha (College of Business, UM-Dearborn)

To see more 2026-27 courses funded by the IHP Teaching Fund, please refer to the list of projects supported by the Campus Voices granting program above.

THTREMUS 332: Performing Archives and Oral Histories
Project lead: Shavonne Coleman (School of Music, Theatre and Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)

ARB 250: Arab-Americans on the UM-Flint Campus
Project lead: Mohamed Daassa (College of Arts, Sciences and Education, UM-Flint)

ADM 527: Cultivating Communities of Belonging
Project lead: Emma Davis (College of Arts, Sciences and Education, UM-Flint)

Philosophical Methods: Michigan Philosophy and Histories of (Un)Belonging
Project lead: Emmalon Davis (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

ANTHRARC 482: Surfaces: Research Seminar in Historical Archaeology
Project lead: Tiffany Fryer (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

THTREMUS 322: Theatre History II
Project lead: Jenna Gerdsen (School of Music, Theatre and Dance, UM-Ann Arbor)

SW 650: Theories and Practices of Community Change: Concepts, History and Approaches
Project lead: Greer Hamilton (School of Social Work, UM-Ann Arbor)

HIST 300: The Study of History
Project lead: Georgina Hickey (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

Inclusive History of Michigan Athletics
Project lead: Doo Jae Park (School of Kinesiology, UM-Ann Arbor)

BIOL 476: Cancer Cell Biology
Project lead: Kalyan Kondapalli (College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, UM-Dearborn)

WGS 344: Women at Michigan: the “Dangerous Experiment” 1870-2020
Project lead: Gayle Rubin (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

ALA 298: Inside the Local Music Community
Project lead: Garrett Schumann (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

AMCULT 311: Food in American Culture
Project lead: Jessica Walker (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

AMCULT 204: In Study and Struggle: Student Movement Histories
Project lead: Sara Awartani (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

HHS 309: Theories & Practice of Social Work
Project lead: Finn Bell (College of Education, Health, & Human Services, UM-Dearborn)

AMCULT 301: The History of Asian Americans in Michigan
Project lead: Manan Desai (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

EXPS 410: Multiculturalism in School and Society
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)

ARCH 409/603/823: 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)

AMCULT 310: We Remember: Arab American History
Project lead: Charlotte Karem Albrecht (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

MEDADM 7300: History of Race and Racism in Medicine
Project lead: Tonya Kneff-Chang (University of Michigan Medical School, Michigan Medicine)

EAS 677: Inclusive Histories of Sustainability at U of M
Project lead: Justin Schott (School for Environment and Sustainability, UM-Ann Arbor)

AMCULT 352: Asian/Pacific Islander American Cultural Performance
Project lead: Amy Stillman (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)

AMCULT 301: Behind the Scenes: Digital Archiving of Michigan Muslim Political Campaigns
Project lead: Nancy Khalil (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, UM-Ann Arbor)