Engaged Opportunity Grants
2020-21 Engaged Opportunity Grant Recipients
Cornell faculty and staff are always thinking of ways to create, enhance or sustain community-engaged learning opportunities for undergraduates, but they might not have the funds to support their ideas. Engaged Opportunity Grants are designed to help by supporting big and small projects from across the university.
- Addressing Social Determinants of Health through Policy and Partnerships
Improving the health of at-risk populations and reducing health disparities - Advancing Citizen Science Programs for Harmful Algal Blooms
Teaching K-12 students about the dangers of HABs in New York’s Finger Lakes - A Look at Lake Source Cooling
Assessing the environmental and economic impact of Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling Program and sharing findings with Ithaca High School teachers and students - Buffalo Public Education Up Close
What public school teachers say about how they are doing - Building Hospitality Skills
Offering a introductory culinary skills course for youth at the William George Agency for Children’s Services - Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs)
Unlocking the potential of CHIPs to advance health equity in New York State - Co-Creating the Smart City
NYC urban farm participatory action research and community soil sensors - Cornell-ICSD Literary Arts Initiative
Designing writing workshops and creating a literary magazine with Ithaca City School District elementary schools - CPEP Alumni Reflections
A publication of Cornell Prison Education Program alumni reflections about their lives after the program - Creating a Community Conversation about Plastic Pollution Solutions: The Plastic Challenge Podcast
Creating a community conversation about plastic pollution solutions - Culturally Tailored Nutrition Education
Developing a culturally relevant, mHealth infant and toddler feeding education program for low-income Latina mothers in NYC - Disability Policy and Practice in Barbados
A student-led international research initiative - Emergency and Disaster in Tompkins County
Developing a coordinated county-wide plan to handle a mass fatality event - Entrepreneurship at Cornell Summer Internships
Funding four student entrepreneurship interns for summer 2021 - Health Equity, Politics and Policy
Connecting students, the local health community and international thought leaders through a new community-engaged learning course - Healthy diets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Developing curriculum to address malnutrition and promote healthy eating - International Forum on the Challenges of the Digital Platform Economy
Planning a two-day online forum on policy and organizational solutions for app-based work and workers - Ithaca Housing Hotline
Providing free legal advice about leases, living conditions, evictions and more - Learning Community-Engaged Research Methods
Building capacity in nonprofit organizations by applying social science techniques - MIRTH/Phoenix Players Cayuga Coming Home Project
Exploring theatre as a tool to overcome the challenges of re-entry - Modern Middle East K-12 Outreach
Developing K-12 teacher trainings and supporting high school students on Modern Middle East topics and issues - Parole Preparation and Compassionate Release During the COVID-19 Crisis
Partnering with incarcerated individuals to prepare for parole hearings - Pro Se: Empowering Systems-Involved Youth through Speech and Debate
An online speech and debate certificate program for youth whose lives have been affected by the justice system - Public Policy and Governmental Relations Experience in Albany
Supporting student participation in meetings with New York State policymakers, legislators and advocacy groups - Public Streets: Design Strategies for Urban Public Spaces
Reimagining public spaces in cities that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic - RapidMRI
Reducing MRI scan times and increasing patient comfort and health outcomes - Real Time Reentry Realities
Coordinating donations, organizing volunteers and documenting community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic - Regeneration Roundtable
Planning and hosting an online discussion event focused on the science and strategies of forest regeneration - Remote Engaged Research for Robert H. Treman State Park
Publishing a report on the historic Enfield Falls Hotel - Research for You
Making academic research more accessible to the general public - Rural Storytelling Project
Conducting multimedia, written and oral storytelling workshops with 4-Hers in Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia and Green counties - School Gardens for Healthy Food Engagement
Teaching middle schoolers about agriculture and healthy eating through school gardens - Social Justice Curriculum for Families
Planning, implementing and evaluating a six-week course that teaches kids how they can create a more socially just world - Soil Factory Innovation Network
Designing and testing a system for turning human waste into soil for urban agriculture - Stories of Solidarity
Experiencing COVID-19 in the Global South - STORIES of TIDES
Students Tell Own Research Investigations of Environmental Science (STORIES) of The Institute Discovering Environmental Scientists (TIDES) - Unearthing Sustainable Agroecological Practices in the Brazilian Semiarid
Articulating climate adapted farming practices of indigenous communities in the Caatinga biome - Unemployment Benefits Matter
Telling workers’ stories in the COVID-19 era - Uplifting Community Expertise
A video series featuring community expert insights on how they’ve built strong communities in Western New York - Which Way Forward: Reimagining Public Safety
Reporting on the past, present and future of police reform in Tompkins County
Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.