Grant Activity Overview (2006–2020)
- Total number of regular cycle grants awarded: 206
- Total funds distributed: $8,740,055 (between $296,821 to $854,000 each year)
- Grant range: $2,500 to $150,000; with 40% of approved grants ranging from $20,000 to $50,000
- Average grant size: $43,210
- Grants have been awarded to students, faculty and leadership from all schools and many different organizations, centers, and areas.
Flash Funding Overview (2019–2020)
- Total Flash Funding Grants Awarded: 21
- Total Flash Funding: $161,306
- Grant Range: $1,400 to $10,000
2020—Total Grant Amount: $962,073
Flash Funds: $108,716
- Rotunda Planetarium Phase 2 & Preservation of Alderman Card Catalog: $10,000
- Aboriginal Art on Grounds (documentary): $7,000
- Native American Student Union Powwow: $3,750
- Formula SAE Team 2019–20: $9,966
- UVA Safe and Sustainable Driving: $7,000
- Graduate English Students Association’s Annual Graduate Conference (UVA GradCon): $1,000
- Kluge-Ruhe Permanent and Summer Exhibitions 2020: $10,000
- Retold: Celebrating Women of the University of Virginia: $10,000
- Modeling the Spreading of the Coronavirus: $10,000
- Arctic Design Group | 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy: $10,000
- “Stepping Out” into Deeper Understandings of Marginalized Families: $10,000
- So Many Ways to Say “I Belong at UVA”: Documenting Linguistic Diversity among the UVA Student Body: $10,000
- 1970: May Strike in Context — Oral Histories of Alumni: $10,000
Regular Cycle Awards: $853,357
- Transformative Autism Biomarker Research Initiative: $122,928
- Guiding Student Research to Solve Global Problems in Air Pollution: $100,000
- Community-Engaged Learning and Leadership Initiative at Madison House: $100,000
- The Engaged Writing Project: Embedding Community Engagement Preparation Into UVA First Year Writing Courses: $100,000
- Summer Program for Entrepreneurial Nanoscale Engineering: $100,000
- Advancing Interdisciplinary Readiness: $96,000
- Cavalier Autonomous Racing: $50,000
- stARTup Studio: a Business Bootcamp for Creatives: $45,000
- Creating Educational Citizen-Leaders Through Service Learning: $38,437
- The Sixth International Seminar of Young Tibetologists: $32,900
- Breaking the Sound Barrier: Deaf Opera Workshop: $32,000
- Strategies of Collecting: Museum Seminar: $15,652
- FLIP at UVA: $14,161
- APIDA Student Survey: $6,279
2019—Total Grant Amount: $853,169
Flash Funds: $52,590
Student Organization
Echols Scholars Symposium – $10,000
Student Organization
WICS Hack for the Future – $1,400
Student Organization
Solar Education Community Outreach Program – $2,850
Student Organization
Coding for Kids – $2,400
Office of the Provost
Community Engagement Training Videos – $7,940
Student Organization
Lightbulb – $10,000
Student Organization
Ripple Fellowship – $8,000
Media Studies
VQRadio: Virginia Quarterly Review Podcast Initiative – $10,000
Regular Cycle Awards: $800,579
Alumni Association
Student Veteran’s Support Initiative—$60,000
Data Science Institute
Data for the Social Good—$50,000
Biology
Infectious Disease in 3D—$99,945
Religious Studies
Religion, Race, and Democracy—$100,000
Student Affairs
Concussion and Headaches—$25,837
Kinesiology
Cadaver-specific Virtual Dissection Table—$70,491
Curry School of Education
Developing Tools to Transform Student Experiences—$141,173
Student Organization
Rotunda Planetarium—$30,000
Student Organization
The Flux Poetry Series—$21,800
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Madayin Aboriginal Art Catalog—$56,000
Emergency Medicine
UVA Medical Design Program—$81,500
Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Reshaping Public and Archival Space in the School of Nursing—$32,260
School of Architecture
Minority Youth Development Program—$31,573
2018—Total Grant Amount: $700,000
Student Organization
Science Delivered—$19,000
Student Financial Services
UVA Financial Education and Wellness Program—$57,900
Student Run Project, Environmental Science
UVA-SWO Partnership for Rangeland Ecology Research and Education—$67,800
Religious Studies/Contemplative Sciences Center
Student Flourishing Initiative-Platform Development—$100,000
Rare Book School at the University of Virginia
Presswork: A Program for Hands-on Historical Printing & Research—$69,865
Urban and Environmental Planning
A Virtual Exploration of Central Grounds Through Time and Space—$35,100
Student Organization
The Human Library—$36,626
Student Organization
QSU Community Partnership Program—$6,000
Student Organization
Hoos First Look—$10,479
Student Organization
Virginia Women’s Chorus Bicentennial Commission—$8,000
History
Civil War Era Charlottesville—$26,400
Environmental Sciences
Words on paper: art to engage science and policy—$38,923
Student Organization
Profit with Purpose—$4,000
Student Organization
TRANSFERmational Project—$15,300
School of Nursing
Community Resilience & Global Engagement: Disaster Preparedness in Nursing—$87,000
Architectural History
Strategies of Interpretation II: Highland—$17,837
Student Affairs
Hoos Connected—$39,000
Institute of World Languages
Language Forward Initiative—$50,770
Student Organization
The Ridley Scholars Outreach Video—$10,000
2017—Total Grant Amount: $727,947
Architecture
“Mapping”—$17,800
Curry—Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education (CISE)
Simulations in Teacher Education—$50,000
Physics
Undergraduate Exploration with Cosmic Rays—$26,650
Engineering
Logistical Pathways to Critical Diversity—$100,000
Kinesiology
Diet and Nutrition Intervention Lab—$40,000
English
Disability Studies Initiative—$45,000
McIntire School of Commerce
Inaugural Diversity Funding: “McIntire Allies” & “Diversity Dialogues”—$15,000
Student Organization
Solar Car Team at UVA—$20,771
Engineering and Society
Teaching Methods Course for Engineering TAs—$89,088
Global Affairs
The Presidential Precinct—$50,000
School of Architecture
UVA Landscape Studies Initiative—$83,000
Law Library
The Digital 1828 Catalogue Collection Project—$29,419
Neurosurgery, School of Medicine
UVA Neurosurgery Teaching and Mentoring Initiative—$6,670
Student Organization
Virtual Tour-University Guide Service—$60,000
Medicine – GI
Visiting Scholar Program for Underrepresented Minorities in GI—$17,400
Student Organization
College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational—$7,375
Student Organization
Q* Anthology of Queer Culture—$7,674
School of Nursing—Dean’s Office
Interprofesional Innovation: Advanced Disease Life Support—$57,700
Student Organization
Hoots Tutoring—$4,400
2016—Total Grant Amount: $777,000
Cell Biology
Construction of tissues in vitro—$92,138
Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
Medical Innovation + Human-Centered Design Program—$71,463
Curry, Dept. of Curriculum
Curry Teaching Fellowships—$67,375
Bio-medical Engineering
Developing Leadership in 3D-Bioprinting—$60,000
Planning Jefferson Institute for Engaged Youth—$59,500
Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Teaching Seminar—$57,532
Fralin Museum of Art
Kootz Gallery—$52,000
UVA Career Center
Experiential Career Preparation—$50,000
Student Organization
Preserving Self-governance for Our Third Century—$47,235
School of Engineering
Automata Ambassador Program—$45,000
Micro Biology, Immunology and Cancer
Mass Cytometry Antibody Bank—$35,000
Student Organization
Jefferson Society Archives Project—$33,615
Student Organization
Co-create UVA—$25,230
Music Dept.
Songs of Virginia Songbook project—$25,000
McIntire School of Commerce
Founders- and Funders-in-Residence—$24,000
Intramural, Cavalier Outdoor Sports
Cavalier Outdoor Adventure Retreats (COAR)—$11,592
Student Organization
The Daedalus Project—$10,320
UVA Library
2-day Round-Tables at SALALM 2016—$10,000
2015—Total Grant Amount: $637,737
Office of the President and the Curry School
National Standard of Excellence Workshop—$93,244
Brown College
“Monroe Hill”—$85,000
Kinesiology, Curry School
Kinesiology Teaching Lab—$82,148
Office of Vice-President of Research
Developing Future Research Leaders in Sustainability and Resilience—$72,500
Student Organization
Charlottesville Debate league—$58,975
University of Virginia Library
Libra: Opening Access to Alumni Theses and Dissertations—$58,350
Ignite: Launching the Next Generation of UVA Faculty—$49,760
Curry School of Education
Integrated Learning for the Next Generation of School Leaders—$43,500
Student Affairs, Community Engagement
Civic Engagement and Student Scholars: Understanding Public Service at Mr. Jefferson’s University—$22,400
Sustained Dialogue Institute
PULSE at UVA—$19,430
McIntire School of Commerce
Integration of Rotman Interactive Trader Software into the B.S. in Commerce Curriculum—$18,000
School of Medicine
Imaging Technology Series—$15,000
Public Health, Science
Greens to Grounds—$11,430
Darden School of Business
Darden Impact Ventures—$8,000
2014—Total Grant Amount: $685,749
Office of the Provost
The Jefferson’s University-Early Life Project, 1819-1870—$81,000
Radiation Oncology
Development of a new patient imaging technique based on nuclear resonance fluorescence—$70,000
Department of Physics
Fabrication of a novel material synthesis equipment as an advanced undergraduate and graduate research topic and lab experiment—$65,000
Office of the Provost
Undergraduate Student Opportunities in Academic Research (USOAR)—$50,000
Vice-President for Global Affairs
Global Research in Tandem (GRIT)—$50,000
Public Health
Virginia Cancer Health Disparities—$42,130
Dept of Chemistry
Team-Based Guided Inquiry Laboratories for Introductory Chemistry Students—$33,500
OpenGrounds
OpenGrounds Virtual Network—$30,500
Curry School
Teachers in the Movement—$30,000
School of Architecture
Arctic Design Initiative—$28,000
Arts and Science Dean’s Office
Communicating Science to Public Audiences: A Workshop Series for STEM Students—$26,739
Department of Religious Studies
The Symposium on the Tibetan Book—$24,040
College of Arts & Sciences
George Washington Day-by-Day: 22 Feb. 1732-Feb 1799—$23,750
Darden School of Business
National Debt—$23,400
McIntire School of Commerce
Experiential Entrepreneurship Education—$23,035
Department of Music
Arts Mentors Program—$22,800
Systems and Information Engineering
Quantitative Arts at UVA: Electronic Identity and Embodied Technology Atelier—$22,295
School of Architecture
Design-Driven Manufacturing Studios—$14,000
Student Organization
Seriatim: Journal of American Politics—$10,000
Center for Global Health
The HOPE Project—$5,460
School of Medicine
HeArt of Medicine Project—$5,100
School of Medicine
Health Policy Advocates—$5,000
2013—Total Grant Amount: $670,643
Office of the President
Developing Students for Leadership in Data-Intensive Research and Innovation—$100,000
Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy
Pan-University Social Entrepreneurship Initiative—$90,000
Corks and Curls Legacy Project—$65,000
Open Grounds
Art and Environmental Action/OpenGrounds Challenge—$58,000
Engineering School
Thornton Stacks Renovation Project—$50,000
Slavic Languages & Literatures Department
Books Behind Bars: Life, Literature, and Leadership—$50,000
College of Art & Sciences
New Learning Initiative Fund—$50,000
Darden School of Business
Darden Prisoner Reentry Education Initiative—$48,000
Office of the University Architect
Conservation Analytical Microscope—$45,570
Fralin Museum of Art
Emilie Charmy (international loan exhibition)—$27,000
School of Architecture
Creative Listening at the Academical Village—$25,600
UVA Library
Multispectral Imaging of Jefferson Manuscripts—$25,000
School of Architecture
Stan Winston Arts Festival of the Moving Creature—$15,000
Dean of Students
Professional Protocols-Bridging the Gap for Underserved Populations Entering the Marketplace—$13,050
Multiple Schools
Rewriting the Eighteenth Centuries: An Interdisciplinary Symposium—$5,923
UVA Speaks
UVA Speaks—$2,500
2012—Total Grant Amount: $523,633
Department of English Language & Literature
Schoolhouse Online—$86,000
School of Engineering
Path Across the SEAS—$60,000
Vice-Provost for the Arts
Extending the Life of Bill T. Jones Residencies through Film—$59,500
Women’s Center and Curry School
Young Women Leaders Program: Sister-to-Sister Project—$50,000
WUVA & the Dept of Media Studies
Virginia Center for New Media Citizenship—$46,790
Center for Russian & Southeastern Languages
Increasing Understanding of East Europe, the Caucasus & Central Asia at UVA—$42,000
Office of Diversity & Equity
STEM Undergraduate Summer Research Program—$32,200
Office of African-American Affairs
Aligning Achievement with Graduation Rates—$32,000
Dept of Physics
Research Adventure in Particle Physics for UVA Undergrads at Fermilab—$28,800
Business Ethics Society
Business Ethics Society Speaker Series—$25,000
Student Council
Entrepreneurship & Innovations Committee in Student Council—$22,000
Center for Nursing
Historical Inquiry Interactive Dissemination of Nursing Historical Resources—$20,893
Rare Book School
Why Books Matter: An Exhibition Series & University-Wide Competition—$18,450
2011—Total Grant Amount:$470,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Pavilion Seminars—$80,000
International Program
Changemaker Campus Initiative—$55,000
Physics – Arts & Sciences
Mass Spectrometer as Undergraduate Research Topic—$50,000
Dept of Religious Studies
Virginia Center for the Study of Religion—$50,000
Teaching Resource Center
Academy of Distinguished Teachers—$49,000
Rare Book School
Research Fellowship Program—$40,000
Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages
Increasing Understanding of Middle East & South Asia at UVA—$39,000
School of Engineering
Spectra: Virginia Engineering and Science Research Journal—$35,000
Research
Enhancement of Administrative and Career Support Postdoctoral Scholars—$25,500
Department of English Language & Literature
Notes on the State of Virginia, Digital Edition—$23,000
Raven Society
Poe Room Restoration—$15,500
Student Organization
Flash Seminars—$8,000
2010—Total Grant Amount: $350,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Support the Global Development Studies Program—$54,000
Federalist Society (School of Law)
Support the 2011 Student Symposium—$50,000
Women’s Center
Support for the Body Positive Program—$48,000
Madison House
Support for the Madison House 40th Anniversary—$40,000
Office of Admissions
Scholars Visitation Program—$30,300
Institute on Aging
Preparing Public Citizens in the Art and Science of Health—$29,800
School of Architecture
Student Team Restoration & Conservation of the 1926 Academical Village Model—$28,900
Department of Music
Jefferson’s Soundscapes—$25,000
School of Nursing
Emerging Mobile Learning—$25,000
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
Celesta Purchase—$19,000
2009—Total Grant Amount:$376,657
University Library
Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings Conservation Project—$50,860
General University
Blackburn AccessUVa Contribution—$50,000
University Career Services
Employment Development Initiative (UCS)—$40,500
Office of the Provost
Center for International Studies Initiatives—$40,000
School of Nursing
Undergraduate Research Initiative—$31,400
School of Engineering
The Progressive Innovation Program—$30,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Brooks Hall Commons—$20,000
Community Relations/Public Affairs
Linking Day in the Life’s Service to Jefferson Public Citizens’ Growth—$20,000
School of Architecture
Promoting the Student Experience in Collaborate+Design+Build+Evaluate Through the Learning Barge and ecoMOD4 Summer Build 2009—$20,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Student Math Study Lounge—$20,000
School of Engineering
Virginia Water Resources Cooperative Program—$15,761
College of Arts & Sciences
Language Pedagogy Workshop for Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages—$15,000
Center for Politics
Youth Leadership Initiative e-Congress—$12,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Enhanced Research Educational Experience—$11,136
2008—Total Grant Amount: $470,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Support the College Science Scholars and College Arts Scholars programs—$75,000
School of Engineering
Support the international studies program—$75,000
Center for Undergrad Excellence
Support the Double Hoo research initiative—$60,000
McIntire School of Commerce
Support the global partnership and curriculum development—$60,000
Center for Global Health
Support the water and health initiative in Limpopo Province, South Africa—$50,000
Madison House
Support the Program Capacity Building Project—$50,000
School of Architecture
Support the Falmouth Field School in Historic Preservation—$40,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Support small-class seminars with an academic advising component, called COLA—$30,000
Department of Germanic Languages and Literature
Support the Center of Germanic Studies—$15,000
Virginia Glee Club
Support the “Songs of Virginia” project—$15,000
2007—Total Grant Amount:$325,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Support the South Lawn construction project—$150,000
School of Nursing
Support the MBEYA Program for AIDS/HIV education in Lesotho—$50,000
School of Law
Create 13 Jefferson Trust PILA Fellowships that support internships in public-interest law—$50,000
Art Museum
Support multiple video projects of the 2005 exhibit: A Jeffersonian Ideal—$50,000
Development and Public Affairs
Support the marketing and communications of—$1 million Barber Challenge—$25,000
2006—Total Grant Amount: $301,821
Vice Provost for International Affairs
Support 24-hour access to international news feeds in Alderman Library—$100,000
Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra
Endow a principal’s chair for a harpist—$100,000
Faculty Senate
Support a dissertation-year fellowship—$25,000
Development and Public Affairs
Support the campaign’s public launch weekend—$25,000
College of Arts & Sciences
Support seven of a new series of small-class seminars with an academic advising component, called COLA—$21,000
Center for Undergrad Excellence
Support nine faculty-supervised undergraduate researchers—$20,821
Office of African-American Affairs
Support the OAAA peer advising program—$5,000
Student Organization
Support two new awards for exemplary men’s and women’s club teams—$5,000