Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County has received a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support three projects administered by the department of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies. The funds will be used to develop a LGBTQ+ oral history program to provide undergraduate students with oral history interview skills; expand the department’s Korenman Lecture Series; and create social change-skills development workshops for students and faculty.
Bryn Mawr College, a women’s liberal arts college in Pennsyvlania, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation to support a research project overseen by Asja Radja, assistant professor of physics. With a focus on training undergraduate students, the grant will fund research into the understanding of the prey-capture mechanism of the carnivorous plant Drosea.
Bennett College and Salem College, two North Carolina-based women’s liberal arts colleges, have received a Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad grant to send faculty, staff, and administrators from both institutions to a four-week seminar in Morocco. The project will introduce participants to the intersection of women’s rights, health, and culture in Morocco. Upon return from the seminar, leaders from both institutions will work together to develop new coursework and programs relating to global women’s health and intercultural competence.