The President's Inclusive Excellence Grants are designed to fund innovative and creative projects that promote inclusive excellence throughout the University of Colorado. Proposal funding is for one year with a maximum request of $8,000. 

President's Inclusive Excellence Grants Information and Proposal Criteria.

Proposals must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on December 12, 2025. 

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Proposal Guidelines

Proposals must follow the required format and they must be submitted as a single pdf document. 

 1.  One Page Cover Sheet, which should include:

  • Title of the project;
  • Name, title, department, phone number, and email address of project lead(s);
  • List of project collaborators; and
  • A brief description of and purpose for the project.

 2.  Proposal Narrative, which includes (in three pages or less):

  • Project description
    • What is the issue or challenge you are looking to address?
    • How does your project or initiative address your identified issue or challenge? What are the major activities or components?
    • How does this project align to campus-wide goals related to inclusive excellence?
    • How will you collaborate with or involve other members of CU (students, staff, faculty, other departments, units, alumni) and/or community members?
    • How do you intend to institutionalize your program or strategy once this grant funding has ended?
  • Evaluation
    • How will you evaluate the success of your program or initiative? (indicators, data collection methods)
  • Timeframe for project completion

 3.  Budget and Justification

  • A complete and detailed budget that includes the precise dollar amount requested and justification for the request.
    • Commitment for funding is given only on an annual basis, and such commitment should not be construed as a commitment for future funding.
    • Lack of a clear, itemized budget is grounds for denying funding.
    • If funds are to be used for the purchase of equipment or materials (including computer software or hardware), the proposal must indicate why they are essential to the project, and who will be responsible for them and how they will be used after the project has been completed.
    • Funds CANNOT be used for faculty or staff salaries or course buyouts.  Salary support for students (e.g. research assistants or other student assistants) is allowed.
    • All funds must be spent in accordance with university fiscal and procurement policies.
    • Speedtype must be submitted by selected applicants to the Office of Collaboration at systemcollab@cu.edu before May 31, 2026 or risk forfeiture of funding.  Please contact your campus budget office if you have questions about which speed type to use.

 4.  One letter of support from advisor, supervisor, department chair, dean, or other officer/leader.

Funding Amounts

Projects selected for funding are restricted to a maximum award of $8,000.

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The proposal should be submitted as one PDF file.
Files must be less than 6 MB.
Allowed file types: pdf.

Questions or problems with this form?   Contact us at systemcollab@cu.edu