Project Grants

UCR Healthy Campus (HC) is taking an integrated and comprehensive approach to elevate health and well-being at UCR. The initiative invests in improving the health and quality of life of our UCR campus community. Making the healthy choice the easy choice requires changing the surrounding environment and culture to support and sustain positive behavior change.

To be the model healthy campus, inspiring and infusing health and well-being into all of its facets.

To create a healthy campus culture and environment through collaboration with campus and community partners on policies, programs, services and initiatives that address all dimensions of wellness along with innovative engagement strategies, making UCR a university of choice.

UCR Healthy Campus is providing an opportunity for the UCR students, staff and faculty to develop projects related to HC priority areas.

A total of 6 - 10 grants in the amount range of $1,000 - $2,000 will be awarded.

For additional information, please see the Healthy Campus Project Grants flyer.

Eligibility

All UCR faculty, staff and graduate/undergraduate students are eligible to submit a grant application.
Project grant teams must include at least 2 of the 3 UCR affiliations and from different departments/units (i.e. staff/faculty collaboration, faculty/student collaboration, 2 staff and one student collaboration).
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Notification of
Funded Projects

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Considerations
for Funding

To be considered for Healthy Campus funding:

Projects must have clearly defined and realistic goals, methodology (who, what, how, when, why) and measurable outcomes.
Project must have potential to reach a large audience/wide impact.
Projects must demonstrate ability to drive and facilitate cultural, behavioral, environmental and/or structural change.

Funding Process for
Accepted Applications

Applicants whose projects are approved for funding will receive the Healthy Campus commitment for funds and authorization to spend up to the amount specified.

Funds will be transferred to the department designated by the applicant to administer the project funding.
Funds for student projects will be sent to the designated faculty mentor or organization advisor.
Funds for research projects will be dispersed after UCR IRB approval.

Grant Application
Instructions

Answer each question completely and provide a detailed budget
Submit your application to healthycampus@ucr.edu
Project Grant Application

Project Grant
Requirements

The HC seeks to fund creative, high quality, replicable and sustainable projects that make UCR a healthier campus community.
UCR HC priorities include: Healthy Eating and Nutrition Built Environment Culture Change	Physical Activity Substance Use and Addiction Communications & Marketing	Mental Health Preventive Health Metrics/Quality Improvement
We are particularly interested in project proposals that help UCR Healthy Campus make strides towards one of the following priority areas:
Creating a platform for the campus community to find resources and information about health and well-being Identifying a systematic process for data collection and metrics for health and well-being programs to showcase desired outcomes Creating ways to keep and increase leadership support for health and well-being efforts Creating ways to engage faculty in creating healthy classroom/learning environments Creating ways to get students involved in healthy campus activities and integrate into their college experience Creating and enhancing policies that support the health and well-being of our community Implement a campaign or program utilizing expert resources to promote resiliency, social connectivity and sense of community Work with key stakeholders to identify and implement changes that lead to a culture shift towards a healthier campus environment