
RBHS-IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy Innovation Grants
RBHS-IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy Innovation Grants
RBHS-IDEA: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy Innovation Grants
DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2023
The mission of the RBHS-IDEA innovation grants is to support action-oriented projects that promote an inclusive, diverse, and cohesive culture at RBHS and that show meaningful and measurable results. As we invest in broader institutional efforts to advance an inclusive culture, the RBHS-IDEA grants offer a way for innovative grassroots efforts to join in our larger strategy. We invite projects that encourage conversations and connections across our differences to create opportunities for belonging and to strengthen a sense of community.
The goals of the RBHS-IDEA innovation grant program are:
- To fund research and scholarly activities that seek innovative approaches to diversity, equity, advocacy, and inclusion.
- To promote the development of initiatives and programs that foster an inclusive and welcoming environment for the success of the larger RBHS community.
Grant submissions should align with the RBHS diversity, equity, and inclusion statement and build upon the strategic priorities of RBHS with an impact on the communities we serve.
Project topics on diversity and inclusion may include:
- Climate, Culture, and Community building
- Access, advocacy, and equity
- Training, learning, and development
- Systems, policies, and processes
Highest consideration will be given to projects that:
- Involve collaboration (across units, communities, and/or by faculty/staff/learner/unit makeup)
- Promote cross-campus, intergroup, and partnership approaches to support community-building.
- Have the potential for a significant impact (e.g., sustainable, replicable, and/or far-reaching)
- Include outcomes that are impactful, meaningful, clearly outlined, and measurable.
Eligibility and Timeline
Faculty, students, trainees, and staff across RBHS are eligible to apply. RBHS student organizations, departments, and staff units are also encouraged to apply. Grants will range from $1,000 to $10,000. We expect to make up to 5-7 grants within the $1,000-2,500 range, 2-3 grants in the $2,500-$5,000 range and 2 grants in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. Funds are considered one-time funds and must be used by the end of the fiscal year in which they are disbursed. Awardees may reapply for subsequent funding cycles if they can demonstrate how it will significantly evolve and further the project.
- Proposal Announcement: April 27, 2023
- Proposal submission deadline: May 31, 2023
- Notification of Awardees: July 2023
- Distribution of Funds: August 2023
- Final Report Due: June 3, 2024
Grant awardee requirements:
Applications must be completed online to be considered. Letters of support are not required but may be included if they significantly enhance the application. Matching funds are encouraged but not required.
As a condition of receiving the grant funds, awardees are required to assist in sharing their experience with the RBHS community, for example, through RBHS newsletters, publications, and/or websites. Awardees are also expected to attend the RBHS diversity research symposium to present their findings and complete a standardized final report submitted by the deadline to the Office of Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion – Limit to 1000 words and include:
- Program goals and objectives: What was the need? How was the identified need addressed and how effective was the project?
- Project evaluation, outcomes, and impact: Describe how the project effectiveness and its success was determined and evaluated.
- Sustainability: How will the program continue? Describe future plans to continue, extend, or modify this program.
- Appendices:
- List any publications about the project through presentations, articles, press releases or other products created, such as websites, course materials or modules etc.
- Final budget: Financial record to include all direct expenditures and receipts.
Grants should not be used to fund:
- Activities that take place entirely off-campus and have no obvious benefit to the RBHS community.
- Previous expenditures, personnel expenses such as salaries, personal expenses
To apply, please complete the online application here.
2022 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
2022 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
Principal Investigator | School/Unit | Project Title |
Denise Fyffe, Assistant Professor | New Jersey Medical School | Addressing Diversity Issues in a Facilitated Peer Mentoring Pilot Program for Victims of Violence Living with Spinal Cord Injury |
Jill Ripper, Associate Professor | New Jersey Medical School | Mending the Wounds: Providing Culturally Competent Dermatologic Education and Inclusive Suturing Workshop Supported by Manufacturing Racially and Ethnically Diverse Skin Models |
Josephine Shenouda, Research Study Manager | New Jersey Medical School | Autism Screening and Early Identification through the Women, Infants, and Children Program in Newark, New Jersey |
Kathleen Brodowski, Student | New Jersey Medical School | Newark Community Garden Partnership: Green Club & Newark Community Solutions |
Patrick Lundy, Student | New Jersey Medical School | Building Online BRIDGES: Building Responsible and Inclusive Didactics and Gender Affirming Education |
Cristina Fernandez, Student | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Training Medical School Faculty to Address Microaggressions and Dismantle Bias: Using Inclusion-Focused Objective Structured Teaching Exercises |
Roger Thornton, Program Coordinator | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Expressions of Me |
Jenna Rose, Coordinator | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences | The Student Experience Symposium: Fostering Campus Connections |
Kathryna Corpuz, Research Manager | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences | Capturing Student Perspectives on Pathway/Pipeline Programs for Health Progressions to Create Student Engaged Program Design at RBHS |
Ning Kuo, Laboratory Researcher | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences | Diversity Up: Inclusive YouTube Stories Worth Spreading |
Vincent Silenzio, Professor | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences | Developing an Interprofessional Public and Population Health Service-Learning Structure Known as the Rutgers Health Service Corps |
Herminio Perez, Assistant Professor | Rutgers School of Dental Medicine | Building Bridges for Impact & Growth (BBIG) – Phase III |
Nancy Kirsch, Professor | School of Health Professions | Project GAP: Growing Accomplished Professionals |
Robyn Schaefer, Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | Creating More than Just a “Safe Zone”: A Faculty Training and Resource Module for Sexual and Gender Minority DEI in Course Climate and Content |
2021 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
2021 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
Principal Investigator | School/Unit | Project Title |
Mariely Moronta-Sanchez, Outreach Manager | Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research | RU-Relay: Connecting the RBHS Community |
Britney Wilson, Student | New Jersey Medical School | Bridging Racial Differences: Developing Dermatology Leaders with Skills to Combat Stereotype Threat and Implicit Bias in Medicine |
Stephanie Bonne, Associate Professor | New Jersey Medical School | REPASS – An 8-week cohort program of grief, growth, and artistic empowerment |
Chaden Noureddine, Student | New Jersey Medical School | Accessing Online BRIDGEs: Building Responsible and Inclusive Didactics and Gender-Affirming Education. |
Mafudia Suaray, Associate Professor | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Intense Perinatal Home Blood Pressure monitoring for women of color at increased risk of Pre-eclampsia |
Taylor Chiang, Student | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Transgender Health App: Increasing Accessibility and Information for Transgender Patients on Gender-affirming Health Care Providers |
Tynisha Coleman, Director of Special Projects | Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences | RBHS Peer-Coaching Program |
Reyna Moreira-Trochez, Trainee | School of Graduate Studies, Biological Sciences | Language Connection |
Herminio Perez, Assistant Professor, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion | School of Dental Medicine | Building Bridges for Impact & Growth (The “BBIG” Program) – Phase II |
Monina Franco-Tantuico, RBHS Lecturer | School of Nursing | Understanding the Advanced Nursing Practice Culturally Diverse Student through Dramatization to Avoid Implicit Bias in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) evaluation |
Sallie Porter, Associate Professor | School of Nursing | Health equity advocacy leadership to promote student learning and community engagement |
Henry Raymond, Associate Professor | School of Public Health | Developing an interprofessional LGBTQ+ module for academic leadership to enhance RBHS diversity, equity, and inclusion. |
Schenike Lambert, Program Coordinator | University Behavioral Health Care | UBHC’s Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color (BIPOC) Mentorship Program |
2020 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
2020 RBHS-IDEA Innovation Grant Awardees
Principal Investigator | School/Unit | Project Title |
Vivek Gurumoorthy, Student | Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy | Making Masks for Moms and Kids in the Newark, New Jersey Community |
Herminio Perez, Assistant Professor, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Diversity and Inclusion | School of Dental Medicine | Building Bridges for Impact and Growth: The BBIG IDEA |
Jonathan Kuriakose, Student | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Expanding the Impact of the BLAST Anatomy Program at RWJMS to Underrepresented Communities |
Anastasia Kunac, Associate Professor | New Jersey Medical School | Implementation of a Trauma-Informed Care Curriculum for Surgery Residents Caring for Trauma Patients in Newark, NJ |
Manasa Ayyala, Assistant Professor | New Jersey Medical School | INTERRUPTing Microaggressions: Using Standardized Role Play to Become an “Upstander” |
Richard Marlink, Professor | Global Health Institute | Student IDEA Case Competition: COVID-19 Inequities in NJ |
Skye Kelty, Post Doctoral Fellow | Environmental, Occupational, and Health Sciences Institute | Tools for intentional inclusivity, diversity, and equity in community research |
Jeremy Sinkin, Assistant Professor | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School | Transforming health professional education and service delivery for a diverse, gender-nonconforming community. |
Les Barta, Director, Simulation Technology Program | Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy | Rutgers IDEA Sensitive Simulations (RISS) |
Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Associate Professor | School of Health Professions | Building Equity Oriented Health Care Capacity: An assessment of health care provider clinical care, educational, and research protocol trauma-informed knowledge and practices at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Science (RBHS) schools |
Felicia LeSure, Executive Assistant | Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences | Staff Leadership Series for Women of Color; Staff Mentoring Program |
Ann Bagchi, Assistant Professor | School of Nursing | An Academic-Community Research Partnership to Enhance Structural Competency for Health Equity |
Amanda Stylianou, Director, Quality Improvement | University Behavioral Health Care | RU Undoing Racism |