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Drury Community Partnership Grants

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Drury Community Partnership Grants

Community Impact Grants

Community Impact Grants are designed to connect Drury University to the local community by engaging students and their faculty mentors with non-profit organizations to advance recognized community priorities. Grants up to $7,500 are awarded for projects that will make a measurable impact on recognized challenges in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Community Impact Grants can support new initiatives or expand existing programs.

Application Deadline: February 2025

Grant size

Grants from $2,500-$7,500 will be awarded.

Eligibility

Applicants must be full-time undergraduate or graduate Drury University students at the time of application and during the duration of the grant funded project.

Applicants must provide a signed statement from each nonprofit partner organization stating alignment with proposed project, level of support for proposed project, and agreed upon expectations for the deliverables.

All student project applicants must complete a Community Impact Grant Workshop prior to grant submission.

Application process

  1. Complete Letter of Intent
  2. Competitive applicants will be invited to attend the required Community Grant Impact Workshop.
  3. Submit formal application for committee review.
  4. Drury Community Partnership Committee will select the Community Impact Grant finalists.
  5. Finalists will give presentations to the Drury Community Partnership Committee and awardees will be selected.

Sources for Springfield MSA Areas of Community Concern

https://springfieldcommunityfocus.org/

https://wellbeingindex.sharecare.com/interactive-map/?defaultState=MO

Community Focus Grants

Community Focus Grants are short-term grants up to $1,000 to support student-initiated projects that impact community priorities through a partnership with a nonprofit partner. These grants are designed to provide engagement that leads to a competitive Community Impact Grant.

Grant size

Grants up to $1,000 will be awarded.

Eligibility

Applicants must be full-time undergraduate Drury University students at the time of application and during the duration of the grant funded project.

Applicants must provide a signed statement from each nonprofit partner organization stating alignment with proposed project, level of support for proposed project, and agreed upon expectations for the deliverables.

Application process

  1. Submit project overview.
  2. Competitive applicants will be invited for a Community Focus Grant interview.
  3. Awardees will be notified following completion of all Community Focus Grant interviews.

Sources for Springfield MSA Areas of Community Concern

https://springfieldcommunityfocus.org/

https://wellbeingindex.sharecare.com/interactive-map/?defaultState=MO

Timeline

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Fusion Experiential Grants

Central to the academic experience are competitive experiential learning grants. Individual students or teams of students will use the grants to engage in real-world challenges or activities that stretch beyond the theoretical, providing hands-on learning opportunities that are critical to thriving in today’s complex, ever-changing world.

Submission deadline dates:

  • September 1
  • October 1
  • November 1
  • February 1
  • March 1
  • April 1
  • May 1

Applicants will be notified about grant funding status by email within six weeks of the submission deadline