Board of Trustees
Belonging Initiative Grant

The Office of Employee Belonging, Development & Leadership funds Board of Trustees Belonging Initiative Grants.

The grants provide funding for promising and high-quality faculty, staff, and student projects, including research, that promotes belonging at EWU.




Photograph of 2024-25 BOT Belonging Initiative Grant awardee, When the River Becomes a Cloud / Cuando el río se transforma en nube, a socially engaged art project.

Board Of Trustees Belonging Initiative Grant

The proposals must be for new initiatives that impact at least one of three categories, Curriculum, Student Recruitment and Retention, and/or Campus Climate.

Examples of previous projects receiving funding:

  • Eagle F.A.M. Program
  • Translation of Admissions materials to Spanish
  • Mural Project for STEM

Application Documents

  1. BOT Diversity Initiative Application
  2. BOT Diversity Initiative Application (Fillable Version)
  3. Attachment A Diversity Categories
  4. Attachment B Diversity
  5. BOT Request for Proposals