University of Minnesota
107 Grants from 1985 - 2023
Grants received
The Minnesota Design Center (University of Minnesota, College of Design) is a national leader in design thinking. They work with nonprofits and municipalities to apply design thinking to solve challenges. They support efforts to design or redesign policies and systems, guided by stakeholder input, to better serve community needs. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.
State and Local Government Innovation Awards 2020
This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for University of Minnesota’s work with the Minnesota Design Center in the University’s College of Design to help advance its charitable mission
Sponsorship of PEN 2019: Educating for Democracy: Navigating the Current and Channeling the Future of Progressive Education
State and Local Government Innovation Awards 2019 and Awards Research
Develop and present the session, 'Making Shifts in Systems Change,' three times at bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018
Provide additional funding for the 2018 Change Networks cohort in Minnesota
State and Local Government Innovation Awards 2018
Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT) Fall 2017 Summit
Change Network Minnesota Program Partner
State and Local Government Innovation Awards 2017
2016 Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT) Summit
State and Local Government Innovation Awards 2016
Sponsorship of Cultivating Community Conversations for Change
Local and State Government Innovation Awards 2015
Support the design of a TEI-Effectiveness system by funding the: A) management of all administrative processes for the first year; and B) development of a plan/charter for creating a mechanism to assess the impact of teacher-graduates
To change the approach to regulation of local food systems in Minnesota
Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015
To implement the Trauma Recovery Project: Community Partnership to Build Thriving Communities
State Government Innovation Awards 2014
Local Government Innovation Awards 2014-2015
Partnership to Implement a Teach for America / University of Minnesota Alternative Teacher Licensure Program in Minnesota
Research on Alternative Pathways to Teaching
Recruit and provide support to attendees of bushCONNECT on May 12, 2014
Sponsorship of the 2nd annual 'Big Think' conference
Sponsorship of Center for Small Towns Annual Symposium on June 4, 2014
Increased organic and locally sourced food production and distribution
Labor Market Scan of the Teaching Profession in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
Local Government Innovation Awards 2013-2014
Ripple Effect Mapping Evaluation (Extension Center for Community Vitality)
To increase awareness of the Bush Fellowship Program throughout Greater Minnesota
To increase awareness of the Bush Fellowship Program throughout Greater Minnesota
One-time grant to enhance the capacity of the higher education partners to collect, compile, and analyze data. Permissible uses of the money include staffing, consultants, staff development, training, hardware, and/or software
Attendance at the national Convening on Clinical Practice on November 14-15, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Fund a new University of Minnesota Leadership Consortium
Assisting in the development of the InCommons online and offline capacity
To advance Common Cents discussions and serve as an InCommons partner
Support a design lab that will advance the understanding and practice of leadership
For the Bush Foundation Teacher Preparation and Effectiveness Initiative - Phase I
To build and implement a dramatically redesigned teacher preparation program that will develop and guarantee the effectiveness of 375 teachers annually
Support the third annual policy conference of the entire Minnesota Legislature
To support a writing-enriched undergraduate curriculum project. See http://wec.umn.edu/ for more information.
To complete the development of an undergraduate minor in ecosystem science and sustainability
For a planning grant to fully develop a project to ease educational transitions for students through high school and college
To extend the Minnesota Early Literacy Training project
To enhance student learning through innovative teaching and educational technology strategies
To develop and test an integrated child care and family support services program
To develop an Indian child welfare certificate program in Northern Minnesota
To improve literacy instruction in Minnesota through teacher preparation programs at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis), St. Cloud State University, Augsburg College, and the College of St. Catherine
To integrate study abroad programs into the curricula of the four University of Minnesota campuses
To improve faculty skills in innovative teaching practices on the four University of Minnesota campuses
To develop an American Indian child welfare certificate training program
To plan a statewide literacy program for children
To design an Indian Child Welfare Certificate Program at the Duluth campus
To expand a humanities institute for collaborative interdisciplinary research
To recruit and retain graduate students of color
To plan a multi purpose faculty development program
Toward expanded library services for distance education
To support the Bush Educators Program for school principals and special project teams from public school districts in Minnesota (1997 grant)
To develop educational programs for physicians and administrators in managed care settings
Toward a program to improve nutrition, inter-generational activities, and youth development on Minnesota Indian reservations
To plan a professional development program for Indian faculty in tribal colleges
Support for a pilot program to strengthen leadership in academic departments
To support the Bush Educators Program for school principals and special project teams from public school districts in Minnesota (1996 Grant)
To support girls' participation in the University Talented Youth Mathematics Program
Establish a managed health care research and education center within the Institute for Health Services Research
Toward a program to provide increased teaching experience and training for doctoral students
To plan an expanded program of library services for distance education courses
For a faculty development program
Additional support for a program to recruit minority students into graduate teacher-preparation programs
To support the Bush Educators Program for school principals and special project teams from public school districts in Minnesota (1994 Grant)
For continued support of the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare
To support the EQUALS: MORE OPTIONS program
Continued support for a midcareer management training program for school principals, assistant principals, and teacher-leaders
To complete development of a community interpreter training program for non-English-speaking populations
Continued support for a mid-career management training program for school principals, assistant principals, and teacher-leaders
To develop a Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare Practice, Policy, and Research
Toward a program to provide increased teaching experience and training for doctoral students
For programs to support the recruitment, achievement, and retention of girls in the Talented Youth Mathematics Program
To expand an interpreter training program for non-English speaking populations
To plan a new mid-career training program for school administrators
To support the EQUALS MORE OPTIONS mathematics program
Toward continuation of a program to recruit minority students into graduate teacher-preparation programs
To expand the EQUALS/More Options program in Minnesota schools
To start a day treatment program for southeast Asians
To study causes of rising health care costs in Minnesota
For a faculty development program grant
To develop new programs for southeast Asians at the Community University Health Care Clinic
To increase participation and achievement of girls in the Talented Youth Mathematics Program
Toward a program to recruit minority students into graduate teacher-preparation programs
To plan for career training needs of bilingual workers
To support EQUALS, a teacher education mathematics program which helps girls
Planning grant for a program for recruitment and retention of minority students in teacher training programs
Continued support for a mid-career management training program for school principals, assistant principals, and teacher-leaders
For a program at the Institute of Child Development which provides information on children and families to state policymakers
For a faculty development planning grant
To support regional collaboration in faculty development
to help expand the University's role in rural economic development through the Minnesota Extension Service
To support EQUALS, a teacher education mathematics program which helps girls
For a pilot project at the Institute for Child Development to provide factual information on children and families to state policymakers
To support regional collaboration in faculty development
Continued support for a mid-career management training program for school principals and assistant principals
To support the Alliance for Science Project
to support regional collaboration in faculty development
To support the first two classes of the Bush Principals Program directed by Professor John J. Mauriel in the School of Management
To support the Center for Health Services Research program
To help complete the conversion of its library catalogue into machine readable form