Faculty and Staff Grants from July 2023

Congratulations to the following faculty and staff members who received grants and awards in July 2023:

Anne DePrince, faculty at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
• Abstract: Over the next three years, this project seeks to realize the potential of the liberal arts and DU’s public good vision by expanding student community-engaged signature work through DU Grand Challenges (DUGC).

Meredith Silverstein, staff at the Butler Institute for Families

• Grant from the Mile High Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (subaward Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment)
• Abstract: Mile High Behavioral Healthcare (MHBHC) has been awarded funding from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) under the Department’s Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Grant Program (STEPP). The STEPP program provides funding through specific strategies. The Butler Institute for Families at the University of Denver, Graduate School of Social Work (Butler) will conduct the evaluation to support both these efforts.

Bonnie Clark, faculty at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Grant from the National Park Service
• Abstract: The University of Denver (DU), Department of Anthropology and California State University Chico, Department of Anthropology will be teaming up to write an archaeological overview assessment (AOA) for the newly designated Amache National Historic Site. An overview assessment describes the area's environment and culture history; lists, describes and evaluates its known archeological resources; describes the potential for as-yet-unidentified archeological resources; describes and evaluates past research in the area or region; outlines relevant research topics; and provides recommendations for future research.

Anne Amati, faculty at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Grant from the National Park Service
• Abstract: This project seeks to conduct projects and programs that will result in expanding the knowledge and information available to museums, state and local governments, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations and federal agencies for repatriation of Native American cultural items.

Matthew Taylor, faculty at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

• Grant from the Jet Propulsion Lab
• Abstract: This project will assess the predictive capacity of the North American Multi-Model Ensemble to forecast the precipitation over the study region. After the forecast system has been integrated with the vegetation indices, we will demonstrate the integrated risk management strategy associated with wildfires and enabling conditions like droughts to the users on the ground.

Christopher Coleman, faculty at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
• Abstract: A four-day event in Denver will bring together a diverse national group of 30-50 digital artists who are open-source contributors—some emerging and some with years of experience. This will be the second such conference ever held, and it’s a critical step in helping the ecosystem of open-source creative tools become more interconnected to share resources and labor.

Ashley Brock-Baca, staff at the Butler Institute for Families

• Grant from the Colorado Department of Early Childhood
• Abstract: Butler will work with four communities selected by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood to implement the community asset survey. Butler will meet with each community to customize their survey, administer the survey in DU’s Qualtrics system, conduct focus groups for two of the communities and provide reports for all four communities.