Inclusive Excellence Impact Program

The School of Population Health is pleased to offer funding support through its Inclusive Excellence Impact Program (IEIP). IEIP provides one-year mini-grants of up to $2,500.00 to support strategies and sustainable initiatives to promote and enhance equitable and inclusive practices within the institution, including health equity programs designed to achieve positive patient outcomes for diverse and special populations. Faculty, staff, and students from any UMMC school, department, hospital, clinic, service area, or institutional-sponsored organization, group, or club may apply.

Below are example projects:

• Professional development on health equity, health care disparities, or Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) (i.e., honorarium fees, allowable domestic travel support for speakers, training materials, etc.)
• Collaborative projects that prioritize health equity and foster solutions for diverse, underserved, or vulnerable communities to eliminate barriers (i.e., community outreach, workforce needs, etc.)
• Practice interventions that support quality efforts for patients and families to improve access, readmission rates, and patient satisfaction (i.e., cultural competency training, patient education, etc.)

Scoring Criteria

Up to four awards will be selected for this cycle of awards and scored on the following:

• Alignment and effectiveness addressing the three focus areas
• Evidence-based rationale that clearly identifies the challenge
• Project goals that demonstrate broader impact with measurable long-term outcomes
• The extent that the project is a team commitment supported by leadership
• Collaboration, internally and/or externally
• Potential for project sustainability
• Appropriateness of evaluation methods
• Evidence of at least one team member with an earned certificate or documented participation in an educational training program or workshop relating to health care disparities, health equity, or similar topic.

Applications will be accepted from now until Friday, January 10, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. Selected applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday, January 22, 2025.

Projects may begin on or after Monday, February 3, 2025. 

For more information and to receive an electronic application, please contact: