Announcing the 2024 Joan Schafer Research Faculty Award in Sport, Fitness, and Disability
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded a Joan Schafer Research Faculty Award in Sport, Fitness, and Disability to Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health.Dr. Karvonen-Gutierrez’s project is “Investigating relationships between disability, accommodation status, and trajectories of physical function and physical activity among a diverse cohort of ...
IRWG Faculty Seed Grant Awards, Fall 2023
Established in 1996, IRWG Faculty Seed Grants are designed to stimulate gender research across U-M campuses. These grants support individual and collaborative research projects across disciplines. This year, IRWG has two cycles for Seed Grant proposals: Fall 2023 and Winter 2024. The next deadline is February 23, 2024 for the winter cycle. Recipients from the fall ...
Winter funding opportunities for faculty research
We are thrilled to announce a series of upcoming research funding opportunities for University of Michigan faculty. With application deadlines extended to February 23, 2024, these opportunities hold immense potential for groundbreaking advancements across a variety of disciplines. Our first notable funding opportunity is the Joan Schafer Research Faculty Award in Sport, Fitness, and Disability. ...
Gender and Firearm Injury Prevention Research
IRWG and the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention have announced a partnership with the goal being to catalyze research on gender and firearms. Through the collaboration, U-M faculty will be able to apply for a new Catalyze Research Award of up to $25,000 to cover individual activities, such as research assistance, research-related travel, or ...
2023 IRWG Faculty Seed Grant Awards
IRWG has awarded six Faculty Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. The grants support individual research activities, initial research efforts, performances, and community-based research. “I am thrilled that IRWG is able to support these important research projects, which engage questions of vital interest across fields and disciplines,” notes interim director Allison ...
Legendary Women of Environmental Justice in Detroit
In 2022, Professors Carmel Price and Natalie Sampson (UM-Dearborn) and community partners received an IRWG Faculty Seed Grant for their project titled Arab American Women: Environmental Justice Narratives. The project explores the narratives of Arab American women experiencing environmental injustice and leading efforts to address it. Their team was also awarded an Engage Detroit grant and will be ...
Addressing violence against women in pre-service health training
IRWG affiliate Vijay Singh contributes to WHO Training Guide Dr. Vijay Singh’s 2017 IRWG Faculty Seed Grant was used to travel to, then deliver and evaluate a medical student training at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Medical Sciences in Ghana in 2018. The training was on healthcare identification and response to ...
2023 IRWG Incubator Awards
March 2, 2023 IRWG has awarded $15,000 to two faculty projects as part of a new incubator initiative. IRWG Incubators provide structure for a focused, collective examination of a particular area or topic related to women, gender, and/or sexuality for up to two years, with the possibility of renewal. Priority was given to proposals that ...
2022 Faculty Seed Grant Awards
September 2022 The Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG) has awarded 6 Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality in the summer competition. The grants support individual research activities, initial research efforts, performances, and community-based research, bringing the total amount awarded in 2022 to over $100,000. “I am excited by ...
NIH to require grantees report instances of bullying, harassment, hostile working conditions
According to the Societies Consortium on Sexual Harassment in STEMM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced they are implementing new reporting requirements for grantees related to instances of harassment, bullying, retaliation, or creating hostile working conditions. When a principal investigator (PI) or other key personnel are removed from their position or otherwise disciplined, institutions must notify NIH. Previously, ...
2022 FACULTY SEED GRANT AWARDS
The Institute for Research on Women and Gender has awarded 12 Seed Grants for faculty projects on women, gender, and sexuality. The grants support individual research activities, initial research efforts, performances, and community-based research, with more than $70,000 awarded. “The range of proposed projects we received this year was very exciting,” noted IRWG director Anna ...
Supporting research to solve complex problems: Q&A with Rebecca Shea Irvine
September 2021 Rebecca Shea Irvine joined IRWG as the Program Director for Faculty Research Development in June 2021. In this role, she advances all types of feminist research by working with faculty to find funding sources, craft proposals, and develop research agendas. Rebecca also consults on book proposals, arts and performance-based research, hosts brainstorming sessions, and ...