Funded Projects

Walk (Cycle) to the Polls | Stamps School of Art & Design | October 2024 | $2,400

Behind the Scenes: Digital Archiving of Michigan Muslim Political Campaigns | Nancy Khalil | LSA | $4,550

UM-Flint Turn Up Turnout Student Fellowships | Turn Up Turnout | Winter 2025 | $7,500

Activating the Groundcover News Archive | LSA English Language & Literature | $5,000

Dinners for Democracy | Ginsberg Center, TUT, Ford School | $7,500

UMSI Internship Program | School of Information | $5,000

Philanthrocapitalist Development & the Erosion of Civic Agency | Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning | $5,000

Charles Correa International Lecture: Eyal Weizman | Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning | November 18, 2024 | $5,000 ‎‎‎‎

Social Media and Society in India | School of Information | April 4 and 5, 2025 | $25,000

Plates and Politics: A Global Perspective on the U.S. Election and Democracy | University of Michigan Library | November 19, 2024 | $1,500

Building a Shared Civic Future: Reimagining Local News and our Democracy | Wallace House for Journalists | February 13, 2025 | $25,000

Take Care: Democracy, Art & Healing | Center for Racial Justice | January 30, 2025 | $10,000

U-M Reception in Washington, D.C. | Alumni Association of the University of Michigan | March 11, 2025 | $3,500

From Students to Scholars: What is the future of social workers in reproductive health and environmental | School of Social Work | March and April, 2025 | $2,500

UM-Flint Dinners for Democracy | UM-Flint Turn Up Turnout | Winter 2025 | $1,400

SciCOMM Speaker Series | Life Sciences Institute | $1,200

From Asylee to Citizen | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology | March–May 2025 | $4,776

From Students to Scholars | School of Social Work | March-April 2025 | $2,500

Who Knows What's Going On? Podcast | LSA | $5,000

2025 César Chávez Day of Service and Learning | Rackham Graduate School | March 31, 2025 | $12,500

TUT Engagement Initiative | UM-Dearborn | $5,000

Film Screening: Keeping in Mind | STAMPS School of Art & Design | April 9, 2025 | $600

Building Our Solidarity Economy | Ginsberg Center | March 28, 2025 | $10,000

Hey, We Need to Talk! - Under the Tent | UMMA, Nichols Arboretum | May 31, 2025 | $5,000

Empowering Citizens in Detroit: A practical workshop for activating political agency | UM-Dearborn, UM-Detroit Center | June 27, 2025 & August 22, 2025 | $4,500

Digital IDEAS 2025 | LSA Digital Studies Institute, LSA Film, Television, and Media | June 23 - June 27, 2025 | $10,000

Democratic Deficit in Philanthropic Urbanism | Łukasz Stanek | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | $5,000

The Functioning of Democracy Project | Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) | $5,000

Social Media Influencers' Political Impact on YouTube and Instagram in India | Joyojeet Pal | School of Information | $5,000

A Democratic Cacophony: Lyrical Variations on American Political Discourse | Mark Clague | Arts Initiative & School of Music, Theatre & Dance | $5,000

Family Civics to Foster Civic Empowerment Among Minoritized Children/Families | Matthew Diemer | Marsal School of Education | $5,000

Democracy and displacement: How schools in Colombia respond to Venezuelan students’ experiences of political instability | Michelle Bellino | Marsal School of Education | $5,000

Tracking the Consequences of Media (Dis)Trust for American Democracy | Yanna Krupnikov | Communication and Media (LSA) | $5,000

Does Exposure to Opinionated Political Media “Backfire”?: Re-examining the Backfire Effect in the Context of Online Political Influencer Content | Brian Weeks | Communication and Media (LSA) | $5,000

Redefining the Public: How the War on Poverty Created the Community Development Industry | Jacob Lederman | UM-Flint, College of Arts, Sciences, and Education | $2,825

When Journalists Challenge Candidates | John Barry Ryan | Communication and Media (LSA) | $5,000

Protest Legacies in Illiberal Regimes: The Case of Georgia | Pauline Jones | Political Science | $5,000

Democracy at Work: Understanding Ideological Diversity and Polarization in the Workplace | Justin Frake | Ross School of Business | $5,000

Civic Engagement in a Post-Internet World | Yvette Granata | Film, Television, and Media and the Digital Studies Institute | $5,000

The Political Economy of Executive Constraint in China and the West | Mark Dincecco | LSA | $5,000

Michigan Public Policy Survey Spring 2025 | Debra Horner | Ford School of Public Policy| $24,930

Tracing Matters of Concern | Gabriel Harp | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | $5,000

Democracy and the Challenges of “Hate and Dialogue” | Murad Idris | Political Science | $5,000

How Do Policymakers Interpret Elections | Geoffrey Henderson | School for Environment and Sustainability | $5,000

Asian Americans and Digital Media Use: A Disaggregated Approach | Matt Bui | School of Information | $5,000

A Large-N Empirical Study of the Role of Democratic Process in Judicial Review | Devin Judge-Lord | Ford School | $4,750

Conference on Diversity of Thought & Intellectual Empathy to Support Democratic Deliberation | Lara Rusch | UM-Dearborn Office of Holistic Excellence and College of Arts, Sciences, & Letters | $25,000

Building Resilience and Awareness for the Prevention of Sexual and Gender Based Violence through Theatre | Karin Waidley | School of Music, Theatre, and Dance | $5,000

Empirically exploring legitimacy practices in algorithmic governance: From the administrative state to industry standards | Abigail Jacobs | School of Information, Complex Systems (LSA) | $5,000

From Attitudes to Civic Engagement: Linking parochial and global orientations to Altruism, Trust, and In-Group Favoritism | Erin Krupka | School of Information | $5,000

Mapping Congressional Attitudes on Immigration via an Improved Digital Version of the Congressional Record | Dallas Card | School of Information | $4,999

IAEA Stakeholder Engagement Conference 2025: Preparation for Participatory Design of Research Project | Katie Snyder | College of Engineering, Comprehensive Studies Program (LSA) | $1,850

Examining Positive Youth Development and Academic/Career Commitment as a Secondary Outcome of a Sexual Violence Prevention Program Among Indigenous Youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation | Katie Edwards | School of Social Work | $5,000

Democratic Nation-Building through School Building(s) in Ghana | Kuukuwa Manful | Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | $4,995

Bridging the Partisan Divide: How Stereotype Correction Affects Willingness for Cross-Party Dialogue | Alain Cohn | School of Information | $5,000