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Faculty Grants

MRISJ Faculty Mini-Grants

The Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice annually awards MRISJ Faculty Mini-Grants to 51Թ faculty members, both full and part-time, who are selected through an application process.

Priority is given to projects focused on social justice, racial justice, community engagement projects that strengthen the University’s involvement with local communities, and interdisciplinary projects among faculty, staff and students.

Previous MRISJ Faculty Mini-Grants have supported:

Research

Research grants help faculty to develop, initiate, or complete a scholarly project that advances social justice or social innovation, or builds knowledge and skills needed to advance social justice or social innovation.

Teaching/Education

Re-developing a course or workshop, developing a new course, incorporation or development of social justice pedagogies or tools in existing courses.

Community-Engaged Projects

Advocacy/activism campaigns, organizing work, community development projects, capacity building projects, and other social justice and/or racial justice projects.

Departmental Learning

A book club, internal departmental institute, or combination thereof, with learning outcomes related to social justice. Funds can be used to purchase books or other related learning materials and Additional Compensation for participating faculty members.

Resource Acquisition

Subscriptions, conference registrations, memberships, trainings, licenses, speaker or screening fees, books, supplies, equipment, and/or transportation for social justice or social innovation activity. 

For more information about the Mini-Grants, contact us at MRISJ@bridgew.edu.

Summer 2024 Grant Projects

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Previous Grant Projects

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Contact Us

Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice

161 Summer Street
Bridgewater, MA 02325
United States