Funded by the Vice Provost for Engaged Learning’s Global Engagement Strategic Plan, launched in 2023, these grant programs aim to encourage the development of new faculty-led education abroad programs at the University of Michigan. In Academic Year 2025-2026, ten grants of up to $24,000 each (up to $4,000 to support the faculty leader and up to $20,000 in matching funding to support student participants) will be awarded across the following categories:
Eligibility
A complete application consists of a questionnaire, statement of purpose, budget, and two letters of support.
The next deadline for submission is September 25, 2026.
The deadline for submission is September 25, 2026.
"The grant support enabled the development of new international partnerships with leading universities, research institutes, and industry organizations in Japan and South Korea, allowing students to access unique research facilities, offshore renewable energy projects, and world-class shipbuilding operations that would otherwise have been difficult to arrange."
"Upon returning, students brought back an expanded artistic worldview, enhanced adaptability, and a commitment to advocating for a broader, more inclusive concert band repertoire."
"By engaging directly with garments, artifacts, markets, museums, studios, and urban fashion environments, students practiced close observation, visual analysis, and cultural interpretation. The program emphasized experiential learning, encouraging students to connect course concepts to real-world examples while deepening their understanding of how dress communicates identity, tradition, social values, innovation, and cultural exchange."
"Overall, the grant transformed the course froman idea into a rich, community-engaged program that helps students explore Suriname’s colonial history, decolonization, language, identity, and cultural diversity in meaningful, firsthand ways. This grant truly made a dream into a reality."
Faculty Perspective: Borders and belonging: Education, migration, and transborder movement
