UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Equal Opportunity Planning Committee (EOPC) invites Penn State faculty and staff to submit proposals for EOPC funding to support the University’s equity, respect and belonging efforts and advance the University’s strategic plan (see “Advancing Inclusion, Equity and Diversity”) with investments in programs and ideas.
- The deadline to submit proposals for summer 2024 is Friday, Dec. 8, 2023.
- The deadline to submit proposals for the 2024-25 academic year is Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.
Funding from EOPC is intended to provide seed money for innovative pilot programs and existing initiatives that help create and support a climate of equity throughout Penn State. EOPC proposals are reviewed by volunteers who represent different campuses and units.
The 2023-24 EOPC cycle resulted in 24 initiatives receiving funding from eight different funding categories including: campus climate, curriculum, faculty and staff recruiting, faculty and staff retention, leadership development, student recruiting, student retention and graduation, and organizational change. To view a full list of funded projects as well as the abstracts from the proposals, please visit the EOPC website.
To assist faculty and staff with submitting successful proposals, the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity will be offering a one-hour virtual EOPC Proposal Writing Workshop, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 11 a.m. Click here to register. A Zoom link will be provided in advance of the session. In the EOPC Proposal Writing Workshop participants will learn about EOPC program funding, proposal components, and the proposal submission/review process.
In addition, a PowerPoint presentation of the EOPC Proposal Writing Workshop, and an "Introduction to Assessment for Co-curricular Programs," which reviews how to craft explicit program goals and outcomes (with measurement), are available on the EOPC SharePoint site, along with many other resources.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity will review proposal drafts to provide feedback in advance of submission deadlines (as time and capacity permits). The platform, InfoReady, allows applicants to save their proposal drafts and return to them via the applications tab to finish and submit them. To submit a proposal, visit EOPC Summer 2024 and/or Academic Year 2024-25.
For more information, contact Sheila Barlock, EOPC administrator, at sdc108@psu.edu, or Holly Hawkins, administrative support coordinator, at holly@psu.edu or email eopc@psu.edu.