Presidential Grant Program Example Projects

Examples of Funded Projects

• On-campus convenings to engage stakeholders, including staff, faculty, or students
• Cross-campus or cross-institutional convenings
• Strategic planning
• Task forces and committees
• Professional development or training related to understanding the financial landscape
• Administrative or academic restructuring
• Building capacity for degree audits
• A pilot or internal research related to improving on-time graduation rates and strategies aimed at targeted student retention
• Advising, pathway, or curricular efficiency efforts
• OER projects
• Financial modeling or planning
• Bringing in outside experts
• Campus financial literacy training
• Credit transfer work
• Exploration of ideas to generate revenue

Stipends, consultant or speaker fees, travel expenses, food, data and resource expenses are all eligible expenses.