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The Office of Research and Engagement (ORE) has announced that three faculty-community partnerships have received 2025 Public Service Endowment Grants (PSEGs).

PSEGs, intended to enhance the mission of UMass Amherst as a Carnegie-classified “Engaged Research University,” focus on mutually beneficial collaborative partnerships between the university and off-campus community organizations through special projects and related scholarship that address a problem or need and/or build capacity.

The use of these non-renewable awards help leverage campus and community resources and create opportunities for sustained engagement after the end of the grant period. Full-time faculty and permanent professional staff are eligible to apply for the grants, which provide up to $15,000 in funding for one-year projects.

Complete details regarding PSEGs and information about the application process can be found on the ORE website.
 

2025 Public Service Endowment Grant Awardees

Diana Sierra Becerra, History, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
“Insurgent Butterflies - Traveling Exhibition & Educational Materials on Revolutionary Feminism”
Community Partners: Jenny Ceritos, Museum of the Word and Image (Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen), San Salvador, El Salvador; Rosa Rivera Rivera, Survivors' Historical Memory Committee of Arcatao, Chalatenango, El Salvador

Beverley Bell and Sharon Kearney, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, College of Education
“Reclaiming the Civil Rights of Multilingual Students of Color in Hard Times: A UMass Undergraduate & Holyoke Secondary Schools Community-Based Collaboration”
Community Partner: Lulu Ekiert, Holyoke Public Schools, Holyoke, Mass.

Tim DeLuca, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
“Enhancing Capacity for Language and Literacy Instruction for Users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication”
Community Partner: Samantha Bernier, Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative, West Springfield, Mass.