Grants and Awards
Assessment Mini Grant Program
The University Assessment Steering Committee, in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, is pleased to offer the annual Assessment Mini Grant program for the purpose of supporting assessment-related projects focused on improving student learning outcomes and development in both academic and co-curricular areas.
Funding for the 2025 program will be available from January 2025 through June 30, 2025, with a maximum award of $2,200.
The due date for submitting a proposal has expired. Award recipients will be announced prior to the Thanksgiving break. Thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal for the 2025 Assessment Mini Grant Program!
To see a list of the past recipients, click on the red archive button below. For questions, contact Karen Stokes Chapo at @email.
Assessment Fellows Grants
The University Assessment Steering Committee Assessment Fellows Grant program was designed to provide financial support to faculty and staff at Western Michigan University interested in developing a project based on student learning outcomes assessment. This program was replaced by the Assessment Mini Grant Program in spring 2021. An archive of Fellows Grant recipient presentations can be accessed below.
Archive of assessment fellows presentations
Assessment Excellence Awards
The Assessment Excellence Awards are presented by the University Assessment Steering Committee to acknowledge and celebrate assessment work that has led to verifiable improvements in academic or learner support programs. We are always excited to learn about and honor the great work that is being done to use assessment results for continuous improvement of learning and student success at WMU. Contact Karen Stokes Chapo at @email for more information and questions.
Individual
This individual-based award is designed to recognize WMU employees who have made a significant contribution in the area of assessment of student learning.
Collaboration
This award is designed to recognize multiple individual WMU employees from the same or different departments and/or units who have collaborated to make a significant contribution in the area of assessment of student learning.
Unit
This unit-based award is designed to recognize and showcase outstanding efforts in the area of assessment at WMU. An outstanding assessment process is characterized by the use of the results of assessment to improve the activities being assessed. Therefore, criteria for selection will emphasize the demonstration of program improvements as a result of the assessment program.