Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Fund 2013 Mini Grant Opportunities
Gallagher Koster has established through the American College Health Foundation the Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Fund. The purpose of this fund is to provide financial support to student health centers and their staff for the development of innovative practices that improve access to quality health care for students.
Two separate mini-grants will be awarded through the Gallagher Koster Fund in 2013. This is the tenth year that the Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health grant will be awarded. This grant supports the development of creative solutions to improve access to quality health care for all students. In addition, a mini-grant will be offered through a program titled, Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care. Funding through this second award will be used to plan, design, implement, and evaluate the use of culturally competent health care practices that focus on the successful treatment of specific diseases and health conditions that have been documented by national health statistics to disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minority populations, including African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian American/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives student populations.
The goal of this grant program is to spawn new ideas and innovative practices that improve students' access to health care and to share these strategies with other college health care professionals via presentations at state, regional, and national conferences, and publications in college health related periodicals.
American College Health Association Institutional or Individual Members are eligible to apply for these grants. Applicants are encouraged to put together project proposals that develop or utilize partnerships on their campuses and that demonstrate internal financial and in-kind support. The deadline for proposals was January 31, 2013. Grant recipient(s) will be announced at the 2013 American College Health Association Annual Meeting scheduled for May 28-June 1 in Boston, Massachusetts.
Grant Proposal Materals
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Past Grant Recipients
2012 Grant Award Winners:
- Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: Columbia University, Michael McNeil, project director
Project Title: "Mapping Healthy Columbia: An Interactive Tool" - Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care Grant: University of Bridgeport, Melissa Lopez, project director
Project Title: "Targeting Obesity on a College Campus through a Healthy Monday Campaign"
2011 Grant Award Winners:
- Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: Luther College, JoEllen Anderson, RN, ARNP
Project Title: "Luther College Health Service and Counseling Service Video Project" - Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care Grant: The Ohio State University, Judy Hild, MS, MBA
Project Title: "Characterization of Hemoglobin A1c in a College Student Population: A Pilot Study"
2010 Grant Award Winners:
- Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care Grant: University of Georgia, Gayle M. Robbins, PhD
Project Title: “I Know How Project” - Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: New York University, Carlo Ciotoli, MD, PMA
Project Title: “Take Care NYU: A Comprehensive Framework to Improve Student Health at NYU”
2009 Grant Award Winners:
- Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: University of Bridgeport, Melissa Lopez, BSN, MPH
Project Title: “The Art of Balancing” - Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: Framingham State College, Pamela Lehmberg
Project Title: “Project Cosmo”
2008 Grant Award Winners:
- Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: University of Alabama, Lori Greene, MS, RD, LD
Project Title: “A Comprehensive Weight Management Program to Reduce the Incidence of Obesity at the University of Alabama” - Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care Grant: Rutgers University, Dorothy Kozlowski, NPC, MSN
Project Title: “The Influence of Culture and Family on Female Body Perception and Obesity”
2007 Grant Award Winners:
- Innovative Practices in College Health Grant: Iowa State University
Project Title: "Experience Design for Student Health Center" - Innovative Practices in Culturally Competent Health Care Grant: University of Iowa Student Health Service
Project Title: "Enhancing International Students' Access to Appropriate Health Care"
2006 Grant Award Winners:
- Pine Manor College Student Health Services
Project Title: "A Campus Based Program to Reduce the Incidence of Obesity in Women of Color at Pine Manor College" - University of Michigan Health Services
Project Title: "Educational Program to Assist International College Students in Deciding about Treatment for Latent TB Infection"
2005 Grant Award Winner:
- University of Central Florida
Project Title: "Evaluation of Web-Based Triage Referrals for Emergent or Immediate Care in College Students"
2004 Grant Award Winners:
- Carroll College
Project Title: "Assessing Students Needs for the Development of a Comprehensive Health Program" - Georgetown University
Project Title: "Evaluating the Impact of an Online Health Resource"
