Category: Recent Grants

A grant to Carleton from the American Physical Society will bring optics education activities to children in Northfield. According to Grace Clemen ‘28, who will run the project with Professor…

A grant from the Minnesota-based Shavlik Family Foundation will advance cybersecurity training for students at Carleton and St. Olaf.

A grant from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture will fund new activities at Carleton’s student farm, a key part of the College’s sustainability program.  According to project director Sarah Fortner,…

A grant from the St. Paul Jewish Federation will allow the Chaplain’s Office at Carleton to purchase a reusable and strong sukkah – the temporary outdoor structure that’s central to the week-long Jewish celebration of Sukkot each fall.

A grant from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will help the College improve its collection of compostable materials in its residence halls.

A grant from Minnesota’s Southeast Library System (SELS) will allow the College’s Gould Library to expand and enhance a designated play space to support student mental health, well-being, and inclusion through play-based activities. Everyone is invited to attend a launch event over the noon hour on Thursday, May 7, in the Rookery at the Library.

Cheryl Yin, assistant professor of anthropology, has received a grant-in-aid award to conduct research in the Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA) at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Carleton has been awarded a Jean Dreyfus Lectureship from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation to bring a leading researcher in chemistry to campus and to support undergraduate research in chemistry.

Alex Knodell, professor of classics and director of archaeology, has received a collaborative convening grant, co-funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (HFRI).

Chloé Fandel, assistant professor of geology, has received a subaward from the University of Minnesota for a project funded by the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) that aims to develop a software program to predict the travel time of contaminants in aquifers.