Tar Heel Bus Tour Grants encourage THBT participants to build on and maintain their connections across North Carolina by developing projects that address issues and needs in partnership with communities throughout the state. $5-10K grants will be awarded to participants who connect the project to their field of scholarship and demonstrate that the main beneficiaries of their efforts will be local communities, including:
Developing community dissemination for existing research.
Developing or enhancing a community component for ongoing work.
Implementing a pilot project with potential for larger funding.
Establishing a community partnership to explore local issues for future scholarship.
Citizen Science Biodiversity Monitoring on Grandfather Mountain
Collaborative Mapping of Community Spaces in Princeville
Engaging Pharmacy Students with Conetoe Family Life Center Youth Summer Camp
From Bertie County to Carolina: Expansion of Project Uplift, Uplift PLUS and Carolina Male Empowerment Network
Health Promotion in Rural Northeastern North Carolina
Teaching the Tar Heel Bus Tour: A Racial Literacy Curriculum for Faculty, Students, and Staff
THBT Grants Call for Applications
Grants will be awarded to participants who connect the project to their field of scholarship and demonstrate that the main beneficiaries of their efforts will be local communities. Individual participants in the 2023 THBT may apply for grants of up to $5,000. Participants who partner with one or more other THBT participants may apply for up to $10,000. A total of $50,000 in funding is being provided by the Carolina Across 100 initiative and UNC Rural. Preference will be given to proposals/projects that:
Are collaborative efforts involving community organizations and UNC-Chapel Hill THBT participants.
Address a significant issue as defined by the community/state.
Are part of an existing or a planned longer-term sustainable relationship with the community.
Have the potential for lasting impact, may lead to a larger effort and/or leverage additional funds for additional engagement endeavors.
Are connected to the applicant’s field of scholarship.
Reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries to involve multiple schools/departments.
Occur in an area prioritized by the funders of rural areas of the state and counties not already represented in Carolina Across 100.
The prioritized area includes the following 31 counties:
