{"id":59912,"date":"2025-10-16T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=59912"},"modified":"2025-10-15T21:22:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T01:22:43","slug":"emu-celebrates-recent-grant-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/emu-celebrates-recent-grant-success\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU celebrates recent grant success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past two academic years, EMU has received a significant number of grants, a testament to the hard work of faculty and staff, innovative ideas, collaboration, and dedication to its mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success has been broad-based, with grants coming from a diverse range of sources, including federal agencies, foundations, and professional associations. This mix of funding highlights the wide-ranging impact of research and programs at EMU, and positions the university as a leader in multiple fields. The results of these grants have helped support student success initiatives and professional development opportunities, and provide resources for staff and faculty roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the notable recent achievements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/2m-nsf-grant-creates-access-belonging-for-stem-majors-at-emu\/\">National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM Grant<\/a><\/strong> provides scholarships and support services for high-achieving, income-eligible STEM majors. This grant helps create a greater sense of belonging and opens new pathways for students in critical fields. It supports a STEM mentorship program, an eight-week paid internship, free conference attendance, and meets unmet financial need up to $15,000.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/graduate-counseling-program-receives-2-37-million-grant\/\">HRSA BHWET Mental Health grant<\/a> <\/strong>provides $25,000 stipends for 59 counseling students in internships from Fall 2025 through Spring 2029, while expanding their partnerships and services to schools and clinical sites in areas such as Page County, Virginia, and Pendleton County, West Virginia. The grant also funds conference registration and travel reimbursement for internship students and provides specialized training in telehealth, integrated behavioral health in primary care, and trauma-informed care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-receives-101k-grant-to-address-mental-health-substance-abuse\/\">SAMHSA grant<\/a><\/strong> addresses mental health support, suicide prevention, and substance abuse prevention and education among EMU undergraduate students. This is a critical initiative that provides vital support services and programming to the campus community. Royals RISE is the name of the program tasked with implementing the grant objectives and goals.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/doj-grant-will-continue-programs-preventing-sexual-and-relationship-violence\/\">DOJ Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) grant<\/a><\/strong> designed to reduce domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking at EMU. The OVW grant is the third iteration of a grant that EMU has had since 2017. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/safer-together\/\">Safer Together<\/a> is the name of the EMU program that collaborates with community and campus partners to enhance its safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foundation and association grants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithamerica.org\/grants\/advancing-pluralism\/\">Interfaith America-Pluralism Project Grant<\/a><\/strong> supports interfaith dialogue and religious literacy initiatives that align with EMU\u2019s commitment to peacebuilding and cross-cultural understanding.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grant<\/strong>: Funding from the Council for Independent Colleges supports the development and expansion of EMU\u2019s Center for Teaching and Learning, providing faculty with enhanced resources for pedagogical innovation and student success strategies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cic.edu\/networks\/netvue\/grants\/\">NETVUE (Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education) Grant<\/a> <\/strong>supports EMU\u2019s distinctive approach to vocation and calling, funding programming that helps students discern their life\u2019s work through the integration of faith, learning, and service.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/eastern-mennonite-university-receives-1-25-million-to-support-secure-parenting\/\">Lilly Endowment Grants<\/a> <\/strong>support EMU\u2019s commitment to vocation exploration and faith integration in higher education. The university has benefited from many Lilly grants that have enabled innovative programming that connects academic study with personal calling and community service.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/seminary\/cpe\/\">Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Grant<\/a> <\/strong>expands training opportunities for students pursuing chaplaincy and pastoral care ministries, reinforcing EMU\u2019s commitment to holistic care and spiritual formation. This grant, in collaboration with Palm Beach University, funds the training of a Resident as a Certified Educator to teach in EMU\u2019s CPE program and expand its capacity for offering CPE units.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these grants represent more than $5.6 million in support for EMU\u2019s mission-driven work. They affirm the dedication of EMU\u2019s faculty and staff and the potential of its students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past two academic years, EMU has received a significant number of grants, a testament to the hard work of faculty and staff, innovative ideas, collaboration, and dedication to <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/emu-celebrates-recent-grant-success\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU celebrates recent grant success<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":59915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,17562,264,6393,5730],"tags":[18514,18631,10533,11381,18508,18629,18632,10146,18630,18248,18628,18626,18627,18227],"feature":[17427,17426,17241],"class_list":["post-59912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-digest","category-graduate-programs","category-ma-in-counseling","category-undergraduate-programs","tag-bhwet","tag-cic","tag-cpe","tag-grants","tag-hrsa","tag-interfaith-america","tag-lilly-endowment","tag-national-science-foundation","tag-netvue","tag-nsf","tag-ovw","tag-royals-rise","tag-safer-together","tag-samhsa","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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