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              2022 National Service and Civic Engagement Research Grants
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                AmeriCorps completed the 2022 National Service and Civic Engagement Funding Opportunity, resulting in 21 awards to universities based in 16 states and territories across the nation. These grants, totaling $3.7 million will support research of civic engagement, social cohesion, volunteering and national service programs.

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			Program
			State
			Funds Awarded
			Primary Investigator
			TypeArizona State University
			Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Inclusion
			AZ
			$177,153
			Mark Hager, PhD
			NewFielding Graduate University
			Folk School Alliance Network: Strengthening a distributed network through participatory approaches
			CA
			$147,922
			David Blake Willis, PhD
			NewUniversity of California Los Angeles
			Examining Today's Young Social Change Agents and Their Opportunities
			CA
			$200,000
			Laura Wray-Wake, PhD
			NewUniversity of Denver
			Participatory research to build civic infrastructure through peer support programming among unhoused young people
			CO
			$164,799
			Kimber Bender, PhD
			NewUniversity of Georgia
			Examining the Influence of Civic Infrastructure on Rural/Urb
			GA
			$191,670
			Rebecca Nesbit, PhD
			NewTrustees of Indiana University
			Observing Civic Engagement & Assessing Civic Infrastructure
			IN
			$199,968
			Brad Fulton, PhD
			NewSmith College
			Teenagers as Community Teachers
			MA
			$179,999
			Sam Intrator, PhD
			NewTufts University
			Impact of COVID-era Mutual Aid Initiatives on Civic infrastructure in Metro-Boston
			MA
			$112,187
			Penn Loh, MSc
			NewUniversity of Maine
			The Future of Virtual Volunteerism Among Older Adults in a Post-Pandemic World: Is the Volunteer Sector Ready?
			ME
			$275,853
			Jennifer Crittenden, PhD
			NewCarleton College
			Using Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) insights to transform school policies & practices
			MN
			$171,975
			Anita Chikkatur, PhD
			NewMississippi State University
			Democracy's colleges: Expanding civic Engagement, volunteering, and national service
			MS
			$148,281
			Carol Cutler White, PhD
			NewAppalachian State University
			Civic Engagement, Health, and Community: A Nationally-Representative Study on the Long-term Impacts of Civic Engagement during Emerging Adulthood
			NC
			$120,161
			Martie Thompson, PhD
			NewUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
			Examining Youth Civic Mobility in the Heartland
			NE
			$109,192
			Jodi Benenson, PhD
			NewSUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
			Adapting in place: Exploring community and environmental wellness in the time of climate change.
			NY
			$146,886
			Maren King, MSLA
			NewUniversity of Cincinnati
			Civic Action for Refugee Empowerment in Cincinnati
			OH
			$174,742
			Anjali Dutt, PhD
			NewDrexel University
			Arts-centered Community Action: How Public Arts Programming Strengthens Civic Infrastructure and Promotes Civic Innovation
			PA
			$200,000
			Ayana Allen-Handy, PhD
			NewUniversity of Pittsburgh
			Research for Equity and Power
			PA
			$200,000
			Mary Ohmer, PhD
			NewUniversity of Texas at Austin
			How Nonprofits Create Civic Infrastructure
			TX
			$275,052
			Pamela Paxton, PhD
			NewGeorge Mason University
			Immigrants, Athletes, and Engagement
			VA
			$199,934
			James Witte, PhD
			NewVirginia Tech
			Scaling Up Participatory Action Planning - SEED
			VA
			$188,319
			Carlin Rafie, PhD
			NewUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewater
			Lub Zej Zog: Hmong Educators Coalition Project
			WI
			$199,918
			Jenna Cushing-Leubner, PhD
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