Community Engagement Grants Scheme 

Our annual grants scheme encourages and supports research, education and outreach projects that enhance the University’s engagement with the communities it serves.

• Community Engagement Grants Scheme

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UOW Gives $50,000 to Community Projects

Six far-reaching community projects received $50,000 worth of grants from the University of Wollongong.

UOW’s Community Engagement Grants Scheme (CEGS) funded the diverse projects, which include a resource kit to help children with cerebral palsy, a symposium for indigenous writers and the development of a large-scale children’s mural which will be Australia’s only contribution an important global peace exhibition.

The projects also include a partnership between students living on-campus and refugees, research looking at the impact of train fines on young people, and a project creating links between the Graduate School of Medicine and community volunteers.

The grants are awarded for University projects that are collaborative - working with a community partner – and that have a clear community benefit.

CEGS was introduced in 2005 to encourage and support these projects. Staff and students of UOW can apply and funding is awarded on a competitive basis.

The winning recipients share in a total amount of funding of $50,000 administered by the University’s Office of Community & Partnerships. A total of $170,500 has been awarded to 23 projects since 2005.

At the presentation the award winners will gave a short talk about their project and highlight their project’s community benefits. Professor Rob Castle spoke about the the background of the grants scheme and Chair of the Assessment Panel, David Morgan Williams, gave an update on the progress of the projects funded to date.

Click here for a list of 2008 recipients. 

^{Above: 2008 CEGS Recipients, pictured with the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International) Professor Rob Castle.}