Recently Funded Grants

WHAS Crusade for Children - Scholarships

WHAS Crusade for Children
Dr. Amy Lein, School of Education

$18,000 grant to provide an incentive to students seeking certification in special education by offering partial tuition scholarships.

WHAS Crusade for Children – Clinic

WHAS Crusade for Children
Dr. Beth Ennis, Physical Therapy

$75,000 grant that will provide physical therapy (PT) services to Kentuckiana’s children diagnosed with a variety of developmental delays, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, and congenital musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders. This grant will also help train future pediatric professionals, using the latest technology and activities.

Bellarmine Rising 

Gheens Foundation 
Development Office

$400,000 investment towards the campaign to increase the public awareness, geographic reach, and enrollment of Bellarmine through the transition of its athletic programs to NCAA Division I. 

Bellarmine Community Health Professions Simulation Center 

Department of Education 
Dana McNeeley, College of Health Professions 

$1,000,000 project seeks to expand the capacity, impact, and reach of the existing Simulation Center (the Center) at Bellarmine University to support healthcare students and provide entry-level and advanced learning opportunities to the broader community. 

Embedding CUREs in the life sciences with support from peer learning facilitators 

KY IMBRE NIH 
Mary Kroetz, Biology Department 

$19,639 to embed Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in the life sciences at Bellarmine University. 

Early Arrival Program 2023 (KOC, Access BU, Pioneer Scholars) 

Council of Postsecondary Education 
Emily Howard, Student Affairs 

$50,000 for Early Arrival Bridge programs that will prepare underrepresented populations for success over their four years at Bellarmine. The programs connect students to faculty and staff members and alumni to begin building support and career networks early. 

Bridge to BU: 2023 Summer Bridge Program 

Council of Postsecondary Education 
Jon Blandford, Honors/English/Academic Affairs 

$50,000 to implement a summer bridge program that will increase college access, persistence, and completion by addressing academic gaps, including learning loss experienced by students whose educations were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Bellarmine Multitiered Supports in Reading Literacy Academy 

Council of Postsecondary Education 
Winn Wheeler, Department of Education 

$80,000 towards a professional learning opportunity for teachers to support the development in declarative knowledge in key components of reading development including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. 

Bellarmine Community Food Project 

U.S. Department of Agriculture 
Michele Abee, Environmental Science 

$35,000 to build a community-based network at Bellarmine University to address food insecurity and food deserts in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana communities and on campus by reviving the dormant Bellarmine Community Farm. The ultimate expected outcome of this project is to enhance our community's health and well-being together as a robust, community-based initiative. 

CHI Scholars at Bellarmine University 

Legacy Foundation 
Christy Kane, School of Nursing 

$600,000 to launch and support The Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana – CHI Scholars at Bellarmine University. Through this strategic partnership program, Bellarmine, the Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana, and CHI Saint Joseph Health will recruit, support, educate, and employ health care professionals who will subsequently create healthier communities in the counties served by the Legacy Foundation of Kentuckiana and CHI Saint Joseph Health. 

Increasing the Impact and Reach of the Amgen Biotech Experience Program: 2020 – 2023 

Education Development Center, Inc. 
Dr. Joanne Dobbins, Biology Department 

$118,667 - Bellarmine University has been named the host site for the Kentucky Chapter of Amgen Biotech Experience, an innovative science education program that empowers teachers to bring biotechnology to their classrooms. The initiative provides teacher professional development, curriculum materials, research-grade equipment and supplies to secondary schools at no cost. 

WHAS Crusade for Children - Scholarships 

WHAS Crusade for Children 
Dr. Amy Lein, School of Education 

$18,000 grant to provide an incentive to students seeking certification in special education by offering partial tuition scholarships. 

WHAS Crusade for Children – Clinic 

WHAS Crusade for Children 
Dr. Beth Ennis, Physical Therapy 

$75,000 grant that will provide physical therapy (PT) services to Kentuckiana’s children diagnosed with a variety of developmental delays, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, and congenital musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders. This grant will also help train future pediatric professionals, using the latest technology and activities. 

2022 GenCyber Knights - Securing the Castle 

GenCyber 
Dr. Robert Kelley, Computer Science 

$116,557 grant for a one-week, non-residential camp and a one-day follow-up event for middle school girls from underrepresented minority backgrounds in Louisville, Kentucky. Students will participate in a variety of hands-on activities to learn about the motives, strategies, and techniques of cyber adversaries, to examine their own cybersecurity habits and vulnerabilities, and to be inspired to consider pursuing cybersecurity as a profession after high school or college. 

Governors Emergency Education Relief (GEER) – Summer Bridge Program 

KY Council on Postsecondary Education 
Patrick Englert, Student Services 

$70,000 grant to implement a summer bridge program to support students of color, students with disabilities, and first-generation students with low to no expected family contribution. 

Bellarmine University New Teacher Support 

ESSER I State Level Funding KY Dept of Education 
Dr. Elizabeth Dinkins, School of Education 

$93,000 - The School of Education received a state-funded grant to support up to 62 first- and second-year teachers. These funds will support Bellarmine alumni through professional development, networking events, coaching and mentor discussions. 

The Greater Louisville Student Success Academy 

James Graham Brown Foundation 
Dr. Patrick Englert, Student Affairs 

$400,000 to provide community engagement opportunities, wraparound academic support services, and intentional strategies for academic progression to decrease equity gaps for first-generation students, underrepresented minority students, and students who come from low-income households in Greater Louisville. 

2022 Summer Bridge Program 

Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) 
Dr. Patrick Englert, Student Affairs 

$200,000 grant to continue a summer bridge program to support students of color, students with disabilities, and first-generation students with low to no expected family contribution. 

Recruiting, Preparing, and Supporting Highly Qualified Kentucky Science and Mathematics Teachers 

National Science Foundation 
Dr. Akhtar Mahmood, Physics 

$1,450,000 - Aims of recruiting and retaining a diverse cohort of STEM students to pursue sustainable careers as highly qualified middle or high school STEM teachers in high-need school districts. 

Career Pathways in Computer Science and Mathematics through Scholarships, Learning Communities, and Mentoring 

WHAS Crusade for Children – Clinic 

WHAS Crusade for Children - Scholarships 

Bellarmine Center of Excellence for Veteran Student Success (CEVSS) 

Digital Design Enhancement and Technological Improvements  

Health, Culture, and Compassion (HCC) 

National Endowment for the Humanities 
Dr. Jessica Hume, Health and Aging Services Leadership 

$99,999 - Through critical thinking and analysis in the fields of literature, writing, bioethics, spirituality, fine arts, social sciences, anthropology, politics, and law, the program will allow students to explore health from person- and society-centered perspectives. Funding will allow for expansion of the current HCC minor to an interdisciplinary major with three tracks: Narrative Health and Medical Humanities (NHMH); Health Disparities and Health Equity (HDHE); and Aging and End-of-Life Studies (AEoLS).