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Applications open for annual community engagement awards

Applications open for annual community engagement awards

Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to apply for a 2024 ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Excellence in Community Engagement Award on behalf of a project in the following categories: Community-Engaged Service, Community-Engaged Research and Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning.

A $3,000 award will be given in each of those areas to recognize outstanding work and support its continuation. Projects that achieve honorable mention will receive $1,000. Applicants should be aware that the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵCE Awards are not a grant proposal process but a recognition of existing projects.Please visit to see previous winners and to access the application.

Submissions are due Oct. 30 at 11:59 p.m. Community Partner feedback forms are due by Nov. 1 at noon.

The 2024 ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵCE Awards are sponsored by the Provost and Executive Vice President, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, the Vice President for Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, the Dean of Students and the Center for Community-Engaged Learning.

Contact Michelle Garraway at michelle.garraway@msstate.edu with any questions.