Funding Opportunity: Women of Beneficence Grant

August 26, 2026

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Women of Beneficence (WoB) is seeking projects that align with Ball State University's Beneficence Pledge and will contribute to the University's aspiration of being a model student-centered and community-engaged university. All Ball State University faculty and professional staff are eligible to submit a proposal.

Interested project teams should work with their Sponsored Projects Proposal Manager (PM) no later than Monday, November 2nd, to develop proposals, prepare budgets, and obtain the required university approvals prior to submission. Once finalized, applications are submitted through the Ball State InfoReady portal by the Principal Investigator.

Project timeline: May 1, 2027 to August 31, 2028

Deadline: December 1, 2026 by 5:00PM

Max request: $30,000

Full guidelines and the scoring rubric can be found on the Women of Beneficence website.

Questions may be directed to your SPA Proposal Manager or Sarah Lee, Senior Proposal Manager, slee@bsu.edu.

About the Women of Beneficence: Established to support projects and programs at Ball State University, Women of Beneficence members are volunteers who pool annual contributions and work with University administrators to select the projects they support. Since being established in 2002, the Women of Beneficence have granted more than $1 million, supporting over 60 projects and programs at Ball State.

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