Ten Culture Lab Innovation Fund award winners announced
The Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) last week announced grant winners of this year’s round grants from the Harvard Culture Lab Innovation Fund (HCLIF). The awards provide students, staff, faculty, and postdocs with funds to pursue projects advancing DIB’s goals at Harvard. The 10 awardees for fiscal year 2020, rigorously winnowed from a field of nearly 100 applicants across the University, address the needs of some of Harvard’s most vulnerable community members, including undocumented students, students with disabilities, LGBTQ community members, first-generation/low-income students, racial minorities, and marginalized genders. “With our annual investments in innovative solutions, we are helping to ensure that Harvard University will soon realize and sustain a campus culture wherein everyone can thrive,” said John Silvanus Wilson, senior adviser and strategist to President Larry Bacow. “Each of the awarded projects directly enhances the experiences of those from Harvard’s groups previously excluded or marginalized, while indirectly improving the overall campus culture....