JASPA awards a limited number of grants each academic year to advance the goals and values of the association. JASPA members may apply for Innovation Grants for the purpose of applying current research to address pressing issues in Jesuit student affairs. While all projects that address the goals and values of JASPA are welcome, special emphasis will be placed on those that are focused on efforts promoting diversity and inclusion. In addition, whenever possible, projects that foster collaboration across departments and/or colleges and universities are encouraged.
Timeline
Applications are now open for the JASPA Innovation Grants. Apply here!
Priority applications are due on Monday, April 7, 2025. Application review will begin by the end of the month. Decisions will be made and communicated between May and June, and grants will be awarded in the new fiscal year.
Questions?
Please contact the chair or vice chair with questions about the Innovation Grants
- Patrick Rogers, Chair - College of the Holy Cross - progers@holycross.edu
- Jonathan Hinnrichs, Vice Chair - Boston College - jonathan.hinrichs@bc.edu
Selection
Up to $10,000 will be available to fund these initiatives each year.
Requirements
Projects should address one or more of the following JASPA goals:
- To articulate and promote the distinctive mission, traditions, and values of Jesuit Catholic higher education;
- To engage contemporary culture and explore contemporary issues that impact Jesuit Catholic higher education;
- To develop and disseminate standards and best practices that advance the work of student affairs professionals at Jesuit Catholic colleges and universities;
- To provide leadership on national issues of importance that impact Catholic higher education.
Projects should promote one or more of the following JASPA values:
- Excellence: a commitment to professional engagement in practice and scholarship
- Integrity: a commitment to professional ethics and Ignatian spirituality
- Service: a commitment to work that promotes justice
- Inclusion: a commitment to supporting diverse leadership and participation
- Leadership: a commitment to values-based leading and learning
Eligibility
Grant applications will be accepted from the following:
- Student affairs professionals at JASPA institutions;
- Faculty members in higher education or student affairs graduate programs at JASPA institutions for projects specifically on Jesuit and/or Catholic higher education;
- Doctoral students in higher education programs at JASPA institutions for dissertations specifically on Jesuit and/or Catholic higher education;
- Doctoral students who are affiliate members of JASPA for dissertations specifically on Jesuit and/or Catholic higher education.
Past Grant Recipients
2024
Mental Health First Aid
Dr. Jason Parcover
Loyola University Maryland
Exploring What Factors Influence How Female Undergraduate Students Make Meaning of Their Personal Boundaries for Consent
Briana Maturi
Loyola Marymount University
First-Gen Forward
Lisa Mankovskaya, Nancy Komada, PhD, Elizabeth Lee, PhD
Saint Joseph's University
SPEAR Program
Jamie Bartlett, PhD
Gonzaga University
Building a Restorative Culture
Danielle Phillips
Saint Louis University
2023
Queer Book Fair: Celebrating culture with the written word
Jamie Bartlett, PhD
Gonzaga University
The A Team
Sarah Shaaban
Arrupe College of Loyola Chicago
Cura Apostolica: Jesuit Higher Education’s Support for the Development of Social Justice and Inclusion Professional Competencies in Student Affairs
Lisha K.M. McGrue
Loyola Marymount University
One Family: First-Gen Family Pre-Fall Program
Mary Beth Mudric
Loyola University Maryland
Student DEI and Mission Liaison Program
Dr. Victoria L. Martin
Saint Louis University
SJU's "All-Inclusive": The OLR Sensory-Friendly Study Space
Kris Goldberg
Saint Joseph's University
2022
Student Mental Well-Being Support Fund
Cynthia Terry
Loyola University Maryland
Root to Rise Retreat: A Retreat for Sexual Assault Survivors
Eileen T Suhrhoff, Psy.D.
Boston College
USF Gender Inclusive Housing Welcome Day
Malibu Taylor
University of San Francisco
Nourish LUC
Mira Krivoshey
Loyola University Chicago
2021
Introducing the Ignatian Organizational Culture Framework for Student Facing Staff at Jesuit Universities
Patrick Furlong
Loyola Marymount University
Campus Sensory Room: Serving & Supporting a Diverse Student Population
Kendra Johnston, Andrew Erdmann & Sarah Zimmerman
Saint Louis University
Casa Belize Cultural Exchange & Literacy Project
Brian Sokol & Tom Hare
Saint Louis University
DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Student Leadership Series
Matthew Quick & Leslie Doyle
Rockhurst University
2020
Black Women Matter: A Retreat
Katie Dalton
Boston College
Graduate Leadership Program
Carole Hughes
Boston College
Restorative Justice Conference Facilitators Apprenticeship & Phase Two Implementation
John Orozco, Julia Wade & Schoene Mahmood
Loyola Marymount University
2019
Professional Development for Women of Color Student Affairs Administrators
Paige Gardner
Loyola University Chicago
Radical Hospitality
Ophelie Rowe Allen
Fairfield University
Sophomore Cura Experience
Ashley Williams, Joe Saucedo & Betsi Burns
Loyola University Chicago