Past Grant Winners
Resources
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Service-Learning Manual by ILS Advisory Board Curriculum of Service subcommittee
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We also have eleven copies of this excellent resource in the Institute office.
Ford Community Corps Partnership
The Institute for Leadership and Service seeks bold and creative ways to use the many resources of University of Detroit 
Mercy to serve our community. The has provided financial support to assist the Institute in fostering the strategic partnerships, which form the centerpiece of this new program.
Objectives
The primary goal of this program is to support faculty and students interested in developing a service-learning project to meet the needs of an agency or target population in metropolitan Detroit. The objectives of the program are to:
- Enhance student leadership skills development through practical experiences of serving those in need.
- Broaden students’ classroom learning through direct community engagement.
- Improve the capacity of community-based, human service organizations by creating partnerships between these organizations, Ford Motor Company Fund and Detroit Mercy.
- Increase the students’ awareness of service opportunities in the community and Ford Motor Company Fund’s commitment to community engagement.
- Assist faculty in identifying and using best practices in service learning.
Grant Information
- Financial support is available for faculty who plan to teach a community engage learning course in Winter or Fall Terms of 2024. Check out the awards and requirements below.
- See section entitled "How to Apply" below.
- The proposal will be evaluated by the FCCP oversight committee of the Institute. Please contact theinstitute@udmercy.edu if you have further questions.
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How to Apply
If you are interested in the Ford Community Corps Partnerships, please review the steps outlined below:
- Form your project idea. The Institute, in partnership with Ford, is interested in supporting project proposals that will be implemented during a Community Engaged Learning course. More specifically, we want to support projects in which the students in those courses apply the knowledge gained in that course to help a nonprofit organization. If you are interested and would like assistance of any kind (eg: suggestions for potential nonprofit or community partners, or help specifying deliverables, etc,) just let us know. The Institute staff has identified a list of potential agencies and is happy to assist interested facul