NOVA Radical InNOVAtion Grant Awards Announced

May 9, 2022 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to share that we received a wealth of high-quality, thought-provoking “Radical InNOVAtion Grant” proposals across all campuses and divisions of NOVA this year. We would like to note that the funding decision was not easy because the proposals were well thought-out and based on innovative ideas.

As announced in the solicitation, the review of the detailed proposals was based on new and creative initiatives that would enhance the education of NOVA students in areas that will improve student recruitment, program completion, student retention rates and the overall quality of programs offered by the College. We would like to express sincere gratitude to the NOVA Foundation for their support of this program. 

The Office of Academic Affairs and the NOVA Foundation are honored to award the following NOVA InNOVAtion Grants for 2022-23 to:

  1. “Earn While You Learn” Work-Based Learning Opportunity for Economically Disadvantaged Federal Work-Study Business Students (Principal Investigators: Dahlia Henry-Tett, Shawn Addison, Clint Young and Cathy Cogdill)
  2. Skeleton Boot Camp for Incoming Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Students (Principal Investigator: Kathryn Ambrogne and Patricia Ottavio)
  3. Students Learning on the Job–Everybody Wins! (Principal Investigator: Ashley Wilkins and Shawn Addison)
  4. Expanding Research Possibilities for ADVANCE Students: A Pilot Program for ADVANCE Students (Principal Investigators: Jason Dodge and Casey Lukszo)
  5. Virtual InNOVAtion Incubator (Principal Investigators: Caryn Sever and Cynthia Pascal)
  6. ASPIRE – Academic Success Programming to Inspire, Retain and Engage (Principal Investigator: Kerry Coleman-Proksch)

Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the awards! These funded projects will be conducted during summer 2022 and summer 2023. All recipients will provide and disseminate the outcomes of the project to the NOVA community soon after they finish their projects. Thank you to those who submitted proposals for this inaugural grant cycle. We look forward to even more radically innovative ideas next year!

Submitted by:
Dr. Eun Woo-Chang, VPAA/CAO, EChang@nvcc.edu