Partners & Funders

Lyrasis Catalyst Fund

The Catalyst Fund is an award program that provides support for new ideas and innovative projects from the LYRASIS membership. It is administered by the LYRASIS Leaders Circle to expand opportunities to explore, test, refine and collaborate on innovations with potential for community-wide impact.

ALA Diversity Research Grant

The Diversity Research Grant (DRG), funded by the ALA Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services, consists of a one-time $2,500 award for original research. Research may address any topic that speaks to critical gaps in the knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion issues within library and information science.

National Center for Institutional Diversity

The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) partnered with the UM Library to develop and administer the research for this project. NCID supports and connects the shared knowledge by providing opportunities for research and dissemination across the academy and beyond. NCID also administers the Diversity Scholars Network, which formed the research participant pool for the project's survey, and intended audience for the toolkit.

The Diversity Scholars Network

The Diversity Scholars Network fosters an interdisciplinary multi-institutional community of scholars to strengthen research and scholarship about diversity, equity and inclusion and address issues in education and society. Members of the Network are identified for their commitment and contribution to diversity research and scholarship.