Lilly Endowment Inc. has announced $62.7 million in grants to Indiana’s colleges and universities for initiatives aimed at reducing the state’s brain drain.
All of the state’s 39 accredited colleges and universities will receive grants, ranging from $868,000 to $5 million, for efforts to enhance and expand opportunities for their college graduates to find meaningful employment in Indiana.
The grants are part of the endowment’s Initiative to Promote Opportunities Through Educational Collaborations, which has awarded grants to Indiana colleges and universities to pursue activities that improve the job prospects of college graduates in the state for more than a decade.
Lilly Endowment Inc. says the schools plan pursue a range of activities that span all points on the college-to-career spectrum. Common strategies include: developing new courses, certificates, credentials and degrees; beginning more deliberate career counseling for all students during their freshman year rather than waiting until their junior or senior years; offering more internship and co-op opportunities; and strengthening their efforts to promote entrepreneurship and technology transfer.
Grant recipients and amounts, which vary in accordance with schools’ enrollment size,
are as follows:
Ancilla Domini College - $1,000,000
Anderson University - $1,000,000
Ball State University Foundation - $3,000,000
Bethel College - $868,021
Butler University - $999,952
Calumet College of St. Joseph - $999,999
DePauw University - $1,000,000
Earlham College - $1,000,000
Franklin College - $998,395
Goshen College - $1,000,000
Grace College - $1,000,000
Hanover College - $998,408
Holy Cross College - $1,000,000
Huntington University - $1,000,000
Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) - $1,000,000
Indiana State University Foundation - $3,000,000
Indiana University Foundation - $5,000,000
Indiana Wesleyan University - $3,000,000
Ivy Tech Foundation - $4,874,264
Manchester University - $1,000,000
Marian University - $1,000,000
Martin University - $998,239
Oakland City University - $1,000,000
Purdue Research Foundation - $5,000,000
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - $1,000,000
St. Joseph’s College - $1,000,000
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College - $1,000,000
St. Mary’s College - $1,000,000
Taylor University - $1,000,000
Trine University - $1,000,000
University of Evansville - $1,000,000
University of Indianapolis - $1,000,000
University of Notre Dame - $3,000,000
University of Saint Francis - $1,000,000
University of Southern Indiana Foundation - $3,000,000
Valparaiso University - $1,000,000
Vincennes University Foundation - $3,000,000
Wabash College - $999,771
Western Governors University - $1,000,000
