The goal of the Student Success Mini-Grant program is to promote collaborative approaches that advance student success strategies, enhance efficiencies and effectiveness, and/or implement process improvements to support holistic well-being, increase student retention, success, timely degree completion, and close equity gaps.
Proposals should align with unit/institutional strategic goals and priorities and advance the strategies in the Universities of Wisconsin 2023-28 Strategic Plan to champion student success across the higher education life cycle and achieve more diverse, equitable, and inclusive environments in which students can succeed.
Call for Proposals
The Universities of Wisconsin is pleased to announce a call for proposals to extend one-time funding to facilitate the adoption, expansion, or improvement of practices to support student success.
The 2026-2027 Universities of Wisconsin mini-grant initiative has a total pool of $75,000 available, and one grant proposal per campus will be accepted for consideration of up to $15,000. See complete details in the documents below.
Past Award Information
Prior to 2024-2025, mini-grants were funded under the following categories: Academic & Career Advising, Student Behavioral Health, and Veterans & Military-Connected Students. Below are the summaries of these projects.
5-Year Summary Report
Since 2021, the Student Success Mini-Grant Program has funded 61 initiatives totaling over $294,000 in direct support. The intent of the Student Success Mini-Grants 5-Year Report is to celebrate those projects that have best met the spirit of the Student Success Mini-Grant Program, to inform stakeholders of projects that have led to lasting improvements on a campus and/or hold promise for scaling across other UW universities, and to inspire future innovative project proposals.