Past Recipients

Year 22 Funding – 2024 | $99,745

Investigating the Biochemical Pathways Driving Tumor-Induced Bone Disease – $20,000
College of Engineering

Mental Health First-Aid Training for Higher Education – $19,550
Division of Student Affairs

Veterans Impact Program and Orientation – $18,450
Division of Student Affairs

Breast Milk Dehydration Project– $17,309
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Arkansas Health and Wellness Research Course and Summit – $7,475
Honors College

Adolescent Menstrual Education and Needs (AMEN) – $6,550
College of Education and Health Professions

A Randomized Control Trial of a Group Treatment for Incarcerated Female Sexual Assault Victims – $6,000
J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Curriculum Materials Center to Support Future Teachers – $4,4110
University Libraries


Year 21 Funding – 2023 | $110,000

ArtSpark! – $20,000
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences and College of Education & Health Professions

SEAM Studio: Sewing Entrance Academy Mentorship Studio – $20,000
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Know My ACES – $16,615
College of Education & Health Professions

Advancing Adult Mental Health Education in Arkansas through Mental Health First Aid Training – $12,235
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Efficient LNP-CRISPR Formulations for Gene Correction and Immune Evasion in Mouse Models of DMD – $11,800
College of Engineering

The Incredible Years: Parenting and Support Guidance – $9,090
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Physical activity as preventative medicine for cancer-induced muscle wasting – $8,000
College of Education & Health Professions

LEAP: Learn Engineering After-School Programs – $7,260
College of Engineering

Girls Compose: A SHE Festival Program for Girls in Music Composition – $5,000
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences


Year 20 Funding – 2022 | $100,000

No-Auditory-Um: Assessing the Acoustic and Spatial Interior Environments in University of Arkansas’ Auditorium – $19,874
College of Education & Health Professions and Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design

Evaluation of E.S.T.E.E.M., a program for improvement of self-esteem in low-income women – $11,000
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences and College of Education & Health Professions

Wander-Thirst: A studio album of Florence Price’s choral music by the Schola Cantorum – $10,000
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Cultivating Sustainable K-12 AGRI-STEM Pathways through CommUniversity Partnerships – $10,000
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Making “Sense” of Sensorimotor Rehabilitation in Virtual Reality – $10,000
Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research

Art/Works! – $10,000
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences and College of Education & Health Professions

Weight Stigma Wednesday: An Educational Community Program – $9,500
Division of Student Affairs

Supporting individuals with neurodiversity in the transition to independent living and the workforce: community engagement in program development for EMPOWER at the University of Arkansas – $7,000
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Dream B.I.G. Service and Education Project – $6,000
Division of Student Affairs

Women’s Giving Circle Founders Endowed Advance Arkansas Scholarship – $3,313

Women’s Giving Circle Endowed Scholarship in Nursing – $3,313


Year 19 Funding – 2021 | $101,058

Integrating Telehealth Patient Management (TPM) in the Doctor of Nursing Program – $13,000
College of Education & Health Professions

Enhancing Autism Management Among Minority Pediatric Populations – $12,000
College of Education & Health Professions

“Listening” to chemical communication between pathogenic bacterial biofilms and the immune system – $10,189
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Effects of Hormonal Birth Control on Women’s Experiences with Stress – $9,992
Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Making GAINS-Guiding Adolescents in Next Steps – $8,579
College of Education & Health Professions

CAPS Assessment Training – $8,386
Division of Student Affairs

Benchmarking potent cellular therapies for osteoporosis using big data omics and machine learning – $7,920
College of Engineering

Supporting Campus Child Caregivers at the University Libraries – $7,867
University Libraries

Arkansas Global Opportunity (Arkansas GO!) – $7,500
Graduate School & International Education

Reducing Adolescent Vaccine Hesitancy – $6,450
College of Education & Health Professions

Tiny Tusks Infant and Breastfeeding Support for University of Arkansas Campus & Community – $4,500
College of Education & Health Professions

Navigating Leadership Paths: The Stories of Diverse and Successful Leaders – $4,310
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences


Year 18 Funding – 2020 | $110,000

Enhancing Imaging of Breast Tumor Margins Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy – $16,502
College of Engineering

Removing Access Barriers Through Assistive Technology – $16,000
Division of Student Affairs

A New, Mobile Planetarium – $15,000
Graduate School and International Education

Providing Essential Technology for Student Interns at Counseling and Psychological Services – $10,000
Division of Student Affairs

Emergency Grant to the Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Food Pantry During COVID-19 – $10,000
Division of Student Affairs

Investigating the Role of Pancreatic Cancer-derived Extracellular Vesicles in Perineural Invasion – $10,000
College of Engineering

Theatre Outside of the Theater – $5,700
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Youth Jazz Education Initiative – $5,593
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

RefleXions Music Series: A Podcast – $5,500
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

U of A SOARS – $5,380
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Arkansas Labor Trafficking Awareness Project – $5,325
School of Law

Patent Bootcamp for Women and Minorities – $5,000
School of Law


Year 17 Funding – 2019 | $100,000

Machine Learning to Enhance DCIS Breast Cancer Classification – $19,145
College of Engineering

Supporting Students in the EMPOWER Program – $17,500
College of Education and Health Professions

Junior Forest Academy – $17,460
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Engineering Our P.A.S.T. Girls Archeology and Engineering Camps – $14,700
College of Engineering

Student Media Professional Attire Project Pilot Program – $12,735
Division of Student Affairs

Addressing Sexual and Relationship Violence Video Series – $11,500
Division of Student Affairs

Arkansas Reads Program: Diverse Books for the Arkansas Delta – $5,660
Enrollment Services

GIRLS: Leaders on the Rise – $1,300
College of Education and Health Professions


Year 16 Funding – 2018 | $100,000

Transitions to Adulthood for Displaced Women Aging out of Foster Care – $13,675
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Soaring High in Engineering (SHE) Camp – Batesville and Camden Expansion – $12,700
College of Engineering

MicroProbing the Chemistry of Depression, Drug Addiction and Other Diseases of the Brain – Phase Two – $10,881
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design – Design Camp 2019 – $10,600
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Ultrasound Unit for Women’s Clinic at Pat Walker Health Center – $10,000
Division of Student Affairs

Community-Based Breastfeeding Support – $9,554
College of Education and Health Professions

Protective Armor Plate Design – $8,700
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

Patent Bootcamp for Women and Minorities in STEM – $7,500
School of Law

Innovating Rural Arkansas: Student Solutions to Community Problems – $6,700
Sam M. Walton College of Business

Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Women – $5,900
College of Education and Health Professions

Pictures Say a Thousand Words: Improving Self Esteem Through Photographs – $3,790
Dale Bumpers  College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences


Year 15 Funding – 2017 | $100,000

Are U OK? – $20,000
Division of Student Affairs

CAPS Technology Assisted Training and Supervision – $20,000
Division of Student Affairs

Leaders and Learners – Empowering Marshallese Mothers & Daughters – $18,395
College of Education and Health Professions

Music75 Initiative Student Funds – $13,455
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Soaring High in Engineering (SHE Camp) – Blytheville – $12,650
College of Engineering

WGC Design Camp 2018 – $10,500
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

Student-led Fall Prevention Intervention Using Motivational Interviewing Strategies – $5,000
College of Education and Health Professions


Year 14 Funding – 2016 | $90,000

Women’s Giving Circle Endowed Founders Scholarship – $27,500

“Micro” – Probing the Chemistry of Depression, Drug Addiction and Other Diseases of the Brain – $25,000
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Explore Engineering Program: Northeast Arkansas – $11,500
College of Engineering

Dream B.I.G. Brave Girl Initiative: Phase Two – $7,500
Division of Student Affairs

Cooking for the Future – $6,000
Division of Student Affairs

Explore Skilled Trades Camp – $5,000
University of Arkansas Global Campus

Transportation to Opportunity: Increasing Awareness for Women and Children in Rural Arkansas – $4,500
College of Engineering

Pregnant and Parenting College Students Lunchtime Learning Series – $3,000
Division of Student Affairs


Year 13 Funding – 2015 | $142,086.25

Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellows – $38,500
College of Education and Health Professions

Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Campus Food Pantry – $25,000

Determining Early Tumor Response to Therapy – $22,000
College of Engineering

Development of Scientists from Underrepresented Groups in Gould and Dumas, Arkansas – $11,990
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

VAC Literacy Program Parent Literacy Night Pilot – $11,845
Student Affairs

Dream B.I.G. Brave Girl Initiative – $10,728.25
Student Affairs

Delta Professional Development Project – $7,432
Sam M. Walton College of Business

Sustain Rape Aggression Defense Course – $7,236
UAPD

$tart $mart Salary Negotiation for Women – $3,150
Student Affairs

Laundry & Literacy – $2,205
College of Education and Health Professions

UA Women’s Chorus in Collaboration with World Renown Composer – $2,000
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences


Year 12 Funding – 2014 | $140,000

Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellows – $38,500
College of Education and Health Professions

Non-invasive Treatment of Breast Cancer (Jingyi Chen) – $25,000
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Detection and Monitoring of Hematologic Malignancies (Timothy J. Muldoon) – $22,000
College of Engineering

Dream B.I.G. Program: Educational Sessions – $11,000
Student Affairs

Ozarks at Large Preservation, Phase II – $10,000
KUAF / J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Promoting STEM Education and Career Opportunities in South Arkansas – $10,000
Research and Economic Development

Madres Sin Limites – $10,000
Diversity Affairs

Root of STEM: Recruitment of African-American Women (Tameka Bailey) – $8,500
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Arkansas Reads Program: Promoting Women in STEM – $5,000
Enrollment Services


Year 11 Funding – 2013 | $130,000

Arkansas Teacher Corps Fellows – $30,000
College of Education and Health Professions

Razorback Patrol Golf Cart Escort Program – $22,000
University of Arkansas Police Department, Division of Student Affairs

Mechanical Stress to Arrest the Metastatic Potential of Breast Cancer – $21,000
College of Engineering

Personalized HPV Vaccination Program – $17,887
College of Engineering

Pecisions, Decisions: Oh the Places You Will Go! – $11,000
Sam M. Walton College of Business

Dream B.I.G. Winter Break Girl Power Conference – $9,750
Student Affairs

Food Recovery Project, Phase II – $8,500
School of Law

Full Circle Campus Food Pantry Baskets of Hope – $8,250
Division of Student Affairs

Laundry & Literacy Project – $1,588
College of Education and Health Professions


Year 10 Funding – 2012 | $100,000

Engineering Cell Derived Biomaterials for the Treatment of Urinary Incontinence – $20,100
College of Engineering

Treating Breast Cancer Using Patient’s Own Cells  – $20,000
College of Engineering

Ozarks At Large Preservation Project – $15,000
KUAF, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Women’s Giving Circle Food Recovery Information Project – $12,000
School of Law

The Volunteer Action Center Literacy Program – $9,728
Division of Student Affairs

The No Woman Left Behind Campaign (NWLB) – $8,700
University Housing

Impact of an Osteoporosis Education Program on Knowledge of Osteoporosis – $7,400
College of Education and Health Professions

Smart Bra for Wireless Real Time Monitoring of EKG, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Blood Pressure with Smart Phone – $7,072
College of Engineering, College of Education and Health Professions, Human Performance Laboratory


Year 9 Funding – 2011 | $40,000

Women’s Giving Circle Endowed Scholarship in Nursing – $15,000
College of Education and Health Professions

Neoadjuvant Chitosan/IL-12 Immunotherapy for Control of Breast Cancer Metastasis – $15,000
College of Engineering

Women’s Giving Circle Legal Fellows Program – $10,000
School of Law


Year 8 Funding – 2010 | $55,100

iCencia, An Academic Science and Engineering Camp for Latinas – $18,500
Division of Student Affairs

Little Rock PreFab – $15,000
Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design

Kinematic and EMG Analysis of Female Softball Catchers – $8,500
College of Education and Health Professions

Biomedical/Biochemical Engineering Summer Program for Girls – $5,000
College of Engineering

No Woman Left Behind – $4,100
Division of Student Affairs

Young Women’s Experiencing Design Academy – $4,000
Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design


Year 7 Funding – 2009 | $56,095

Razorback Patrol – Safe Ride – $21,000
University of Arkansas Police Department, Division of Student Affairs

Early Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: Development of Synthetic, Peptoid-Based Affinity Reagents- $12,500
College of Engineering

Hope and Power Personal Finance Program: Empowering Women Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence- $8,850
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences

Arkansas and the Musical Canon of the Twenty-First Century- $5,600
Music Department, J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Visioning Rail Transit in Northwest Arkansas- $4,500
Community Design Center, Fay Jones School of Architecture

University of Arkansas Community Music School- $3,645
Music Department, J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences


Year 6 Funding – 2008 | $60,000

Razorback Patrol – $20,000
University of Arkansas Police Department, Division of Student Affairs

Green Roof Demonstration Plot Trials – $10,000
Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture

Women Count – $8,000
Office of Remediation & Retention, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Experiencing War Series: Arkansas Soldiers in Iraq & Afghanistan – $7,500
Department of Sociology, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

The Reading Room – $7,500
College of Education & Health Professions

Arkansas Pride: Economic Dimensions of Arkansas History – $7,000
Bessie B. Moore Center for Economic Education, Walton College of Business


Year 5 Funding – 2007 | $69,575

From Infill Houses to Inclusive “Green” Neighborhoods – $23,000
Community Design Center, School of Architecture

This is How We Do It: Women Empowering Women – $13,500
Career Development Center, Division of Student Affairs

Engineering and Math Summer Day Camp for Girls – $11,575
College of Engineering

Family Literacy in Woodruff County: Teaching Reading & Computer Literacy to Parents and Their Children – $11,000
Department of English, Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences

Meeting the Health Needs of Family Caregivers – $10,500
Office for Studies on Aging, College of Education & Health Professions


Year 4 Funding – 2006 | $68,460

Summer Institute for Gifted and Talented Scholars – $25,000
Division of Student Affairs

Safe Ride – $20,000
Division of Student Affairs

Loving Yourself from the Inside Out – $12,360
Division of Student Affairs

Journalism Workshop for Minority High School Students: Creating a Newspaper in 10 Days at the U of A – $6,500
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

The Marshallese Home Learning Literacy Project – $4,600
College of Education and Health Professions


Year 3 Funding – 2005 | $70,000

Microwave Imaging for Early Detection of Breast Cancer – $30,000
College of Engineering

Camp Aldersgate Design/Build Program, Amphitheater and Stage – $15,000
School of Architecture

A History of Women in the Arkansas General Assembly, 1923-2005 – $10,000
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Opening the Circle: Mentoring New Hispanic Female Residents – $10,000
Sam M. Walton College of Business and School of Social Work
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

Improving Resources in Child Protection – $5,000
School of Social Work, Fulbright College


Year 2 Funding – 2004 | $55,000

Women in Agriculture Conference – $20,000
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences

Girls and Money Enrichment – $20,000
Sam M. Walton College of Business

Research of Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in the Workplace – $15,000
Sam M. Walton College of Business


Year 1 Funding – 2003 | $34,587

Osteoporosis Research – $20,587
College of Education and Health Professions

Camp Aldersgate Design and Build Project – $14,000
School of Architecture