During the late 1990s, Chicagoland philanthropist, entrepreneur, and DePaul University Trustee Harrison I. Steans had a vision to transform how DePaul University prepares students to work with communities, learn, and build a better collective future for all.
In 2020, the Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family Foundation honored Harrison’s legacy and values by endowing the Harrison I. Steans Graduate Fellowship program as an extension of the Steans Center’s role in serving DePaul's mission.
Reflecting the lifelong work of Harrison in supporting community development, the Steans Graduate Fellowship program is an opportunity available to any DePaul graduate student to advance their learning while promoting social equity and sustainability in neighborhoods and communities. Graduate students collaboratively propose innovative and impactful service, advocacy or community-based research projects that focus on social, environmental and/or economic sustainability, while honing their development as ethical leaders in their respective career fields.
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The Racial Equity Graduate Fellowship provides an opportunity for DePaul graduate students to advance their learning while conducting community engaged research projects that advance and enable sustainable efforts toward racial justice and equity in the Chicago region.
Graduate students research address one or more of the following areas in partnership with a community organization: solutions to police violence, movements to advance racial and social equity and policies that counter systemic injustice to reshape systems and transform institutions. The Steans Center Racial Equity Fellowship is open to any DePaul graduate student who is interested in designing and developing a community-based project focused on advancing anti-racism and social change strategies.
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Deadline for Summer 2025 and Fall 2025 applications: June 1, 2025
For questions about the fellowship and the application process, please contact Barbara Smith at bsmith@depaul.edu