August 29, 2024

HACU announces inaugural VOLARÉ Institute institutional cohort

The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of the Visioning, Organizing, Leading and Advancing the Research Enterprise (VOLARÉ) Institute, which supports capacity-building for innovative research at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Twenty-one institutions have been selected to begin the yearlong VOLARÉ Institute this fall.

The Institute will broaden participation in STEM and cultivate a new research workforce at HSIs, leveraging the Association’s network to provide accessible tools and information for a robust and inclusive national research system. The VOLARÉ Institute focuses on the pre-award period with the goal of catalyzing research enterprise, bringing together faculty and staff from the selected institutions to engage in a series of research capacity-building activities to enhance skills and each institution's ability to compete for funding.

The selected institutions for the inaugural VOLARÉ Institute are:

California State University, Chico
Dallas College
Kean University
Laney College
Lehman College, CUNY
Marymount University
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Miami Dade College
Mohave Community College
National University
Northern Illinois University
Palo Verde College
Regis University
Richard J. Daley College
Santa Barbara City College
Southern Connecticut State University
Tarrant County College
University of Redlands
Weber State University
Western Connecticut State University
Wichita State University

The VOLARÉ Institute is made possible by a grant funded by the National Science Foundation Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity initiative.