Grantee Profile

University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

Grants to University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

  • $50,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — The University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs is a national leader in research, university-community engagement, policy analysis, and profession-based graduate programs that support the nation's cities and metropolitan areas. It will use this grant to support a research roundtable that brings together a diverse group of scholars and researchers to discuss methods of evaluating information technology investments in urban neighborhoods, and publish a collection of papers that will inform future evaluations and research projects. Dr. Karen Mossberger, Professor of Public Administration at UIC, will lead the team and coordinate and facilitate the roundtable.

  • $185,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Duration 3 years)

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To evaluate foreclosed property reclamation efforts in Chicago neighborhoods (over three years).

  • $300,000Active Strategy

    2009 (Inactive Grant)

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — To research SmartChicago, a program to extend Internet access in five Chicago neighborhoods (over four years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs $535,000 between 2009 and 2012.