Funding for Projects for Peace

Projects for Peace is an initiative for all students at the Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools to design grassroots projects for the summer—anywhere in the world—which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. We encourage applicants to use their creativity to design projects and employ innovative techniques for engaging project participants in ways that focus on conflict resolution, reconciliation, building understanding and breaking down barriers which cause conflict, and finding solutions for resolving conflict and maintaining peace. 

The objective is to encourage and support today's motivated youth to create and try out their ideas for building peace.

• Through a competition on over 90 campuses, projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.
• Individual students, as well as groups, may submit proposals. 
• Each year, the Projects for Peace Bryn Mawr College Selection Committee will oversee an on-campus process to select one project from Bryn Mawr to receive this funding award.

Questions? Contact Ellie Esmond as communication between students writing proposals and the Projects for Peace office is prohibited.

Application Deadline: Friday, January 19, 2024 at Noon EST

To be considered, a student (or group of students) must prepare the following:

1. Projects for Peace Online Application - The application includes a Project Proposal describing the project (who, what, where, how), including goals and prospects for future impact that must not exceed two pages, as well as a budget* (one separate page). The project description should include a general timeline for the proposed endeavor. All applicants must also submit a resume and a brief personal statement. These should be uploaded via the online application. Instructions for creating a budget Please consult the Projects for Peace "Budget Template Instructions." Figures need not be exact at the time of application but should be researched, realistic, and detailed.
2. Two Completed Online Recommendations - Two online recommendations must be submitted for each participant in the project, with at least one from a Tri-Co faculty member. The second recommendation may be from a faculty member from another institution or another person who can speak to your ability to carry out the proposed project. Send the above link to your recommenders three weeks before the application deadline. You must also provide your recommender with information about your application (draft of your project proposal, personal statement, and/or resume).
3. Project Pre-Approval Form—All parties and organizations connected to your proposed project must complete the online preapproval form.

Note: In the case of a group application, only one representative from the group needs to complete the online application. However, all participants must each submit a resume and a one-page personal statement via the online application and have two letters of recommendation, each written on their behalf.

Competitive applicants will be invited to interview with the Bryn Mawr College selection committee in late January.  Accommodations will be made for students studying off-campus.

The Bryn Mawr College Projects for Peace selection committee selects one project for the fellowship and one alternate and sends their applications to the national office. The national office reviews the applications and confirms the award in mid-March. The national office also selects several additional projects to fund from among alternates submitted from all participating schools.

A funded project may not take place in a country on either the U.S. State Department "warning" or Treasury "embargo" lists (except when an embargo is specifically directed toward a narrow set of individuals or circumstances in a country.)

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This award is treated as a Fellowship. Please see the Payment Procedures page for more information.