Projects for Peace Award

https://www.middlebury.edu/office/projects-for-peace

Application opens: End of September
First campus deadline (full application due): Sunday, January 12, 2025
Campus interviews: TBA (Thursday or Friday, January 23 or 24, 2025)

If selected as the nominee or alternate:
Final campus deadline (all materials due): Monday, February 3, 2025
National deadline: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
NOTE: Campus nomination process

Eligibility requirements:

Undergraduates (including seniors who would complete their projects in the summer after graduation)
Individuals or groups
Dedicated interest in conflict prevention, resolution, or reconciliation

Award summary and conditions: Projects for Peace is an initiative for students at Davis UWC partner schools, including Whitman, to design grassroots projects for the summer - anywhere in the world - which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. The program encourages 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 the barriers that cause conflict. Projects that work to maintain peace will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.

Application process: By the first campus deadline, applicants submit all materials to this Google Form, with the excepetion of the Letter of Recommendation which should be emailed directly to Jenny Stratton at strattjm@whitman.edu. Applicants are encouraged to refer to the Project Cycle management tool for guidance in creating a thoughtful, meaningful project.

Application requirements:

Project narrative (two pages max, single spaced) that describes the project (who, what, when, where, how), including expected outcomes and prospects for future impact
Statements of approval from all parties and organizations involved in the project
Budget (one page)
Transcript(s) for each applicant (unofficial)
Letter of recommendation (1) and contact information for a second recommender (required of each applicant in a group proposal)

Campus interview: Yes

Campus nomination required: Yes; Whitman may select one nominee and one alternate

National committee interview: No

Campus advisor: Director for Fellowships and Grants

Selection process:

A campus committee reviews all proposals and will conduct 25-minute interviews with selected applicants.
The committee selects one nominee and one alternate, as appropriate.
Final applications of the nominee and alternate will be forwarded electronically by the Fellowships and Grants team to the Projects for Peace Headquarters at Middlebury College.
Final review and selection of all projects rests solely with the Projects for Peace Program at Middlebury College.
Middlebury sends project funds to each school for distribution to grant recipients. Grants are made upon assurance that the project proposed will be undertaken during the upcoming summer.

Announcement date: March