Projects for Peace

Eligibility

First-year students, sophomores, juniors, and seniors

Deadlines

December 15, 2024 (EXTENDED), 11:59 pm Central Time.:  Mandatory Pre-Application form due

January 10, 2025, 11:59 p.m. Central Time:  Carleton deadline for all application materials

Purpose

The Projects for Peace award is an initiative for all students at the Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools (including Carleton). This global program – formerly named the Davis Projects for Peace – encourages students to develop innovative, community-centered and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues by funding them to design and implement their own “projects for peace.”

Projects for Peace: address the root causes of conflict and promote peace anywhere in the world; take place during the summer; and are awarded grants of $10,000 each. One hundred projects are selected each year from among applications submitted by partner institutions.

Project leaders increase their knowledge, improve skills, and establish identities as peacebuilders and changemakers. 

A hallmark of the Projects for Peace program is its flexibility: proposals may be submitted by any U.S. or international student enrolled at a partner institution; students may be any age or any major; they may implement the project alone or with others; and the project may take place anywhere in the world, including in the U.S.

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Awards

Selected projects are awarded $10,000 each.

Project Development Guidelines

As you begin to develop your project idea, it is strongly recommended that you consider the following suggestions:

Many projects are better carried out by cooperating with an existing organization working in the same area, or on the same problem, than by starting a new organization or program. It is rarely true that you are the first person to think that a problem needs to be addressed! Local organizations know what is already being done, what still needs doing, and what is feasible in a given context. We encourage you to think in terms of creating a partnership rather than building an independent project and we will prioritize applications that do.

The CCCE at Carleton has several helpful guides to ethical civic engagement that will be helpful to you as you think about how to work with a partner. CCCE also created a Community Partnership Form (developed for Carleton faculty – not all questions or sections will apply to a Project for Peace idea!) that highlights the kinds of questions you should ask yourself about creating a meaningful, effective partnership.

Application Process

PRE-APPLICATION: To apply for the Projects for Peace, students must submit the required Pre-Application form by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on December 2, 2024. Following the deadline, we will review all pre-applications and provide feedback on your preliminary project description by December 9, 2024.

ON-CAMPUS APPLICATION DEADLINE: Finalized application materials due by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Friday, January 10, 2025, as a single Word Document or PDF submitted to svogel@carleton.edu (subject line, “Projects for Peace”):

• A written statement–not to exceed two pages, single spaced–which describes the project (who, what, where, how), specifies the expected outcomes and prospects for future effects of the project, and (if necessary) includes pre-approvals of all parties and organizations involved in the project (for instance, a hosting non-profit or NGO). Pre-approval must be verified in writing by the organizations/parties involved on official letterhead.
• The names of two Carleton faculty members (“references”) whom we may contact to assess your suitability for a Davis Projects for Peace Award.  If you are making a joint proposal, we require two references for each applicant.
• Develop a one-page budget using our spreadsheet as a model that includes all significant costs, such as airfare, lodging, food, and materials.

Submit the proposal as a PDF or Word document to svogel@carleton.edu (indicate “Projects for Peace” in the subject line), by 11:59 p.m. Central Time on Monday, January 8, 2024.

Selection Process

One or more projects will be selected and Carleton will submit its selections to the Projects for Peace office by the February deadline.

The Projects for Peace will announce final decisions in March.

Official Website

Projects for Peace

Questions

Questions can be directed to Chaplain’s Office Coordinator, Christa Carlson.

** Communication between students and the Davis UWC Scholars office is prohibited.

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