Davis Projects for Peace 2009
Benjamin Bechtolsheim ’09 is the latest recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace. He will be working in summer 2009 with Reproductive Health Uganda to support displaced women with HIV/AIDS and survivors of gender-based violence living in resettlement villages in Northern Uganda. Previous Brandeis recipients were: Margot Moinester '09, who worked in 2008 in Rwanda with the organization INEZA to create economic stability for women; and Jeff Arak ’07, who did a media lab project in 2007 with an indigenous community in Chiapas, Mexico.
The application deadline for the 2009 Davis Projects for Peace has passed. Read the following for information about the Davis Projects:
Do you have a dream to bring peace just a little closer to reality?
Could $10,000 help you take the next step?
Apply for the chance to receive a $10,000 grant for your own “Project for Peace."
ANY current student (first year to senior!) is eligible to apply, including those who applied last year. One to three Brandeis students or teams will be chosen for funding by the Davis Foundation.
Visit http://davisprojectsforpeace.org for more information.
Application
1. Register here to begin your application.
2. Submit the rest of your application materials as a single, hard-copy packet to the Ethics Center:
The Davis Foundation requires:
a) a 2-page project proposal, which will include a description of your project, expected outcomes, and prospects for future impact. At the top of your proposal, include a project abstract, which is a 3-5 sentence summary of your project proposal
b) a 1-page budget totaling $10,000, to be spent during the summer of 2009
c) letters of interest from all parties and organizations involved in the project.
In addition, the Brandeis selection committee requires:
d) personal statement of 1-2 pages that describes your background and your preparation to undertake this project
e) recommendation letter from one Brandeis faculty and a second letter from another Brandeis faculty or staff member (in signed and sealed envelopes or via Interfolio - see Hiatt Career Center for info.)
f) transcript (official or unofficial)
g) resume
Group Projects
If yours is a group project, only one project proposal, budget, and project abstract is needed, but each student should submit an application cover sheet and a personal statement. If a single faculty member has been the primary advisor for the project, he/she may write a single recommendation for the group. However, the second recommendation should be individual for each participant.
Sample Award-winning Project Proposals
Visit http://davisprojectsforpeace.org/ and click on “Projects.”
Timeline
We encourage you to make an appointment with Marci McPhee to discuss your idea, either in person or by phone (see contact information below). Preliminary project proposals (at whatever level of polish or draft form!) will be accepted from now through 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 15. Please email along with your name, email address, year of graduation, home address, major, minor, and gender to ethics@brandeis.edu.
All Brandeis proposals are due no later than 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20. Some applicants may be interviewed in late January or early February.
One finalist and one alternate from Brandeis will be submitted to the Davis Foundation by February 16. The Davis Foundation will select at least one Brandeis winner no later than March 16.
Projects must be completed during the summer of 2009, with final reports due in September.
Questions? Please contact Marci McPhee or Barbara Strauss at the Ethics Center (MS 086; x68577; FAX x68561; ethics@brandeis.edu)
Office: 3rd floor Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex (across loop road from Heller Bldg)