Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship
Rich Collins Fellows
The Rich/Collins Community Leadership and Impact Fellowship (R/C CLIF) is a mini-grant program that has two central purposes.
- To expand Brandeis students’ engagement with and service to the greater Waltham-Boston area
- To strengthen students’ leadership capacity
The R/C CLIF mini-grants provide students the opportunity to develop and implement a community impact project over the course of one academic semester. The mini-grants, ranging from $500-$4,000 enable students to partner with the local community and provide immediate support to an important cause.
Through the fellowship and cohort model, Fellows receive pre-application support, leadership training, one-on-one mentorship, and reflection sessions throughout the program, as well as a final symposium poster. The program strives to be inclusive and accessible, providing a modest reward of $600 to all fellows selected.
Responsibilities
All R/C CLIF applicants will be expected to:
- Research unmet community needs
- Develop a realistic, sustainable program or event to address a significant need
- Establish a working group, or engage others as needed, to run the program during the project period
- Define an evaluation process and measure the impact of the initiative
- Create a sustainability plan for the project’s leadership and programming
- Actively participate in leadership training
- Educate the local community and Brandeis community about their cause
If you have questions about the program please contact Taisha White, the Assistant Director of Community Engagement and Leadership or RCCLIF@Brandeis.edu.