PROJECTS FOR PEACE

University of Florida students have once again been invited to participate in Projects for Peace. This is an opportunity for all undergraduates on campus to design grassroots "projects for peace." The top submissions nationally will be granted $10,000 each and implemented during the summer of 2010. This grant program aims to motivate college students to create and implement plans for building peace in the twenty first century.

Projects for Peace is made possible by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, an accomplished internationalist and philanthropist who celebrated her centennial birthday in 2007 by committing $1 million to fund Projects for Peace. Upon the occasion of her 100th birthday in February of 2007, Mrs. Davis, mother of Shelby M.C. Davis who funds the Davis UWC Scholars Program, chose to celebrate by committing $1 million for one hundred Projects for Peace. “I want to use my 100th birthday to help young people launch some immediate initiatives – things that they can do during the summer of 2007 – that will bring new thinking to the prospects of peace in the world,” says Mrs. Davis. Because of the many marvelous achievements made by students during the past three summers, Mrs. Davis is continuing the Davis Projects for Peace during summer 2010. Davis earned a B.A. from Wellesley, a M.A. from Columbia, and a Ph.D. from the University of Geneva.

The preliminary draft deadline is December 11, 2009 and the final proposal is due January 8, 2010. Informational sessions will be held on Monday, November 16 at 5:00 PM in JWRU 285 and Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00 PM in 202 Peabody Hall.

GUIDELINES FOR PROJECTS FOR PEACE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

PROJECTS FOR PEACE
No specific guidelines are offered for candidates, as such stipulations may limit imagination. The students must define a “project for peace” on their own terms. The project should encourage creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The overall program is to be worldwide in scope and impact, but specific projects may be undertaken anywhere and as grassroots as desired, including the U.S.

ELIGIBILE STUDENTS
Undergraduate students at each of the Davis UWC Scholar schools (including seniors who would complete their projects after graduation) are eligible--so long as the president of their institution has signed and returned the grant agreement form. Groups of students from the same campus, as well as individual students, may submit proposals. (Participation in this initiative is limited to those schools now in the Davis UWC Scholars Program.)

PROJECT FUNDING
Davis has committed $1 million to fund projects for peace in 2010. While Davis funding per project is limited to $10,000, projects with larger budgets are welcome as is co-funding from other sources (such as other philanthropists, a college or university, foundation, NGO/PVO or students' own funding).

STUDENT (OR GROUP OF STUDENTS) PROPOSAL
To be considered, a student (or group of students) must prepare a written statement which describes the project (who, what, where, how) including expected outcomes and prospects for future impact (not to exceed two pages) as well as a budget (one page). Proposals should include pre-approval of all involved parties and organizations involved in the project. The proposal should be submitted electronically to the designated official at each campus as outlined below. Students with queries may direct them to their campus designated official as communication between students writing proposals and the Davis UWC Scholars office is prohibited.

SUBMISSION AND JUDGING OF PROPOSALS
Each involved campus has a designated official (the Davis UWC Scholar Program campus contact) to coordinate the process on each campus. This official, in ways s/he deems appropriate, will guide the internal campus procedures for announcing and promoting the opportunity to students; organizing the selection committee to evaluate the proposals submitted, communicating results on a timely basis to the Davis UWC Scholars office; and distributing the awarded grant funds for the winning proposal(s) on campus. Final review and approval of all recommended proposals from individual campuses rests solely with the office of the Davis UWC Scholars Program which will then forward the appropriate grant funds to each school with winning project(s).

AWARDING OF GRANTS
The intention is to fund projects, with at least one at each of the Davis UWC Scholar schools. Therefore, all involved schools are invited to select and submit one proposal for funding and one additional proposal as an alternate that might be funded as well. Final decisions on all grants are made by the Davis UWC Scholars Program office. Grants are made upon assurance that the project proposed will, in fact, be undertaken during the summer of 2010.

TIMETABLES FOR PROPOSALS AND DECISIONS

REQUIREMENT FOR EACH PROJECT'S FINAL REPORT
For each funded project, the responsible student(s) must prepare and submit a final report by September 17, 2010, submitted electronically to both the campus official and to the Davis UWC Scholars office. The final report is to be limited to two pages of narrative with an accounting of the funds expended and one page of digital photographs of the project. The narrative should include: a brief restatement of the project's purpose/plans, actual work completed, outcomes/achievements/ failures, and long-term prospects of the initiative. Reports will be posted on the program's website for all to see and learn from. A complete set of reports will be compiled for Davis and her family as a way of thanking her for her faith and investment in young and motivated peacemakers.

Projects for Peace Information and Application

Please Contact :
Tracey Reeves
Assistant Dean, Director
Center for Leadership and Service
202 Peabody Hall
University of Florida
traceyr@leadershipandservice.ufl.edu
(352) 392-1261 ext. 222