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Guidelines for 100 Projects for Peace Proposals
Davis United World
College Scholars Program Guidelines
Award: $10,000.00 with a possible second award of $10,000 for a project (or projects) for peace.
Eligibility: “… 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).
Undergraduate students at each of the 76 Davis UWC Scholar schools (including seniors who would complete their projects after graduation) are eligible.
Wartburg College, consistent with its mission and tradition, expects students to write competitive proposals of high quality to address this opportunity. The College encourages collaboration among students to maximize the potential benefits of this opportunity to the Wartburg community and beyond.
As you consider potential sites for your proposed project you should keep in mind matters of personal safety for yourself and others involved. People contemplating international projects would be well advised to visit http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html
These proposals will be submitted electronically to Dr. Edith Waldstein, the Davis UWC official at Wartburg, and reviewed by a group identified by the President’s Cabinet according to the following criteria:
• The project proposal has a defined purpose and demonstrates how the project contributes to “peace in the world” as determined in the proposal.
o Explain what you intend to do.
o Explain why your project is a worthy project on its own merits. What is the need you are addressing?
o Explain why and how your project can contribute to peace in the world.• The project proposal incorporates estimated impact on all parties pertinent to the project including:o Identified student participants (How might this project affect you and your life’s calling?)
o Identified partnering participants (How will this project affect your partnering participants in both the short term and long term?)
o Identified institutional participants including Wartburg College (How will you bring the fruits of your work “back home” to share with the Wartburg community?)• The project demonstrates commitment, creativity, innovation and/or entrepreneurship. Your proposal should address the concept of commitment (What are you willing to invest in the project?) and at least one of the following questions:
o What is creative about your project?
o What is innovative about your project?
o What is entrepreneurial about your project?• The project proposal demonstrates cultural competence defined as a set of behaviors, attitudes, and policies that allow people to work effectively in cross–cultural situations.
o Does the proposal demonstrate a process for cultivating cultural competence prior to the implementation of the project?
o Does the proposal demonstrate consciousness of the "dynamics" inherent when cultures interact?
o Does the proposal provide opportunity for cultural self-assessment throughout the project?• The project proposal identifies a plan for executing the project with a timeline.
o What will be required to prepare for your project?
o How long will you be “doing the work” that you have proposed?
o After you have completed your project how will you publicize it and bring its value back to the Wartburg community?• The project proposal addresses the question of sustainability and the potential impact of the project over time.
• The project proposal identifies objectives and outcomes that are measurable and subject to assessment.
o How will you demonstrate success?
o What specific criteria will you use to determine the degree to which you have accomplished what you set out to accomplish?• The project budget demonstrates a commitment to the project and offers a realistic assessment of what it will take to complete it efficiently and effectively?o How does the proposal reflect a commitment of resources beyond the funding provided by the “100 Projects for Peace” award?
o How does the funding contribute to addressing the substantive needs the proposal seeks to address in ways that simply contributing the money could not?
Students are encouraged to identify at an early stage of the process faculty or staff members who can serve as mentors and/or advisors in the preparation of the proposal to the project.
To submit a proposal, e-mail your project narrative (no more than two pages) and budget to Edie Waldstein at edith.waldstein@wartburg.edu by January 18, 2007.
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