Service Focus Winter Grant Application

Overview

The Service Focus Winter Grant program calls upon students to pursue service work, inspired by their internships, courses, and cohorts, that address identified existing community need(s) in an appropriate, specific, and wanted manner. Both current Service Focus sophomores and Service Focus Fellows are eligible to apply for a micro-grant to support small-scale service projects in partnership with an existing community organization to be completed between December 23 and January 23. Projects may be in-person, virtual, or a hybrid of the two. Grant recipients will receive up to $750 to support their projects ($250 to compensate community partners for their time and $500 to purchase necessary materials and cover any costs to the students to run the project). Students need to have direct deposit set up with the university to receive their $500 stipend.

Projects should be. . .

Impact-driven and designed to meet an identified and existing societal need.
Feasible given your available time and resources (approximately 50 hours of commitment and $750).
Planned in partnership with a community organization/non-profit (including Princeton orgs and departments). Preference will be given to extension of previous partnerships from past internships or service work.
Considerate of community partners’ health and safety guidelines.

Projects can be . . .

Done in partnership with other current Service Focus students, Princeton departments, or student organizations.
Small in scope. Being realistic about your available time and resources is a good thing!
Nothing new. It's much better to support existing community efforts than invent a new approach for the sake of being original. Honoring community assets and knowledge should be foundational to your project.

Partnership Guidelines

You should make contact with your community organization before applying in order to develop a project that is designed to meet an existing need and support work that is already being done in the community.
Please review Pace's P artnership Principles
For guidance on reaching out to a community partner, feel free to email Evan Schneider (emschnei@princeton.edu).
Once your project is approved, if the community partner qualifies, we will reach out to your community partner with necessary paperwork to process a $250 honoraria to compensate them for their time.

APPLICATIONS DUE midnight 11:59PM EST November 27, 2023

Personal Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Class Year *

Home City *

State/Province *

Please provide the name of the province you reside in *

Zip Code *

Phone Number *

Email Address *

Net ID (your real email before the @) *

PU ID (9 digits from your prox) *

To receive your grant, you'll need to have direct deposit set up. You can find instructions here. *

Please select how your are applying *

In a list form, please delineate the other Service Focus students on your team *

Project Details

Winter grant projects may not start before Dec 23 and should not last past Jan 23.

Select your proposed project start date * +

Select your proposed project end date * +

Approximate hrs/week *

Approximate hrs total *

Your proposed project is: *

Partner Organization Name *

Community Partner Contact First and Last Name *

Community Partner contact email *

Community Partner telephone number *

Give a brief overview of your project. What do you hope to accomplish and how? (150 words) *

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Community Assets and Needs: Describe the process of doing your community needs assessment. Who did you talk to, what community need did you single out, how will your project address the need you identified? (150 words) *

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Feasibility: Outline the proposed timeline of your project and describe how you will accomplish everything in a month or less. (150 words) *

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Community Risk: Describe the risks your project could pose to the community. How will you mitigate these risks. Consult with your community partner and share your plan. (150 words) *

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If available, please upload a screenshot that shows correspondence with your community partner. This is to demonstrate that you have been in contact with them and they are open to working with you.

Please select the option that best describes your proposed project *

It is a continuation of an internship

Is is something my cohort and I will do together

It is a project with a connection to another service program

Where will you be living for the duration of your project? *

Please click submit below to confirm your applicaiton. Thank you for applying!