Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund is now available for students
working for social change and actively working for peace and justice.
Description
The recipients of the scholarship should work for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity
Benefits: The maximum grant is $10,000 and may be considerably smaller depending on the applicant’s circumstances and the amount of funding available.
Eligibility
This scholarship is targeted to students who able to do academic work at the university level and who are part of the progressive movement on the campus and in the community. In addition applicants must active to participate in struggles for civil rights, economic justice, international solidarity or other progressive issues.
The Davis-Putter scholars are also both graduate and undergraduate students and must be enrolled in an accredited school and receiving college credit for the time period covered by their grant.
Application Procedure
The application must include a short personal statement, transcripts, letters of support from two people able to evaluate the applicant’s current political work, an official financial statement (i.e., FAFSA or SAR), and a passport-like photograph suitable for reproduction.
Submission Deadline
April 1
Website Link
http://www.davisputter.org/2012/06/25/providing-grants-to-students-actively-working-for-peace-and-justice/
Description
The recipients of the scholarship should work for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity
Benefits: The maximum grant is $10,000 and may be considerably smaller depending on the applicant’s circumstances and the amount of funding available.
Eligibility
This scholarship is targeted to students who able to do academic work at the university level and who are part of the progressive movement on the campus and in the community. In addition applicants must active to participate in struggles for civil rights, economic justice, international solidarity or other progressive issues.
The Davis-Putter scholars are also both graduate and undergraduate students and must be enrolled in an accredited school and receiving college credit for the time period covered by their grant.
Application Procedure
The application must include a short personal statement, transcripts, letters of support from two people able to evaluate the applicant’s current political work, an official financial statement (i.e., FAFSA or SAR), and a passport-like photograph suitable for reproduction.
Submission Deadline
April 1
Website Link
http://www.davisputter.org/2012/06/25/providing-grants-to-students-actively-working-for-peace-and-justice/
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