Brief Description:

Projects for Peace is an initiative for all undergraduates enrolled as of fall at any of the 90 American colleges and universities in the Davis United World College Scholars Program (including Yale). These students are invited to design grassroots projects that they will implement during the following summer, either in the U.S. or abroad. Individuals or groups of undergraduate students from the same institution may submit proposals. (US citizenship is not required.)

Description:

Projects for Peace is an initiative for all undergraduates enrolled as of the fall term at any of the 90 American colleges and universities in the Davis United World College Scholars Program (including Yale). These students are invited to design grassroots projects that they will implement during the following summer, either in the U.S. or abroad. Individuals or groups of undergraduate students from the same institution may submit proposals. The 100 projects judged to be the most promising and do-able will be funded at $10,000 each. The objective is to encourage and support today’s motivated youth to create and try out their own ideas for building peace in the 21st century. For more information, visit the Projects for Peace website; applicants may also wish to look at winning proposals from past years.

Please refer to the public service planning pages on the Fellowships website as you are considering your application.

Each year, Yale may nominate one proposal for funding and one alternate proposal that might be funded as well. The campus nomination process is coordinated through Fellowship Programs, at the Yale Center for International & Professional Experience.

Interested students are strongly encouraged to meet with a fellowship adviser to discuss their application. Ideally, at least 2 weeks before the application deadline

Application Information:

Special information for group proposals only:

Each member of the group must be a Yale student, and each must create his or her own application in the Yale Student Grants Database and upload her/his own application materials.

Each member must submit the same Project Proposal, Budget, and Letter(s) of Affiliation as the other members of the group. (Letters of affiliation should list the names of each member of the group; each member of the group does not need an individual letter.)

The Language Evaluation, Letter of Recommendation, and Résumé/List of Activities and Awards should be unique for each individual.

To apply for Yale's nomination for the Davis Projects for Peace, submit the following materials via the Yale Database in advance of the application deadline:

Project Proposal: A written statement which describes the project (who, what, when, where, how, why) including expected outcomes and prospects for future impact (not to exceed two pages). Include your name (or the names of both Yale College students making the proposal, if applicable), and name of fellowship on the top of each page of your statement. (Be sure to include how your project is a contribution to lasting peace, as suggested in the official FAQs; you may wish to look at winning proposals from past years.)
Budget: A completed official Davis Projects for Peace budget template (found on their website).
Language Evaluation: optional. Language Evaluations are not required for English speaking countries, nor for students proposing projects in their native languages. Language evaluations should be submitted electronically by the evaluator via the Student Grants Database. Once you have created an application in the Yale Database, you will be able to enter the e-mail address of your evaluator and solicit a language evaluation. This will then automatically send the evaluation form to your evaluator.
Letter of Affiliation: Where possible or appropriate, letters of support or affiliation or other statements from sponsors or contacts in the proposed host country. Your Letter of Affiliation may be scanned, uploaded and submitted electronically or sent to fellowships@yale.edu prior to the campus application deadline.
Letter of recommendation: This will be requested and submitted electronically through the Student Grants Database. You will be able to solicit this letter once you have started your application. Additional letters of recommendation will not be accepted. Letters of invitation or affiliation will not be accepted as letters of reference. Letters are expected to be received by the application deadline
An unofficial Yale College transcript.
Résumé: A current résumé, including significant extracurricular activities, work experience, awards and honors (one-page maximum).

Yale may nominate one proposal for funding and one alternate proposal that might be funded as well. Applicants typically find out in early February whether or not their proposals have been nominated by Yale. Word of which proposals have officially been selected for funding is usually shared in March.

Interested Yale applicants, after doing some research of their own, are strongly encouraged to meet with a fellowship adviser to discuss their application

Special Eligibility Requirements:

(no special requirements provided)

Restrictions to Use of Award:

All interested applicants must review the Yale University International Travel Policy. Note that projects in specific areas may not be eligible for funding.

Note: This award is subject to taxation as a fellowship (awardees will receive a 1099 form from University Accounting).

Yale University policy requires that certain types of research projects involving human subjects be reviewed by an institutional review board (IRB) prior to the start of the study to ensure that the project meets University requirements and any applicable regulations. Click here to see if your project needs to be reviewed, for advice on working with human subjects, and for more information about the process and requirements.

Links to Additional Information:

Official Projects for Peace website
Fellowships application advice
Book a Fellowships advising appointment
Yale International Travel Policy
Please refer to the public service planning pages on the Fellowships website as you are considering your application.

Contact Information:

For questions about this application, please contact Alison Bumke at alison.bumke@yale.edu

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Africa
-- Algeria (Northern Africa)
-- Angola (Central Africa)
-- Benin (Western Africa)
-- Botswana (Southern Africa)
-- Burkina Faso (Western Africa)
-- Burundi (Eastern Africa)
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-- Guinea-Bissau (Western Africa)
-- Kenya (Eastern Africa)
-- Lesotho (Southern Africa)
-- Liberia (Western Africa)
-- Libya (Northern Africa)
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-- Malawi (Eastern Africa)
-- Mali (Western Africa)
-- Mauritania (Western Africa)
-- Mauritius (Eastern Africa)
-- Mayotte (Eastern Africa)
-- Morocco (Northern Africa)
-- Mozambique (Eastern Africa)
-- Namibia (Southern Africa)
-- Niger (Western Africa)
-- Nigeria (Western Africa)
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-- Saint Helena (Western Africa)
-- Sao Tome and Principe (Central Africa)
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-- Sierra Leone (Western Africa)
-- Somalia (Eastern Africa)
-- South Africa (Southern Africa)
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Asia
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-- Burma (Southeast Asia)
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-- China (East Asia)
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-- Georgia (Central Asia)
-- Hong Kong (East Asia)
-- India (South Asia)
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-- Japan (East Asia)
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-- Vietnam (Southeast Asia)
Europe
-- Aland Islands (Northern Europe)
-- Albania (Balkans)
-- Andorra (Southern Europe)
-- Austria (Central Europe)
-- Belarus (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- Belgium (Western Europe)
-- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Balkans)
-- Bulgaria (Balkans)
-- Croatia (Balkans)
-- Cyprus (Southern Europe)
-- Czech Republic (Central Europe)
-- Denmark (Northern Europe)
-- Estonia (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- Faroe Islands (Northern Europe)
-- Finland (Northern Europe)
-- France (Western Europe)
-- Germany (Central Europe)
-- Gibraltar (Southern Europe)
-- Greece (Balkans)
-- Hungary (Central Europe)
-- Iceland (Northern Europe)
-- Ireland (Western Europe)
-- Italy (Southern Europe)
-- Jersey (Northern Europe)
-- Kosovo (Balkans)
-- Latvia (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- Liechtenstein (Central Europe)
-- Lithuania (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- Luxembourg (Northern Europe)
-- Macedonia (Balkans)
-- Malta (Southern Europe)
-- Moldova (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- Monaco (Northern Europe)
-- Montenegro (Balkans)
-- Netherlands (Northern Europe)
-- Norway (Northern Europe)
-- Poland (Central Europe)
-- Portugal (Southern Europe)
-- Romania (Balkans)
-- Russian Federation (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- San Marino (Southern Europe)
-- Serbia and Montenegro (Balkans)
-- Slovakia (Central Europe)
-- Slovenia (Balkans)
-- Spain (Southern Europe)
-- Sweden (Northern Europe)
-- Switzerland (Central Europe)
-- Ukraine (Eastern Europe/Russia)
-- United Kingdom (Western Europe)
-- Vatican City (Southern Europe)
Latin America and Caribbean
-- Anguilla (Caribbean)
-- Antigua and Barbuda (Caribbean)
-- Argentina (South America)
-- Aruba (Caribbean)
-- Bahamas (Caribbean)
-- Barbados (Caribbean)
-- Belize (Central America)
-- Bermuda (Caribbean)
-- Bolivia (South America)
-- Brazil (South America)
-- British Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
-- Cayman Islands (Caribbean)
-- Chile (South America)
-- Colombia (South America)
-- Costa Rica (Central America)
-- Cuba (Caribbean)
-- Dominica (Caribbean)
-- Dominican Republic (Caribbean)
-- Ecuador (South America)
-- El Salvador (Central America)
-- Falkland Islands (South America)
-- French Guiana (South America)
-- Grenada (Caribbean)
-- Guadeloupe (Caribbean)
-- Guatemala (Central America)
-- Guyana (South America)
-- Haiti (Caribbean)
-- Honduras (Central America)
-- Jamaica (Caribbean)
-- Martinique (Caribbean)
-- Mexico (Mexico)
-- Montserrat (Caribbean)
-- Netherlands Antilles (Caribbean)
-- Nicaragua (Central America)
-- Panama (Central America)
-- Paraguay (South America)
-- Peru (South America)
-- Puerto Rico (Caribbean)
-- Saint Barthelemy (Caribbean)
-- Saint Kitts and Nevis (Caribbean)
-- Saint Lucia (Caribbean)
-- Saint Martin (Caribbean)
-- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Caribbean)
-- Suriname (South America)
-- Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean)
-- Turks and Caicos Islands (Caribbean)
-- U.S. Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
-- Uruguay (South America)
-- Venezuela (South America)
Middle East & Persian Gulf
-- Afghanistan (Middle East)
-- Bahrain (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- Ghaza Strip (Middle East)
-- Iraq (Middle East)
-- Israel (Middle East)
-- Jordan (Middle East)
-- Kuwait (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- Lebanon (Middle East)
-- Oman (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- Palestine (Middle East)
-- Qatar (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- Saudi Arabia (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- Syria (Middle East)
-- Turkey (Middle East)
-- United Arab Emirates (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
-- West Bank (Middle East)
-- Yemen (Persian Gulf & Arabian Peninsula)
North America
-- Canada (North America)
-- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (North America)
-- United States (North America)
-- United States Minor Outlying Islands (North America)
Oceania
-- American Samoa (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Australia (Australia & New Zealand)
-- Cook Islands (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Fiji (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- French Polynesia (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Guam (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Kiribati (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Marshall Islands (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Micronesia (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Nauru (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- New Caledonia (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- New Zealand (Australia & New Zealand)
-- Niue (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Norfolk Island (Australia & New Zealand)
-- Northern Mariana Islands (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Palau (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Papua New Guinea (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Pitcairn (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Samoa (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Solomon Islands (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Tokelau (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Tonga (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Tuvalu (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Vanuatu (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)
-- Wallis and Futuna Islands (Melanesia Micronesia & Polynesia)

Citizenship Status

U.S. citizens are eligible
Non-U.S. citizens are eligible

Begin Accepting Applications Date:

11/08/2025

Deadline Date (EST Time Zone):

1/08/2026 1:00 PM

APPLY HERE

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