Application

Experiential Learning Grant:

Proposals will be reviewed:

October 19, 2007 for Fall or Fall/Spring projects
February 8, 2008 for Spring or Spring/Summer projects
June 6, 2008 for Summer or Summer/Fall projects

The College of Arts & Sciences' Center for Experiential Education and Academic Advising (CEA) has established a scholarship program to encourage undergraduates to pursue experiential education opportunities. The Experiential Learning Grant will make a limited number of awards available to Arts and Sciences undergraduates to support a range of activities, including co-op, community service, internships, field work, artistic performance, research collaborations with faculty, and others that extend and enhance traditional classroom instruction.

Individual projects by undergraduates may be done during a regular term or on co-op. Projects involving groups of undergraduates may also be submitted. The award is intended to recognize undergraduates who are participating in an experiential learning project and to defray costs such as materials, travel, equipment, and so on. It cannot be used as a stipend.

Proposals should be developed by the undergraduates with advice from faculty, and must be co-signed by the sponsoring faculty mentor. Undergraduates who receive awards are required to write a short summary of their project that must be signed by the faculty mentor. Undergraduates may be asked to make a brief presentation at a CEA event.

Awards

• Individual student awards of up to $1000.
• Awards for group projects will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Application Procedure

A complete application includes all of the items listed below. (Incomplete applications will not be accepted.)

1. Application Form -- PDF File
2. A One-Page Description of the Proposed Project (written by the undergraduate)
3. Detailed Budget Description
4. Letter of Support from the Faculty Mentor
5. NU Transcript

Please contact Justin Repici if you have any questions: j.repici@neu.edu

Past Examples of Experiential Learning Grant Recipients

Jon Snedon, ’06, Photography
Faculty Mentor: Neal Rantoul
Jon will attempt to capture the essence of the 1940’s war era generation through a series of creative endeavors. The first is the creation of a collection of 40s style pinup photographs featuring women in 40s era clothing, hair styles, and makeup that are then manipulated by computer to appear as drawings. The second is collaboration with another student in the creation of sculpture replicating the nose of a B-17 bomber complete with a pinup drawing on it. And finally, he will complete a series of photographs combining models posed as World War II soldiers, utilizing technology to make the photos appear as though they were taken in the 40s. These photos will be juxtaposed with a series of photographs he’ll take of WWII veterans today.

Lilian Mercogliano, History/Sociology '06
Faculty Mentor: Lester Lee
On Co-op with the Malawi Children's Village (MCW) in Malawi, Africa. Lilian spent ten weeks working at the Malawi Children's Village in Africa this summer. The Malawi Children's Village is a multi-level intervention project improving the welfare of over 3,200 AIDS orphans in 37 villages through a health, education, food sustainability, and shelter projects. This summer, they implemented an HIV/AIDS peer education program which focuses on training Malawian adolescents to become peer counselors in HIV/AIDS and grief counselors for each of the 37 surrounding villages. Only a freshman, Lilian received both a CEA-Way Scholarship and a Co-op Grant for her volunteer efforts in Malawi.