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Strengthening Campus Programs Grants 2003-2004

Call for Student Proposals

The Lilly Plowshares Grant seeks to strengthen peace studies across the curriculum at Earlham College. It provides for $15,000 in grants each year for Earlham College students and student organizations that want to engage the broad issues of peace and justice through travel, conferences, internships or other special projects. All students are encouraged to apply, regardless of their major.

Grants of up to $3,000 per student are available to expand the educational experience of students in fields such as:

nonviolence conflict mediation economic justice racial justice

sustainable development eco-justice peace and the arts political and social change

Proposals may be written in cooperation with faculty, other students, or they may be considered alone.

Due Dates and Proposal Process

Proposals for 2003-04 are due on April 1st, September 30th, and December 1st, 2003. Proposals should be submitted electronically to plowshares@earlham.edu by the deadline indicated above. Each student proposal needs to be reviewed and supported by a faculty sponsor.

The Plowshares Advisory Committee will review all proposals and approximately $5,000 in grants will be awarded at each review. Priority will be given to proposals that have lasting impact on the Earlham community, and that provide the most value for the grant requested. The degree of detail and explanation in the proposal should be related to the size of the grant requested.

Proposal Guidelines

To apply for a Plowshares student grant, please write a brief proposal addressing the following points:

1. Describe your proposed project and tell how it contributes to the educational experience at Earlham College. In particular, tell how the proposed project strengthens your own understanding of peace and justice in the broad sense and helps prepare you or others to be more effective advocates for peace and justice.

2. Provide a simple budget of the total funds are for the project and how they will be spent. Please indicate what funds from other sources will be involved in the project. Joint projects are often the most attractive.

3. How many members of the Earlham community do you expect to benefit from the project and the funds?

4. What collaboration, if any, is there with Manchester or Goshen College? Dean Johnson <deanjj@goshen.edu> and Julie Garber <jlgarber@manchester.edu> are the Plowshares Directors at these campuses who can help you make connections with faculty or students at those colleges.

5. Describe how you will share what you learned with the college community, either through class presentations, presentations to student or other groups, media reports, or publications.

6. We need at least a 1-page summary report of this project for our records within 15 days of the completion. Are you willing to provide that report?

7. If there are several people involved, please give us the name and contact information for the contact person responsible for this project and responsible for the report. Also include the name and contact information for the faculty sponsor.

8. Please consider the environmental impact of each project and how it can contribute to awareness and responsibility for the environment at Earlham.

For further information and to discuss proposal ideas, contact Julie Bruns, Peace Studies Associate, at 983-1305 or brunsju@earlham.edu.