Nick Anderson, 2007 EPS Fellow, installed solar panels for a rural school in Argentina.
Fellowships Overview
Robert E. Bryan Public Service Fellowships
The Robert E. Bryan Fellowship Program
awards five summer fellowships of up
to $3,000 each to support innovative
public service projects that address
identifiable needs within North Carolina.
Any returning, full-time undergraduate
or graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill
is eligible to apply. Fellows work with
community partners and faculty mentors
who are familiar with their topics or
geographic areas, and the students are
responsible for the major planning and
implementation of their projects. The
fellowships are named in honor of alumnus
Robert Emmet Bryan (1904-1975), a native
of Newton Grove, North Carolina, who
was a strong supporter of public service.
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the 2009 Robert E. Bryan Fellows
UNC Entrepreneurial Public Service Fellowships (EPS)
The EPS Fellowship Program awards up
to three summer fellowships of up to
$3,000 each to develop and implement
social entrepreneurship projects that
employ innovative, sustainable approaches
to complex social needs anywhere in
the world. Any returning, full-time
undergraduate or graduate student at
UNC-Chapel Hill is eligible to apply.
Fellows work with community partners
and faculty mentors who are familiar
with their topics or geographic areas,
and the students are responsible for
the major planning and implementation
of their projects. The fellowships are
made possible through the support of
the Donald P. Kanak family.
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the 2009 EPS Fellows
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) – Community-based Research
The Carolina Center for Public Service
and the APPLES Service-Learning Program,
in partnership with the Office for Undergraduate
Research awards up to seven Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowships (SURF) of $3,500
each to support community-based-research
in either domestic or global communities.
Community-based research is a collaborative
enterprise that involves students, community
members, and faculty in the design and
implementation of research projects
of shared interest that address a community
need and, ultimately, promote social
action and the common good.
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the 2009 SURF Fellows.
ACT OUT! Social Entrepreneur Fellowship - APPLES Service-Learning Program
These one-year fellowships are designed for aspiring social entrepreneurs who are interested in making a significant contribution to the community through the creation of an entrepreneurial project that addresses a community issue or need. Five fellowships are awarded each fall to a full-time undergraduate student or team of students.
Fellows receive enrollment in a social venture development course, up to $1,500 to help launch their idea, access to additional funding to support project sustainability beyond the fellowship, reflection and implementation support from APPLES students and staff, and invaluable leadership training and personal development. Fellows work in close collaboration with a community partner and implement their project in the summer and fall following the completion of the required course.
Past SEF projects include: Hunger Lunch
(now Nourish International), Carolina
Language Partnership (CLaP), Voracitee,
UNC-NOW and HOPE Gardens.
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the 2009 Social Entrepreneurship Fellows.
The Carolina Center for Public Service strengthens the University's public service commitment by promoting scholarship and service that are responsive to the concerns of the state and contribute to the common good.
“A Community Engaged University” recognized by the
Carnegie Foundation