Carolina Center for Public Service - Public Service and Engagement at Carolina

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. Faculty mentors receive $500 stipends for their involvement. 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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UNC Entrepreneurial Public Service Fellowships (EPS)

The EPS Fellowship Program awards five 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. Faculty mentors receive $500 stipends for their involvement. The fellowships are made possible through the support of the Donald P. Kanak family.
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Meet the 2008 EPS Fellows

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) – Engaged Research

The Carolina Center for Public Service, in partnership with the Office of Undergraduate Research, awards up to three summer fellowships of $3,000 each to support engaged research, which encourages reciprocal and mutually beneficial partnerships between the university and the community. Any returning undergraduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill who wishes to engage in undergraduate research, scholarship or performance for at least nine weeks (minimum 20 hours/week) over the summer of 2008 is eligible to apply. Faculty advisors must supervise SURF projects. Projects that focus on public policy, education, health or economic development, and that have the ability to impact North Carolina are given preference.
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