In 2006 CCPS awarded a Gulf Coast Grant to support a Spring Break trip for students in the School of Nursing and the UNC-Public Health Leadership Program to Biloxi, Mississippi. They provided clinical services and public health assessment to the citizens of the Gulf Coast of Mississippi desperately in need of help 7 months after hurricane Katrina.
Other Opportunities for Students
Several grant opportunities are available to individuals and student groups that support their engagement efforts. The Seagraves Service Grants for Student Organizations are available to officially recognized student organizations to support public service projects in North Carolina. 100 Projects for Peace offers grants to undergraduates to design grassroots projects to be implemented during the summer. Recognized student organizations, and undergraduate and graduate students (individually or in teams) may apply for the Ronald W. Hyatt Rotary Public Service Awards.
Seagraves Service Grants for Student Organizations
The Seagraves Service Grants for Student Organizations are available to all officially recognized UNC-Chapel Hill student organizations to support public service projects in North Carolina. Through the generosity of an alumnus, grants of up to $300 are awarded from a pool of $3,000. The program is named in honor of Mildred Yeager Seagraves, grandmother of the donor. Funds may be requested for any costs associated with the proposed service project, including supplies, travel, equipment, and other related programming expenses. Proposals are requested in the fall semester for projects to be completed by the end of the same academic year.
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100 Projects for Peace
100 Projects for Peace is open to all undergraduates at the 76 institutions
(including UNC-Chapel Hill) that are part of the Davis United World College
Scholars Program. Students are invited to design grassroots projects that
they will implement during the summer. The 100 projects judged to be the
most promising and feasible will be funded at $10,000 each. The program
is made possible by Kathryn Wasserman Davis, an accomplished internationalist
and philanthropist, who celebrated her 100th birthday in 2007 by committing
$1 million for 100 Projects for Peace. She was so pleased with the outcome
that she has continued funding these projects.
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Ronald W. Hyatt Rotary Public Service Awards
The Hyatt Rotary Public Service Awards are sponsored by the Chapel Hill Rotary Club and administered by the Carolina Center for Public Service. $6,000 is available annually for awards of up to $3,000 in support of innovative public service projects that exemplify the motto of Rotary International, “Service above Self.” UNC-Chapel Hill recognized student organizations, and undergraduate and graduate students (individually or in teams) may apply, as long as they are continuing their studies following the completion of their project. The awards are named in honor of the late Dr. Ronald W. Hyatt, Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and long-time member of the Chapel Hill Rotary Club, in recognition of his distinguished career at the University and his commitment to helping others.
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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
CCPS is a unit of the Office of Vice Chancellor
for Public Service and Engagement.