Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur Grant
Michigan Campus Compact has been selected to present a $1,000 grant from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation to a student whose application indicates the most innovative and promising use of the grant to establish or significantly further a partnership between the student (and his or her school) and a community nonprofit organization. Administered by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation, this grant is sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and seeks to foster academic-service learning at American colleges and universities. Applicants and their community partners must meet the minimum requirements and a winner will be chosen based on the selection criteria, which is available online. Applicants are encouraged to work with their community partner to leverage this grant with additional contributions from other sources or additional participation by students, faculty, staff, community residents or others.
In addition to the monetary grant, the winner’s proposal and final project report will be published on the Foundation’s website, www.jrcpf.org. Applicants who meet all minimum requirements and who substantially meet the additional selection criteria will be awarded certificates as program finalists and as a “Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur” from the Foundation. Certification will be awarded whether or not the applicant is selected to be awarded the grant.
Selection:
Selection will be based upon the degree to which the proposed use of the funds is likely to produce or enhance the following:
Impact
- Impact on the community through increased economic opportunity, improved social or civic networks, more effective education programs, more responsive public systems, etc.
- Documentation of measurable outcomes.
- The promise of sustainability for the proposed idea after the grant funding is exhausted.
Partnership
- Identification of the community partner 's strengths and efforts to build upon and enhance these strengths.
- Collaborative and data-informed planning and decision making between the student and the community partner with regard to the project.
- Efforts to enlist other collaborators (e.g. businesses, civic organizations, government agencies, faith-based institutions, etc.).
Academic-Service Learning
- Integration of the project with a student 's coursework, practicum, thesis, dissertation, etc.
- An optimal blend of learning, research and service for the applicant.
Application Instructions:
Please complete the application below in full, keeping answers to the spaces provided. A Microsoft Word version is available. Brochures, reports, or news coverage may be submitted with applications, but attachments should not exceed three pages.
Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneurship Grant (PDF version)
Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneurship Grant (Word version)
Application Deadline: November 30, 2007
Late applications will not be considered. Please mail or e-mail completed applications and support letters to the following:
Michigan Campus Compact
Attn: Diane Bedwell
1048 Pierpont, Suite 3
Lansing , Michigan 48911
E-mail: dbedwell@micampuscompact.org
Phone: 517.492.2425