Newman Award Scholarship
Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project Initiatives 2013
The Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project Initiatives is intended to defray expenses of international travel incurred by University of Pittsburgh graduate and rising undergraduate junior and senior students involved in an academic project with an international intergenerational component. Intergenerational projects involve the participation of a community’s older and younger persons in planned, ongoing interactions designed to address a social issue confronting the community. These projects directly impact the health, education or overall quality of life of the community’s young and old. Thus, the award supports programmatic development or enrichment with local people in a developing country. The award will not be granted for conference participation.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants will be full-time University of Pittsburgh graduate students, rising undergraduate juniors and seniors, enrolled in a UCIS graduate certificate program during the grant award period. All applicants must be registered as Pitt students during the period the award is used. Seniors who do not plan to graduate until the end of the summer term 2013, or who are returning as Pitt graduate students in fall 2013, are eligible and may use the award in summer 2013. Seniors who are graduating in April 2013 and will not subsequently be a registered Pitt student are not eligible. A student must have a faculty supervisor for their trip abroad and the experience should enable the student to receive academic credit for the work completed.
The geographic location of the project must reflect the global, international or regional focus of the student’s UCIS certificate program. Applicants may propose participation in a new intergenerational initiative (supervised by a Pitt faculty member), or join an existing Pitt program or project with an intergenerational component. An applicant may propose continuing in a project in which they had participated the previous year. Field research projects and internships may be eligible for support.
Amount of Grant
This award is $1,000. The award is competitive, with only one award per academic year.
Allowable Expenses
The award may be used to support the applicant’s ground and air transportation to and from the project site, and lodging and meal expenses during the project.
Funding Priorities
Beyond the basic criteria described above, preference will be given to projects that have a potential for continuing beyond the student’s participation, and of having a future impact on the local community through a linkage with a local or regional initiative.
Grantee Obligations
• Grantees are responsible for obtaining IRB approval when required, and if it is required, must provide documentation of IRB approval before a grant can be awarded. In the case of observing an intergenerational project, the proposed project may be exempt, but it is the responsibility of the student to contact the IRB for guidance. For further information, check the IRB web site at www.irb.pitt.edu.
• Grantees must provide evidence of other sources of available or expected funding to meet remaining project costs.
• Grantees are required to submit a final report explaining the use of the funds and the outcomes of the supported activity no later than two months after the activity is completed. There is an opportunity for students to revise their report and create an article suitable for submission to and publication in the Journal of Intergenerational Relationships.
Application Procedure, Deadline and Contact Information
A completed application form (MS Word or PDF), project description, current transcript, and at least one relevant letter of recommendation must be submitted to initiate the review process. Newman Award applications to be applied in the summer term of 2013 must be submitted no later than March 25, 2013. Please submit your completed application package and direct your questions to:
Dr. Thomas Allen, Associate Director
University of Ptttsburgh
Global Studies Center
4100 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
230 S. Bouquet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
tel: 412-624-3487
fax: 412-624-4672
tfa3@pitt.edu
