Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project Initiatives
The Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project
Initiatives is intended to partially support the expenses of
international travel incurred by University of Pittsburgh graduate and
rising undergraduate senior students 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.
Eligibility
Full time graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh
enrolled in a UCIS graduate certificate program during the grant award
period, as well as, rising undergraduate Seniors are eligible to
apply. 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
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 the student 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, and only one award will be available in any 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 while 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
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Those projects including research involving interventions or
interactions with individuals or the collection of identifiable
private information concerning living individuals require prospective
Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. Grantees are responsible
for obtaining IRB approval when required, and must provide documentation
of IRB approval before a grant can be awarded. For further
information, check the IRB web site at www.irb.pitt.edu
. 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. -
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 publication consideration in the Journal of
Intergenerational Relationships.
Application Procedure and Deadline
An application form, along with a short proposal and relevant
letters of recommendation must be submitted to initiate the review
process. Applications for the Newman Award, to be applied in the
summer term of 2012, must be submitted no later than March 26, 2012.
Application forms are available online at http://www.abroad.pitt.edu/?go=newman.
