Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project Initiatives
(Undergraduate or Graduate Level)
The Newman Award for International Intergenerational Project Initiatives is intended to partially support the expenses of international travel incurred by University of Pittsburgh undergraduate and graduate 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
Students enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at the University of Pittsburgh during the grant award period are eligible to apply. 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
- 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 .
- 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 one month after the activity is completed.
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. The application form can be downloaded or be requested from Lenora Lewandowski, UCIS, phone 412-648-7390, e-mail: lcl6@ucis.pitt.edu. Applications for Newman Award to be used in the Summer or Fall of 2008 must be submitted no later than March 21, 2008.
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