Graduate Summer Scholars application open | Community Engagement Initiative

Graduate students across disciplines are encouraged to apply for summer scholarship programs before Jan. 8, 2025

Marie Pinkney gestures as she speaks while seated at a table — Marie Pinkney, a graduate student in Africana Studies, created a documentary film discussion of three Delawareans and their experiences with segregated schools in Delaware for a Graduate Summer Scholar project in 2024.

The Graduate Community Engagement Summer Scholars program provides highly motivated graduate students the opportunity to immerse themselves in community-based projects.

Scholars receive a stipend of $5,000 to spend 10 weeks in pursuit of research or a creative project.

“The program combines community engagement principles with a focus on broader impacts,” said Leann Moore, associate director of the Community Engagement Initiative. “It allows students to explore mutually-beneficial, sustainable, and evidence-based practices.”

Graduate students across disciplines are encouraged to apply for the Graduate Community Engagement Summer Scholars Program before Jan. 8, 2025. Decisions will be announced on Jan. 15.