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Office of Competitive Fellowships and Awards Summer Fellowship: Leadership for the Public Good

The Office of Competitive Fellowships and Awards (OCFA) at Towson University seeks to encourage and support students in activities aligned with TU’s mission of preparing graduates who will serve as effective, ethical leaders and engaged citizens.  The summer fellowship will support 2 students to engage in efforts that aim to effect positive change in communities on- and off- campus and that will foster TU student leaders for the public good.   

We are looking to support activities that include community engagement, internships, or research (or a combination of two or more of these activities) occurring over a 10 week-period in summer 2024. Collaboration or partnership with an external organization is highly encouraged, and students should be the drivers of the project.  Projects must not be part of a class assignment. Students are required to identify a faculty mentor for their project and must give an oral presentation about their project in the fall semester of 2024 at the fall forum and meet with the Director of OCFA during the period of the award and apply for an external competitive fellowship or scholarship.  The stipend for 10 weeks is $5,000. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Mary Sajini Devadas at tucfa@towson.edu 

Eligibility 

Applicants must: 

• be undergraduate students in their first, sophomore or junior year working towards a bachelor’s degree. 
• be enrolled at TU in Fall 2024. 
• have at least a 3.0 GPA 
• agree to meet all responsibilities of the award. 
• identify a faculty mentor for their project (faculty mentors will receive up to $1000 honorarium for mentoring students). 

To apply, please submit the following materials by Friday March 22nd, 2024, 5 pm. 

• Application form – https://forms.office.com/r/kxbQ2rrP6w 
• Proposal Narrative comprising: 
• Project description (max. 1000 words). Describe the project to be conducted, your preparation to undertake the project, and what you hope to accomplish. Describe any partners, sites, and pertinent resources necessary for this project. 
• Project timeline (detailed weekly activities planned) 

Upload the two sections above (2a and 2b) together in a single pdf document via the application form. 

Letter of support from faculty mentor describing the degree to which the project narrative is your own work should be emailed directly by faculty mentor to tucfa@towson.edu before the deadline with the student’s name in the subject line. 

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This post was written by Patterson, Richard E.