Awards and Funding

Public Service Awards

The Carolina Center for Public Service administers various awards, grants, fellowships and scholarships honoring individual undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and University units for exemplary work in public service and engaged scholarship. The University Public Service Awards, an annual selection of three campus-wide awards, are presented in a celebration ceremony in the spring.

Ned Brooks Award for Public Service

The Ned Brooks Award recognizes a staff or faculty member of the UNC-Chapel Hill community who has, in a collaborative and sustained manner, made a difference in the larger community throughout their career. To nominate, submit a nomination through the CCPS Application and Nomination Portal during the nomination period. Recipients will receive a $1,200 award.

Office of the Provost Engaged Scholarship Awards

Three individuals will receive Provost Awards: one each for engaged teaching, engaged research and engaged partnership. To nominate, submit a brief two-paragraph nomination through the CCPS Application and Nomination Portal during the nomination period. Recipients will each receive a $500 award.

Robert E. Bryan Public Service Awards

CCPS presents Bryan Awards for a specific effort (rather than an overall record) exemplifying outstanding engagement and service to the state of North Carolina. Bryan Awards recognize an outstanding undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty member, staff member and officially recognized student organization. Nominators are required to write a brief two-paragraph nomination submitted through the CCPS Application and Nomination Portal during the nomination period. Recipients will each receive a $500 award.

Nominations for the 2025 Public Service Awards will be open November 2024 through mid-February 2025. Nominations can be submitted through CCPS Application and Nomination Portal or through completing the Public Service Award Nomination Form fillable pdf and emailing it to ccps@unc.edu.