Graduate & Professional Student Awards & Funding
Community Engagement Fellowship »
- Up to $2,500 to develop and implement engagement or engaged scholarship projects that are responsive to community priorities and have an academic connection
- Fellows work in collaboration with community partners and faculty mentors who are familiar with their topics or geographic areas
- Fellowships run from March to November
- Sherpa Community Engagement Fellowships offer support specifically to projects with an environmental focus
Disaster Relief Trip Grants and Disaster Recovery Project Grants »
- Up to $5,000 available for North Carolina-based recovery projects led by UNC-Chapel Hill students, staff and/or faculty
- Up to $1,000 for relief trips, organized by UNC-Chapel Hill students, staff or faculty, to affected areas
Robert E. Bryan Public Service Award »
Awarded for a specific effort (rather than an overall record) exemplifying outstanding engagement and service to the state of North Carolina that is characterized by:
- working in partnership with community members,
- inspiring and involving others, and/or helping others to serve,
- responding to a practical problem, issue or concern of the state and
- working to assure the impact in the community is lasting
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Buckley Public Service Scholars Graduate Assistant »
The Carolina Center for Public Service hires UNC graduate and professional students to offer skills trainings to undergraduate BPSS participants and be involved with the senior reflection review process each year.