SEAS International Travel Grants

• The SEAS International Internship Travel Grants of $1500 each are awarded in the spring of each academic year and are intended to offset travel expenses for students who have secured a professional internship overseas.
• A professional internship is defined as a short-term work experience whereby a student is engaged in productive specialized practice and they receive appropriate remuneration for work performed. The work experience should be directly related to the student's academic program and career objectives. Please note: Students interested in securing financial aid for global development opportunities should contact the SEAS International Programs office.
• Application information is available through the Center for Engineering Career Development.
• The 2009 deadline for grant applications is 12:00pm on Monday, April 13, 2009.

Parents Program Internship Grant

• The Parents Program Internship Grants are designed to support students who have secured unpaid public service internships. Application information is available through University Career Services.
• Go to http://www.career.virginia.edu/students/programs/internship/parentsprogram.php

DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service)

• Scholarships fund study, senior thesis research and/or internships in Germany. Preference given to students whose projects or programs are based at and organized by a Germany University.
  

• Go to: http://www.daad.org/?p=47220
  

Harrison Undergraduate Research Award

• The Center for Undergraduate Excellence is home to the Harrison Undergraduate Research Award. The program funds outstanding undergraduate research projects carried out in the summer or academic year. Forty awards of up to $3,000 each will be granted on a competitive basis to current first, second, and third year undergraduate students. Applicants must be full time undergraduates at UVa and must remain enrolled at the University through the completion of their project.
• Go to: http://www.virginia.edu/cue/harrison.html

Center for Global Health University Scholar Awards

• The University of Virginia's Center for Global Health has established the CGH -University Scholar Awards to encourage UVa students to design and carry out cross-disciplinary service learning projects in global health. Health issues can be approached from a broad range of disciplines including politics, biology, economics or foreign affairs.
• Go to:
• http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/cgh/CGHScholars/cghscholars.cfm
  

Community Based Research Grant

• Community Based Research Awards for Undergraduates will provide opportunities for students to develop research projects that apply their academic skills, experiences, and ideas to real world problems. The grants are not limited to a single academic field. Interdisciplinary work is encouraged. Student researchers, under the guidance of a faculty advisor and in collaboration with a community organization, will identify a project that addresses a documented public need or issue. Student researchers will design a research project, adopt and deploy a research methodology embedded in an academic field(s), create a research product (paper, presentation, etc.) that benefits the community organization and meets expectations of academic rigor as agreed on by the faculty advisor and the student researcher(s).
• Go to: http://www.virginia.edu/provost/public/research.html

The Center for Undergraduate Excellence

• The Center for Undergraduate Excellence advises students regarding undergraduate research opportunities and national scholarships and fellowships. The Center is located in the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library, next to Alderman Library. Students are encouraged to visit the Center throughout their undergraduate careers.
• Go to: http://www.virginia.edu/cue/

Davis Projects for Peace

• Grants of $10,000 each awarded for individual or team grassroots projects the promote peace anywhere in the world. One hundred projects chosen to receive grants from among 90 American colleges and universities affiliated with the Davis UWC-Scholars Program. Past projects include solar water disinfection in Ecuador, solar energy project in Tibet, and teaching science and health in Uganda.
• Go to: http://www.kwd100projectsforpeace.org

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